Environmental economics : policies for environmental management and sustainable development /
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| Author / Creator: | Tisdell, C. A. (Clement Allan) |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Edward Elgar, c1993. |
| Description: | xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New horizons in environmental economics |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1562689 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Environmental Economics and Sustainability - The Setting. 1. Background to Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development
- Pt. II. Externalities and Policies to Control Environmental Spillovers. 2. On the Theory of Externalities: Relevant and Irrelevant Externalities. 3. Relevance of Non-Marginal Externalities: Allowing for Extra-Marginal External Economies. 4. Pollution Control Policies: Proposals by Economists
- Pt. III. Project Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment. 5. The Law, Risk Taking and Environmental Spillovers. 6. Externalities and Coasian Considerations in Project Evaluation. 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis, the Environment and Informational Constraints. 8. Project Appraisal and Sustainability
- Pt. IV. Sustainable Development and Economic Activity. 9. The Nature of Sustainability and of Sustainable Development. 10. Sustainable Development - Differing Perspectives of Ecologists and Economists. 11. Economics, Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems. 12. Exploitation of Techniques that Decline in Effectiveness with Use
- Pt. V. Environmental Policies and Global Conservation. 13. Ecological Economics and Major Policy Issues. 14. The World Conservation Strategy: An Economic Critique. 15. Resource Conservation and Sustainability in Developing Countries and Global Concerns. 16. Economic Instruments for the Control of Global Environmental Problems - Recent Policy Proposals for Caring for the Earth.