1st Edition
The Welfare Economics of Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies Forested Wetlands and Agricultural Production
By Robert N. Stavins
Copyright 1990
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study, originally published in 1990, seeks to address several important policy questions associated with the ongoing depletion of forested wetlands. First, in the context of Environmental Impact Statements, should the estimated areas of impact of Federal flood-control and drainage projects on wetlands be limited to (minimal) construction impacts, or should they include impacts which occur... Read more
List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies 2. Theory of Privately Optimal Resource Use: Market Allocations of Forested Wetlands and Agricultural Production 3. Econometric Analysis of Forested Wetland Conversion and Farmland Abandonment 4. Welfare Analysis of Forested Wetland Depletion 5. Summary and Conclusions; Appendices; Personal Communications; References
Biography
Robert N. Stavins
