Title:
Sustainability and environmental economics : an alternative text
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Publication Information:
England : Longman, 1997
ISBN:
9780582276567
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Summary
Summary
This concise text provides an introduction to the concepts and theories of environmental economics for students of environmental science, geography and economics. John Bowers, an environmental economist who has worked with numerous environmental and conservation organisations, presents a critical analysis of the neoclassical approach to environmental economics. He offers new insights on the choice of instruments for environmental policy, on valuing the environment and on criteria for achieving sustainable development.
Table of Contents
| Economic Preliminaries |
| 1 Environmental Problems and Environmental Economics |
| 2 The Economist's View of the World |
| 3 Market Failure and the Environment |
| The Choice of Instruments for Environmental Policies |
| 4 The Economic Theory of Pollution |
| 5 A Critique of the Pigovian Model of Pollution |
| 6 Choice of Instruments for Pollution Policy |
| 7 Nitrate Pollution |
| 8 Domestic Waste |
| 9 Atmospheric Emissions from Road Transport Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| 10 Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| 11 Valuing the Environment |
| 12 Cost-Benefit Analysis in Practice |
| Sustainable Development |
| 13 Exhaustible Resources |
| 14 Renewable Resources |
| 15 Sustainability and Sustainable Development |
| 16 Instruments for Biodiversity Policy |
| 17 Global Atmospheric Pollution |
| 18 Restrospect: Sustainability, Economics and the Environment |
| Further Reading: A Brief Guide |
| References |
