the best-selling text for this course, offering a policy-oriented approach and introducing economic theory in the context of debates and empirical work from the field. Students leave the course with a global perspective of both environmental and natural resource economics.
Features
International coverage is woven throughout, with significant attention given to environmental problems and policies in Eastern and Western Europe, China, and developing nations.
Debate boxes spark discussion about real issues in the field today, including the debates over wind power and ecotourism.
Example boxes provide crucial real-world context for economic theory, touching on topics such as hazardous pollutant emissions from iron and steel foundries.
Intertemporal optimization is handled within a discrete-time, mathematical programming framework, and all mathematics beyond simple algebra are relegated to appendixes. Graphs and numerical examples are used to provide an intuitive understanding of the principles suggested by the math and the reasons for their validity.
Flexible organization allows instructors to fit individual course outlines: A course in natural resource economics might cover Chapters 1 to 14 and 22 to 24. A brief introduction to environmental economics could be added by assigning Chapter 15. A course in environmental economics could cover Chapters 1 to 5 or 15 to 21. Chapter 7 could be added if a brief introduction to natural economics seems desirable.
New to this Edition
In the ninth edition of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Tom Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis emphasize a theme of sustainability with a new chapter focused exclusively on climate change, as well as all new debates, examples, and economic studies.
New to This Edition
More than 30 New or Expanded Topics:
Oil and gas derived from shale
The UN's REDD program
The BP/Deepwater horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Cash for clunkers
Taxes vs. Allowances in the presence of uncertainty
And many more...
At least 12 New Examples or Debates:
Experimental Economics: Studying Human Behavior in a Laboratory
Fuel from Shale, the Bakken Formation
Feed-in Tarrifs
The Car Allowance Rebate System: Did it Work?
And many more...
More Self-Test Exercises & Updates
Many users have asked for new self-test exercises (numerical problems, graphical manipulations and word problems) for students.
The authors have updated data tables, included recent economic studies and combined the toxic substances and environmental justice chapters into one.
In addition, Climate Change now has its own chapter!
ISBN : 9780132843003, Author : Tietenberg, Publisher : Pearson - 2012, Dimensions : 22.8 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm, Paperback : 696 pages
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