Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics

by Wu, JunJie; Barkley, Paul W.; Weber, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9781933115658
• ISBN10: 1933115653
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 interconnected areas of study, Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics integrates the work of 18 leading scholars 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 contrasts the different approaches of resource and rural economics 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 an amenity-driven growth that would benefit both new and traditional inhabitants of rural areas. Later chapters explore the politics of place spatial economics, and prospects for linking rural and environmental governance.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. xi
Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Synthesis	p. 1
The Past 50 Years
The Emergence and Evolution of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	p. 11
Rural Economics: People, Land, and Capital	p. 29
Human-Nature and Rural-Urban Interdependence
Environmental Economics and the "Curse" of the Circular Flow	p. 43
The New Rural Economics	p. 63
Exploring the Prospects for Amenity-Driven Growth in Rural Areas	p. 82
Natural Amenities, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis	p. 94
Policies and Programs for People and Places
People and Places at the Ragged Edge: Place-Based Policy for Reducing Rural Poverty	p. 111
Rural Human Capital Development	p. 132
Property Taxation and the Redistribution of Rural Resource Rents	p. 150
The Politics of Place: Linking Rural and Environmental Governance	p. 169
Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Methodological Perspective	p. 192
The Next 25 Years
Resources and Rural Communities: Looking Ahead	p. 211
The Future of Rural America Through a Social-Demographic Lens	p. 229
Index	p. 249
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