Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management (Record no. 12312)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 1891853139 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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ISBN 9781891853135
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ISBN 1891853120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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ISBN 9781891853128
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ISBN 0821353810
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ISBN 9780821353813
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 333.72
Item number STE
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Sterner, Thomas ;
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Policy instruments for environmental and natural resource management
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Washington, DC :
Name of publisher Resources for the Future :
-- World Bank ;
Place of publication Stockholm, Sweden :
Name of publisher Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency,
Year of publication ©2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxii, 504 p. :
Other physical details illustrations, map ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Included Index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The Need for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy --<br/>Classical Causes of Environmental Degradation --<br/>Public Economics and Information --<br/>Adapting Models to Ecosystems: Ecology, Time, and Space --<br/>The Evolution of Rights --<br/>Review of Policy Instruments --<br/>Direct Regulation of the Environment --<br/>Tradable Permits --<br/>Taxes --<br/>Subsidies, Deposit-Refund Schemes, and Refunded Emissions Payments --<br/>Property Rights, Legal Instruments, and Informational Policies --<br/>National Policy and Planning --<br/>Selection of Policy Instruments --<br/>Efficiency of Policy Instruments --<br/>Role of Uncertainty and Information Asymmetry --<br/>Equilibrium Effects and Market Conditions --<br/>Distribution of Costs --<br/>Politics and Psychology of Policy Instruments --<br/>International Aspects --<br/>Design of Policy Instruments --<br/>Policy Instruments for Road Transportation --<br/>Environmental Damage Caused by Transportation --<br/>Environmental Road Pricing --<br/>Taxation or Regulation for Fuel Efficiency --<br/>Fuel Quality, Vehicle Standards, and Urban Planning --<br/>Lessons Learned: Transportation --<br/>Policy Instruments for Industrial Pollution --<br/>Experience in Developed Countries --<br/>Experience in Developing Countries --<br/>Policy Instruments for the Management of Natural Resources and Ecosystems --<br/>Water --<br/>Waste --<br/>Fisheries --<br/>Agriculture --<br/>Forestry --<br/>Ecosystems --<br/>Policy Issues and Potential Solutions.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Encourages widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. Intended primarily for application in developing and transitional countries, this book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of economic policy instruments in the US and Europe, as well as in select rich and poor countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Environmental policy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Conservation of natural resources
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/2002151330.html
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002151330.html
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2002151330.html
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Koha item type Reference Books
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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
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 18/03/2004 Purchased 7560.00 333.72 STE 008662 Reference Books

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