Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development (Routledge Revivals) : Conventional and Alternative Views (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. Historical Approaches to Natural-Resource Scarcity  2. Non-Economic Influences  3. Conventional Theory: Optimal Rates of Depletion  4. Conventional Theory: Pollution and Natural Environments  5. An Alternative View of Natural-Resource Scarcity  6. Two Examples: Deforestation in Amazonia and the Global Greenhouse Effect  7. Upper Watershed Degradation in Java  8. Conclusion: An Economics of Sustainable Development;  Index