Economics and Environment: Essays on Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development

Pearce, David

ISBN 10: 1840643269 / ISBN 13: 9781840643268

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Economics and Environment: Essays on Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840643269
• ISBN 13: 9781840643268
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

David Pearce has a long-established international reputation in environmental economics. This book presents a selection of his recent essays, some of which are published here for the first time.

The book begins with an introduction which gives an insight into the development of David Pearce's career in environmental economics. It is also an accessible guide to the role that environmental economics can play in policy making and a forceful defence of his own position vis-a-vis different schools of thought.

The essays cover four broad themes: ethics and ecological economics, sustainable development, applied environmental economics and global environmental change. Specific subject areas include: environmental valuation, forestry, wildlife conservation, risk assessment, global warming and the role of carbon taxes.

David Pearce writes in a lucid and clear style which will appeal to students and scholars of environmental economics as well as political scientists, environmental managers and policymakers.

About the Author

The late David Pearce, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London, UK