Natural resources and economic development / Edward B. Barbier, Colorado State University.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: xvii, 432 p,; ill,; 23 cmISBN:- 9781107179264 (hardback)
- 9781316635582 (pbk.)
- 333.7091724 23 BAR-N 2019 815178
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Natural resources and developing countries: an overview -- Natural resource-based economic development in history -- Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- Frontier expansion and economic development -- Explaining land use change in developing countries -- The economics of land conversion -- Does water availability constrain economic development? -- Rural poverty and resource degradation -- Can resource-based development be successful? -- Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies.