Contents
| | part oneTHE “PREANALYTIC” VISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES: THE STANDARD ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE | 1 |
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| | 1The concept of resources and resource scarcity: an economic perspective | 3 |
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| | 1.2 The concept of resources | 4 |
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| | 1.3 Scarcity and its economic implications | 6 |
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| | 1.4 A schematic view of the economic process | 7 |
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| | 1.5 Applying the concept: ecotourism, cattle ranching and the economy of Costa Rica | 10 |
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| | Review and discussion questions | 15 |
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| | part twoMARKETS, EFFICIENCY, TECHNOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF NATURAL RESOURCE SCARCITY | 17 |
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| | 2Resource scarcity, economic efficiency and markets: how the invisible hand works | 19 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Principles of Environmental Economics:Economics, Ecology and Public Policy.
Contributors: Ahmed M. Hussen - Author.
Publisher: Routledge.
Place of publication: London.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: v.
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