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Book Synopsis
An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

Part 1: Theoretical Considerations

2 The Concept of Rent: Is Land Unique?

3 The Theory of Welfare Measurement

4 Property Rights, Market Failure, Externality, and Environmental Economics

Part 2: Project Evaluation and Economic Development

5 Social Cost-Benefit Analysis: Evaluation of Resource Development Projects

6 Input-Output Models for Regional and Community Development

7 Valuing Nonmarket Benefits

Part 3: Land-Use and Sustainable Development

8 Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Preservation

9 Economics of Global Climatic Change

10 Economics of Soil Conservation

Part 4: Economics of Land-Use Planning and Control

11 Efficiency and Equity in Land-Use Planning

12 Land Preservation and Conservation

13 Control over Water Use in Agriculture: Economics of Irrigation and Wetlands Preservation

Part 5: Economics of Public Land Management

14 Economics and Management of Public Forestlands

15 Economics and Public Rangeland Management

16 Management of Public Lands for Multiple Use

Part 6: Conclusions

17 Ethics and Land Resource Economics

Land Resource Economics and Sustainable

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      Book details

      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 1 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9780774819930
      978-0774819930
      ISBN-10 0774819936
      Also in:
      Development economics Economics, Finance, and Business Sustainability

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.

      Table of Contents

      1 Introduction

      Part 1: Theoretical Considerations

      2 The Concept of Rent: Is Land Unique?

      3 The Theory of Welfare Measurement

      4 Property Rights, Market Failure, Externality, and Environmental Economics

      Part 2: Project Evaluation and Economic Development

      5 Social Cost-Benefit Analysis: Evaluation of Resource Development Projects

      6 Input-Output Models for Regional and Community Development

      7 Valuing Nonmarket Benefits

      Part 3: Land-Use and Sustainable Development

      8 Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Preservation

      9 Economics of Global Climatic Change

      10 Economics of Soil Conservation

      Part 4: Economics of Land-Use Planning and Control

      11 Efficiency and Equity in Land-Use Planning

      12 Land Preservation and Conservation

      13 Control over Water Use in Agriculture: Economics of Irrigation and Wetlands Preservation

      Part 5: Economics of Public Land Management

      14 Economics and Management of Public Forestlands

      15 Economics and Public Rangeland Management

      16 Management of Public Lands for Multiple Use

      Part 6: Conclusions

      17 Ethics and Land Resource Economics

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