Environmental Economics: Individual Incentives and Public Choices

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Environmental Economics: Individual Incentives and Public Choices
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ian Hodge
SeriesEconomics Today S.
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreEnvironmental economics
ISBN/Barcode 9780333577714
ClassificationsDewey:333.7
Audience
A / AS level
Undergraduate
Illustrations illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date 11 September 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book provides an introduction to the role of economics in debates on the environment. The authors examine the contribution of economics to an understanding of the emergence and persistence of environmental problems and focus on the basic concepts that can be applied to the evaluation of damage and assessment of policy options. Throughout the text, both the usefulness and the limits of economic techniques are explored. These are elaborated in the second part of the book through a number of case studies on environmental issues, both local and global.