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Natural resources and economic development
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- Creator
- Edward B. Barbier
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521823135, 0521823137
- OCLC
- ocm58386426
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-400) and index.
- 1. Natural resources and developing countries : an overview -- 2. Natural resource-based economic development in history -- 3. Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- 4. Frontier expansion and economic development -- 5. Explaining land use change in developing countries -- 6. The economics of land conversion -- 7. Does water availibility constrain economic development? -- 8. Rural poverty and resource degradation -- 9. Can frontier-based development be successful? -- 10. Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies