TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keohane,Nathaniel O.
AU  - Olmstead,Sheila M.
TI  - Markets and the environment
T2  - Foundations of contemporary environmental studies
SN  - 9781597260473
U1  - 338.927 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, London
PB  - Island Press
KW  - Environmental economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 
2. Economic efficiency and environmental protection -- 
3. The benefits and costs of environmental protection -- 
4. The efficiency of markets -- 
5. Market failures in the environmental realm -- 
6. Managing stocks: natural resources as capital assets -- 
7. Stocks that grow: the economics of renewable resource management -- 
8. Principles of market-based environmental policy -- 
9. The case for market-based instruments in the real world -- 
10. Market-based instruments in practice -- 
11. Sustainability and economic growth
N2  - Is an introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics that will enable students and professionals to quickly grasp important concepts and to apply those concepts to real-world environmental problems
ER  -