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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 8/e  takes a policy-oriented approach, introducing economic theory in the context of debates and empirical work from the field. Students leave the course with a global perspective of both environmental and natural resource economics. Visions of the Future; Valuing the Environment: Concepts; Valuing the Environment: Methods; Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems; Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development; The Population Problem; The Allocation of Depletable and Renewable Resources: An Overview; Energy: the Transition From Depletable to Renewable Resources; Recyclable Resources: Minerals, Paper, Bottles, and E-Waste; Replenishable but Depletable Resources: Water; Land; Reproducible Private-Property Resources: Agriculture; Storable, Renewable Resources: Forests; Common-Pool Resources: Fisheries and Other Commercially Valuable Species; Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview; Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution; Regional and Global Air Pollutants: Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification; Mobile-Source Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Toxic Substances; Environmental Justice; Development, Poverty, and the Environment; The Quest for Sustainable Development; Visions of the Future Revisited. For all readers interested in environmental and natural resource economics. ... Read more

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Poor textbook, especially on the economics side - could be about 300 pages shorter.
This text book is very wordy and does not have enough economic examples or principles. Additionally, it is also very bias towards environmentalists, often coming across as a 'green' promoter, rather than an economics text that explains both sides of the story.

Thank you
Thank you so much for a quick service.The book is a great condition.I am enjoying it.

Excellent Introduction to EE concepts
Tietenberg is a big player in evironmental economics, and clearly lays out the fundamentals of environmental and natural resources economics accessible to those without significant economics training.

Out of Date
The book is hopelessly out of date. Although it carries a 2003 publication date, it still refers to the USSR and Czechoslovakia in the present tense. It consistently refers to studies done in the 1980s as recent and less than 25% of the examples, charts. etc. use data from 1990 or later. For example, only 5 out of 37 references in the chapter on Economic Justice are more recent than 1990, and the most recent is 1994. This is typical of just about every chapter. One gets the feeling that the publisher never reviewed this revided edition.

Good for Graduate School
I used this book for graduate school.Its a textbook and little more.But, it is a well written textbook. ... Read more

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By retaining a strong focus on policy and real-world issues, Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, provides an applied, practical approach to environmental economic theory accessible to students with minimal or more advanced economic exposure.The text has a modular structure, which not only organizes the presentation, but also provides a format that allows instructors flexibility and preference in designing material for the course.The presentation does not compromise economic theoretical concepts, but it does complement economic theory with timely, real-world applications. This text is intended to give undergraduate and MBA students a clear perspective of the relationship between market activity and the environment.The text integrates the business perspective in the development of environmental decision-making - a vantage point often overlooked in more conventional treatments. The general approach uses economic analytical tools such as market models, benefit-cost analysis, and risk analysis to assess environmental problems and to evaluate policy solutions. ... Read more

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Very Good
This was a very good experience. I needed the book for class and it was great because it was shipped so quickly. The book is in great condition with just some minor highlighting as the seller said. ... Read more

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This volume assembles a group of eminent scholars to look at the problem of growth and environment from the perspective of environmental regulation. The questions addressed are: How does economic growth interact with regulation, and what are the best approaches to regulation in use today?

The context for the volume is the current situation in China, where twenty years of rapid growth have created a situation in which there are both demands for environmental regulation and needs for choosing a future development path. The advent of "A Macro-Environmental Strategy" for China presents an opportunity to ask how and why China should introduce regulation into its management of its development. The volume includes contributions from leading Chinese experts and established environmental economists from other countries including Timo Goeschl, Ben Groom and Andreas Kontoleon.

The volume looks at both the demand side of environmental regulation and the supply side. The demand side of regulatory intervention examines how regulation operates to supplement existing resource-allocation mechanisms, via effective demand aggregation and implementation mechanisms. The supply side of regulation examines how regulation operates to guide industrial growth down particular pathways, in the pursuit of managed development. Both sides of environmental regulation involve the important issue of implementation and enforcement.

This volume will be of most value to academics and scholars of environmental economics, growth economics, the Chinese economy and policy-makers of environmental regulations.

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This volume is based on a number of reports prepared overseveral years for a research project jointly sponsored by the UnitedNations Environment Programme, the Australian InternationalDevelopment Assistance Bureau and the Australian and New ZealandEnvironment and Conservation Council.
Since release of the report of the World Commission on Environment andDevelopment, the quest has intensified for methods that combineeconomic analysis and environmental assessments to achieve the goalsof sustainable development.
The main purpose of this volume is to explain how this may beaccomplished. It combines scientific assessments, economic analysisand governmental procedures in an integrated approach to planning foreconomic development and environmental protection. The first fourchapters explain economic concepts and techniques and theirincorporation in EIA procedure. Six carefully selected case studiesare presented, demonstrating practical applications in six differentcountries -- Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, the Philippines, Hawaii andAustralia.
The volume will assist all participants involved in environmentalimpact assessment: public and private development proponents,environmental and conservation groups, public administrators anddecision makers, and interested members of the public. The book isunique in that it combines economics, EIA techniques, procedures, andinstitutional aspects.
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Boring
I bought it for school, and it was better than listening to my teacher, but it doesn't tell you what pages key words are found on and some of the information is very spaced out and hard to follow

two thumbs up for this seller
this was a really good experience.... stress free purchase. I ordered on a Wednesday, and it arrived on a Friday, provided that I did order from an IN-State seller. there was no damage to the item; and the price of a new one was better than the used prices. I'm just happy I got such a good deal.

Accessible book but out of date
This book's strength is that it covers many important topics in an accessible fashion. However, the 2004 copyright date is very misleading. Many parts of the text, examples, and references were current as of 1980, i.e., before the birth of most students who are using the book! The many precise dollar amounts of costs and benefits rarely indicate whether the reference is to, say, 1975 dollars or 1992 dollars. Throughout the book are phrases like "recently" and "now" that actually refer to developments decades ago.

The author is a respected scholar in the field. In my view he should be embarrassed to supply a "new" edition as hopelessly dated as this one. Readers can save money by buying a used copy of an older edition--they won't be missing much. ... Read more

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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics engages students in standard economic theory through the lens of environmental issues such as global climate change and overpopulation. This broad, balanced approach combines traditional microeconomic analysis with a detailed examination of macro-level ecological problems that require local, national, and global policy solutions. The Second Edition includes new appendices, updated case studies, and the inclusion of current economic data. Numerous examples, graphs, key terms, and end-of-chapter questions help students review and assimilate core concepts. ... Read more

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Environment Economics
This was an okay book. It used some calculus. But my teacher explained the math without the calculus because it was a lower division class.The explanations is good and the graphs really help you understand the concepts.The book is in black and white though which is kind of expensive for this book.Its not like a typical Macro or Micro book. Its a good supplement for an Enviro Econ class and helps you real grasp everything if you need to know the particulate details like me. The glossary in the back was also resourceful.

I really appreciated it
The book was in better shape than I thought it would have been. Excellent product. Thank You ... Read more

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This book covers the key issues in environmental economics, including: industry, creation and environmental change; air, water and toxic pollution; economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation; and the ethics and the limits of environmental economics. The central thesis is that while new industries ... Read more

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A good book for undergraduates.
I recently read this book for an Economics class in technology and growth.This book can be challenging at time, yet is still a very rewarding book to read.It expands on many ideas that i'm sure we all have creeping in the back of our minds, but never really put into words.The only problem i had with this book is all of the historical data is about the USA and UK, which is a little upsetting to a Canadian.This book isn't revolutionary, but it is very informative. ... Read more

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Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems.

The volume has practical relevance because policy recommendations and choices based on economic analysis are often contested by critics. This book takes their criticism seriously. It seeks to clarify and defend the ethical foundations of environmental economics and examines what lessons environmental economics should draw from the criticism. As a result, the volume improves our understanding of the ethical foundations and implications of economic analysis of environmental problems and policy. The contribution is all the more important because the problem has not been extensively studied. ... Read more

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The Triple Bottom Line is the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievement. Andrew Savitz chronicles both the real problems that companies face and the innovative solutions that can come from sustainability. His is a hard-line approach to bottom-line fundamentals that is re-making companies around the globe. ... Read more

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Good book
Great book. Bought it for a course taken in a green and sustainable class and have read it twice more for other courses.

An easy to read explanation of the Triple Bottom Line
The concept of the "Triple Bottom Line" (TBL) gets tossed around in a variety of conversations of how businesses can be more sustainable and profitable, but rarely is the term ever truly defined or are the steps for achieving success under the model elaborated.In their aptly named book (The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can Too), authors Andrew Savitz and Karl Webber explore the complete concept of TBL and how it can help a business along the path to sustainability.Presented in an easy to use narrative format with vivid case studies, The Triple Bottom Line shows clearly explains TBL and the tools used in its implementation.

Savitz and Webber clearly demonstrate their prowess in the field by illustrating TBL from both a business and a consumer perspective.The reader is provided with a number of tools and techniques that can allow them to implement TBL in their business.From a consumer standpoint, The Triple Bottom Line gives a clear picture of what we should be expecting from the businesses we deal with.

I found the book to be interesting and useful.The case studies are entertaining and give insight into the business world that shows how much of an impact TBL can have. Although the book is specifically targeted toward executives looking to take the reigns of their own sustainability initiatives, I think that it's useful on a variety of levels.The Triple Bottom Line expounds on the types of conversations that need to be taking place in the business world and shows how business leaders can be enticed into starting those conversations.

Great!
This book, like the title says, really addresses the triple bottom line that all businesses should pursue in order to be sustainable. It is an easy read; captivating.

Informative but lacking
I accepted a new job in 2009 directing sustainability implementation in a small business. Senior management had already made the decision for me ... implement the Triple Bottom Line. I was elated to find this book BUT I found it lacking, especially on the People portion of the three P's of Profit, Planet and People. While the authors are knowledgeable, this book came across as if they were consultants who needed a book to give away when they made sales calls.

Merging private profit with public good . . .
It's time to pull Savitz's book off the shelf and re-read it! This 2006 book is more relevant now than ever and the surviving companies of this present economic reset will be employing many of the ideas discussed in the Triple Bottom Line.

What is the "Triple Bottom Line (TBL)?" Savitz claims that we will all need to be paying attention to maximizing the Economic, Environmental and Social impacts of the business. TBL captures the fundamental measurements needed to build a sustainable business model.It provides a kind of balanced scorecard that captures "in numbers and words the degree to which any company is or is not creating value for its shareholders and for society."

Sustainability is much in the news today. A recent LA Times article discussed how California is now in a serious water supply crisis. The global warming issue (regardless of what you think the cause may be) is on the front burner. Consumers and employees are now looking for companies that are authentically concerned about and address the major sustainability challenges we all face.

In part I of his book, Savitz provides anecdotal data and case studies on The Sustainability Imperative. He gives examples of companies that simply didn't get it (and a couple still don't today), and those who did things right. He takes into account the fact that our companies are a mere blog posting away from sever public scrutiny - regardless of the accuracy of any claim.

Part II of TBL provides some ideas and outlines for "How Sustainability Can Work for You." Clear examples of "real life companies" are provided to emphasize the points being made concerning inclusion of ALL stakeholders. Practical advice is given on how to manage stakeholder engagements and their challenges.

In the Epilog and Appendix, Savitz gives practical action steps to merging private profit with public good. The concept of business as being ONLY for profit will no longer suffice. That is proving to be true in just three short years since Savitz published his book. A very good read and food for thought on corporate governance. ... Read more

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Environmental Economics and Policy provides a broad but nuanced introduction to the field of environmental economics.

Visions of the Future; Valuing the Environment: Concepts; Valuing the Environment: Methods; Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems; Sustainable Development: Defining the Concept; The Population Problem; Natural; Biodiversity I – Forest Habitat; Common-Pool Resources: Fisheries and Other Commercially Valuable Species; Environmental Economics: An Overview; Stationary-Source Local and Regional Air Pollution; Climate Change; Transportation; Water Pollution; Managing Waste; Development, Poverty, and the Environment; The Quest for Unsuitable Development; Visions of the Future Revisited
 
For readers interested in learning environmental economics.

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Satisfied
When I received the book it was in better condition than I had expected.I was apprehensive when I got an email that said it would take 3 weeks to receive it once it was shipped, but I actually got it within 1 week of shipping. ... Read more

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Environmental Economics: A Critique of Benefit-Cost Analysis describes, in a non-technical, readily understandable way, why the practice of benefit-cost analysis in environmental settings is heavily biased against the environment. The book provides environmentalists with the tools necessary to show policy-makers that pursuing many policies with apparent costs greater than benefits are, in fact, welfare-enhancing. ... Read more

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An examination of how Latin America, originally viewed by outsiders as a storehouse of natural resources which could be translated into wealth, was not "sustained" in developmental terms in the colonial period. Her ambivalent relationship with the developed world is analyzed to the present day. ... Read more

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Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important. While sustainability has been widely taken up by governments and business, the world has continued to move in increasingly unsustainable directions, from continued dependence on fossil energy to rising greenhouse gas emissions, and erosion of biodiversity. We know what the right thing to do is, but somehow we cannot make the changes that are needed, and so we continue with business as usual, producing business-as-usual results.

Based on more than fifteen years of research and practice, Environmental and Economic Sustainability introduces the environmental and economic sustainability assessment (EESA), a new way to make decisions that meets the challenges of the 21^st century. Incorporating elements of life-cycle analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, and comprehensive sensitivity analysis, EESA provides a fully quantitative, objective, and rational way to include all of the social, environmental, and economic issues relevant to a decision into one comprehensive analysis. The author demonstrates how to apply EESA using examples across a number of major industries, including petroleum, mining, and public utilities, and covering key issues such as water, greenhouse gases, waste, contaminated sites, and renewable energy.

Case studies

• Management of produced water in the oil and gas industry in the Middle East
• Management of wastewater in a water utility in Australia
• Power generation and carbon management in an energy utility in Australia
• Remediation of contaminated gas works in the UK
• Energy savings and carbon management in heavy oil processing

Ultimately, the solutions to problems of the 21^st century will come from understanding the tremendous value that the environment provides, and reflecting that value within decision-making at every level so that society as a whole thrives. This book demonstrates that while business-as-usual approaches can be sub-optimal, spending on sustainable outcomes must be balanced with anticipated benefits. It demonstrates how to communicate with stakeholders in a transparent process which provides a robust view of how various options compare over a wide range of possible future conditions, using a language that everyone understands: money.

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visionary
This is the sort of textbook that can and hopefully will reshape how economics is perceived. The author appears to find harmony between the normally opposing forces of business and the environment. A real step in the right direction. ... Read more

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The objective of this book is to analyze the institutional barriers to implementing market-based climate policy, as well as to provide some opportunities to overcome them. The approach is that of institutional economics, with special emphasis on political transaction costs and path dependence.

Instead of rejecting the neoclassical approach, this book uses it where fruitful and shows when and why it is necessary to employ a new or neo-institutionalist approach. The result is that equity is considered next to efficiency, that the evolution and possible lock-in of both formal and informal climate institutions are studied, and that attention is paid to the politics and law of economic instruments for climate policy, including some new empirical analyses.

The research topics of this book include the set-up costs of a permit trading system, the risk that credit trading becomes locked-in, the potential legal problem of grandfathering in terms of actional subsidies under WTO law or state aid under EC law, and the changing attitudes of various European officials towards restricting the use of the Kyoto Mechanisms. ... Read more

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2010 Grand Prize, The Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2010 Silver Medal, Finance, Investment, Economics Category, Independent Publisher Book Awards. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash between two competing public theologies. On one side, environmentalists warn of certain catastrophe if we do not take steps now to reduce the release of greenhouse gases; on the other side, economists are concerned with whether the benefits of actions to prevent higher temperatures will be worth the high costs. Questions of the true and proper relationship of human beings and nature are as old as religion. Today, environmentalists regard human actions to warm the climate as an immoral challenge to the natural order, while economists seek to put all of nature to maximum use for economic growth and other human benefits. Robert Nelson interprets such contemporary struggles as battles between the competing secularized religions of economics and environmentalism. The outcome will have momentous consequences for us all. This deep book probes beneath the surface of the two movements rhetoric to uncover their fundamental theological commitments and visions. ... Read more

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Merely Interesting
We have all argued or debated with someone who resists facts and resorts to emotional or idealistic rhetoric. Conversely, we have all found ourselves in positions where we want to ignore the real-world implications of our beliefs for the sake of some perceived justice or goodness.

Whether we're talking about the foods we eat, the medicines we take, or the public policies we support, we all have a tendency to get religious about the material.

For Robert H. Nelson, author of The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America, these examples represent various forms of secular religion. If you look close enough into somebody's core ideology, Nelson argues, you will surely find parallels to the holy books, priesthoods, and dogmas typically found in "regular" religions.

Nelson acknowledges that there are plenty of competing secular religions in the public sphere; however, he believes that two religions in particular have engaged in what is now the most prominent conflict in American society -- namely, economic religion and environmental religion.

But why these religions, and why now?

Nelson argues that both religions emerged during the nineteenth century as a result of the Industrial Revolution. During this time, technological innovation boomed, living standards soared, and access to education expanded.

As Nelson explains:

"For the first time ever, one of earth's creatures -- human beings -- had literally acquired the capacity to remake `the creation'...Astonishingly enough, human beings had now acquired knowledge and powers previously reserved for God."

In other words, the dream of creating heaven on earth was suddenly realistic for those who thought such a feat was actually attainable or desirable. Over time, Nelson argues, the successes of the Industrial Revolution resulted in the emergence of two factions -- one that "exalted human control over nature" (economic religion), and one that offered "a precisely opposite view" (environmental religion).

But how do these religions look like in application?

For Nelson, economic religion has its roots in the Progressive Era, where a so-called "gospel of efficiency" was embraced by many intellectuals.

As Nelson explains:

"In the American Progressive Era, `efficient' and `inefficient' came to replace for many modern men and women the older Christian categories of `good' and `evil'...Actions that were efficient or inefficient served to advance or impede the arrival of a new heaven on earth, much as good or evil actions in an earlier time had been said to move Christians closer to or further from God...In short, the economic faith assumes that the true causes of sinful behavior in the world are ultimately material."

This explanation is puzzling, because economists of all ideological molds promote "efficiency" as an end goal. I argue that this religious label could apply to anyone putting economic efficiency before the will of God, but for Nelson, this religion is primarily comprised of "high priests" such as Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Paul Samuelson.

Environmental religion, on the other hand, seems to have emerged a bit later -- once the effects and implications of industrialism became clearer.

"In our own time, environmentalism is in effect telling us, humankind has once again turned to worship other gods -- above all, in the twentieth century, the god of economic progress...With the rise of modern industry, for example, and the resulting great increase of carbon dioxide...human actions have been literally changing the climate of the earth. But this domain must be reserved for God."

I agree with Nelson's fundamental argument about the religiosity of both movements, but he runs into a few problems along the way. Many of his applications aren't as neat and tidy as he makes them out to be. In fact, when applied within the full scope of history (or even the full scope of any particular movement), much of Nelson's analysis seems to contradict itself.

For example, Nelson claims that the "social gospel" was all about efficiency. Although that was certainly the self-professed goal of the movement, we all know that the redistributionism of the Progressive Era was a failure of inefficiency in application (particularly during the Great Depression). The curious part is that Nelson seems to understand this, even though he simultaneously gives the movement credit when he talks about environmentalists being enraged by the "progress" of such [self-proclaimed] efficiency.

Aside from that, perhaps the greatest hindrance to Nelson is that he does not seem to really understand Christianity (or any other religions) in any real, spiritual sense. Whether the "spiritual" should have a place in our academic analysis is up for debate, but to someone who believes in the spiritual realm (like me), much of his analysis is rendered mostly irrelevant. For Nelson, there are no spiritual forces outside of organized religion (or maybe even therein), and thus we need to simply achieve traceability on the intellectual and historical fronts to win our arguments. These are important areas to explore, but it would never occur to Nelson that the widespread earth-worship of modern-day environmentalism might have some origins outside of the physical realm.

But going back to my first criticism, even if we disregard spirituality altogether, many of Nelson's arguments still fall short and seem utterly contrived. Even the average surveyor of religious history could probably tell you that there are more similarities between Marx and the pagans than there are between Marx and, say, the Calvinists. With these types of comparisons, it seems that Nelson is more interested in the argument of comparing environmentalists to Calvinists than he is in the actual merits of that argument in real life.

To put it simply, Nelson is at his best when he sticks to analyzing the religiosity of movements in and of itself. He is at his worst when he tries to point out the origins.

Nelson's approach is a good representation of something I like to call Ivory Tower Syndrome. It is as if Nelson came up with an "interesting" thesis and blindly set out to prove it, regardless of the overall weight of the evidence. Much of it feels as though he is trying to throw out evidence for his outline, rather than think critically about what the evidence actually implies.

This doesn't mean the book offers no value to the discussion at hand. Indeed, Nelson's analysis is fascinating on a number of levels. But if you are looking for a well-rounded, historical critique of economic and environmental religions, Nelson's narrow approach to their origins and implications may leave you disappointed and uninspired.

Nelson's analysis is impressively elaborate, but in the end, it is highly unpersuasive.

A challenging study worth reading
Nelson's book has its flaws. It is very expansive in scope and therefore often relies on too much secondary material to cover and summarize. His claims sometimes go beyond what can be supported and his depictions of religious traditions are often caricatures (e.g. his use of "Calvinism").

Even so, his basic analytical perspective is sound and worthy of study and emulation. For too long social and natural scientists have occupied an elite and unchallenged position in the public square. By showing economics and environmentalism to be secular religions, and how they have and must continue to engage in public debate, Nelson has done a great service to map the varieties of contemporary civil discourse. He summarizes with great clarity and comprehensiveness both specific voices of influence as well as broader traditions, explicitly religious as well as secular, who will continue to influence the course of the American public policy debate. ... Read more

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• the benefits and costs of environmental protection
• markets and market failure
• natural resources as capital assets
• sustainability and economic development

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why markets fail?
Good to have basic understanding on why markets fail. Looks at the externalization of environment into markets and what to do to internalize the markets and take costs into consideration while formulating environmental policies.

Required for class, but very helpful
Though the class for this book was required, it really helped to supplement the class.It explains clearly how economics works.

Great!
The book is very well written and timely. Entertaining and understandable for economists and non-economists who are interested in natural resource management. Examples are current and relevant to our world today. It does skim over some important concepts that non-economists might miss without previous knowledge on the subject. ... Read more

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`It is rare to find a book that attempts to integrate physical, biological and social sciences (economics) to address environmental problems, but this book does a great job of it. It is also rare to find a book that addresses both the benefits and the costs of river restoration, and again this book delivers. This collection of case studies provides an informative and practical guide to conducting economic analyses of many different types of river restoration. Scientists interested in quantifying the benefits and costs of river restoration will gain a very quick and thorough education from the case studies presented in this book.'
- John Loomis, Colorado State University, US

The book applies benefit-cost analysis and a wide array of non-market and distribution economic valuation methods in ecologic context to determine the pay-off and distribution impacts of various infrastructure and water quality improvements to eight river systems in the Great Lakes region of the US. The generally positive results have important implications for public policy and future research.

Prime readership is the wide range of academics, NGO and government agency staff and citizen action groups concerned with the management and protection of rivers and other natural resource systems. ... Read more

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Space plays a central role in environmental and resource economics and yet spatial economics has received surprisingly little attention in the literature. This collection of Charles Kolstad's writings on spatial, environmental and resource economics from the past two decades fills this gap.

The book includes the author's most important work on a variety of topics, including the Hotelling model of spatial competition, as applied to resource economics, jurisdictional tax competition, particularly in the context of resource taxes, and environmental regulation, both theoretical and empirical.

This unique collection from one of the world's leading authorities in environmental economics will be welcomed by scholars and students of natural resource economics, environmental management, agricultural and energy economics. ... Read more

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Many of the frontiers of environmental economics research are at the interface of large-scale and long-term environmental change with national and global economic systems.This is also where some of the most of challenging environmental policy issues occur.Volume 3 of the Handbook of Environmental Economics provides a synthesis of the latest theory on economywide and international environmental issues and a critical review of models for analyzing those issues.It begins with chapters on the fundamental relationships that connect environmental resources to economic growth and long-run social welfare.The following chapters consider how environmental policy differs in a general-equiIibrium setting from a partial-equilibrium setting and in a distorted economy from a perfect economy.The volume closes with chapters on environmental issues that cross or transcend national borders, such as trade and the environment, biodiversity conservation, acid rain, ozone depletion, and global climate change.The volume provides a useful reference for not only natural resource and environmental economists but also international economists, development economists, and macroeconomists. ... Read more

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The globalization of goods, services and capital for agriculture is fundamental to the future of developing countries and has major implications for the fight against poverty and sustainability of the environment. In recent years, agriculture has once again returned to a position of centre stage as food price volatility has led countries to re-examine their development strategies.

This new edition of the essential textbook in the field builds on the 2006 original and reflects the following developments:

• the increased impact of climate change
• issues affecting agricultural markets such as bio-fuels, the rise in farm prices and energy costs
• the move to higher valued agricultural products

The book contains a wealth of real world case studies and is now accompanied by a website that includes powerpoint lectures, a photo bank and a large set of discussion and exam questions.