The role of economic diversity in regional stability and growth is examined. Contrary to "conventional wisdom" the empirical literature has been unable to confirm the link between diversity and economic performance. Traditional notions of diversity tend to be defined narrowly, usually...

"Forestry Economics introduces students and practitioners to the economics of managing forests and forest enterprises. The book adopts the approach of managerial economics textbooks and applies this to the unique problems and production processes faced by managers of forests and forest...

1. Introduction -- 2. Production systems -- 3. Costs -- 4. Revenue -- 5. Profit -- 6. Supply and demand -- 7. Market equilibrium and structure -- 8. Capital theory : investment analysis -- 9. The forest rotation problem -- 10. Capital theory : risk -- 11. Forest taxes -- 12. Estimating nonmarket...

"Forestry Economics introduces students and practitioners to the economics of managing forests and forest enterprises. The book adopts the approach of managerial economics textbooks and applies this to the unique problems and production processes faced by managers of forests and forest...

1. Basic concepts in natural resource economics -- 2. Regional I-O economic models -- 3. Social accounting matrices -- 4. Regional economic multipliers -- 5. Ecosystem and economic system framework -- 6. The accounting of sustainability in a SAM.

Combines two disciplines together, regional and ecological economics. This book presents a way to understand ecological economic concerns from a regional perspective, and provides a mathematical tool to measure their interrelationships