Research Catalog

Title

Environmental economics / Barry C. Field, Nancy D. Olewiler.

Author

Field, Barry C.

Publication

Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson, c2002.

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Olewiler, Nancy D., 1948-

Description

xiv, 498 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Environmental economics
• Environmental policy
• Environmental policy > Canada
• Économie de l'environnement
• Environnement > Politique gouvernementale
• Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [446]-459) and indexes.

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• committed to retain

Contents

Sec. One. Introductory. ch. 1. What is environmental economics? ch. 2. Linkages between the economy and the environment: a taxonomy. -- sec. Two. Analytical tools. ch. 3. Benefits and costs, supply and demand. ch. 4. Economic efficiency and markets. ch. 5. The economics of environmental quality. -- sec. Three. Benefit-cost analysis. ch. 6. Framework of analysis. ch. 7. Benefit-cost analysis: benefits. ch. 8. Benefit-cost analysis: costs. -- sec. Four. Environmental policy analysis. ch. 9. Criteria for evaluating environmental policies. ch. 10. Liability laws, property rights, moral suasion, green goods. ch. 11. Standards. ch. 12. Emission taxes and subsidies. ch. 13. Transferable discharge permits. ch. 14. Environmental policies in perspective. -- sec. Five. Environmental policy in Canada. ch. 15. Environmental policy in Canada: an overview. ch. 16. Water pollution-control policy. ch. 17. Air pollution-control policy. ch. 18. Policy on toxic and hazardous substances. ch. 19. Recycling, solid waste disposal, and land use. ch. 20. Global environmental problems.

ISBN

0070880506 :

OCLC

47161565

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