1. Currents of environmentalism -- 2. Ecological economics : "taking nature into account" -- 3. Indices of (un) sustainability, and neo-Malthusianism -- 4. Political ecology : the study of ecological distribution conflicts -- 5. Mangroves versus shrimps -- 6. The environmentalism of the poor :...

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...