{"product_id":"natural-resource-economics-an-introduction-third-edition","title":"Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction, Third Edition","description":"Decisions about the conservation and use of natural resources are made every day by individuals, communities, and nations. The latest edition of Field's acclaimed text highlights the incentives and trade-offs embedded in such decisions, providing a lucid introduction to natural resource issues using the analytical framework of economics.\nEmploying a logical structure and easy-to-understand descriptions, Field covers fundamental economic principles and their general application to natural resource use. These principles are further developed in chapters devoted to specific resources. Moreover, this up-to-date volume addresses the challenge of achieving socially beneficial utilization rates in the twenty-first century amid continuing population growth, urbanization, and global climate change.\nTopics new to the Third Edition include:\n• implications of climate change on resources\n• fracking\n• energy intensity and the energy efficiency gap\n• reducing fossil energy\n• forests and carbon\n• international water issues\n• globalization and trade in natural resources\nNot-for-sale instructor's resource materials available online to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.\nAlso by Barry C. Field and available from Waveland Press: Environmental Policy: An Introduction (ISBN 9781577664284).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1478627808\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1478627808.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barry C. Field\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52619440029983,"sku":"PKV.1478627808.G","price":11.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1478627808-0.jpg?v=1781630326","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/natural-resource-economics-an-introduction-third-edition","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}