The Welfare Economics of Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies

Forested Wetlands and Agricultural Production
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-08367-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

This study, originally published in 1990, seeks to address several important policy questions associated with the ongoing depletion of forested wetlands. First, in the context of Environmental Impact Statements, should the estimated areas of impact of Federal flood-control and drainage projects on wetlands be limited to (minimal) construction impacts, or should they include impacts which occur when such projects cause private landowners to drain and clear their wetland holdings? A second crucial question is whether wetland depletion and conversion to agricultural cropland has been excessive. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Economics and Policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stavins, Robert N

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies 2. Theory of Privately Optimal Resource Use: Market Allocations of Forested Wetlands and Agricultural Production 3. Econometric Analysis of Forested Wetland Conversion and Farmland Abandonment 4. Welfare Analysis of Forested Wetland Depletion 5. Summary and Conclusions; Appendices; Personal Communications; References

Über Autor(innen)

Robert N. Stavins