Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy and the Sustainable SocietyRoutledge, 2019 M07 23 - 560 pages This new edition of "Environmental and Natural Resources Economics" provides an accessible yet rigorous treatment of the subject, including the economics of sustainability. The new edition has been updated extensively throughout. A new chapter has been added on fisheries economics and policy, and the chapter on global climate change has been substantially rewritten to incorporate new scientific information and evolving public policy. Many new figures and tables have been added, and the glossary has also been expanded. Readers will appreciate the balanced and accessible coverage, and the integration of economics with science and public policy. |
Contents
Some Reasons for Optimism and Some Reasons | |
Review Questions and Problems | |
Deontological Ethics | |
SelfInterest the Common Good and Social Order | |
Review Questions and Problems | |
The Economics of Market Allocation | |
Market Equilibrium and Efficiency | |
Global Climate Change Predictions | |
The Evidence Regarding Global Climate Change | |
The Economics of Controlling | |
Summary | |
Introduction to the Concept of Sustainability | |
Recognizing Interdependencies and Thinking Long Term | |
Discounting and Policy Making | |
Summary | |
Perspectives on Market Failures and Government | |
Externalities Market Failures and Policy Interventions | |
Social Cost as the Sum of Private | |
Policy | |
The Economics of Natural Resource Systems Part | |
Measurement and Analysis of Benefits and Costs | |
Measuring Benefits | |
Summary | |
Internet Links | |
EPA Enforcement | |
Traditional Uniform Performance | |
Trading | |
Environmental Taxes | |
Science Policy and Economics | |
Sustainable Economic Development | |
The Brundtland | |
Sustainability Indicators | |
Case Studies in Measuring Sustainable Economic | |
References and Further Reading | |
Solar Energy | |
Policies Promoting Sustainable Production | |
Issues in the Economics of Sustainable Local | |
Retrospective on CPRs and Local SelfGovernance | |
Development | |
Summary | |
Glossary | |
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