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  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 333.7
    Title/Author: What environmentalists need to know about economics/ Jason Scorse.
    Author: Scorse, Jason.
    Published: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
    Description: 1 online resource (vi, 226 p.) : : ill.
    Subject: Environmental economics.
    Subject: NATURE - Natural Resources.
    Subject: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Environmental Economics.
    Subject: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Green Business.
    ISBN: 9780230114043 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230114040 (electronic bk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-226).
    [NT 15000228]: The root causes of environmental problems -- Determining the "optimum" amount of pollution -- Valuing ecosystems -- Putting monetary values on the environment and living things -- Valuing future generations -- Tools to address environmental problems -- Environment v. economy : jobs, economic growth, and international trade -- Climate change -- Forest and biodiversity conservation -- Agriculture -- Chemical pollution -- Fisheries and the marine environment -- Population growth & technological change -- Demand-side interventions.
    [NT 15000229]: Provides a conceptual set of tools for how to approach environmental issues in a rigorous and thoughtful manner, based on an analysis of incentives, property rights, market failure, supply and demand constraints, and insights from behavioral economics. Easy-to-read and filled with real-world examples of the most complex environmental challenges, this book demonstrates that sound economic analysis and reasoning can be one of the environmental community's strongest allies.
    Online resource: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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