Economics and the Environment
6th Edition
Published on 27. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-470-56109-6 (ISBN)
Description
Economics and the Environment 6th Edition, provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. This text examines a broad range of topics in environmental and natural resource economics. It presents in-depth treatment of important issues at the cutting edge of environmental policy debates. The focus is on equipping readers with the tools necessary to analyse current environmental issues as an economist would. Broader topics such as the ethical foundations of environmental economics, an introduction to ecological economics, a safety-based approach to controlling pollution, the economic critique of growth, the potential for government failure, the promotion of "clean technology," and opportunities for sustainable development in poor countries are all covered throughout the text.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
754 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-56109-6 (9780470561096)
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Eban S. Goodstein | Stephen Polasky
Economics and the Environment
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04/2014
7th Edition
Wiley
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Content
INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Four Economic Questions about Global Warming PART I: HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH? Chapter 2 Ethics and Economics Chapter 3 Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities Chapter 4 The Efficiency Standard Chapter 5 The Safety Standard Chapter 6 Sustainability: A Neoclassical View Chapter 7 Sustainability: An Ecological View Chapter 8 Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection Chapter 9 Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection Chapter 10 Benefit Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard Chapter 11 Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare PART II: IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB? Chapter 12 The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Chapter 13 An Overview of Environmental Legislation Chapter 14 The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles Chapter 15 Monitoring and Enforcement PART III: HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? Chapter 16 Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory Chapter 17 Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice Chapter 18 Promoting Clean Technology: Theory Chapter 19 Energy Policy and the Environment PART IV: CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES? Chapter 20 Poverty, Population, and the Environment Chapter 21 Environmental Policy in Poor Countries Chapter 22 The Economics of Global Agreements