Index
a
| absolute scarcity 27 , 53 , 118 , 136 |
| acid rain 94 , 231 , 254 , 260 -3, 269 -70, 274 -5 |
| aerosols 271 , 272 , 276 |
| Africa 119 , 120 , 399 , 402 , 412; |
| see also Nigeria agricultural land 12 , 26 , 51 , 52 -3; |
| distribution of 413 ; |
| immutably fixed 116 |
| agriculture 10 , 140 , 282 -3, 412 ; |
| chemical use 277 ; |
| significant implications for 273 |
| air quality 236 -7, 238 , 291 , 293 ; |
| improved 290 , 294 ; |
| indoor 206 , 207 |
| Alaska 351 , 355 |
| Alliance of Small Island Nations 277 , 278 |
| allocation of resources 6 , 21 , 60 , 96 , 162 , 171 , 239 , 388 ; |
| cost-effective 249 , 256 ; |
| efficiency in 101 , 103 , 187 , 324 ; |
| inefficient 102 , 327 ; |
| inter-temporal 370 -81, 387 ; |
| market forces can direct 355 ; |
| nonrenewable 371 -81, 386 ; |
| optimal 384 ; |
| relegated to public authorities 353 ; |
| socially optimal 59 , 249 , 350 , 387 ; |
| societal 165 , 324 ; |
| time and xxxi , 324 , 356 ; |
| see also misallocation of resources |
| Alper, J. 19 |
| Antarctica 271 , 272 , 276 , 277 |
| Anthes, R.A. 272 |
| anthropocentrism 5 - 6 , 9 , 187 , 216 , 300 |
| appreciation 382 |
| Arrow, K. 152 , 158 |
| assets 206 ; |
| alternative 382 , 383 ; |
| capital 182 , 183 , 187 , 195 ; |
| natural 10 , 192 , 193 ; |
| productive 294 ; |
| recycling 167 -8; |
| renewable 183 ; |
| time-dated 381 ; |
| see also environmental assets |
| assimilative capacity 91 -5, 156 , 202 , 205 , 209 |
| atmosphere 68 , 70 , 79 ; |
| cycles 72 , 79 ; |
| pollution 72 , 94 , 187 , 269 -83 |
| Austria 276 , 280 |
| Ausubel, Jesse H. 139 -40 |
| average product curve 118 |
| aversive expenditures 298 |
| Ayres, R.U. 163 |
| Azar, Jack 167 -8 |
b
| Bangladesh 148 |
| Barnett, H.J. 48 , 137 -9, 140 , 142 , 143 , 144 |
| Baumol, William J. 105 , 143 , 327 |
| Benedick, R.E. 276 |
| benefits 33 , 98 , 287 - 314 , 318 , 406 , 409 ; |
| assessment/evaluation of 59 - 60 , 99 , 100 ; |
| environmental 95 , 280 ; |
| expected 408 ; |
| external 100 , 130 ; |
| forgone 102 ; |
| future 318 , 371 , 386 ; |
| loss in 102 ; |
| marginal 407 , 408 ; |
| not shared evenly 411 ; |
| private 30 , 32 , 100 ; |
| short-term 328 ; |
| social 32 , 100 , 294 , 371 , 375 ; |
| see also cost-benefit analysis; |
| MNB; |
| MPB; |
| MSB |
| Bernauer, T. 281 |
| biodiversity 74 , 189 ; |
| loss of 157 , 158 |
| bioeconomic model see steady-state bioeconomic model |
| biogeochemical cycles 72 |
| biology 68 , 77 ; |
| cycles 70 , 72 , 79 |
| biological resources xxviii , 336 -9, 342 |
| biomass 73 , 74 , 189 , 350 ; |
| growth in 337 -46 |
| biophysical factors xxix , 113 -75, 343 |
| biosphere 68 , 81 ; |
| economic returns from 5 - 6 ; |
| equilibrium 74 ; |
| human economy as subsystem of 79 ; |
| survival of 79 |
| biotic components 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 74 |
| birth rates 146 , 147 -8, 171 , 401 |
| Bishop, R.C. 189 |
| Bodansky, D. 278 |
| Bolin, B. 158 |
| Boulding, Kenneth 153 , 157 , 159 , 160 -1, 163 , 164 |
| Boyce, J.K. 146 |
| Brazil 399 , 415 ; |
| Amazonia 36 , 37 |
| Britain 270 , 275 , 279 , 280 ; |
| see also England |
| Brown, G.M. 42 |
| Brown, Lester 119 , 130 |
| Browner, Carol 236 |
| Brundtland Commission Report (1987) 179 -80, 181 |
| Bruyn, S.M. 146 |
| Buenos Aires conference (1998) 263 |
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Book title: Principles of Environmental Economics:Economics, Ecology and Public Policy.
Contributors: Ahmed M. Hussen - Author.
Publisher: Routledge.
Place of publication: London.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: 421.
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