6th Edition
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics A Contemporary Approach
PART I: Introduction: The Economy and the Environment 1. Economic Perspectives on the Environment 2. Resources, Environment, and Economic Development PART II: Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues 3. The Theory of Environmental Externalities 4. Common Property Resources and Public Goods 5. Resource Allocation Over Time 6. Valuing the Environment 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis 8. Pollution Analysis and Policy PART III: Ecological Economics and Environmental Accounting 9. Ecological Economics 10. National Income and Environmental Accounting PART IV: Energy, Climate Change, and Greening the Economy 11. Energy: The Great Transition 12. Global Climate Change: Science and Economics (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 13. Global Climate Change: Policy Responses (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 14. Greening the Economy PART V: Population, Agriculture, and Resources 15. Population and the Environment (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 16. Agriculture, Food, and Environment (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 17. Nonrenewable Resources: Scarcity and Abundance 18. Renewable Resource Use: Fisheries 19. Forest and Land Management (Contributing Author Ekaterina Gnedenko) 20. Water: Economics and Policy (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) PART VI: Environment, Trade, and Development 21. World Trade and the Environment 22. Policies for Sustainable Development
Biography
Jonathan M. Harris is Visiting Scholar at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative.
Brian Roach is Director of the Theory and Education Program at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative.
"The book is simply great! It fills an important need in the field – integrating standard environmental economics and ecological economics. It is very clear, informative and flows very well. The students like it. The additional materials that come with the book are also very good."
Rafael Reuveny, Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, US
"This is a carefully crafted textbook that should appeal to students from natural sciences as well as economics and other social sciences. The tone is formal yet friendly. The layout of text, tables, and figures is top notch. It should prove popular with students and instructors alike."
Gerald Shively, Professor, Purdue University, US
"The perfect introductory text covering environmental and natural resource economics. It is very clear and uncluttered, with excellent diagrams and examples, and well-thought-out discussion questions and problems. The choice and sequence of topics is excellent, with the right balance between the neoclassical and ecological approaches."
Steven Kemp, Professor, Curtin University, Australia
