Tourism economics is partly based on established principles from the economics discipline, but it also incorporates elements from sociology, psychology, organization theory and ecology. It has over the years turned into an appealing multi-disciplinary oriented approach to the understanding of...

Key Features:First book of its kind in the fieldExamines and analyzes how key tools are used to conduct theoretical and empirical research in natural resource and environmental economics in contemporary timesCompiles various articles and accounts concerned with the relevant pedagogical...

With the global expansion of urbanization there is a need to ensure that cities develop in a way that allows all residents to benefit from urban life. This volume contains a collection of classic and more recent papers that provide insight into the problems encountered in urbanization and the...