Preface -- Introduction -- Four economic questions about climate change -- How much pollution is too much? -- Ethics and economics -- Pollution and resource degradation as externalities -- The efficiency standard -- Measuring the benefits of environmental protection -- Measuring the costs of...

"This ninth edition of Economics and the Environment is the third to include Dr. Stephen Polasky as a coauthor, who has brought to the text a reworked and stronger focus on natural resource economics and ecosystem services. This book was first published almost 30 years ago in 1992, as the Rio...

In this article, we focus on the potential of governmental authorities dedicated to management of ecosystem services. We argue that the creation of such Ecosystem Service Districts (ESDs) will improve the efficient provision of services necessary for human welfare. At the moment, when agencies...