The field of 'resource economics' includes the study of
environmental economics, agricultural production and marketing,
bioeconomics, community economic development, resource utilization, and environmental policy.
It has evolved as the idea of "
natural resources" and "
human resources" were challenged by the ideas of "
natural capital" and "
human capital" and is now hard to characterize as a separate field of its own. It was a major influence on the theory of
Natural Capitalism and of
eco-villages..
See also
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Green economists
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Environmental finance
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Sustainable development
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Resource based economy