Scarcity, frontiers and development

Geographical Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-122

  Barbier, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualistic frontier; Economic geography; Frontier expansion; Land and resource frontiers; Natural resource scarcity; Resource based development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84860618495     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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