Environmental economics and management : theory, policy, and applications

Callan, Scott; Thomas, Janet M

Environmental economics and management : theory, policy, and applications - 2nd Ed. - Delhi Cengage Learning 2013 - xxxii, 588 p. 26 cm ; Pbk

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MODULE I: MODELING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
1. The Role of Economics in Environmental Management.
2. Modeling the Market Process: A Review of the Basics.
3. Modeling Market Failure.

MODULE II: MODELING SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
4. Conventional Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Command-and-Control Approach.
5. Economic Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Market Approach.

MODULE III: ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING.
6. Environmental Risk Analysis.
7. Assessing Benefits for Environmental Decision Making.
8. Assessing Costs for Environmental Decision Making.
9. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental Decision Making.

MODULE IV: THE CASE OF AIR. 10. Defining Air Quality: The Standard-Setting Process.
11. Improving Air Quality: Controlling Mobile Sources.
12. Improving Air Quality: Controlling Stationary Sources.
13. Global Air Quality: Policies for Ozone Depletion and Climate Change.

MODULE V: THE CASE OF WATER.
14. Defining Water Quality: The Standard-Setting Process.
15. Improving Water Quality: Controlling Point and Nonpoint Sources.
16. Protecting Safe Drinking Water. MODULE VI: THE CASE OF SOLID WASTES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES. 17. Managing Hazardous Solid Waste and Waste Sites.
18. Managing Municipal Solid Waste.
19. Controlling Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals. MODULE VII: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
20. Sustainable Development: International Environmental Agreements and International Trade.
21. Sustainable Approaches: Industrial Ecology and Pollution Prevention.

This applied text looks at how environmental policy affects the business world. It is divided into three modules discussing air, water and solid waste pollution. These modules are further divided into chapters examining the problem, policies and economic theory involved with each form of pollution

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Environmental economics
Industrial management--Environmental aspects
Management
Environmental economics -- Case studies

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