"The American West is often portrayed in the cultural imagination as a place of rugged, unending landscapes. The land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptions acknowledge. This compilation of essays, A Watershed Moment, reveals tensions between a culture of economic...

This study aims at unveiling regional development differences in Norway with respect to various natural resource-based activities that take place in the NUTS 3 regions. Norway's natural riches range from agricultural and forest resources to fisheries, mines, petroleum and gas. Considering the...

This paper examines an in-depth and systematic review of why some nations are so rich, while others remain so poor taking into account temporal and spatial dynamics applied for economic growth covariants. Growth literature underscores direct and indirect causes for economic growth. Likewise,...