TY - BOOK AU - Tietenberg,Thomas H. AU - Lewis,Lynne TI - Environmental & natural resource economics SN - 9780321560469 AV - 333.7 1 U1 - 333.7 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson Addison Wesley KW - Environmental economics KW - Environmental policy KW - Natural resources KW - Government policy KW - Raw materials N1 - Table of Contents Chapter 1. Visions of the Future Introduction Future Environmental Challenges Meeting the Challenges How Will Societies Respond? The Role of Economics The Road Ahead Chapter 2. Valuing the Environment: Concepts Introduction The Human Environment Relationship Normative Criteria for Decision-Making Finding the Optimal Outcome Applying the Concepts Appendix:The Simple Mathematics of Dynamic Efficiency Chapter 3. Valuing the Environment: Methods Introduction Why Value the Environment? Valuing Benefits Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Impact Analysis Chapter 4. Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems Introduction Property Rights Externalities as a Source of Market Failure Improperly Designed Property Rights Systems Public Goods Imperfect Market Structures Divergence of Social and Private Discount Rates Government Failure The Pursuit of Efficiency An Efficient Role for Government Chapter 5. Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development Introduction A Two-Period Model Defining Intertemporal Fairness Are Efficient Allocations Fair? Applying the Sustainability Criterion Implications for Environmental Policy Appendix:The Mathematics of the Two-Period Model Chapter 6. The Population Problem Introduction Historical Perspective Effects of Population Growth on Economic Development The Population/Environment Connection Effects of Economic Development on Population Growth The Economic Approach to Population Control Urbanization A Note on Using GIS to Map Population Data Chapter 7. The Allocation of Depletable and Renewable Resources: An Overview Introduction A Resource Taxonomy Efficient Intertemporal Allocations Market Allocations Appendix:Extensions of the Basic Depletable Resource Model Chapter 8. Energy: The Transition from Depletable to Renewable Resources Introduction Natural Gas: Price Controls Oil: The Cartel Problem Fossil Fuels: National Security and Climate Considerations The Other Depletable Sources: Unconventional Oil, Coal and Nuclear Electricity Energy Efficiency Transitioning to Renewables Chapter 9. Recyclable Resources: Minerals, Paper, Bottles, and E-Waste Introduction An Efficient Allocation of Recyclable Resources Factors Mitigating Resource Scarcity Market Imperfections Chapter 10. Replenishable but Depletable Resources: Water Introduction The Potential for Water Scarcity The Efficient Allocation of Scarce Water The Current Allocation System Potential Remedies GIS and Water Resources Chapter 11. Land Introduction The Economics of Land Allocation Sources of Inefficient Use and Conversion Special Problems in Developing Countries Innovative Market-Based Policy Remedies Chapter 12. Reproducible Private-Property Resources: Agriculture Introduction Global Scarcity Formulating the Global Scarcity Hypothesis Testing the Hypothesis The Role of Agricultural Policies A Summing Up Distribution of Food Resources Feast and Famine Cycles Chapter 13. Storable, Renewable Resources: Forests Introduction Characterizing Forest Harvesting Decisions Sources of Inefficiency Poverty and Debt Sustainable Forestry Public Policy Appendix:The Harvesting Decision: Forests Chapter 14. Common-Pool Resources: Fisheries and Other Commercially Valuable Species Introduction Efficient Allocations Appropriability and Market Solutions Public Policy Toward Fisheries Appendix:The Harvesting Decision: Fisheries Chapter 15. Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview Introduction A Pollutant Taxonomy Defining the Efficient Allocation of Pollution Market Allocation of Pollution Efficient Policy Responses Cost-Effective Policies for Uniformly Mixed Fund Pollutants Cost-Effective Policies for Nonuniformly Mixed Surface Pollutants Other Policy Dimensions Appendix:The Simple Mathematics of Cost-Effective Pollution Control Chapter 16. Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution Introduction Conventional Pollutants Innovative Approaches Chapter 17. Regional and Global Air Pollutants: Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification Introduction Regional Pollutants Global Pollutant Chapter 18. Mobile-Source Air Pollution Introduction The Economics of Mobile-Source Pollution Policy Toward Mobile Sources An Economic and Political Assessment Chapter 19. Water Pollution Introduction Nature of Water Pollution Problems Traditional Water Pollution Control Policy Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness Chapter 20. Toxic Substances Introduction Market Allocations and Toxic Substances Current Policy An Assessment of the Legal Remedies Chapter 21. Environmental Justice Introduction The Incidence of Hazardous Waste Siting Decisions The Incidence of Pollution Control Costs: Individual Industries The Generation of Pollutants The Incidence on Households Implications for Policy Chapter 22. Development, Poverty, and the Environment Introduction The Growth Process Energy Outlook for the Near Future The Growth-Development Relationship Growth and Poverty: The Industrialized Nations Poverty in the Less Industrialized Nations Chapter 23. The Quest for Sustainable Development Introduction Sustainability of Development Managing the Transition Chapter 24. Visions of the Future Revisited Addressing the Issues Includes bibliographical references and indexes UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008025885.html ER -