'Forestry involves using land, labour and capital to produce goods and services from forests, and economics helps in understanding how we can do this in ways that will best meet the needs of people.' -- from the Preface This important new textbook is designed to fit the needs of students in a second-year course in forestry economics. It assumes completion of an introductory course in economics. The author is Peter H. Pearse, an internationally recognized natural resource economist. He teaches undergraduate courses at the University of British Columbia and understands the need for a book such as this. Pearse was motivated by a conviction that a firm grounding in economics is integral to sound forestry policies and practices. Because forestry students are sometimes skeptical about the usefulness of economics to their future careers, Pearse has 'distilled the subject down to the fundamentals, the basic economic principles of forestry and how they bear on forest management and policy decisions.' He emphasizes concepts that foresters will find most useful throughout their careers. Introduction to Forestry Economics looks at the application of economic principles to both private and public sector forestry decision-making. While the text covers basic principles such as opportunity cost, equimarginal conditions, and consumer sovereignty, it also provides an excellent discussion of resource allocation over time.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.1/749
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0774803363 9780774854511
- LCCN
- SD393
- LCCN Item number
- P45 1990eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 226 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326705 (OCoLC)45843997 (CaOOCEL)404258
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword 12
- Preface 14
- 1 Forestry's Economic Perspective 20
- 2 Economic Efficiency, Market Processes, and Market Limitations 39
- 3 Timber Supply, Demand, and Pricing 64
- 4 Unpriced Forest Values 81
- 5 Land Allocation and Multiple Use 103
- 6 Valuation over Time and Investment Criteria 120
- 7 The Optimum Forest Rotation 149
- 8 Regulating Harvests over Time 170
- 9 Property Rights and Tenure Systems 190
- 10 Taxes and Other Charges 211
- 11 Developments in Forestry Economics 228
- Index 238
- A 238
- B 238
- C 238
- D 239
- E 239
- F 239
- G 240
- H 240
- I 240
- L 240
- M 241
- N 241
- O 241
- P 242
- R 242
- S 242
- T 243
- U 243
- V 243
- W 243
- Y 243
- Z 243
