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1 online resource (315 pages) |
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Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface; PART I Introduction; 1 Ocean resources, ocean governance; PART II Historic wrecks, modern pirates; 2 Economic analysis of legal regimes governing salvage of historic shipwrecks; 3 The economics of maritime piracy; 4 Maritime piracy and international law; PART III Enclosure; 5 Enclosure of the oceans; 6 An economic analysis of drawing lines in the sea; 7 Division of economic rents in the Timor Gap; PART IV Fisheries economics; 8 Economics of the fishery; 9 Management of fish stocks; PART V Fisheries regime formation |
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10 Impatience, ecology and fisheries regime formation11 International negotiations: Successes and failures; 12 Preponderant actors and the bargaining game; 13 Managing high seas fisheries; 14 How and why to make a fishery treaty ineffective; PART VI Marine mammals; 15 Whales -- crashing numbers, clashing values; PART VII Coral reefs, marine protected areas, wetlands; 16 Coral reef economics; 17 Marine protected areas, optimal policing and optimal rent dissipation; 18 Contractual difficulties in environmental management: The case of United States wetland mitigation banking; PART VIII Pollution |
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19 Oceans and non-point source pollution20 Oil pollution from ships; PART IX Minerals; 21 Taxing offshore oil and gas; 22 US royalty relief, rent sharing and offshore oil production; 23 Deep sea mining: Retrospect and prospect; Appendix: Benefit-cost analysis; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
It is an unfortunate truth that our oceans offer valuable resources that are too often used unsustainably. Time and again this is due to the failure of international law to provide a framework for adequate governance. Economics of the Oceans examines this issue and provides a comprehensive study of ocean uses from the perspectives of law and economics. Themes covered in the book include ocean governance, the economics of oceanic resource exploitation, offshore oil, coral reefs, shipwrecks and maritime piracy. Analytical techniques such as basic game theory, environmental econo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Marine resources development -- Law and legislation.
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Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation.
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Marine resources.
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Law of the sea -- Economic aspects
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Law of the sea -- Economic aspects
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Marine resources
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Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation
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Marine resources development -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136186288 |
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113618628X |
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