Environmental economics : an introduction /

Field, Barry C.,

Environmental economics : an introduction / - International student edition : 2024 release. - xix, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chapter 1: What Is Environmental Economics -- Chapter 2: The Economy and the Environment -- Chapter 3: Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Chapter 4: Markets, Externalities, and Public Goods -- Chapter 5: The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Chapter 6: Frameworks of Analysis -- Chapter 7: Benefit–Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Chapter 8: Benefit–Cost Analysis: Costs -- Chapter 9: Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Chapter 10: Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- Chapter 11: Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Chapter 12: Incentive-Based Strategies: Environmental Charges and Subsidies -- Chapter 13: Incentive-Based Strategies: Market Trading Systems -- Chapter 14: Federal Water Pollution Control Policy -- Chapter 15: Federal Air Pollution Control Policy -- Chapter 16: Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- Chapter 17: State and Local Environmental Issues -- Chapter 18: Global Climate Change -- Chapter 19: International Environmental Agreements -- Chapter 20: Globalization -- Chapter 21: Economic Development and the Environment.

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Environmental economics.
Economic development.
Natural resources.

333.7 / FIE