Lecture1IntroductiontoLandEconomics:ScopeandContentRaleighBarlowe
Landresourceeconomics,1986Landeconomicsdealswiththeeconomicrelationshipspeoplehavewithothersrespectingland
[1]Itisconcernedwithoureconomicuseofthesurfaceresourcesoftheearthandthephysicalandbiological,technological,andeconomic,andinstitutionalfactorsthatconditionandcontrolouruseoftheseresources
Salteronceobserved,“Landeconomicsisasocialsciencethatdealswiththoseproblemsinwhichsocialconductisstrategicallyaffectedbythephysical,locationalorpropertyattributesofwholesurfaceunites
”土地经济学是研究人与人之间因为土地而引起的经济关系的科学
它涉及到人们对地表资源的利用以及自然的和生物的、技术的、经济的和制度的因素——它们影响制约和控制着人们对这些资源的利用
正如伦纳德A索尔特曾经指出的,“土地是一门社会科学,它研究从整体上受整个地表单元的物质、位置、或财产权性质所影响的社会行为Likegeneraleconomics,landeconomicsisconcernedwiththeallocationanduseofscarceresources
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