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Environmental Economics: A Critical Overview
By Alan Gilpin
352 pages
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Synopsis
A comprehensive, jargon-free introductory text on the issues, ideas, theories and problems of environmental economics, ideal for both students of economics and those without economic training.
Environmental Eeconomics is a fundamental area of environmental studies covering the exploitation, evaluation and conservation of natural resources, and the impact of this on local, regional, national and international economics. This book stresses the links between economic concepts and real world issues ...
Environmental Eeconomics is a fundamental area of environmental studies covering the exploitation, evaluation and conservation of natural resources, and the impact of this on local, regional, national and international economics. This book stresses the links between economic concepts and real world issues ...
A comprehensive, jargon-free introductory text on the issues, ideas, theories and problems of environmental economics, ideal for both students of economics and those without economic training.
Environmental Eeconomics is a fundamental area of environmental studies covering the exploitation, evaluation and conservation of natural resources, and the impact of this on local, regional, national and international economics. This book stresses the links between economic concepts and real world issues and deals with population, natural resources, valuation, environmental regulation, economic instruments, cost-benefit analysis, waste, water resources, air pollution, global warming, biodiversity and world trade.
It covers a range of controversial issues and developments and yet is a straight forward introduction to the field,
Environmental Eeconomics is a fundamental area of environmental studies covering the exploitation, evaluation and conservation of natural resources, and the impact of this on local, regional, national and international economics. This book stresses the links between economic concepts and real world issues and deals with population, natural resources, valuation, environmental regulation, economic instruments, cost-benefit analysis, waste, water resources, air pollution, global warming, biodiversity and world trade.
It covers a range of controversial issues and developments and yet is a straight forward introduction to the field,
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Table of contents
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- Environmental Economics i
- By the Same Author ii
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- About the Author ix
- Preface xi
- Abbreviations xv
- 1: Economics and the Environment 1
- 2: Luminaries 35
- 3: Institutions 71
- 4: Sustainable Development 89
- 5: Direct Regulation 113
- 6: Economic Instruments 141
- 7: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Valuation 173
- 8: Air, Land and Water Issues 199
- 9: Global Warming 237
- Environmental Economics i
- By the Same Author ii
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- About the Author ix
- Preface xi
- Abbreviations xv
- 1: Economics and the Environment 1
- 2: Luminaries 35
- 3: Institutions 71
- 4: Sustainable Development 89
- 5: Direct Regulation 113
- 6: Economic Instruments 141
- 7: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Valuation 173
- 8: Air, Land and Water Issues 199
- 9: Global Warming 237
- 10: Population and the Quality of Life 269
- Bibliography 305
- Name Index 323
- Subject Index 327