ABSTRACT

The purpose of this collection of readings is to aid the student taking a course in environmental economics to place the issues in perspective. The text is designed for an undergraduate audience, and those readings that have appeared elsewhere have, with the permission of the holders of the copyright, been suitably abridged for this purpose. The book is designed to be used in conjunction with a conventional text on environmental economics or as an adjunct to a comprehensive series of lectures in environmental and natural resource economics.

part One|58 pages

The basic economics of the environment and natural resources

part Two|51 pages

Intertemporal and intergenerational problems

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

Economics and resources*

chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Social welfare and exhaustible resources

part Three|30 pages

The economics of self-reproducible resources management: the sea fishery

part Four|20 pages

Economic incentives and environmental management

part Five|40 pages

International aspects of environmental management