Introduction: the economy and the environment -- Changing perspectives on the environment -- Resources, environment, and economic development -- Economic analysis of environmental issues -- The theory of environmental externalities -- Common property resources and public goods -- Resource...

"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...