| Description |
xviii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
New horizons in environmental economics |
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New horizons in environmental economics.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Henk van der Plas -- 1. Environmental and resource economics: an introduction / Henk Folmer, H. Landis Gabel and Hans Opschoor -- 2. Markets and externalities / Karl-Gustaf Lofgren -- 3. Public policies and externalities / Stef Proost -- 4. Dynamics and uncertainty / Marji Lines -- 5. The economics of natural resource utilization / Jari Kuuluvainen and Olli Tahvonen -- 6. Welfare indices and the environmental resource base / Karl-Goran Maler -- 7. Goals, principles and constraints in environmental policies / Tomasz Zylicz -- 8. Valuing the environment / Mordechai Shechter -- 9. Environmental policy and policy instruments / Jean-Philippe Barde -- 10. International coordination of environmental policies / Harmen Verbruggen and Huib M. A. Jensen -- 11. Modelling the economic consequences of environmental policies / Samuel Fankhauser and Daniel McCoy -- 12. Environmental policy in the European Union / Pavlos Karadeloglou, Toney Ikwue and Jim Skea |
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13. A firm's involvement in the policy-making process / Francois Leveque and Alain Nadai -- 14. Environmental management as a competitive strategy: the case of CFCs / H. Landis Gabel -- 15. Corporate responses to environmental concerns / H. Landis Gabel and Bernard Sinclair-Desgagne -- 16. Environmental information systems and eco-auditing / Jurgen Freimann -- 17. Environmental technology / Jim Skea -- 18. Environmental issues and operations strategy / Charles Corbett and Luk Van Wassenhove -- 19. Waste management / R. Kerry Turner |
| Summary |
This major new book is a comprehensive, non-technical overview of the principles of environmental and resource economics. The economic causes and consequences of environmental and resource problems are thoroughly addressed by a distinguished group of authors who also provide a comprehensive assessment of environmental policy instruments and corporate responses to environmental problems. The economic causes of environmental and resource problems are the major theme of the first part of this volume which also discusses links to such important areas as growth theory, national accounting and public policy-making. The goals and principles of environmental policy are addressed in the second part which provides a comprehensive overview of the various instruments applied in practice. Means of analysing the economic implications of environmental policy are also discussed as well as the valuation of environmental quality in an international context. The third part shifts the focus to business decision-makers to examine the involvement of firms with the regulatory process and the payoffs provided by this involvement. Environmental technology development and implementation as well as the solid waste problem are also addressed in the final part. Comprehensive and authoritative, this major new volume offers a non-technical state-of-the-art review which will be widely used as a teaching tool for students and a reference point for practitioners and researchers |
| Analysis |
Environment Economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental economics.
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Natural resources -- Management.
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| Author |
Folmer, Henk, 1945-
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Gabel, H. Landis.
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Opschoor, Johannes B. (Johannes Baptist), 1944-
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| LC no. |
95004051 |
| ISBN |
1858982243 (cased) |
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1858982987 (paperback) |
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