"Economics and the Environment 6th Edition, provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. This book examines...

Written as a professional reference book and a case textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Communities contains detailed case studies of communities in U.S.A., Europe, and Asia that have become sustainable. In most cases, these...

Preface -- Visions of the future -- The economic approach : property rights, externalities, and environmental problems -- Evaluating trade-offs : benefit-cost analysis and other decision-making metrics -- Valuing the environment : methods -- Dynamic efficiency and sustainable development --...