Economics and the Environment 6th Edition, provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. This book examines a broad range of topics in environmental and natural resource economics. It presents in-depthtreatment of important issues at the cutting edge of environmental policy debates. The focus is on equipping readers with the tools necessary to analyze current environmental issues as an economist would. Broader topics such as the ethical foundations of environmental economics, an introduction to ecological economics, a safety-based approach to controlling pollution, the economic critique of growth, the potential for government failure, the promotion of "clean technology," and opportunities for sustainable development in poor countries are all covered throughout the text INDICE: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Four Economic Questions about Global Warming PART I: HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH? Chapter 2 Ethics and Economics Chapter 3 Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities Chapter 4 The Efficiency Standard Chapter 5 The Safety Standard Chapter 6 Sustainability: A Neoclassical View Chapter 7 Sustainability: An Ecological View Chapter 8 Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection Chapter 9 Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection Chapter 10 BenefitCost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard Chapter 11 Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare PART II: IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB? Chapter 12 The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Chapter 13 An Overview of Environmental Legislation Chapter 14 The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles Chapter 15 Monitoring and Enforcement PART III: HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? Chapter 16 Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory Chapter 17 Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice Chapter 18 PromotingClean Technology: Theory Chapter 19 Energy Policy and the Environment PART IV: CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES? Chapter 20 Poverty, Population, and the Environment Chapter 21 Environmental Policy in Poor Countries Chapter 22 The Economics of Global Agreements
- ISBN: 978-0-470-56109-6
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 528
- Fecha Publicación: 15/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés