Environmental economics
By: Barry C. Field, Martha K. Field
Contributors: Field, Martha K.
Edition: Cosumnes River College [edition]
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Create
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Boston, MA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 713
ISBN-13: 9781121203105
Subjects: Environmental economics; Economic development; Environmental aspects
Description: This book is an introduction to the basic principles of environmental economics as they have been developed in the past and as they continue to evolve. The examples discussed in this textbook represent only a sample of the full range of issues that actually exists.
Notes: Custom edition created for ECON 306, Cosumnes River College.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Sect. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 1. What is Environmental Economics?; title: Ch. 2. The Economy and the Environment; title: Sect. 2. Analytical Tools; title: Ch. 3. Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand; title: Ch. 4. Economic Efficiency and Markets; title: Ch. 5. The Economics of Environmental Quality; title: Sect. 3. Environmental Analysis; title: Ch. 6. Frameworks of Analysis; title: Ch. 7. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits; title: Ch. 8. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs; title: Sect. 4. Environmental Policy Analysis; title: Ch. 9. Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies; title: Ch. 10. Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action; title: Ch. 11. Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards; title: Ch. 12. Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies; title: Ch. 13. Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits; title: Sect. 5. Environmental Policy in the United States; title: Ch. 14. Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy; title: Ch. 15. Federal Air Pollution Control Policy; title: Ch. 16. State and Local Environmental Issues; title: Sect. 6. Back Matter; title: Ch. 17. Name Index; title: Ch. 18 Subject Index; title: Sect. 7. Introduction; title: Ch. 19. Text; title: Ch. 20. Important Issues in Natural Resource Economics; title: Sect. 8. Natural Resource Analysis; title: Ch. 21. The Valuation of Natural Resources; title: Sect. 9. Applied Natural Resource Problems; title: Ch. 22. Text; title: Ch. 23 Mineral Economics; title: Ch. 24. Energy; title: Ch. 25. Forest Economics; title: Ch. 26. Marine Resources; title: Ch. 27. Land Economics; title: Ch. 28. Water Resources; title: Ch. 29. Economics of Outdoor Recreation; title: Ch. 30. The Economics of Biodiversity Preservation; title: Sect. 10. International Environmental Issues; title: Ch. 31. Comparative Environmental Policies; title: Ch. 32. Efficiency and Sustainability; title: Ch. 33. The Global Environment; title: Sect. 11. Back Matter; title: Ch. 34. Index of Names; title: Ch. 25. Index of Subjects.