Overview

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics reflects an updated perspective on modern environmental topics. Now in its fifth edition, this textbook includes enhanced and updated material on energy, climate change, greening the economy, population, agriculture, forests and water—reflecting the greater urgency required to solve the big environmental problems in these areas. It introduces students to both standard environmental economics and the broader perspective of ecological economics, balancing analytical techniques of environmental economics topics with a global perspective on current ecological issues such as population growth, global climate change and ""green"" national income accounting. Harris and Roach’s premise is that a pluralistic approach is essential to understand the complex nexus between the economy and the environment. This perspective, combined with its emphasis on real-world policies, is particularly appealing to both instructors and students. This is the ideal text for undergraduate classes on environmental, natural resource and ecological economics, and postgraduate courses on environmental and economic policy. To access Student and Instructor resources, please visit: sites.tufts.edu/gdae/environmental-and-natural-resource-economics/.

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Author:   Jonathan M. Harris (Tufts University, USA.) ,  Brian Roach (Tufts Unversity, USA.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   5th edition
Weight:   1.660kg
ISBN:  

9780367531386

ISBN 10:   0367531380
Pages:   716
Publication Date:   29 November 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Changing Perspectives on the Environment; 2. Resources, Environment, and Economic Development; 3. The Theory of Environmental Externalities; 4. Common Property Resources and Public Goods; 5. Resource Allocation Over Time; 6. Valuing the Environment; 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis; 8. Pollution: Analysis and Policy; 9. Ecological Economics: Basic Concepts; 10. National Income and Environmental Accounting; 11. Energy: The Great Transition; 12. Global Climate Change: Science and Economics; 13. Global Climate Change: Policy Responses; 14. Greening the Economy; 15. Population and the Environment; 16. Agriculture, Food, and Environment; 17. Nonrenewable Resources: Scarcity and Abundance; 18. Renewable Resource Use: Fisheries; 19. Forests and Land Management; 20. Water: Economics and Policy; 21. World Trade and the Environment; 22. Policies for Sustainable Development

Reviews

I think that you have written the perfect introductory text covering environmental and natural resource economics. The production is first-rate - very clear and uncluttered, excellent diagrams and examples, well thought out discussion questions and problems. The choice and sequence of topics is excellent and you have provided for the right balance between the neoclassical and ecological approaches. It is a most appealing text. - Professor Steven Kemp, Curtin University, Australia The book is simply great! It is really one of a kind. It fills an important need in the field, which will become more and more important in the future, no doubt - integrating standard environmental economics and ecological economics. The book is very clear, very informative, flows very well, and indeed is written as a very interesting and fascinating story. The students like it. The additional materials that come with the book are also very good. In short, job well done! - Rafael Reuveny, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University

"""I think that you have written the perfect introductory text covering environmental and natural resource economics. The production is first-rate – very clear and uncluttered, excellent diagrams and examples, well thought out discussion questions and problems. The choice and sequence of topics is excellent and you have provided for the right balance between the neoclassical and ecological approaches. It is a most appealing text."" - Professor Steven Kemp, Curtin University, Australia ""The book is simply great! It is really one of a kind. It fills an important need in the field, which will become more and more important in the future, no doubt – integrating standard environmental economics and ecological economics. The book is very clear, very informative, flows very well, and indeed is written as a very interesting and fascinating story. The students like it. The additional materials that come with the book are also very good. In short, job well done!"" - Rafael Reuveny, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University"

Author Information

Jonathan M. Harris is Senior Researcher at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative. His current research focuses on the implications of large-scale environmental problems, especially global climate change, for macroeconomic theory and policy. Brian Roach is Director of the Theory and Education Program at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative. His work has focused on the valuation of natural resources, and he has taught environmental economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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