The Economics of Environmental Degradation: Tragedy for the Commons? - Couverture rigide

 
9781858984865: The Economics of Environmental Degradation: Tragedy for the Commons?
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ISBN 10 : 1858984866 ISBN 13 : 9781858984865
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

The Economics of Environmental Degradation provides an institutional economics approach to analyse the underlying causes of continuing environmental degradation: poverty, population, poor policies and trade.

After a critical, up-to-date survey of the most recent literature, the authors consider whether there is some common or deeper explanation of environmental degradation. They conclude that a problem results whenever human exploitation of the environment outruns the capacity of human institutions to adapt and to evolve methods for managing exploitation. Environmental degradation will persist because it is the static result of the ongoing dynamic contest between opportunistic individuals and institutional adaptation.

The book assumes no prior knowledge of economics or the environment and will appeal to a wide readership of policymakers and students with a background in economics, geography, conservation biology, environmental studies and development studies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Timothy M. Swanson, Centre for International Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1858984866
ISBN 13 
9781858984865
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Éditeur
Swanson Timothy M.
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Personne responsable
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