| Description |
xxv, 699 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Foundations -- Ch. 1. An introduction to natural resource and environmental economics -- Ch. 2. The origins of the sustainability problem -- Ch. 3. Ethics, economics and the environment -- Ch. 4. Concepts of sustainability -- Ch. 5. Welfare economics and the environment -- Pt. II. Environmental pollution -- Ch. 6. Pollution control: targets -- Ch. 7. Pollution control: instruments -- Ch. 8. Pollution policy with imperfect information -- Ch. 9. Economy-wide modelling -- Ch. 10. International environmental problems -- Pt. III. Project appraisal -- Ch. 11. Cost-benefit analysis -- Ch. 12. Valuing the environment -- Ch. 13. Irreversibility, risk and uncertainty -- Pt. IV. Natural resource exploitation -- Ch. 14. The efficient and optimal use of natural resources -- Ch. 15. The theory of optimal resource extraction: non-renewable resources -- Ch. 16. Stock pollution problems -- Ch. 17. Renewable resources -- Ch. 18. Forest resources -- Ch. 19. Accounting for the environment |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Natural resource and environmental economics /Roger Perman, Yue Ma, James McGilvray. 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Previous ed: 1999 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Natural resources -- Management.
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Natural resources.
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Environmental economics.
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| Author |
Perman, Roger, 1949-
Natural resource and environmental economics
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| LC no. |
2002042567 |
| ISBN |
0273655590 paperback |
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9780273655596 paperback |
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