Markets and the Environment - Couverture souple

Keohane, Nathaniel O.; Olmstead, Sheila M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1597260479 ISBN 13 : 9781597260473

Editeur : Island Press, 2007

Synopsis

"Markets and the Environment" is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics that will enable students and professionals to quickly grasp important concepts and to apply those concepts to real-world environmental problems. In addition, the book integrates normative, policy, and institutional issues at a principles level. The chapters examine: the benefits and costs of environmental protection; markets and market failure; natural resources as capital assets; and, sustainability and economic development. "Markets and the Environment" is the second volume in the "Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series", edited by James Gustave Speth. The series presents concise guides to essential subjects in the environmental curriculum, incorporating a problem-based approach to teaching and learning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sheila M. Olmstead is assistant professor of environmental economics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Nathaniel Keohane is assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1597260479
• ISBN 13: 9781597260473
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible