This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of the major areas of institutional economic geography. Each chapter discusses in detail the new developments and changes in the field, and with a balance of theory, applications and empirical tests provides a rigorous grounding in the economic analysis of the natural resources and environmental issues that are increasingly prominent policy concerns. The book is a must-read for any social scientist interested in real-world economic geography and institutional economics, including economists, political scientists, sociologists, historians, geographers and anthropologists.​