ABSTRACT
Extensively revised and updated, this popular text presents an accessible yet rigorous treatment of environmental and natural resources economics, including climate change and the economics of sustainability. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition now includes new figures and tables, definitions to assist the reader, and updated policy information. New advances in the science, economics and policy approaches to climate change have been integrated into essentially all-new chapters on incentive regulation and global climate change. This innovative textbook integrates economics with science and public policy in a balanced and accessible way that will be appreciated by students from disciplines ranging from economics and natural resources management to environmental studies and energy policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |112 pages
Theory and Fundamentals
chapter |15 pages
Introduction
chapter |17 pages
Values
chapter |23 pages
Markets
chapter |21 pages
Externalities
chapter |34 pages
Natural Resources Economics Part I: Theory and Concepts
part |180 pages
Policy
chapter |23 pages
Natural Resources Economics Part II: Marine Capture Fisheries
chapter |38 pages
An Introduction to Benefit/Cost Analysis
chapter |22 pages
Political Economy
chapter |24 pages
Compliance and Deterrence
chapter |36 pages
Incentive Regulation
chapter |35 pages
Global Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Policy
part |140 pages
Topics on the Economics of Sustainability