Economics and the Environment
5th Edition
Published on 1. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-471-76309-3 (ISBN)
Description
In its fifth edition, Economics and the Environment 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. 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.
More details
Edition
5., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
775 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-76309-3 (9780471763093)
Schweitzer Classification
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
Author Index