Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction to dynamic and stochastic resource economics : essays on biodiversity, invasive species, joint systems, and regulation -- Natural resource management -- On some aspects of the management of a stochastically developing forest -- On the choice...

In recent times, there has been considerable interest in issues at the interface of the environment and development. In this paper, I review four prominent recent books about the environment and development. In particular, I analyze the contributions of these four books with regard to (i) the...

This book is a collection of Amitrajeet A Batabyal's most important papers on the environment and economic development. It begins with a comprehensive and previously unpublished introductory chapter, followed by 12 chapters on different problems such as land use for agricultural purposes,...