1st Edition
Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics Human-Nature, Rural-Urban Interdependencies
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources. One of the first books to approach resource economics and rural studies as fundamentally interconnected areas of study, Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics integrates the work of 18 leading scholars in resource economics, rural economics, rural sociology... Read more
Preface
Contributors
1. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Synthesis
Part 1: The Past 50 Years
2. The Emergence and Evolution of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
3. Rural Economics: People, Land and Capital
Part 2: Human-Nature and Rural-Urban Interdependence
4. Environmental Economics and the 'Curse' of the Circular Flow
5. The New Rural Economics
6. Exploring the Prospects for Amenity-Driven Growth in Rural Areas
7. Natural Amenities, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis
Part 3: Policies and Programs for People and Places
8. People and Places at the Ragged Edge: Place-Based Policy for Reducing Rural Poverty
9. Rural Human Capital Development
10. Property Taxation and the Redistribution of Rural Resource Rents
11. The Politics of Place: Linking Rural and Environmental Governance
12. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Methodological Perspective
Part 4: The Next 25 Years
13. Resources and Rural Communities: Looking Ahead
14. The Future of Rural America Through a Social-Demographic Lens
Index
Biography
JunJie Wu is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University, where he also holds the Emery N. Castle Professorship. Paul W. Barkley is professor emeritus in the School of Economic Sciences at Washington State University and courtesy professor in agricultural economics at Oregon State University. Bruce A. Weber is professor of agricultural and resource economics and director of the Rural Studies Program at Oregon State University.
'Many key issues of the 21st Century revolve around ruralurban interdependencies, including alternative energy, protecting our natural environment, and maintaining the vitality of American‘s rural communities. They require innovative applications of rural development and natural resource policy. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics will be valuable to those interested in regional planning, rural community development, urban sprawl and exurban change, and natural resources.' Mark Partridge, The Ohio State University
