Title: Economics and the environment : a signalling and incentives approach /
Authors: Wills, Ian R.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Environmental economics; Environmental protection Economic aspects; Externalities (Economics)
Contents: pt. I. Social Coordination, the Economy and the Environment. 1. Introduction. 2. Scarcity and systems of social coordination. 3. Social coordination in market and planned economies. 4. The economy and the environment -- pt. II. Reasons for Coordination Failures. 5. Limitations of market signalling and incentives: high costs of markets. 6. Limitations of market signalling and incentives: non-excludable goods. 7. Limitations of market signalling and incentives: common pool resources. 8. Limitations of government signalling and incentives -- pt. III. Decision-Making Tools. 9. Decision making over time. 10. Cost-benefit analysis of environmental changes. 11. Valuing the environment. 12. Monitoring changes in economic-environmental systems -- pt. IV. Localised Environmental Problems. 13. Social coordination in waste disposal and recycling. 14. The economics of pollution control: two parties. 15. The economics of pollution control: many parties -- pt. V. Uncertainty and Worldwide Problems. 16. Social coordination under uncertainty. 17. The economics of global pollution: ozone depletion and climate change. 18. Management of common pool resources. 19. The economic significance of biodiversity. 20. The economics of biodiversity loss. 21. Measures to preserve biodiversity. 22. Economics and environmental problems: important lessons.