Insufficiently utilized natural tourist resources of Southern Serbia

The 2009 Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference

This is the introduction to, and overview of, the Special Section of papers from the 2009 Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference (SOFOR GIS). The conference was held for the seventh time in Athens, Georgia, on December 7-9, 2009.

Tourism And Natural Resources

The Impact of Natural Resources on Innovation

N owadays, innovation considered as the most important factor, which can affect economic growth extraordinary. Therefore, investigating the effect of variables affecting innovation has priority. In this study, we try to investigate 1) the natural resource curse hypothesis and 2) the effect of institutional quality on the way in which natural resources affects innovation. To investiga...

Development of Digital Cartographic Database for Managing the Environment and Natural Resources in the Republic of Serbia

On it's way to become a member of the European Union, Republic of Serbia need to achieve EU environmental standards. Increased interest in correct management of the environment and natural resources caused strong demand for great amount of information needed in decision-making process. Spatial databases with associated alfanumeric data have especially important role in that process. This study ...

Allocation of natural resources.

(31 Aug., p. 819) argue that, because current pricing practices do not internalize environmental costs, some mechanism other than the market is needed to protect environmental values. They propose a system of environmental credits-natural resource units (NRU's)-to be allocated to individuals and industrial organizations. Although their system is ingenious, I offer the following objections. 1) T...