Markets and the Environment

Keohane, Nathaniel O.; Olmstead, Sheila M.

ISBN 10: 1597260479 / ISBN 13: 9781597260473

Verlag: Island Press, 2007

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Inhaltsangabe:

Markets and the Environment is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics that will enable students and professionals to quickly grasp important concepts and to apply those concepts to real-world environmental problems. In addition, the book integrates normative, policy, and institutional issues at a principles level. Chapters examine: the benefits and costs of environmental protection, markets and market failure, natural resources as capital assets, and sustainability and economic development.

 

Markets and the Environment is the second volume in the Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series, edited by James Gustave Speth. The series presents concise guides to essential subjects in the environmental curriculum, incorporating a problem-based approach to teaching and learning.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Nathaniel Keohane is assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management.

Sheila M. Olmstead is assistant professor of environmental economics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Markets and the Environment
Verlag: Island Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket