Environmental and Natural Resource Economics : a contemporary approach / by Harris, Jonathan M., Roach, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the economy and the environment -- Changing perspectives on the environment -- Resources, environment, and economic development -- Economic analysis of environmental issues -- The theory of environmental externalities -- Common property resources and public goods -- Resource allocation over time -- Valuing the environment -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Pollution: analysis and policy -- Ecological economics and environmental accounting -- Ecological economics: basic concepts -- National income and environmental accounting -- Energy, climate change, and greening the economy -- Energy: the great transition -- Global climate change: science and analysis -- Global climate change: policy responses -- The green economy -- Population, agriculture, and resources -- Population and the environment -- Agriculture, food and environment -- Resources : scarcity and abundance -- Renewable resource use : fisheries -- Ecosystem management : forest ecosystems -- Water systems -- Environment, trade, and development -- World trade and the environment -- Institutions for sustainable development -- Index.…”
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African Economic Development / by Langdon, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.…”
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