Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment brings together the approaches of natural resource economics and environmental economics to provide a comprhensive overview of the economics of national international and global environmental problems. A unifying theme throuhhout the book is the concept of "sustainable development" defined as "maximizing the net benefits of economic development while maintaining the services and quality of natural resources over time."The authors emphasize the continuing importance of a mainstream approach. They stress "economic efficiency—getting the most welfare out of a given endowment of resources." And they address the larger moral issues as well. Chapter topics include the historical development of environmental economics, environmental ethics, and pollution control policy in "free" mixed market and centrally planned economies. Other current issues seen from an economic perspective include destruction of the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, policy weapons in the fight against pollution, and the special problems of the third world.Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment offers a thorough review and synthesis of the major work of the field's senior scholars. It will be of value not only to students of natural resource economics, environmental economics, geography, and environmental sciences but also to all with an interest in economic appraoches to environmental issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-01-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:539 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801839870

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

David W. Pearce is professor of economics and director of the Environmental Economics Centre, University College, London. R. Kerry Turner is senior lecturer at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.

Recensioner i media

Covers most of the 'main stream' of environmental and resource economics but with greater emphasis on the theme of sustainable economic development and on alternative normative and analytical perspectives that most texts in this field offer... (In fact, I will be using it in my course this year.). -- A. Myrick Freeman Natural Resources Forum

Innehållsförteckning

preface and AcknowledgementsPart I. Economy and EnvironmentChapter 1. The Historical Development of Environmental EconomicsChapter 2. The Circular EconomyChapter 3. The Sustainable EconomyPart II. The Economics of PollutionChapter 4. The Optimal Level of PollutionChapter 5. The Market Achievement of Optimal PollutionChapter 6. Taxation and Optimal PollutionChapter 7. Environmental Standards, Taxes and SubsidiesChapter 8. Marketable Pollution PermitsChapter 9. Measuring Environmental Damage I: Total Economic ValueChapter 10. Measuring Environmental Damage II: Valuation MethodologiesChapter 11. Pollution-Control Policy in Mixed EconomiesChapter 12. Pollution-Control in Centrally-Planned EconomiesChapter 13. Global Pollution PolicyPart III. Ethics and Future GenerationsChapter 14. Discounting the FutureChapter 15. Environmental EthicsPart IV. The Economics of Natural ResourcesChapter 16. Renewable ResourcesChapter 17. The Extinction of SpeciesChapter 18. Exhaustible ResourcesChapter 19. Measuring and Mitigating Natural Resource ScarcityPart V. Development and EnvironmentChapter 20. Development, Preservation and ConservationChapter 21. A Case Study of WetlandsChapter 22. Envrionment and the Developing CountriesReferences and Further ReadingIndex

Betyg & recensioner

Eberhard Schaich, Hans W. Brachinger

Häftad

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