{"product_id":"mathematical-bioeconomics-9780470372999","title":"Mathematical Bioeconomics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverall, this is an appealing work for students and professionals, and is certain to remain as one of the key works in natural resource analysis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematical Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBiological renewable resources, essential to the survival of mankind, are increasingly overexploited by individuals and corporations that often sacrifice long-term economic health and sustainability for short-term gains. \u003ci\u003eMathematical Bioeconomics: The Mathematics of Conservation, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the economic forces underlying these misuses of renewable resources and discusses more effective methods of resource management. Promoting a complete understanding of general principles, the book allows readers to discover how rigorous mathematical models that incorporate both economic and biological factors should replace intuitive arguments for conservation and sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eThird Edition\u003c\/i\u003e continues to combine methodologies from the fields of economics, biology, and mathe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 A Generic Bioeconomic Model.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What is Conservation?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 What is a Model?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 A Dynamic Resource-Harvesting Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 A Bioeconomic Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 A Dynamic Optimization Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 A Model of Individual Behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Individual Vessel Quotas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 The Veil of Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9 Other Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Dynamic Optimization.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Constrained Optimization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Optimal Control Theory in One Dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Nonlinear Control Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Discrete-time Optimal Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Appendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Basic Economic Concepts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Interest and Discounting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Supply and Demand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Demand-limited Bionomic Equilibrium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Optimal Harvesting Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 External Costs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Competition, Cooperation, and the Theory of Games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 The Economics of Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Investing in Harvesting Capacity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Optimal Harvesting Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Investment Decisions under Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Eliminating Excess Capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Appendix: Optimal Investment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Regulation of Renewable Resource Harvesting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Consequences of Unregulated Resource Harvesting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Methods of Regulating Resource Harvesting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Shadow Prices, Taxes and Tradeable Quotas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Regulation without Taxes or Tradeable Quotas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Growth and Aging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Forestry Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Fisheries: The Cohort Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Multicohort Fisheries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Resource Management under Uncertainty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Process and Observational Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Understanding Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Process Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 An Introduction to Decision Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Economic Uncertainties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Appendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Disaggregated Resource Models.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Source-sink Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Predator-prey Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Mixed-species Harvesting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Synopsis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402317439319,"sku":"9780470372999","price":95.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470372999.jpg?v=1730480050","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mathematical-bioeconomics-9780470372999","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}