Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics: A Guide for Students and Decision-Makers, Second Edition (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840643811 ISBN 13: 9781840643817

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

This collection of essays provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of environmental and resource economics. The authors offer both an introduction to the economic causes and consequences of environmental and resource problems and an assessment of developments in environmental policy instruments and corporate responses to environmental problems. This edition offers a non-technical review of the issues, and should be suitable as a teaching tool for upper undergraduate students and above, as well as a reference point for practitioners and researchers.

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Review

‘The book provides a very thorough analysis of environmental and resource economics, which has been revised and updated in this edition.’ Author: Aslib Book Guide

‘This rich collection of essays provides a splendid introduction both to the principles of environmental and resource economics and to their application to decision-making in the policy arena and in the business community. The essays, wide ranging in content, offer a viable and stimulating alternative to the standard text in the field.’ Author: Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland and Resources for the Future, US

‘Written by leaders in the field, the individual chapters in this text transport students to the frontiers of the discipline. The eight chapters devoted to business environmental economics are especially timely and unique.’ Author: Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, US

From the Author

Edited by Henk Folmer, Professor of Research Methodology, Groningen University and Professor of General Economics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and H. Landis Gabel, Professor of Economics and Management, INSEAD, France

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1840643811
• ISBN 13: 9781840643817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 816
• Editor: Folmer Henk, Gabel H. L.