Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field.

By: Field, Barry CContributor(s): Field, Martha KMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2009Edition: 5th ed., International edDescription: xviii, 493 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780071276245 (International ed. : pbk.); 0071276246 (International ed. : pbk.)Subject(s): Environmental economics | Economic development -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 333.7 | 658.408 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | F47 2009Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Sect. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. What is Environmental Economics? -- Ch. 2. The Economy and the Environment -- Sect. 2. Analytical Tools -- Ch. 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Ch. 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets -- Ch. 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis -- Ch. 6. Frameworks of Analysis -- Ch. 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Ch. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis -- Ch. 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Ch. 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- Ch. 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Ch. 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- Ch. 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- Sect. 5. Environmental Policy in the United States -- Ch. 14. Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy -- Ch. 15. Federal Air Pollution Control Policy -- Ch. 16. Federal Polity on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- Ch. 17. State and Local Environmental Issues -- Sect. 6. International Environmental Issues -- Ch. 18. Comparative Environmental Policies -- Ch. 19. Economic Development and the Environment -- Ch. 20. The Global Environment -- Ch. 21. International Environmental Agreements -- Appendix. Abbreviations and Acronyms used in the book.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sect. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. What is Environmental Economics? -- Ch. 2. The Economy and the Environment -- Sect. 2. Analytical Tools -- Ch. 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Ch. 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets -- Ch. 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis -- Ch. 6. Frameworks of Analysis -- Ch. 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Ch. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis -- Ch. 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Ch. 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- Ch. 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Ch. 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- Ch. 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- Sect. 5. Environmental Policy in the United States -- Ch. 14. Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy -- Ch. 15. Federal Air Pollution Control Policy -- Ch. 16. Federal Polity on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- Ch. 17. State and Local Environmental Issues -- Sect. 6. International Environmental Issues -- Ch. 18. Comparative Environmental Policies -- Ch. 19. Economic Development and the Environment -- Ch. 20. The Global Environment -- Ch. 21. International Environmental Agreements -- Appendix. Abbreviations and Acronyms used in the book.

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