Valuing the Environment
Rudiger . Ed(S): Pethig
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pethig, Rudiger. Series: Environment, Science and Society. Num Pages: 348 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
During the last decades, environmental economics as a science has been very successful in improving our understanding of environment-economy interdepen dence. Using conventional economic methodology, environmental aspects have been explicitly incorporated into economic models making use of the concept of externality. This concept was already familiar to economists long before evidence of severe environmental deterioration found its way into the headlines and peo ple's awareness. But before that time, external effects were not considered as being empirically very relevant, they seemed to be -like the example of the bees and the fruit trees - somewhat bucolic in nature. All that ... Read more
During the last decades, environmental economics as a science has been very successful in improving our understanding of environment-economy interdepen dence. Using conventional economic methodology, environmental aspects have been explicitly incorporated into economic models making use of the concept of externality. This concept was already familiar to economists long before evidence of severe environmental deterioration found its way into the headlines and peo ple's awareness. But before that time, external effects were not considered as being empirically very relevant, they seemed to be -like the example of the bees and the fruit trees - somewhat bucolic in nature. All that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
Environment, Science and Society
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048143450
SKU
V9789048143450
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99-15
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