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Environmental conflict : in search of common ground / Jeffrey J. Pompe and James R. Rinehart.
LIBRA GE170 .P66 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pompe, Jeffrey J., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental protection--Economic aspects.
- Environmental protection.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 176 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This straightforward translation of environmental economics discusses issues and concerns that have long-lasting and often substantial effects. The authors bridge the gap between the natural and social sciences by examining how economic decisions interact with the environment. In addition, they explain why economics plays an important role in clarifying environmental issues and formulating solutions. Environmental Conflict analyzes policy choices and provides a basic methodology for understanding a broad range of environmental topics.
- These include the tragedy of the commons, the importance of incentives and markets, the role of government, property rights, benefit-cost analysis, natural resource use, pollution control, economic growth, international trade, global warming, and biodiversity loss.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: More than You Know 1
- Chapter 2. Unfortunately, the Best Things in Life Aren't Free: How Economists Think 15
- Chapter 3. T'aint What You Do (It's the Way that Cha Do It): Why Do We Spoil the Environment? 35
- Chapter 4. Who Will Buy?: Weighing the Value of Environmental Goods 53
- Chapter 5. Lovely to Look At, Delightful to Know: Preserving Our Natural Resources 67
- Chapter 6. Where Be the Dragons?: The Loss of Biodiversity 83
- Chapter 7. I Get Along without You Very Well: Solving Pollution Problems 95
- Chapter 8. How High the Sky: Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, and Global Warming 119
- Chapter 9. A Worrisome Thing: The Environment and Economic Growth 131
- Chapter 10. Conclusion: I'm Beginning to See the Light 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 079145455X
- 0791454568
- OCLC:
- 48098451
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