This book provides a thorough and coherent review and discussion of environmental economics theory with an appreciation of empirical problems. It will be particularly suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in environmental and resource economics and professionals. Particular emphasis is placed on analysing recent empirical studies from all over the world and each chapter develops the main theoretical results and recent developments necessary for complete understanding of the applications. The book is clear and succinct with separate chapters to look into economic models in more depth.
Introduction - The Economy and the Environment: Two Parts of a Whole
Technical Note: Game Theory - Market Failure - Economic Incentives for
Environmental Protection: An Overview - Technical Note: Mathematical
Programming - Pollution Taxes for the Efficient Control of Pollution
-Tradeable Pollution Permits - Transboundary Pollution Problems - An
Introduction to Comparative Dynamics and the Economics of Natural Resource
Exploitation - Natural Resources: Types, Classification and Scarcity - An
Economic Analysis of Nonrenewable Natural Resources - Renewable Resource
Economics - The Economics of Forestry Exploitation - The Theory of Nonmarket
Valuation - Methods for Valuing Environmental Costs and Benefits - The
Economics of Sustainable Development
