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Environmental economics embraces the issues of market failures, pollution control, environment protection and resource allocation. This text is concerned with ways and means to achieve this allocation through government intervention by way of statutory regulation.

Trade Review
"...The book is both literate and easy to read..." (Ecological Economics, Vol.40, 2002)

"...highly informed and informative..." (Eastern Economic Journal)

"...a well written introductory text..." (The Environmentalist, Vol.22, 2002)



Table of Contents
Economics and the Environment.

Luminaries.

Institutions.

Sustainable Development.

Direct Regulation.

Economic Instruments.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Valuation.

Air, Land and Water Issues.

Global Warming.

Population and the Quality of Life.

Bibliography.

Indexes.

Environmental Economics

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      Publisher Wiley
      Published 2 March 2000
      ISBN-13 9780471985594
      978-0471985594
      ISBN-10 0471985597
      Also in:
      Earth sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Environmental economics embraces the issues of market failures, pollution control, environment protection and resource allocation. This text is concerned with ways and means to achieve this allocation through government intervention by way of statutory regulation.

      Trade Review
      "...The book is both literate and easy to read..." (Ecological Economics, Vol.40, 2002)

      "...highly informed and informative..." (Eastern Economic Journal)

      "...a well written introductory text..." (The Environmentalist, Vol.22, 2002)



      Table of Contents
      Economics and the Environment.

      Luminaries.

      Institutions.

      Sustainable Development.

      Direct Regulation.

      Economic Instruments.

      Cost-Benefit Analysis and Valuation.

      Air, Land and Water Issues.

      Global Warming.

      Population and the Quality of Life.

      Bibliography.

      Indexes.

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