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Rich CALL FOR PAPERS NEW JOURNAL JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY RESEARCH ROUTLEDGE - TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP Date of Publication: January 2009 Editor: Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Professor University of Hawaii at Manoa For information about the editorial board, please visit the journal website at http://www.informaworld.com/rjnr Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, a peer-reviewed quarterly journal, publishes original policy-oriented papers addressing a broad range of natural resource fields including water, minerals, energy, fisheries, and forestry in a synthesizing fashion, rather than as stand-alone specialty areas. It will also publish papers on the natural resource implications of climate change, natural disasters, and biodiversity loss, among others. The papers, ideally, will be based on both conceptual and empirical studies and will be primarily policy-focused. Our goal is to foster productive dialog among the disparate sectors in the broad field of natural resources and among various social science perspectives leading to an improved understanding of institutional and economic dynamics and informed policy making. TOPICS: We are inviting original papers in policy analysis, policy modeling, policy surveys and synthesis, institutional analysis, conceptual/theoretical papers, case studies and case histories from academic and non-academic experts in the natural resources and environmental field. We are looking for papers dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics: 1. Natural resource policy broadly defined - scope and dimensions 2. Holistic vs. sector-specific approach 3. Policy framework - components, sequencing, linkages, integration, robustness 4. Conceptual/theoretical paradigms - rationale and evolutionary perspectives 5. Country studies, case studies, case histories, survey papers 6. Natural resource policy modeling 7. Natural resource institutions - design and implementation 8. Natural resource policy crafting - ownership, allocation, planning, development, markets and pricing, conservation 9. Natural resources and political externalities; public choice and rent-seeking 10. Natural resource use and environmental quality 11. Public-private partnership issues 12. Natural resources and institutional entropy 13. Transboundary, transnational, and transgenic resources 14. Natural resource policy - efficiency, equity, and sustainability 15. Trigger issues - climate change, natural disasters human disasters, deforestation, endangered species, invasive species, environmental pollution The deadline for submission of full-fledged papers, prepared in accordance with the guidelines of JNRPR is June 15, 2008. Please see: http://www.informaworld.com/rjnr Please limit your paper to a maximum of 6,000 words. Submit all manuscripts electronically to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
