By John E. Tilton, Juan Ignacio Guzmán

This textbook provides an introduction to the field of mineral economics and its use in understanding the behaviour of mineral commodity markets and in assessing both public and corporate policies in this important economic sector. The focus is on metal and non-metallic commodities rather than…

Paperback – 2016-03-17
Routledge

Edited by Randall Bluffstone, Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities, which has attracted a great deal of attention and interest. While the nature and level of devolution vary by country, all…

Hardback – 2014-11-06
Routledge
Environment for Development

By Robert A. Young, John B. Loomis

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market determined price signals are usually unavailable, economists have…

Paperback – 2014-07-16
RFF Press

By A. Myrick Freeman III, Joseph A. Herriges, Catherine L. Kling

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring Quality award by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The continuing premise for the book is that estimates of the economic values of environmental and natural resource services are…

Paperback – 2014-06-26
RFF Press

By Jay Apt, Paulina Jaramillo

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge. This book provides a review and analysis of the technical and policy options available for managing variable energy resources such as wind and solar power. As well as being of value to…

Hardback – 2014-06-11
Routledge

By Allen Blackman, Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Juha Siikamäki, Daniel Velez-Lopez

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human…

Hardback – 2014-05-20
Routledge
Environment for Development

By Blake Hudson

Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its domestic natural resources. Furthermore it considers how far the constitution…

Hardback – 2014-03-18
RFF Press

By Shakeb Afsah, Allen Blackman, Jorge H. Garcia, Thomas Sterner

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age. In 1995 the Indonesian Ministry of Environment took the bold step to launch an environmental disclosure initiative called the Program for Pollution…

Hardback – 2013-03-07
RFF Press
Environment for Development