Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics (Biological Resource Management) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195076516 ISBN 13: 9780195076516

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

A growing concern for environmental quality and resource scarcity has led to numerous policy debates regarding resource utilization around the world. This is especially true when it comes to agriculture. This textbook brings together economic theory and resource-specific problems of agriculture, and includes aggregate- and micro-level models and examples for most resource and environmental issues. Although the book's emphasis is on cropland agriculture, there are also examples from livestock, poultry, grazing, fisheries, orchards, and forestry. Students and professionals in resource economics, management, and policy as well as economists and planners in government agencies will benefit from the valuable lessons presented here.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A growing concern for environmental quality and resource scarcity has led to numerous policy debates regarding resource utilization around the world. This is especially true when it comes to agriculture. This important new textbook in the Oxford Series in Biological Resource Management brings together economic theory and resource-specific problems of agriculture and presents aggregate and micro-level models and examples for most resource and environmental issues. The discussions emphasize cropland agriculture, and also include examples from livestock, poultry, grazing, fisheries, orchards, and forestry. Students and professionals in resource economics, management, and allocation will benefit from this timely work as will economists and planners in government agencies.

About the Author:

Gerald A. Carlson, Ph.D., is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University.
David Zilberman, Ph.D., is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
John A. Miranowski, Ph.D., is Director of the Resources and Technology Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195076516
• ISBN 13: 9780195076516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Carlson Gerald A., Zilberman David, Miranowski John A.