Environmental Valuation, Economic Policy and Sustainability: Recent Advances in Environmental Economics

Product Description This book brings together some of the most important recent developments in the various aspects of environmental economics as well as providing an introduction to its theory and practice. Environmental valuation techniques, including exciting new approaches such as production function techniques, are outlined and applied to developed and developing countries, and to countries in transition from centrally planned to market based systems. The effectiveness of regulatory and market based policy instruments, including environmental taxation and tradeable permits, is analysed and applied to environmental problems such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and the conservation of biological diversity. Review '. . . this volume provides a good introduction to the issues surrounding three critical areas of environmental and ecological economics: nonmarket valuation, policy choices, and sustainability. . . . Overall, I found the volume to be an interesting read . . . The primary contribution is in the collection of work in one location that provides the interested reader who is new to many of the details of the topics with the necessary foundation to pursue topics in more detail . . . Individuals in the fields of law, political science, and other policy fields will find the material accessible and interesting.' About the Author Edited by Melinda Acutt, Economic Policy Manager, Yorkshire Water, UK and Pamela Mason, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, UK