Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part 1: Background; 1. The Influence of Resource and Environmental Problems of Applied Welfare Economics: An Introductory Essay 2. Three Decades of Water Resources Research: A Personal Perspective; Part 2: Resource Problems and Theoretical Issues in Applied Welfare Economics; 3. Key Aspects of Species Extinction: Habitat Loss and Overexploitation 4. Intergenerational Equity and the Social Rate of Discount 5. Optimal Genetic Resources in the Context of Asymmetric Public Goods 6. Quasi-Optimal Pricing for Cost Recovery in Multiple Purpose Water Resource Projects 7. Balancing Market and Nonmarket Outputs on Public Forest Lands; Part 3: Resource Policies and the Practice of Applied Welfare Economics; 8. Modeling Recreation Demands for Public Land Management 9. Public Intervention Revisited: Is Venerability Vulnerable? 10. Lessons in Politics and Economics from the Snail Darter 11. Environmental Litigation and Economics Efficiency: Two Case Studies; Appendix: "Conservation Reconsidered," by John V. Krutilla; The Works of John V. Krutilla: A Bibliographic Profile; Index

About the Author

V. Kerry Smith