Principles of Environmental Economics: Economics, Ecology and Public Policy

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures xiii
• Tables xvi
• Case Studies xvii
• Exhibits xviii
• Preface xix
• Acknowledgments xxv
• Introduction: Overview of Environmental and Resource Economics as a Subdiscipline in Economics xxvii
• Part One - The “preanalytic” Vision of Natural Resources: the Standard Economic Perspective 1
• Chapter One - The Concept of Resources and Resource Scarcity: 3
• Part Two - Markets, Efficiency, Technology and Alternative Economic Indicators of Natural Resource Scarcity 17
• Chapter Two - Resource Scarcity, Economic Efficiency and Markets: 19
• Chapter Three - Market Signals of Natural Resource Scarcity: 42
• Part Three - Ecology: the Economics of Nature 65
• Chapter Four - The Concept of Natural Resources: 67

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures xiii
• Tables xvi
• Case Studies xvii
• Exhibits xviii
• Preface xix
• Acknowledgments xxv
• Introduction: Overview of Environmental and Resource Economics as a Subdiscipline in Economics xxvii
• Part One - The “preanalytic” Vision of Natural Resources: the Standard Economic Perspective 1
• Chapter One - The Concept of Resources and Resource Scarcity: 3
• Part Two - Markets, Efficiency, Technology and Alternative Economic Indicators of Natural Resource Scarcity 17
• Chapter Two - Resource Scarcity, Economic Efficiency and Markets: 19
• Chapter Three - Market Signals of Natural Resource Scarcity: 42
• Part Three - Ecology: the Economics of Nature 65
• Chapter Four - The Concept of Natural Resources: 67
• Part Four - Fundamentals of the Economics of Environmental Resources 87
• Chapter Five - The Market, Externality, and the “optimal” Trade-Off Between Environmental Quality and Economic Goods 89
• Part Five - The Perennial Debates on the Biophysical Limitations to Economic Growth 113
• Chapter Six - Biophysical Limits to Economic Growth: 115
• Chapter Seven - Biophysical Limits to Economic Growth: 134
• Chapter Eight - Biophysical Limits to Economic Growth: 152
• References and Further Reading 174
• Chapter Nine - The Economics of Sustainable Development 176
• Part Six - The Economics of Environmental Resources: Public Policies and Cost-Benefit Estimations of Environmental Damage 199
• Chapter Ten - The Economic Theory of Pollution Control 201
• References and Further Reading 222
• Chapter Eleven - The Economics of Environmental Regulations: 223
• Chapter Twelve - The Economics of Environmental Regulations 245
• Chapter Thirteen - Global Environmental Pollution: 268
• Chapter Fourteen - The Economic Theory and Measurement of Environmental Damage (benefit): 287
• Chapter Fifteen - A Framework for Assessing the Worthiness of an Environmental Project: 315
• Part Seven - Basic Elements of the Economic Theories of Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources 333
• Chapter Sixteen - Fundamental Principles of the Economics of Renewable Resources: 335
• Chapter Seventeen - Fundamental Principles of the Economics of Nonrenewable Resources 363
• Part Eight - Resource Scarcity, Population, Poverty and the Environment 395
• Chapter Eighteen - Population, Development and Environmental Degradation in the Developing World 397
• Index 421