Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Colin W. Clark Издательство: Страниц: 368 ISBN: 9780470372999
Описание
“Overall, this is an appealing work for students and professionals, and is certain to remain as one of the key works in natural resource analysis.” – Mathematical Reviews Biological renewable resources, essential to the survival of mankind, are increasingly overexploited by individuals and corporations that often sacrifice long–term economic health and sustainability for short–term gains. Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Mathematics of Conservation, Third Edition analyzes the economic forces underlying these misuses of renewable resources and discusses more effective methods of resource management. Promoting a complete understanding of general principles, the book allows readers to discover how rigorous mathematical models that incorporate both economic and biological factors should replace intuitive arguments for conservation and sustainability. This Third Edition continues to combine methodologies from the fields of economics, biology, and mathematics to explain how analytic...