
- 108 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Absolute Essentials of Environmental Economics
About this book
This shortform textbook provides a concise overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics. It focuses on how economic forces affect the natural environment and how economic policies and behaviors may be altered to improve environmental quality.
Spanning ten chapters, the book introduces readers to the key ideas in environmental economics. Topics include environmental externalities, technological change, cost-benefit analysis, pollution charges, emissions and offset trading, climate change, and public policy.
Written by an established educator and scholar, Absolute Essentials of Environmental Economics will be valuable reading for students of environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental management and related areas. People affiliated with environmental interest groups, "think tanks," and advocacy groups will also find it beneficial.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Markets and environmental pollution
- 3 The basic economics of environmental pollution control
- 4 Technological change in pollution control
- 5 Measuring the benefits and costs of pollution control
- 6 The policy world
- 7 Pollution-control standards
- 8 Pollution charges
- 9 Economics of emissions trading
- 10 Global climate change
- Index