Environmental Economics
An Elementary Introduction
Published on 1. December 1993
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-0-8018-4862-9 (ISBN)
Description
The subject of environment economics has become an important focus of debate around the world with experts as well as ordinary citizens concluding that the environment and the economy can no longer be viewed as separate entities. As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly seem from the point of view of their economics effects and their consequences for human well-being now and in the future.
Environmental Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Environmental Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Reviews / Votes
An excellent overview of the state-of-the-art in environmental economics . . . [The authors] have done a superb job of providing the general reader with an authoritative, exceptionally well-written overview of the contributions environmental economics can make to the analysis and improvement of environmental management policy.-Bioscience
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-4862-9 (9780801848629)
DOI
10.56021/9780801848629
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Book
01/1994
Johns Hopkins University Press
€39.70
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Book
04/1992
Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf
€69.52
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Persons
Kerry Turner is a director of CSERGE, the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, and professor at the University of Each Anglia. David W. Pearce is director of CSERGE and professor at University of College London. They are coauthors of Economics of Natural Resources. Ian Bateman is a member of the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia and coeditor of Valuing Environmental Preferences.