An excellent overview of the state-of-the-art in environmental economics... [The authors] have done a superb job of providing the general reader with an authoritative, exceptionally well-written overview of the contributions environmental economics can make to the analysis and improvement of environmental management policy. Bioscience

"Environmental Economics" provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.
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An introduction to the relationship between economics and environmental policy, which covers such issues as: the changing role of economics, with growing environmental concern; the impact of markets and government policy; environmental protection through economic mechanisms; and other topics.
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Product details

ISBN
9780801848636
Published
1994-01-26
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight
544 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
UU, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
324

Biographical note

Kerry Turner is a director of CSERGE, the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, and professor at the University of Each Anglia. David W. Pearce is director of CSERGE and professor at University of College London. They are coauthors of Economics of Natural Resources. Ian Bateman is a member of the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia and coeditor of Valuing Environmental Preferences.