Environmental Economics: An Elementary IntroductionBerghahn Books, 1993 M12 1 - 324 pages 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. |
Contents
PARTI Economics and the environment | 13 |
The big economy | 15 |
Environment and ethics | 28 |
Economic growth population growth and the environment | 41 |
Sustainable development | 54 |
The causes of environmental degradation | 63 |
How markets work and why they fail | 65 |
How governments fail the environment | 79 |
Charging for the use of the environment | 157 |
Green taxes | 166 |
Trading environmental permits | 181 |
Renewable resources | 205 |
Nonrenewable resources | 221 |
Business and the environment | 239 |
Managing waste | 252 |
Climate change | 267 |
Decisionmaking and the environment | 91 |
Costbenefit thinking | 93 |
Valuing concern for nature | 108 |
Coping with uncertainty | 129 |
The economic control of the environment | 141 |
Using the market to protect the environment | 143 |
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Environmental Economics: An Elementary Introduction R. Kerry Turner,David W. Pearce,Ian Bateman No preview available - 1993 |