2nd Edition

The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Policy

Edited By Wallace Oates Copyright 2006
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Many articles in the Reader were originally published in RFF's quarterly magazine, Resources. Wally Oates has supplemented that with material drawn from other RFF works, including issue briefs and special reports. The readings provide concise, insightful background and perspectives on a broad range of environmental issues including benefit-cost analysis, environmental regulation, hazardous and... Read more
Part I: General Methodology Water and Economics The Water Allocation System Model: A Management Tool Crop Choice and Agricultural Demand: Agricultural Submodel International Conflicts: Promoting Cooperation Part II: Results for Israel, Palestine, and Jordan A Note on Some Sensitive Issues Results for Israel Results for Palestine Results for Jordan Value of Cooperation

Biography

Wallace E. Oates is a professor of economics at the University of Maryland and a University Fellow with Resources for the Future. He has written widely on environmental affairs and is coauthor of The Theory of Environmental Policy and author of The Economics of Environmental Regulation.

'Concise, insightful background and perspectives on a broad range of environmental issues.' Natural Resources Journal 'Provides teachers and students, the public policy community, and interested citizens with short and readable articles on a wide variety of environmental esearch and policy topics.' European Environmental Education Newsletter