Economics A-Level
Natural capital
What Natural capital means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Natural capital
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Finite natural resources that the environment provides and that are subject to depletion.
Topics that use Natural capital
- Economic resources (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Factors of production
- Scarcity and opportunity cost
- Capital
- Economic good
- Environmental scarcity
- Labour
- Land
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