| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
<P>Part I: Introduction to the Field of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 1. Visions of the Future 2. The Economic Approach: Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems 3. Evaluating Trade-Offs: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Other Decision-Making Metrics 4. Valuing the Environment: Methods 5. Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development 6. Depletable Resource Allocation: The Role of Longer Time Horizons, Substitutes and Extraction Cost Part II: Economics of Pollution Control 7. Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview 8. Stationary-Source Local and Regional Air Pollution 9. Water Pollution: Managing water quality for rivers, lakes, and oceans 10. Toxic Substances and Environmental Justice Part III: Climate Section 11. Climate Change I: The Nature of the Challenge 12. Climate Change II: The Role of Energy Policy 13. Climate Change III: Carbon Pricing 14. Climate Change IV: Adaptation -- Floods, fires and water scarcity 15. Transportation: Managing congestion and pollution Part IV: Natural Resource Economics 16. Ecosystem Services: Nature's Threatened Bounty 17. Common-Pool Resources: Commercially Valuable Fisheries 18. Forests: Storable, Renewable Resources 19. Land: A Locationally Fixed, Multipurpose Resource Part V: Sustainable Development 20. Sustainable Development: Meeting the Challenge End Matter: Answers to Self-Test Exercises Glossary Index </P> |
| Notes |
Previous edition issued in print: 2018 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Environmental economics
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Natural resources
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natural resources.
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Environmental economics
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Natural resources
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| Reading List |
MAE233 prescribed text 2024
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lewis, Lynne, author
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| ISBN |
9781000892185 |
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1000892182 |
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