Environmental economics : an introduction (Record no. 12282)
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| ISBN | 0070207976 (alk. paper) : |
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| ISBN | 9780070207974 |
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| ISBN | 0071133089 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780071133081 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.7 |
| Item number | FIE |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Field, Barry C. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Environmental economics : an introduction |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | McGraw-Hill, |
| Year of publication | c1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 482 p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 1 Introductory: what is environmental economics?; the economy and the environment. Part 2 Analytical tools: benefits and costs, supply and demand; economic efficiency and markets; the economics of environmental quality. Part 3 Environmental analysis: framework of analysis; benefit-cost analysis - benefits; benefit-cost analysis - costs. Part 4 Environmental policy analysis: criteria for evaluating environmental policies; decentralized policies - liability laws, property rights, moral suasion; command and control strategies, the case of standards; incentive-based strategies - emission tables and subsidies; incentive-based strategies - transferable discharge permits. Part 5 Environmental policy in the United States: federal water pollution control strategy; federal air pollution control policy; federal policy on toxic and hazardous substances; state and local environmental issues. Part 6 International environmental issues: environmental policies in other industrialized countries; economic development and the environment; the global environment; international environmental agreements. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A survey of environmental economics, which requires no prior knowledge. It is devoted to the issues and policy choices facing the US, both at federal and state level, as well as those of global importance. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental economics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economic development |
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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 | 24/12/1994 | Donation | 300.00 | 333.7 FIE | 004412 | Reference Books |
| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 24/12/1994 | Donation | 300.00 | 333.7 FIE | 004413 | Lending Books |