Control of Resources

Contents: Preface. 1. Problem of resources. 2. Control of resources. 3. Measuring resources scarcity. 4. Pricing of natural resources. 5. Resource depletion and economic growth. 6. Growth with exhaustible resources. 7. Exploitation of renewable resources. 8. Sustainability. Bibliography. 

Resources are used in the production of various goods. Most of the resources are limited in supply. If the resources are continuously used, it reduces their availability. Hence there is a need to control the uses of resources and the existing resources should be used more efficiently. As a matter of fact, economic growth is constrained by resources. This book discusses the management of common resources, new economics of resources, resources and environmental quality, ecology issues, environmental potential and limits, role of resources in Neo classical model, scarcity of resources, various problems in pricing, resource depletion and economic growth, scarcity of nonrenewable resources, optimal exploitation of resources, growth with exhaustible resources, exploitation of renewable resources, utilization of resources and sustainability and a few other related issues.