Economics of specific sectors

In this book, Bowes and Krutilla bring together what is known and relevant about valuing the nonmarket services of the public forests and propose a new theoretical framework that allows multiple uses, the biological dynamics of the forest, and the institutional and economic realities of public forest management to be taken into account in forest planning and budgeting.

In this book, Bowes and Krutilla bring together what is known and relevant about valuing the nonmarket services of the public forests and propose a new theoretical framework that allows multiple uses, the biological dynamics of the forest, and the institutional and economic realities of public forest management to be taken into account in forest planning and budgeting.

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made.

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made.

Gibbons examines the water supply problem through five case studies.

Gibbons examines the water supply problem through five case studies.

In this pioneering study, Krutilla and Fisher put the amenity resources of natural environments into an analytical framework comparable to that for the extractive resources.

In this pioneering study, Krutilla and Fisher put the amenity resources of natural environments into an analytical framework comparable to that for the extractive resources.

To millions of people in the world, rice is the center of existence, especially in Asia, where more than 90 percent of the world's rice is grown.

To millions of people in the world, rice is the center of existence, especially in Asia, where more than 90 percent of the world's rice is grown.

A global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future.

A global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future.

Construction Economics in the Single European Market is an edited selection of papers from the first European Construction Economics Conference.

Construction Economics in the Single European Market is an edited selection of papers from the first European Construction Economics Conference.

First Published in 1983.

First Published in 1983.

Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America's "e;War on Drugs"e; - both in tax spending and in human terms.

Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America's "e;War on Drugs"e; - both in tax spending and in human terms.

This book reviews the experience of the textile and apparel sectors over the post-war period.

This book reviews the experience of the textile and apparel sectors over the post-war period.

This book was first published in 1977.

This book was first published in 1977.

This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations.

This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations.

Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries.

Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries.

Since its initial publication in 1993, Development and Evaluation of Drugs from Laboratory through Licensure to Market has been used as a textbook and reference for scientists in biomedical research, industry, and regulatory agencies.

What if you were suddenly in charge?

With contributions from a wide array of economists, ecologists, and government agency professionals, Economics and Ecological Risk Assessment: Applications to Watershed Management provides a multidisciplinary approach to environmental decision-making at a watershed level.

This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "e;ultra-liberal agenda,"e; in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored.

This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "e;ultra-liberal agenda,"e; in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored.

First published in 1997.

First published in 1997.

A concise treatment of water-resource economics.

A concise treatment of water-resource economics.

First published in 1994.

First published in 1994.

First Published in 1997.

First Published in 1997.

This book provides an explanation of key underlying economic principles, allowing the reader to come to a better understanding of the critical factors that structure and guide transport markets.

This book provides an explanation of key underlying economic principles, allowing the reader to come to a better understanding of the critical factors that structure and guide transport markets.

In this book, Davide Gualerzi employs the concept of transformational growth to explore the investment-driven cycle of expansion of the 1990s in the US economy, and of the of role played by the ICT sector.

In this book, Davide Gualerzi employs the concept of transformational growth to explore the investment-driven cycle of expansion of the 1990s in the US economy, and of the of role played by the ICT sector.

Economic development and the environment are presumed to be in conflict, but the latter part of the twentieth century experienced a series of economic changes that increasingly questioned this view.

Economic development and the environment are presumed to be in conflict, but the latter part of the twentieth century experienced a series of economic changes that increasingly questioned this view.

First Published in 1993.

First Published in 1993.

Groundwater is being depleted on a large scale in many arid and semi-arid parts of the world.

Groundwater is being depleted on a large scale in many arid and semi-arid parts of the world.

The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is accepted as a "e;stylized fact"e; of agriculture in developing countries.