| Description |
xix, 515 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Dryden Press series in economics |
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Dryden Press series in economics.
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| Contents |
Part I. Theory and tools of environmental and resource economics: 1. Introduction; 2. Economic efficiency and markets: how the invisible hand works; 3. Government intervention in market failure; 4. Valuing the environment for environmental decision making; 5. The macroeconomics of the environment -- Part II. Exhaustible resources, pollution, and the environment: 6. Global environmental changes: ozone depletion and global warming; 7. Acid deposition; 8. Energy and the environment; 9. Material policy: minerals, materials and solid waste -- Part III. Renewable resources and the environment: 10. Fisheries; 11. Temperate forests; 12. Tropical forests; 13. Biodiversity and habitat preservation; 14. Water resources -- Part IV. Further topics: 15. Toxins in the ecosystem; 16. Agriculture and the environment; 17. The environment and economic growth in third world countries; 18. Prospects for the future -- Appendix. The Internet: what is it, how to use it, what's on it |
| Notes |
Some copies have imprint: South-Western |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Environmental economics.
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Natural resources.
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| LC no. |
97066400 |
| ISBN |
0030245117 |
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