| Title: | Economics, natural-resource scarcity and development : conventional and alternative views |
| Authors: | Edward Burr Barbier, Author |
| Publisher: | London : Earthscan Publications, 1989 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-85383-072-3 |
| Size: | xvii, 223 p. / ill. / 24 cm |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic conditions > economic development [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic policy > economic policy > development policy > sustainable development [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > national accounts > income > distribution of income > wealth [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > deterioration of the environment > degradation of the environment > deforestation [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > deterioration of the environment > pollution [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > environmental policy > environmental policy > management of resources [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > natural environment > natural resources [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > America > Latin America [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > Asia and Oceania > South-East Asia > Indonesia > Java |
| Tags: | economic aspects |
| Abstract: | Breaking new ground in the search for an economics of sustainable development, using the insights provided by environmentalism, ecology and thermodynamics, the author not only forges a major theoretical advance but shows how it can be applied. |
| Contents note: |
Historical approaches to natural-resource scarcity;
non-economic influences; conventional theory - optimal rates of depletion; conventional theory - pollution and natural environments; an alternative view of natural-resource scarcity; two examples - deforestation in Amazonia and the global greenhouse effect; upper watershed degradation in Java; conclusion - an economics of sustainable development. |
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| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status |
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| 002905 | RA 1081 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Available |
