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Resource and Environmental Economics - Modern Issues and Applications

Author
Tisdell C.A.
Date
2009
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-086150)
Publisher | Place of publication
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. | New Jersey, U.S.A.
ISBN
978-981-283-394-5
Pages
520 p.
Document type
Serial/multi-volume work
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Policy/planning Biodiversity Tourism Economy and environment Emissions Waste management Management/conservation Sustainable development Freshwater resources management Agriculture and environment Public health
Abstract

This important book deals with the essential principles of resource and environmental economics, provides applications to contemporary issues in this field, and outlines and assesses policies being used or proposed for managing the use of environmental and natural resources. Covering specific contemporary topics such as agriculture and the environment, water use, greenhouse gas management, biodiversity conservation, tourism and the environment, and environmental economics and health, leading issues in resource and environmental economics are outlined and analyzed in an innovative manner. Institutional economics (both new and traditional) is applied and compared with other approaches such as neoclassical economics, behavioral economics and the Austrian School of Economics. This heterogeneous, multi-perspective approach enables problems to be considered from several different angles, thus enhancing the reader's comprehension of the subject matter. Furthermore, using minimal technical jargon, the book takes into account aspects of modern economic analysis such as the costs of and constraints on decision-making and the transaction costs involved in policy implementation.

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