Beschreibung:
- New material is provided on economic growth and biodiversity loss, alternative measures of welfare and green accounting, all supplemented with case studies.- Each chapter contains a summary of the key terms and concepts used- Solutions to all the numerical exercises are given- Useful websites where the reader can access further information are provided.
Introduction to Ecological Economics; How Markets are Supposed to Work; Why Markets 'Fail'; Environmental Valuation; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Impact Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis; Multi-criteria Analysis; Population Growth, Resource Use and the Environment; Economic Growth and the Environment; Sustainable Development; Green Accounting and Measurement of Genuine Saving; Assessment of Global Environmental Trends and Policy Implications; Useful Internet Resources; Answers to Numerical Exercises.