Bøger i Environmental and Resource Economics Set serien

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. This book surveys a wide range of drylands and their resources.

Examines the effects of structural adjustment programmes, the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries. This book also examines the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes.

Focuses on the people who live and farm in the drylands, their use of land resources and the economic returns from their decisions.

Considers the multiplicity of economic and social functions fulfilled by ensuring that elephant herds survive, tourism, a variety of ecological purpose and, finally, as a source of ivory. This book shows how the careful management of elephants as a resource can best serve African interests.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage. This book proposes a means of constructing economic evaluations of the impacts of development projects on the environments in which they are constructed.

Presents five case studies that examine failures of forest management in Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany and Sweden, look at both market and intervention policies, show how each can further the destruction of the forests, and set out ways in which future policies can evade the mistakes of the past.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil. This title presents four case studies of the management policies of wetland environments in the UK, USA, France and Spain.