Economics of environmental conservation
By: Clement A. Tisdell.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: E. Elgar Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Conservation of natural resources; Natural resources -- Management
Description: "This fully updated and comprehensively revised edition of a classic text concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. It begins by covering the ethical foundations and basic economic paradigms essential for understanding and assessing ecological economics. General strategies for global environmental conservation, policies for government intervention, developing countries, preserving wildlife and biodiversity, open-access to and common property in natural resources, conservation of natural areas, forestry, agriculture and the environment, tourism, sustainable development and demographic change are also all covered."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.