Environmental economics : an introduction /
Barry C. Field.
- 3rd ed.
- Islamabad National Book foundation c1997.
- xvii, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
What is Environmental Economics? -- The Economy and the Environment -- Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand -- Economic Efficiency and Markets -- The Economics of Environmental Quality -- Frameworks of Analysis -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits -- Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs -- Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies -- Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Moral Suasion -- Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies -- Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits -- Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy -- Federal Air Pollution-Control Policy -- Federal Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances -- State and Local Environmental Issues -- Environmental Issues in Other Industrialized Countries -- Economic Development and the Environment -- The Global Environment -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. International Environmental Agreements. 21.