Environmental Economics - An Elementary Introduction

"Environmental Economics" provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.

About the author

Kerry Turner is a director of CSERGE, the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, and professor at the University of Each Anglia. She is the coauthor of Economics of Natural Resources.David W. Pearce is director of CSERGE, the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, and professor at University of College London. He is the coauthor of Economics of Natural Resources.Ian Bateman is a member of the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia and coeditor of Valuing Environmental Preferences.

Summary

An introduction to the relationship between economics and environmental policy, which covers such issues as: the changing role of economics, with growing environmental concern; the impact of markets and government policy; environmental protection through economic mechanisms; and other topics.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Bateman, David Pearce, David W. Pearce, R Kerry Turner, R. Kerry Turner, R. Kerry (Director of Cserge Turner, R. Kerry Pearce Turner
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.1994
• EAN: 9780801848636
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-4863-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics