Taking the Environment Seriously

The authors provide a well-equipped team to address the complex legal and economic issues involved in environmental issues. The editors have selected an outstanding panel of like-minded specialists to provide both perspective and depth to their search for 'what works' rather than what merely sounds concerned.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Taking the Environment Seriously: What Does it Mean? Chapter 2 How Much Is Enough? The Benefits and Costs of Environmental Protection Chapter 3 Economics, Ethics, and Ecology Chapter 4 Environmental Harms from Governmental Policy Chapter 5 Clean Water Legislation: Reauthorize or Repeal? Chapter 6 Superfund: The South Carolina Experience Chapter 7 Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act: Lessons in Damage Control Chapter 8 Fishing for Property Rights to Fish Chapter 9 Community Markets to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Chapter 10 Risky Business: Rational Ignorance in Assessing Environmental Hazards Chapter 11 Environmental Calvinism: The Judeo-Christian Roots of Environmental Theology

About the author

Roger E. Meiners is Professor of Law and Economics at Clemson University. Bruce Yandle is Alumni Professor and First Savings Bank Scholar at Clemson University.

Summary

The authors provide a well-equipped team to address the complex legal and economic issues involved in environmental issues. The editors have selected an outstanding panel of like-minded specialists to provide both perspective and depth to their search for 'what works' rather than what merely sounds concerned.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Meiners, Roger E Meiners, Roger E. Meiners, Meiners Roger E., Bruce Yandle, Yandle Bruce
• Assisted by: Roger E. Meiners (Editor), Bruce Yandle (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.1995
• EAN: 9780847680542
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8054-2
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Political Economy Forum (Paper; The Political Economy Forum; The Political Economy Forum; Political Economy Forum (Paper
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, Conservation of the environment