Sustainable Options: Economic Development Lessons from Applied Environmental Resource Economics in South Africa:9781919713434:Blignaut, James N.; De Wit, Martin P. :eCampus.com

Analyses of environmental economics and case studies that illustrate the importance of environmental management provide an expert perspective on the integration of economic theories and environmental challenges in this treatise on implementing policies that support sustainable development.

Preface and acknowledgements

Foreword

Acronyms and abbreviations

xii

Part A: Prelude

(107)

A perspective on the South African economy

(27)

Reflecting on economic growth

(21)

The economics of the environment

(29)

Economic valuation

(26)

Part B: Interlude

108

(282)

Capturing the value of environmental services

114

(16)

Economic impacts of climate change in South Africa: A preliminary assessment of unmitigated damage costs

130

(31)

The cost of climate change: The case of malaria in South Africa

161

(30)

Economic guidance on prioritising invasive alien clearing to achieve the preferred public land use in South Africa

191

(16)

The economic value of water in South Africa

207

(32)

A small-sample approach to hedonic valuation of the environment: A case study at Zandvlei, Cape Town

239

(18)

Towards internalising the cost of water pollution

257

(31)

The cost of a decline in air quality

288

(27)

Integrating waste disposal management into energy policy: The case of landfill gas

315

(19)

The cost of noise pollution

334

(18)

Natural resource accounts and their application in South Africa

352

(19)

Economics in impact assessment: The role of environmental and resource economics

371

(19)

Part C: Interlude

390

(55)

Economics, the natural environment and public policy-making

392

(16)

Towards an economic development ethic

408

(21)

Reflecting on: Sustainable options

429

(16)

Glossary

445

(23)

Index

468

Martinus Petrus De Wit is a senior environmental economist. He is a former staff member of the South African Reserve Bank. James Blignaut is the editor of the South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences.


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