Environmental economics for non-economists [electronic resource] : techniques and policies for sustainable development / John Asafu-Adjaye.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Hackensack, NJ ; Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 377 p. : illOther title:
  • Environmental economics [Running title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 A73 2005eb
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Contents:
1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Introduction to environmental economics : theoretical foundations -- 2. Incorporating the environment into the economic system : introduction to ecological economics -- 3. How markets are supposed to work -- 4. Why markets 'fail' -- Pt. II. Tools for environmental policy analysis -- 5. Environmental valuation -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis -- 7. Cost-effectiveness analysis, impact analysis, and stakeholder analysis -- 8. Multi-criteria analysis -- Pt. III. Global environmental issues -- 9. Population growth, resource use and the environment -- 10. Economic growth and the environment -- 11. Sustainable development -- 12. Green accounting and measurement of genuine saving -- 13. Assessment of global environmental trends and policy implications.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Introduction to environmental economics : theoretical foundations -- 2. Incorporating the environment into the economic system : introduction to ecological economics -- 3. How markets are supposed to work -- 4. Why markets 'fail' -- Pt. II. Tools for environmental policy analysis -- 5. Environmental valuation -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis -- 7. Cost-effectiveness analysis, impact analysis, and stakeholder analysis -- 8. Multi-criteria analysis -- Pt. III. Global environmental issues -- 9. Population growth, resource use and the environment -- 10. Economic growth and the environment -- 11. Sustainable development -- 12. Green accounting and measurement of genuine saving -- 13. Assessment of global environmental trends and policy implications.

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