Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

by Tietenberg, Tom; Lewis, Lynne

• ISBN13: 9780321305046
• ISBN10: 0321305043
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

With a tight integration of public policy and economic theory, this best-selling text provides a well-rounded introduction to the field. Tietenberg's extensive work in research and policy lends a crucial real-world context, so that students explore the latest questions and debates.The Seventh Edition offers a wealth of new examples and hot topics such as genetically modified organisms and the cost-effectiveness of new transportation fuels. International issues receive increased attention through discussions of environmental problems and policies in Western Europe, China, and developing nations.

Table of Contents

Visions of the Future

Valuing the Environment: Concepts

Valuing the Environment: Methods

Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems

Sustainable Development: Defining the Concept

The Population Problem

The Allocation of Depletable and Renewable Resources

Depletable, Non-recyclable Energy Resources: Oil, Gas, Coal and Uranium

Recyclable Resources: Minerals, Paper, Glass, etc

Replenishable but Depletable Resources: Water

Reproducible Private-Property Resources: Agriculture

Storable, Renewable Resources: Forests

Renewable Common-Property Resources: Fisheries and Other Species

Generalized Resource Scarcity

Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview

Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution

Regional and Global Air Pollutants: Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification

Mobile-Source Air Pollution

Water Pollution

Toxic Substances

Environmental Justice

Development, Poverty, and the Environment

The Quest for Sustainable Development

Visions of the Future Revisited

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