An interdisciplinary research agenda for the study of ecological-economic systems in the American West
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Increased public awareness of resource management issues and new attitudes toward resource conservation have led to great interest in the subject of the apposite use and management of natural and environmental resources in the American West. This paper analyzes this subject from an interdisciplinary ecological-economic perspective. Four salient issues concerning the study of the West’s ecological-economic systems that remain inadequately understood are identified and then discussed. A research agenda is proposed to answer some key questions concerning the functioning, health, and management of the West’s ecological-economic systems. 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. JEL classification: Q20; C61; D81
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تاریخ انتشار 2015