Micro Economic Linkages Between Economic Development And Local Natural Resource Use
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Micro Economic Linkages Between Economic Development And Local Natural Resource Use
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Author : Dale Thomas Manning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Micro Economic Linkages Between Economic Development And Local Natural Resource Use written by Dale Thomas Manning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Traditionally, natural resource economists have examined resource use in isolation of the economy of which it is part. In this thesis, I show theoretically and empirically how natural resource exploitation decisions are linked to other economic sectors in developing countries. These linkages open new possibilities for managing the amount of effort allocated to an open access or common property resource sector. I show theoretically how imperfectly integrated rural households are connected through the use of a common property resource. As the amount of labor in a village economy increases, Nash behavior converges to atomistic competition and the average value of labor in the resource sector equals its marginal value in other sectors. Resource rents dissipate as the number of users increases and resource stocks decrease.In a context of many natural resource users, increasing returns in other sectors (e.g., agriculture) increases economy-wide demand for labor, puts upward pressure on economy wages, and decreases the use of natural resource. Less use allows resource stocks to recover in the long-run. At the same time, increases in income can increase demand for the resource and mitigate or undo improvements in resource stocks. In a Honduran example, I show that higher agricultural prices pull local labor out of an open access fishery. Higher returns in the fishery draw in more labor from outside the local economy and push fish stocks down towards their previous levels. This analysis reveals the potential for improvement by creating a restricted-access commons instead of a pure open access resource sector Chapters 2 and 3 explore household labor allocation decisions to investigate if migration and agricultural productivity influence the use of a local, open access resource in rural Mexico. Having a migrant in the United States increases the probability that a household invests in a gas stove and conditional on this investment, households with a migrant spend fewer days collecting firewood and spend more money on gas for cooking. In addition, agricultural households with higher agricultural productivity and marginal values of labor on the farm spend fewer days collecting firewood and purchase more gas. This occurs as the marginal value of labor on the farm represents the opportunity cost of time allocated to resource extraction.This thesis shows that natural resource exploitation decisions do not happen in isolation. This has implications for understanding the impact of development on natural resource stocks and provides a new toolkit for managing the amount of effort allocated to resource extraction. Even while resource rents remain dissipated, changes in non-resource sectors have the potential to influence resource extraction and the natural capital of a developing community. Altering users' opportunity costs can be used in concert with traditional natural resource management policies to increase the effectiveness of resource management in developing countries.
Economics Of Poverty Environment And Natural Resource Use
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Author : Rob B. Dellink
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-03-25
Economics Of Poverty Environment And Natural Resource Use written by Rob B. Dellink and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Reduction of poverty is a tremendous and persistent challenge for the global community. Given that the livelihood of millions is at stake, there is an urgent need to reconsider the causes of and the remedies for poverty. Poverty and its reduction are closely linked to the natural-resources base. The quality and bounty of the local environment certainly affect living conditions of the poor and their poverty is often seen as a contributing factor to the degraded condition of the local environment. Teasing apart the direction of causality in this resource–poverty nexus is a serious empirical challenge. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the economic dimensions of environmental and natural-resource management and poverty alleviation. The ten chapters of the book offer an overview of the current knowledge concerning the relation between poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Three sides of the debate receive particular attention. First, the relation between resource use and poverty is discussed from a theoretical point of view. Second, it is questioned whether payments for environmental services or considering values of resources can be an effective tool for stimulating both sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation. Third, alternative strategies to break the land degradation–poverty cycle are discussed.
Natural Resources And Local Livelihoods In The Great Lakes Region Of Africa
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Author : A. Ansoms
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-03-23
Natural Resources And Local Livelihoods In The Great Lakes Region Of Africa written by A. Ansoms and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-23 with Business & Economics categories.
This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development.
Sustainable Land Use And Rural Development In Southeast Asia Innovations And Policies For Mountainous Areas
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Author : Holger L. Fröhlich
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Sustainable Land Use And Rural Development In Southeast Asia Innovations And Policies For Mountainous Areas written by Holger L. Fröhlich and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with Science categories.
This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of natural resources and the improvement of living conditions of the rural population in the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. Having three objectives the book first aims to give an interdisciplinary account of the drivers, consequences and challenges of ongoing changes in mountainous areas of Southeast Asia. Second, the book describes how innovation processes can contribute to addressing these challenges and third, how knowledge creation to support change in policies and institutions can assist in sustainably develop mountain areas and people’s livelihoods.
Escaping Poverty S Grasp
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Author : David Reed
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-08-21
Escaping Poverty S Grasp written by David Reed and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Despite decades of macroeconomic reforms, poverty reduction plans and rural growth strategies, poverty is persistent and environmental degradation is accelerating in the developing world. Though traditional economic indicators have improved in some countries, little has worked to open enduring economic and ecological opportunities to the rural poor. This unacceptable outcome grows, in large part, from the failure to place the needs of the poor at the centre of national development strategies and to link local level changes to urgently needed changes in national development policies. This book is designed to change all of that by showing how change must begin at the local level and, from there, push upwards to change policies and institutions at higher levels to remove political, economic and institutional impediments that stifle opportunities for the rural poor and improved environmental management. This approach challenges the notion that poverty reduction and improved natural resource management can originate with design masters in international organizations or national capitals.Working with teams in China, Indonesia, El Salvador, South Africa and Zambia, WWF devised the revolutionary '3xM' - micro (local), meso (sub-national) and macro (national) - Approach to analysing and intervening to change the poverty dimensions in a country. This approach helps improve the local environment and community livelihoods, and promotes policy and institutional changes at state/provincial and national levels that are essential for the sustainable, equitable development. This book provides both the tools and successful case studies to show practitioners how to adopt the 3xM Approach in diverse developing country contexts. Published with WWF
Frontiers In Resource And Rural Economics
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Author : Wu JunJie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-30
Frontiers In Resource And Rural Economics written by Wu JunJie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Law categories.
Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources. One of the first books to approach resource economics and rural studies as fundamentally interconnected areas of study, Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics integrates the work of 18 leading scholars in resource economics, rural economics, rural sociology and political science in order to focus on two complex interdependencies-one pertaining to natural resources and human welfare, the other to urban and rural communities and their economies. The book reviews the past 50 years of scholarship in both natural resource and rural economics. It contrasts their different intellectual and practical approaches and considers how they might be refocused in light of pressing demands on human and natural systems. It then proposes a 'new rural economics' that acknowledges the full range of human-ecosystem and urban-rural interdependencies. It explores the relationship between natural resources and economic growth, and considers the prospects for amenity-driven growth that would benefit both new and traditional inhabitants of rural areas. Later chapters explore the politics of place, spatial economics, strategies for reducing rural poverty, and prospects for linking rural and environmental governance. Throughout, the book emphasizes innovative research methods that integrate natural resource, environmental, and rural economics.
Environmental And Resource Economics In The World Of The Poor
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Author : Partha Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Release Date : 1997
Environmental And Resource Economics In The World Of The Poor written by Partha Dasgupta and has been published by Resources for the Future this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Environmental economics categories.
Addresses the issue of the relationship between economic development and the protection of environmental and natural resources. Looks at the global dimensions of environmental problems and their implications for developing countries.
Institutions Ecosystems And Sustainability
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Author : Robert Costanza
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-08-30
Institutions Ecosystems And Sustainability written by Robert Costanza and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-30 with categories.
In the latter part of the 20th century, humans are doing a particularly poor job of managing natural resources in a sustainable way over the long term. Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability focuses on long-term, sustainable natural resource management practices at the local, national, and international levels. The authors suggest that a major cause of the "sustainability problem" - regulatory policies for large areas that often threaten the sustainability of both natural resources and previously effective governance problems - lie in "scale" problems. Large scale ecosystems are not simply larger versions of smaller systems, and micro-scale ecosystems are not merely microcosms of large scale systems. The driving forces and feedback mechanisms operate at different levels and exhibit distinct patterns of their own. Traditional management practices that do well at the local level cannot be expected to do equally well in handling activities organized at the continental or global scale. Even more importantly, when local systems are superseded by national or international management practices, local ecosystems frequently suffer. The challenge is to match ecosystems and governance systems in ways that maximize the compatibility of these systems. This book builds upon this fundamental principle. Particularly valuable is the use of simulation exercises to explore the consequences of social institutions and a discussion of the progress being made in developing a broad global data base to test hypothesis about the relationship between ecosystems and social institutions, and to investigate ways to repair the damage already caused by scale mismatches. Features
Lands Of The Poor
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Author : Angelo Maliki Bonfiglioli
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2004
Lands Of The Poor written by Angelo Maliki Bonfiglioli and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
This book discusses local environmental governance and decentralised natural resource management. It considers the concept of local environmental governance, relating to issues of local administrative quality, effectiveness and efficiency, transparency and accountability. It highlights a new environmental approach aimed at integrating technical measures into broader institutional frameworks and regulatory policy, by linking local development concerns to broader democratic processes and transforming local populations into citizens with basic civil rights.
Resources And Planning For Economic Development
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Author : Archana Bhargava
language : en
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
Release Date : 1991
Resources And Planning For Economic Development written by Archana Bhargava and has been published by Northern Book Centre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Land use, Rural categories.
The inter-relationship between man, resources and development is the point of discussion and elaboration in the present volume. In the wake of integrated rural regional development, it is imperative to envisage development as socio-economic change for betterment of masses involving local resources and incorporate interest. Such a structural change in orientation of planning requires resource evaluation and allocation on microscale in detail. Utilizing the contemporary techniques, evaluation of potentials, present utilization and possibilities of optimum utilization of resources of a relatively less developed region, i.e., Sagar Division of Madhya Pradesh is attempted. This division provides an example of how only basic attributes of resources are taken care of ignoring the combinational ones in the existing system of spatial organisation developed under top-down planning. The widening disparity can be minimized by planning on micro-level. A comparatively new approach of identification of planning units, incorporating characteristics of both formal and functional regions, has been attempted. As such the present volume can serve as model for resource-based development planning of depressed regions.