Environmental economics
By: Managi, Shunsuke
Title By: Kuriyama, Kōichi
Material type: BookSeries: Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics ; 17.Publisher: London : New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2017.Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781138960695; 9781138960688 (hardback)Subject(s): Environmental economics | Economic development -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 333.7 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 333.7 MA EN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0055172 |
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333.7 JU WH What's really happening to our planet? : | 333.7 KO EN Environmental economics / | 333.7 MA EC The economics of climate change and the change of climate in economics | 333.7 MA EN Environmental economics | 333.7 MO CO The costs and benefits of environmental regulation / | 333.7 MO CO The costs and benefits of environmental regulation / | 333.7 NE WP New perspectives for environmental policies through behavioral economics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Our lifestyles and the environment -- Mechanisms that give rise to environmental problems -- Fundamental theories of environmental policy -- Applications for environmental policies -- Environmental value assessment -- Business and environmental problems -- Global environmental problems and international trade.
This book aids those concerned about environmental issues to firmly grasp relevant analytical methods and to comprehend the thought process behind environmental economics. It does so by drawing from specific environmental issues and at the same time providing commentary that facilitates understanding. This text contains in-depth explanations necessary for a thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects and importance of environmental economics. Environmental Economics seeks to elucidate the mechanisms that give rise to environmental problems by approaching environmental issues from an economic perspective. At the same time, it is a study aiming to indicate specific countermeasures that could resolve present environmental issues. This text has been put together in way that allows readers without specialized economics knowledge to easily understand the situation, issues and challenges of environmental economics.