Natural Resources Of The United States

Author : Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Louis P. Cain
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : United States
ISBN : NWU:35556040182875

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American Economic History by Jonathan R. T. Hughes,Louis P. Cain Pdf

America's present economy, understood through its past. Rich in both quantitative techniques and economic theory, American Economic History demonstrates how an understanding of our past can illuminate economic issues that face society today and in the future. In simple, elegant language, this text walks readers through four centuries of political, social, and economic history, focusing on laws and institutions and emphasizing current economic topics. The eighth edition has been updated and revised, and includes expanded discussions on population, health, and labor; education; the automobile industry; income and taxes; social security; unemployment; regulation and the financial industry; and the history of economic recessions.

Author : Resources for the Future,Hans H. Landsberg,Leonard L. Fischman,Joseph L. Fisher
Publisher : [Baltimore] : Published for Resources for the Future by the Johns Hopkins Press
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : UOM:39015007259420

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Resources in America's Future by Resources for the Future,Hans H. Landsberg,Leonard L. Fischman,Joseph L. Fisher Pdf

A detailed examination of the adequacy of natural resources in the U.S. to provide the standard of living expected.

Author : Carl E. Beigie,Alfred Olivier Hero
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X000558740

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Natural Resources In U.s.-canadian Relations, Volume 1 by Carl E. Beigie,Alfred Olivier Hero Pdf

Author : Jacob Harris Patton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : HARVARD:HNVMC4

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Natural Resources of the United States by Jacob Harris Patton Pdf

Author : K. J. Schulz
Publisher : Geological Survey
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Industrial minerals
ISBN : 1411339916

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Critical Mineral Resources of the United States by K. J. Schulz Pdf

As the importance and dependence of specific mineral commodities increase, so does concern about their supply. The United States is currently 100 percent reliant on foreign sources for 20 mineral commodities and imports the majority of its supply of more than 50 mineral commodities. Mineral commodities that have important uses and face potential supply disruption are critical to American economic and national security. However, a mineral commodity's importance and the nature of its supply chain can change with time; a mineral commodity that may not have been considered critical 25 years ago may be critical today, and one considered critical today may not be so in the future. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced this volume to describe a select group of mineral commodities currently critical to our economy and security. For each mineral commodity covered, the authors provide a comprehensive look at (1) the commodity's use; (2) the geology and global distribution of the mineral deposit types that account for the present and possible future supply of the commodity; (3) the current status of production, reserves, and resources in the United States and globally; and (4) environmental considerations related to the commodity's production from different types of mineral deposits. The volume describes U.S. critical mineral resources in a global context, for no country can be self-sufficient for all its mineral commodity needs, and the United States will always rely on global mineral commodity supply chains. This volume provides the scientific understanding of critical mineral resources required for informed decisionmaking by those responsible for ensuring that the United States has a secure and sustainable supply of mineral commodities.

Author : William E. Riebsame
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429714559

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Drought And Natural Resources Management In The United States by William E. Riebsame Pdf

The 1987-89 drought was a signal event in the evolving interrelationshipsamong climate, natural resources management, technology,and society in the United States. Over half of the country experiencedsevere to extreme drought by midsummer of 1988 (Figure 1.1). Lossesupward to $39 billion illustrate the continuing, perhaps growing,vulnerability of many natural resources and economic sectors to droughtand other climate fluctuations.Despite decades of crop breeding, water system development, andother improvements in climate-sensitive technologies, the droughtdemonstrated that the simple lack of "normal" rainfall still provokesserious disruptions in agriculture, water supply, transportation,environmental quality, and other areas. It can affect the health and wellbeingof millions of people and evoke billions of dollars in governmentaid.

Author : Charles Richard Van Hise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1019536241

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The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise Pdf

This seminal work on natural resource management provides a historical perspective and offers solutions to the problems facing the conservation movement in the United States. It covers a wide range of topics including water, forests, soil, and wildlife. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joseph M. Petulla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : UCAL:B4580363

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American Environmental History by Joseph M. Petulla Pdf

Author : Donald L. Grebner,Pete Bettinger,Jacek P. Siry,Kevin Boston
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128190760

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Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources by Donald L. Grebner,Pete Bettinger,Jacek P. Siry,Kevin Boston Pdf

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Second Edition, presents a broad, completely updated overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest management, economics, policy, utilization and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest regions of the world, landowners, forest products, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and forest disturbances and health. These topics are ideal for undergraduate introductory courses and include numerous examples and questions for students to ponder. There is also a section dedicated to forestry careers. Unlike other introductory forestry texts, which focus largely on forest ecology rather than practical forestry concepts, this book encompasses the economic, ecological and social aspects, thus providing a uniquely balanced text. The wide range of experience of the contributing authors equips them especially well to identify missing content from other texts in the area and address topics currently covered in corresponding college courses. Covers the application of forestry and natural resources around the world with a focus on practical applications and graphical examples Describes basic techniques for measuring and evaluating forest resources and natural resources, including fundamental terminology and concepts Includes management policies and their influence at the local, national and international levels

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211338129

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Energy Fact Book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul A. Haslam,Pablo Heidrich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317418900

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The Political Economy of Natural Resources and Development by Paul A. Haslam,Pablo Heidrich Pdf

The Political Economy of Resources and Development offers a unique and multidisciplinary perspective on how the commodity boom of the mid-2000s reshaped the model of development throughout Latin America and elsewhere in the developing world. Governments increased taxes and royalties on the resource sector, the nationalization of foreign firms returned to the mainstream economic policy agenda, and public spending on social and developmental goals surged. These trends, often described as resource nationalism, have developed into a strategy for economic development, generated a re-imagining of the state and its institutional possibilities, and created a new but very significant political risk for extractive enterprises. However, these innovations, which constitute the most dramatic change in development policy in Latin America since the advent of neoliberalism, have so far received little attention from either academic or policy-oriented publications. This book explores the reasons behind these policies, and their effects on states, firms, and development trajectories. This text brings together renowned thematic experts to examine the political-economic causes of resource nationalism, as well as its manifestation in six Latin American countries. The causal variables considered by the contributors to this collection include a range of political-economic determinants of policy including commodity prices; the influence of ideology and national politics; ideas about industrial policy; relations between host governments and investors; and how countries respond to opportunities provided by regional initiatives and the new geography of the global economy. This volume is essential reading in development economics, political economy, and Latin American studies, as well as for those who want to understand what economic development means after neoliberalism.

Author : William Ascher
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801860962

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Why Governments Waste Natural Resources by William Ascher Pdf

Drawing on 16 case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, reveals the complex political and programmatic reasons why government officials in developing countries often willfully adopt wasteful natural resource policies.

Author : Larry Karp
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262534055

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Natural Resources as Capital by Larry Karp Pdf

An introduction to the concepts and tools of natural resource economics, including dynamic models, market failures, and institutional remedies. This introduction to natural resource economics treats resources as a type of capital; their management is an investment problem requiring forward-looking behavior within a dynamic setting. Market failures are widespread, often associated with incomplete or nonexistent property rights, complicated by policy failures. The book covers standard resource economics topics, including both the Hotelling model for nonrenewable resources and models for renewable resources. The book also includes some topics in environmental economics that overlap with natural resource economics, including climate change. The text emphasizes skills and intuition needed to think about dynamic models and institutional remedies in the presence of both market and policy failures. It presents the nuts and bolts of resource economics as applied to nonrenewable resources, including the two-period model, stock-dependent costs, and resource scarcity. The chapters on renewable resources cover such topics as property rights as an alternative to regulation, the growth function, steady states, and maximum sustainable yield, using fisheries as a concrete setting. Other, less standard, topics covered include microeconomic issues such as arbitrage and the use of discounting; policy problems including the “Green Paradox”; foundations for policy analysis when market failures are important; and taxation. Appendixes offer reviews of the relevant mathematics. The book is suitable for use by upper-level undergraduates or, with the appendixes, masters-level courses.

Author : Fonjong, Lotsmart
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789956551248

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Natural Resource Endowment and the Fallacy of Development in Cameroon by Fonjong, Lotsmart Pdf

Cameroon is rich in petroleum, minerals, tropical forests, wildlife, water systems, fertile lands, and much more. Paradoxically however, most citizens live in abject poverty and without jobs, potable water, electricity, good healthcare and roads. This book is a thoughtful interrogation of some of the structural factors driving persistent poverty in Cameroon in the midst of natural resource abundance. It engages in a multidimensional critical analysis of the impact of natural resources on basic development indicators and concludes that good resource governance and sound management are the missing link. Natural resources alone will not create socio-economic prosperity void of good management with a clear development vision and strategy in Cameroon. The book assembles a wide diversity of analysis, views, perspectives and recommendations from economists, development experts, social and political scientists, on Cameroon’s current development inertia. What emerges in the end is a coherent interdisciplinary analysis of the natural resource-development paradox as it plays out in an African setting. Theories and good practices from Africa and beyond are systematically applied to identify and critique present policy and management approaches while providing alternative options that can unlock Cameroon’s natural resource wealth for national prosperity.

Author : Gerald W. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Forest policy
ISBN : MINN:31951D00791080V

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The USDA Forest Service by Gerald W. Williams Pdf