Environmental Economics and Policy, 5/E
Tom Tietenberg, Colby College

ISBN-10: 0321348907
ISBN-13: 9780321348906

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 560 pp
Published: 06/26/2006

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Tom Tietenberg has written the ideal book for a policy-oriented course in environmental economics, accessible to both non-majors and majors. He begins with a brief introduction to the core theory, and then offers a series of self-contained policy chapters that allow professors great flexibility when planning their course.

 

With an overhaul of the applications, a new Debate feature that highlights today’s policy issues, and the latest research integrated throughout, The Fifth Edition represents the most thorough revision in over a decade.

  • Clear, concise introduction to the economic theory students need to understand the environmental policy issues 
  • Integration of the latest environmental research such as renewable portfolio standards, the role of hydrogen as a fuel source, and the impact of electrical deregulation
  • Increased international focus, including coverage of the economic cost of the Kyoto Protocol, the Prototype Carbon Fund of the World Bank, and Sweden's nitrogen oxide charge
  • Interdisciplinary discussions that incorporate insights from other disciplines such as, literature, history, and the natural, physical and political science

  • New Debate Boxes that present brief synopses of controversial discussions in the field today, such as human rights and environmental risk, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), and the costs and benefits of fuel-economy standards
  • Extended discussions on select debates—found on the Companion Website—that lay-out two major viewpoints for the issue and include links to the organizations and data supporting each side of the debate
  • Analysis of modifying car insurance practices as an environmental strategy with Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) insurance
  • Coverage of the efficacy of the Hubbert’s Peak forecast for oil production and consumption as related to current economic considerations

1. Visions of the Future.

2. Valuing the Environment: Concepts.

3. Valuing the Environment: Methods.

4. Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems.

5. Sustainable Development: Defining the Concept.

6. The Population Problem.

7. Natural Resource Economics: An Overview.

8. Energy.

9. Water.

10. Agriculture.

11. Biodiversity I: Forest Habitat.

12. Biodiversity II: Commercially Valuable Species.

13. Environmental Economics: An Overview.

14. Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution.

15. Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification.

16. Transportation.

17. Water Pollution.

18. Solid Waste and Recycling.

19. Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes.

20. Development, Poverty, and the Environment.

21. The Quest for Sustainable Development.

22. Visions of the Future Revisited.

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