TY - GEN AU - Barbier, Edward B. TI - Natural resources and economic development SN - 9780521706513 U1 - 333.7091724 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - CUP KW - Natural resources. Economic development -- Environmental aspects N1 - 1. Natural resources and developing countries : an overview -- 2. Natural resource-based economic development in history -- 3. Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- 4. Frontier expansion and economic development -- 5. Explaining land use change in developing countries -- 6. The economics of land conversion -- 7. Does water availability constrain economic development? -- 8. Rural poverty and resource degradation -- 9. Can frontier-based development be successful? -- 10. Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies ER -