Environmental and Natural Resources Economics

This book aims to integrate multiple disciplinary such as management, economics, and geography from the perspective of resource science and also to strengthen research on resource management to promote sustainability in natural resources. It established clear definition of natural resources and in-depth exploration of main fields such as water resources, land resources, and agricultural resources. Classic methods of economics are applied to solve the problems of resource consumption, environmental pollution, and climate change in modern society. On the basis of classical economics, the disciplinary system of environmental and natural resources is further developed. It is a helpful reference for readers to further study natural resources and environmental economics.

Xiangzheng Deng is a professor of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He has obtained doctoral degrees in Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Economics from both domestic and international sources and has been engaged in research and teaching in natural resource management, land surface environmental governance, agricultural and forestry economic management, global change and regional development for a long time. Recently, he has mainly focused on rural revitalization, climate change response, and land spatial planning. In terms of land use balance and optimization theory and empirical research, he proposed innovative methods for land use competition and optimization management. He has published over 240 papers in academic journals both domestically and internationally, including over 150 SCI/SSCI papers, with a total of over 3000 citations. 

Malin Song is a professor of Anhui University of Finance and Economics. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, majoring in Management Science and Engineering, and engaged in teaching and research in Anhui University of Finance and Economics in May 2007. Since 2012, Prof. Song has been working as a professor in the School of Statistics and Applied Mathematics at Anhui University of Finance and Economics. He is now vice president of Anhui University of Finance and Economics. Prof. Song is mainly engaged in data envelopment analysis and environmental and economic statistics, especially in environmental efficiency evaluation methods and applications, and has achieved fruitful results. In November 2020, he was selected as a highly cited scientist by Clarivate Analytics. In April 2022, he was selected as the highly cited Chinese researcher in 2021 by Elsevier. 

Zhihui Li is an associate professor and master's supervisor at theInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is served as the deputy secretary general of the Development Geography Committee of the Chinese Geographical Society, as well as guest editor for internationally renowned journals such as Technical Forecasting & Social Change. She is mainly engaged in research and teaching in the fields of land and water resource environmental management, land use change and ecosystem services, climate change response, regional sustainable development, and agricultural policies and decision-making. At present, she has presided and participated over more than ten tasks that funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. She has published more than 60 academic papers, including over 50 SCI/SSCI papers and seven monographs. 

Fan Zhang is an associate researcher at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources of the Chinese Academyof Sciences, deputy director of the Land Surface Environmental Management Research Office, and deputy secretary-general of the Professional Committee on Resource Flow and Management of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources. He is mainly engaged in research and teaching in urban ecological management, global change and regional development, resource management and policy, and regional sustainable development. His research projects include General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program, and the sub-project of the Class A Pioneer Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

Yuexian Liu got her Ph.D. from Copenhagen University in 2010 and now working in the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. She focuses on the research of soil pollution remediation and agricultural products safety. Her recent research interests include: biodegradation of soil PAH, greenhouse gas emissions and storage in soil, etc. Since 2001, Dr. Liu has published 50 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals and conferences.