Natural resources and economic development / Edward B. Barbier
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2005
Descript
xvi, 410 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Natural resources and developing countries: An overview -- Natural resource-based economic development in history -- Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- Frontier expansion and economic development -- Explaining land use change in developing countries -- The economics of land conversion -- Does water availibility constrain economic development? -- Rural poverty and resource degradation -- Can frontier-based development be successful? -- Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor