Environmental and Resource Economics

Résumé
This popular text outlines the major ideas in the economic analysis of pollution, resource exploitation and environmental amenity. It provides an excellent basis for understanding the arguments put forward by economists on the important issues of policy arising in all of these areas.

Contenu

1. Introduction.
2. Prices, Aggregation and Decisions.
3. The Economic Problem.
4. The Market Economy.
5. The Economics of Pollution.
6. Time in Economic Analysis.
7. Natural Resource Exploitation.
8. Cost-Benefit Analysis.
9. Sustainable Development.