Environmental economics
Environmental economics : an elementary introduction
/ R. Kerry Turner, David Pearce y Ian Bateman.
. -- 1a edición
. -- United States : Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993
. -- VIII, 328 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 cm
Nota de contenido : I. Economics and the environment. ; 1. The big economy. 2. Environment and ethics. 3. Economic growth, population growth and the environment. 4. Sustainable development ; II. The causes of environmental degradation. 5. How markets work and why they fail. 6. How governments fail the environment ; III. Decision-making and the environment. 7. Cost-benefit thinking. 8. Valuing concern for nature. 9. Coping with uncertainty ; IV. The economic control of the environment. 10. Using the market to protect the environment. 11. Charging for the use of the environment. 12. Green taxes. 13. Trading environmental permits. 14. Setting environmental standards. ; V. Natural resources. 15. Renewable resources. 16. Non-renewable resources ; VI. Environmental economics in action. 17. Business and the environment. 18. Managing waste. 19. Climate change. 20. Economics and the ozone layer. 21. Conserving biological diversity. 22. International environmental policy : acid rain. 23. Environment in the developing world.
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Reseña : The subixt of environmenkll economics has become an important focus debate around the world, with experts as well as ordinary citizens concludingthat the environment and the ecoonomy can no longer be viewed as separate entities_ As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly from the paint of view of their economics effects and their for human well-being now and in the future.
Environmentol Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between econornics 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 government policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Written be helpful to students and general readers alike, this major new text Explains economic concepts and environmental issues without relying on Formal rnathematics or complex models. With case studies, extended examples, and key terms highlighted and fully explained in the text, it Will be useful to students in environmental science, ecology, agriculture, geography, u planning, surveying, politics, economics..
0801848628
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Economía ambiental.
Medio ambiente
Desarrollo económico.
333.72 / K379e
Libro Colección General / Ej.1 / 0000000140539 / Central Bogotá / 333.72 K379e
Libro Colección General / Ej.2 / 0000000140555 / Central Bogotá / 333.72 K379e
Nota de contenido : I. Economics and the environment. ; 1. The big economy. 2. Environment and ethics. 3. Economic growth, population growth and the environment. 4. Sustainable development ; II. The causes of environmental degradation. 5. How markets work and why they fail. 6. How governments fail the environment ; III. Decision-making and the environment. 7. Cost-benefit thinking. 8. Valuing concern for nature. 9. Coping with uncertainty ; IV. The economic control of the environment. 10. Using the market to protect the environment. 11. Charging for the use of the environment. 12. Green taxes. 13. Trading environmental permits. 14. Setting environmental standards. ; V. Natural resources. 15. Renewable resources. 16. Non-renewable resources ; VI. Environmental economics in action. 17. Business and the environment. 18. Managing waste. 19. Climate change. 20. Economics and the ozone layer. 21. Conserving biological diversity. 22. International environmental policy : acid rain. 23. Environment in the developing world.
.
Reseña : The subixt of environmenkll economics has become an important focus debate around the world, with experts as well as ordinary citizens concludingthat the environment and the ecoonomy can no longer be viewed as separate entities_ As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly from the paint of view of their economics effects and their for human well-being now and in the future.
Environmentol Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between econornics 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 government policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Written be helpful to students and general readers alike, this major new text Explains economic concepts and environmental issues without relying on Formal rnathematics or complex models. With case studies, extended examples, and key terms highlighted and fully explained in the text, it Will be useful to students in environmental science, ecology, agriculture, geography, u planning, surveying, politics, economics..
0801848628
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Economía ambiental.
Medio ambiente
Desarrollo económico.
333.72 / K379e
Libro Colección General / Ej.1 / 0000000140539 / Central Bogotá / 333.72 K379e
Libro Colección General / Ej.2 / 0000000140555 / Central Bogotá / 333.72 K379e