Lankford, Bruce A.
Resource efficiency complexity and the commons : the paracommons and paradoxes of natural resource losses, wastes and wastages / Bruce Lankford. - London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013. - (x, 249 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and indexes.
The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource efficiency and efficiency gains from the perspective of common pool resources, applying this idea particularly to water resources and its use in irrigated agriculture. The author proposes a novel concept of ""the paracommons"", through which the savings of increased resource efficiency can be viewed. In effec.
9780415828468
515926 MIL
Waste minimization.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Waste minimization.
Electronic books.
TD793.9 / .L355 2013
333.2
Resource efficiency complexity and the commons : the paracommons and paradoxes of natural resource losses, wastes and wastages / Bruce Lankford. - London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013. - (x, 249 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and indexes.
The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource efficiency and efficiency gains from the perspective of common pool resources, applying this idea particularly to water resources and its use in irrigated agriculture. The author proposes a novel concept of ""the paracommons"", through which the savings of increased resource efficiency can be viewed. In effec.
9780415828468
515926 MIL
Waste minimization.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Waste minimization.
Electronic books.
TD793.9 / .L355 2013
333.2