Natural Resource Economics: The Upsetting Discipline

Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics

Natural Resource Economics, Planetary Boundaries and Strong Sustainability

Earth systems science maintains that there are nine “planetary boundaries” that demarcate a sustainable, safe operating space for humankind for essential global sinks and resources. Respecting these planetary boundaries represents the “strong sustainability” perspective in economics, which argues that some natural capital may not be substituted and are inviolate. In addition, the safe operating...

The economics of natural language interfaces: natural language processing technology as a scarce resource

This paper discusses appropriate application areas for a Natural Language Interface (NLI) to a database. This requires comparing an NLI with competing approaches to interfaces, including (a) other types of user-friendly interfaces, such as icon, menu, or Query By Example (QBE) systems, and (b) training of users so that they become comfortable with less user-friendly interfaces. Also, since NLI ...

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Decisions under Risk and Uncertainty [Prepared for Encyclopedia of Environmental and Resource Economics]

Natural Economics

Introduction Infused into the lives of billions of distinct denizens of this planet is the practice of economic affairs, based primarily on the need to satisfy essential elements of survival and on the need to assure the continuation of the species. This is represented by a mathematically definable branching process underscored by countless daily transactions which, when taken separately, appea...