Resource economics : an economic approach to natural resource and environmental policy (Record no. 12275)
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| ISBN | 9781848442535 (hbk.) |
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| ISBN | 184844253X (hbk.) |
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| ISBN | 9781849802482 (pbk.) |
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| ISBN | 1849802483 (pbk.) |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.7 |
| Item number | BER |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bergstrom, John C. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Resource economics : an economic approach to natural resource and environmental policy |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 3rd Edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cheltenham, UK ; |
| -- | Northampton, MA : |
| Name of publisher | Edward Elgar, |
| Year of publication | c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix, 430 p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Prev. ed.: Resource economics : an economic approach to natural resource and environmental policy / Alan Randall. 1987. |
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| General note | Included Index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I. Natural resource and environmental policy and natural resource supply and scarcity --<br/>ch. 1. Economic growth, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation : where have we been and where are we going? --<br/>ch. 2. Ecosystem goods and services : how does a healthy environment support economic production, consumption, and quality of life? --<br/>ch. 3. Resource supply and scarcity : how do we define, measure, and monitor natural resource supply and scarcity? --<br/>ch. 4. Natural resources, the environment, and policy : what is the public policy context for natural resource and environmental economics? --<br/>Part II. Microeconomic theory foundations for production and consumption --<br/>ch. 5. Economic coordination and the price system : how does the market system work? --<br/>ch. 6. Economic efficiency : how does a healthy economy allocate natural resources to economic production and consumption? --<br/>ch. 7. Intertemporal efficiency : how do we efficiently allocate natural resources over time? --<br/>Part III. Economic theory and institutions for public policy --<br/>ch. 8. Criteria for economic policy : how do we tell a good natural resource and environmental policy from a bad one? --<br/>ch. 9. Rules of the game : how do they influence efficiency and equity and how can we get them right? --<br/>ch. 10. Market failure and inefficiency : what could cause an undesirable market allocation of resources? --<br/>ch. 11. Institutional framework : what is the social and legal context for natural resource and environmental decisions and policy? --<br/>Part IV. Measuring and comparing benefits and costs of natural resource and environmental policy and projects --<br/>ch. 12. Benefit-cost analysis : how do we determine if the benefits of a resource policy outweigh the costs? --<br/>ch. 13. Measuring economic value : how do we account for all relevant benefits and costs in natural resource and environmental decisions? --<br/>Part V. Optimal management of non-renewable and renewable resources --<br/>ch. 14. Exhaustible non-renewable resources : what is the optimal use and management of non-renewable resources : what is the optimal use and management of non-renewable resources over time? --<br/>ch. 15. Renewable resources : what is the optimal use and management of renewable resources over time? --<br/>Part VI. The economics of air, land, and water resource use and policy --<br/>ch. 16. The control of polluting emissions : how can we protect the environment and people from air pollution? --<br/>The economics of land : how do land markets work and how do we manage land use? --<br/>ch. 18. the economics of water : how is water valued and allocated? --<br/>Part VII. Environmental ethics, resource conservation and sustainability, and the future --<br/>ch. 19. Understanding sustainability : what can economics tell us about using and manageing resources in a sustainable manner? --<br/>ch. 20. Economic and environmental ethics : what are the ethical implications of the economic approach to conservation and preservation and what can we learn from other ethical approaches? --<br/>ch. 21. Economic science, economic policy, and doing the best we can : how do we find our way forward? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book provides a rigorous but very readable introduction to economics theory before delving into the relationship between economic growth and primary natural resource and environmental problems. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Nonrenewable natural resources. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental policy |
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| Topical Term | Economics. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Randall, Alan, |
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| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 24/07/2013 | Purchased | 18711.00 | 333.7 BER | 013399 | Reference Books |