Author: Rabindra N Bhattacharya
Editor: Rabindra N Bhattacharya
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 306
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195655567
Description
This edited volume focuses on the interlinkages between economics and the environment. In the process, it discusses a range of issues, including:
1. Environmental degradation
2. Management of exhaustible Resources
3. Regulations and policy
4. Economic valuation of environmental costs and benefits
5. Conservation and sustainable development
6. International trade and environmental costs
Illustrations and case studies in the Indian context enrich the analysis. The concluding chapter presents issues in global perspective.
This book, written by faculty from various Indian universities, is specially tailored to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Researchers and scholars in environmental economics and general readers with an active interest in ecology and environment related issues will also find this book a useful resource.