The people and use of natural resources
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Hundloe, Torstein
Daniels, Peter
White, Amy
Crawford, Christine
Year published
2012
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With the brief history behind us, we now start to develop our understanding of the Little
Swanport catchment as it is today. While considerable time will be spent on description,
never far from our mind will be the central issues and questions we have dealt with in the
lead-up to our case study. If this river basin was a nation (obviously a tiny one, in the San
Marino league), what would we make of its economy and society? As a river basin, could its
economy and society be improved by changing its present use of water, the resource that
defines a catchment? We shall see.With the brief history behind us, we now start to develop our understanding of the Little
Swanport catchment as it is today. While considerable time will be spent on description,
never far from our mind will be the central issues and questions we have dealt with in the
lead-up to our case study. If this river basin was a nation (obviously a tiny one, in the San
Marino league), what would we make of its economy and society? As a river basin, could its
economy and society be improved by changing its present use of water, the resource that
defines a catchment? We shall see.
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Book Title
The value of water in a drying climate
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Subject
Environment and resource economics
Ecological economics