Landscape Economics
This book is a revised and expanded edition of Colin Price's seminal original publication, providing a richly comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of landscape economics. Chapters address key issues like natural resources and environmental economics, whi
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L A N D S C A P E E C O N O M I C S
Landscape Economics
Colin Price
Landscape Economics Second Edition
Colin Price Gwynedd, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-54872-2 ISBN 978-3-319-54873-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54873-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017948300 1st edition: © Macmillan London 1978 2nd edition: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Llyn Peris and Llanberis Slate Quarry in Snowdonia National Park. Photo by the author Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To the memory of Herbert Gatliff, and to all who encouraged me in believing that it matters.
Preface to the Second Edition
Landscape Economics was written 40 years ago. Since then, the subject area has gradually acquired recognition, and has almost become part of mainstream environmental economics. Books have been written which fall within its ambit. But still, I have not noticed any systematic study of its scope. Many of the pitfalls that the book outlined have been duly fallen into. Several of the crucial issues it identified have remained unexplored. In the meantime, I have had the good fortune to become more widely acquainted with the landscape of the United Kingdom and diverse countries abroad. I have been enriched by many conversations with landscape designers, planners, land users, environmental economists—and, as the specialism has become better defined, landscape economists. The first edition drew its references largely from contributing disciplines, and from the work of the small number of eccentrics who had already begun to explore the field: for this second edition,
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