Lecture 1 Introduction to Land Economics: Scope and ContentRaleigh Barlowe. Land resource economics,1986Land economics deals with the economic relationships people have with others respecting land. 1It is concerned with our economic use of the surface resources of the earth and the physical and biological, technological, and economic, and institutional factors that condition and control our use of these resources. As L. A. Salter once observed, “Land economics is a social science that
