Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics A Guide for Students and Decision-Makers

About this book

Revised and updated edition of a classic text providing a comprehensive, non-technical overview of the principles of environmental and resource economics.

Contents

Part 1 Environmental and resource economics - an introduction. Part 2 environment and natural resources in an economic perspective: markets and extremities; public policies and externalities; dynamics and uncertainty; the economics of natural resource utilization; welfare indices and the environmental resource base; goals, principles and constraints in environmental policies; valuing the environment; environmental policy and policy instruments; international co-ordination of environmental policies; modelling the economic consequences of environmental policies; environmental policy in the European Union. Part 3 The firm and the environment: a firm's involvement in the policy-making process; environmental management as competitive strategy - the case of CFCs; corporate responses to environmental concerns; environmental information systems and eco-auditing; environmental technology; environmental issues and operations strategy; environmental issues and competitive priorities; waste management.

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