Environmental Economics

4. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-07-313751-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 673 g

Twenty-one chapters covering Cost and Benefits of Environmental Policy, Environmental Analysis, Policy Analysis, US Policy (Air Pollution, Toxic Wastes, State and Local Issues), and International Environmental Issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Barry C

Field, Martha K

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Field – Environmental Economics: An Introduction, 4/e(0073137510) Contents in Brief Section 1 – Introduction 1 What is Environmental Economics? 2 The Economy and the Environment Section 2 – Analytical Tools 3 Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand 4 Economic Efficiency and Markets 5 The Economics of Environmental Quality Section 3 – Environmental Analysis 6 Frameworks of Analysis 7 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits 8 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs Section 4 – Environmental Policy Analysis 9 Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies 10 Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action 11 Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards 12 Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies 13 Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits Section 5 – Environmental Policy in the United States 14 Federal Water Pollution – Control Policy 15 Federal Air Pollution – Control Policy 16 Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances 17 State and Local Environmental IssuesSection 6 – International Environmental Issues 18 Comparative Environmental Policies 19 Economic Development and the Environment 20 The Global Environment 21 International Environmental AgreementsAppendix: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the BookName IndexSubject Index