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Resource efficiency complexity and the commons : the paracommons and paradoxes of natural resource losses, wastes and wastages / Bruce Lankford.

By: Lankford, Bruce AMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013Description: (x, 249 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780415828468Subject(s): Waste minimization | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General | Waste minimizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Resource efficiency complexity and the commons.DDC classification: 333.2 LOC classification: TD793.9 | .L355 2013Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Female Library	TD793.9 .L355 2013 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	1	Available	STACKS		51952000200017
Books	Main Library	TD793.9 .L355 2013 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	1	Available	STACKS		51952000200000

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.