Title:
Principles of environmental economics and sustainability : an integrated economic and ecological approach / Ahmed Hussen.
Author:
Hussen, Ahmed M., author.
General Notes:
Revised edition of the author's Principles of environmental economics and sustainability, 2012., Revised edition of the author's Principles of environmental economics and sustainability, 2012.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Publication Place:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
ISBN:
9780815363538
0815363532
9780815363545
0815363540
9781351109116
Subject:
Environmental economics.
Ecology.
Environmental policy.
�Economie de l'environnement.
Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale.
environmental policy.
Ecology.
Environmental economics.
Environmental policy.
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Contents:
Introduction: what is environmental economics all about? -- Environmental economics: foundational concepts, theories and perspectives -- The natural environment and the human economy : the neoclassical economic perspective -- The natural environment and the human economy : an ecological perspective -- Tradeoffs : economic activity versus enviornmental quality -- The environment : pollution control, policy instruments, valuation, and project evaluation -- The economic theory of pollution control : the optimal level of pollution -- The economics of environmental regulations : emission standards and effluent charges -- The economics of environmental regulation : transferable emission credits and the macroeconomic effects of environmental regulation -- Economic valuation of environmental goods and services -- Framework for the appraisal of environmental projects : cost-benefit analysis and others -- An emerging environmental reality -- The economics of climate change -- Limit to growth and sustainability in theory and practice -- Biophysical limits to economic growth : malthusian perspectives -- Biophysical limits to economic growth : the neoclassical economic perspective -- The economics of sustainability -- Green accounting and alternative and alternarive indicators of sustainablity -- The business case for environmental sustainability -- Appendix A: Resource scarcity, economic efficiency and markets : how the inviisible hand works -- Appendix B: The developmen.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 415 pages ;
Publication Date:
2019.
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