resource scarcity

  • 1Resource rent — In economics, rent is a surplus value after all costs and normal returns have been accounted for, i.e. the difference between the price at which an output from a resource can be sold and its respective extraction and production costs, including… …

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  • 2Scarcity — (also called paucity) is the problem of infinite human needs and wants, in a world of finite resources. In other words, society does not have sufficient productive resources to fulfill those wants and needs. Alternatively, scarcity implies that… …

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  • 3scarcity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ growing, increasing ▪ relative ▪ artificial ▪ food, land …

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  • 4scarcity — scarce scarce [skeəs ǁ skers] adjective if something is scarce, there is not enough of it available: • Here, land is a scarce resource and house prices have risen sharply. • Jobs are scarce. scarcity noun [singular, uncountable] : • the present… …

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  • 5Scarcity Principle — An economic principle in which a limited supply of a good, coupled with a high demand for that good, results in a mismatch between the desired supply and demand equilibrium. In pricing theory, the scarcity principle suggests that the price for a… …

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  • 6scarcity — scarce ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a resource) insufficient for the demand. 2) rarely found. ● make oneself scarce Cf. ↑make oneself scarce DERIVATIVES scarcity noun. ORIGIN O …

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  • 7The Ultimate Resource — infobox Book | name = The Ultimate Resource author = Julian Simon country = United States language = English genre = Nonfiction publisher = Princeton University Press release date = 1981, 1996 media type = Print (Hardback Paperback) pages = 734… …

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  • 8Common-pool resource — In economics, a common pool resource (CPR), also called a common property resource, is a type of good consisting of a natural or human made resource system (e.g. an irrigation system or fishing grounds), whose size or characteristics makes it… …

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  • 9Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth report — Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth Type Independent scientific assessment Website …

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  • 10Natural resource economics — Economics …

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