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| Hitchens, M.T.; Thampapillai, Dodo J.; Sinden, Jack A.. |
| The present trend to more quantitative analysis for public decisions on land allocation has included studies based on the opportunity cost criterion. This encouraging trend could be promoted through improved use of the criterion. Two important improvements are the analysis of uncertainty and the generation and analysis of a whole schedule of land use plans. The paper illustrates these improvements through empirical application of linear programming to two land use problems in New South Wales. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 1978 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10301 |
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| Thampapillai, Dodo J.; Anderson, Jock R.. |
| In this paper, the main socio-economic concepts and their applications in the study of soil degradation are reviewed under three broad headings: soil conservation as an input in agricultural production; topsoil as a natural resource somewhere between being renewable and nonrenewable; and the effects of dealing with common property resources. The treatment of soil conservation as an input has involved the demonstration of damage functions and a study of factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation. The study of renewability, or the lack of it, has involved the application of the concept of user costs, whilst the consideration of common property resources has concentrated on the need to minimise the divergences between social and private values. The... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12318 |
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