This textbook provides a concise introduction to micro- and macroeconomics and demonstrates how economic tools and approaches can be used to analyze environmental issues. Written in an accessible style without compromising depth of the analysis, central issues in the public policy debate on environmental problems and environmental policy are discussed and analyzed from an economics perspective. The book is meant as an introductory (and in some parts intermediate) text for undergraduate students in environmental sciences without a background in economics. It also serves as a companion for economists interested in a presentation of the micro and macro foundations of environmental economics, in a nutshell.

The second edition has been revised, updated and extended in may ways, for instance by adding a microeconomic section on environmental technical change, a discussion of the significance of technical change for a sustainable development and a considerably extended macroeconomic section on economic growth.

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Alfred Endres is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Hagen, Germany, and Permanent Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. He has also taught at the Technical University of Berlin, Zhejiang University at Hangzhou, China, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He held visiting appointments at the University of Florida, the University of California, San Diego and La Trobe University, Melbourne. Alfred Endres is the author of 14 books on environmental economics, applied economics, and microeconomics. He is the author of numerous articles in journals such as the Canadian Journal of Economics, Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Industrial Economics, Public Choice as well as Social Choice and Welfare. The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists published a special issue of its official journal, Environmental and Resource Economics, " in honour of Alfred Endres" (Part I: Vol. 62, No. 4 (Dec. 2015), Part II: Vol. 65, No. 1 (Sept. 2016)). Beyond his scientific activities, Endres performs as the lead singer of Trio Rockato, a regionally acclaimed rock band.

Volker Radke is Professor of Economics at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Ravensburg, Germany. He also taught at the University of Dortmund and the University of Hagen, both Germany. He published several books and articles in journals, especially on the topic of sustainable development and its indicators.

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Economics: What Is It About and How Does It Relate to the Natural Environment?.- Microeconomics and the Natural Environment.- Macroeconomics and the Natural Environment.