Environmental economics : an introduction /

Field, Barry C.

Environmental economics : an introduction / Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field. - 5th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2009. - xviii, 493 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- What is Environmental Economics? -- The Economy and the Environment -- Analytical Tools -- Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Economic Efficiency and Markets -- The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Environmental Analysis -- Frameworks of Analysis -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Environmental Policy Analysis -- Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action -- Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- Environmental Policy in the United States -- Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy -- Federal Air Pollution Control Policy -- Federal Polity on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- State and Local Environmental Issues -- International Environmental Issues -- Comparative Environmental Policies -- Economic Development and the Environment -- The Global Environment -- International Environmental Agreements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms used in the book. Sect. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Sect. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Sect. 3. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Sect. 4. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Sect. 5. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Sect. 6. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Appendix.

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Environmental economics.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Milieueconomie.
Einführung.
Umweltökonomie.

HC79.E5 / F47 2009

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