Barry Field' s Environmental Economics, 3e, examines all the facets of the connection between environmental quality and the economic behavior of individuals and groups of people. The book contains 21 chapters covering Cost and Benefits of Environmental Policy, Environmental Analysis, Policy Analysis, US Policy (Air Pollution, Toxic Wastes, State and Local Issues), and International Environmental Issues. Barry Field' s other text with McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Natural Resource Economics (© 2001), may be packaged with Environmental Economics, 3e, at a discount.
Clearly written, global in approach, and theoretically broad-minded, this text is an ideal introduction to environmental economics.Assuming no prior knowledge of economics, the international author team introduces fundamental economic ...
This text offers a systematic exposition of environmental and natural resource economics. It considers a variety of real world examples to illustrate the policy relevance and implications of key economic and ecological concepts.
Through its engaging approach, the text brings the economic way of thinking into discussions of personal, community, corporate, and government activities that affect environmental assets and the quality of life.
Provides an introduction to the concepts of environmental economics.
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Stephen Smith looks at how economic activity affects the environment in which we live, and how environmental policies can most effectively be used.
This work stands alone as the only title currently offering such a breadth of coverage and level of detail written specifically for readers without specialized knowledge of environmental economics.
This text is adapted from the best-selling Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 11th edition, by the same authors.
This major reference book comprises specially commissioned surveys in environmental and resource economics written by an international team of experts.
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