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020 _a9780511781131 (ebook)
020 _z9780521877732 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aHD1411
_b.B247 2011
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100 1 _aBarbier, Edward B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aScarcity and Frontiers :
_bHow Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation / [electronic resource]
_cEdward B. Barbier.
246 3 _aScarcity & Frontiers
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (768 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aThroughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the scarcity of key natural resources. Increasing scarcity raises the cost of exploiting existing natural resources and creates incentives in all economies to innovate and conserve more of these resources. However, economies have also responded to increasing scarcity by obtaining and developing more of these resources. Since the agricultural transition over 12,000 years ago, this exploitation of new 'frontiers' has often proved to be a pivotal human response to natural resource scarcity. This book provides a fascinating account of the contribution that natural resource exploitation has made to economic development in key eras of world history. This not only fills an important gap in the literature on economic history but also shows how we can draw lessons from these past epochs for attaining sustainable economic development in the world today.
650 0 _aNatural resources
650 0 _aScarcity
650 0 _aEconomic development
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521877732
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781131
_zCambridge Books Online
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