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Zusatztext The collection represents an important contribution to environmental and ecological economics in the developing world... As a teaching guide to the economics of environment and development! these two volumes represent a valuable addition to the literature... Informationen zum Autor Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and Chairman of the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, StockholmKarl-Göran Mäler is Director of the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm, and Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics Klappentext These volumes present a set of authoritative studies of the role of environmental resources in the economic development process! written by leading scholars in a wide range of associated fields. Contributors address the problems connected with the management of local common property resources! such as soil! water! forests and their products! animals and fisheries! and supply both explanations of existing situations and policies for the future. To provide material that can be used in classroom teaching! the chapters are written as surveys rather than expositions of contributors' most recent work. Zusammenfassung Here, contributors provide a set of studies of emerging development issues, ranging from foundational matters to case studies. They address issues on the role of environmental resources in the development process, presenting explanations of existing situations and policies for the future.
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Here, contributors provide a set of studies of emerging development issues, ranging from foundational matters to case studies. They address issues on the role of environmental resources in the development process, presenting explanations of existing situations and policies for the future.
