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| Note to the Reader | |
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| Key Terms are bolded in the text, with a sidebar definition. | |
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| All Key Terms in a chapter are listed at the end of the chapter, and the definitions are collected in the Glossary, noting the chapters in which they appear. | |
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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Introduction: The Economy and the Environment | |
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| Changing Perspectives on the Environment | |
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| Economics and the Environment | |
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| A Framework for Environmental Analysis | |
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| Environmental Microeconomics and Macroeconomics | |
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| A Look Ahead | |
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| Resources, Environment, and Economic Development | |
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| A Brief History of Economic Growth and the Environment | |
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| A Summary of Recent Growth | |
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| The Future of Economic Growth and the Environment | |
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| Sustainable Development | |
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| Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues | |
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| The Theory of Environmental Externalities | |
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| The Theory of Externalities | |
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| Welfare Analysis of Externalities | |
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| Property Rights and the Environment | |
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| Supply, Demand, and Welfare Analysis | |
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| Externality Analysis: Advanced Material | |
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| Common Property Resources and Public Goods | |
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| Common Property, Open Access, and Property Rights | |
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| The Environment as a Public Good | |
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| The Global Commons | |
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| Resource Allocation Over Time | |
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| Allocation of Nonrenewable Resources | |
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| Hotelling's Rule and Time Discounting | |
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| Valuing the Environment | |
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| Total Economic Value | |
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| Overview of Valuation Techniques | |
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| Revealed Preference Methods | |
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| Stated Preference Methods | |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Conclusion: The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Policy Decisions | |
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| Advanced Material on Valuation Methods | |
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| Using Excel to Perform Present Value Calculations | |
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| Ecological Economics and Environmental Accounting | |
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| Ecological Economics: Basic Concepts | |
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| An Ecological Perspective | |
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| Natural Capital | |
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| Issues of Macroeconomic Scale | |
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| Long-Term Sustainability | |
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| Energy and Entropy | |
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| National Income and Environmental Accounting | |
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| Greening the National Income Accounts | |
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| Environmentally Adjusted Net Domestic Product | |
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| Adjusted Net Saving | |
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| The Genuine Progress Indicator | |
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| The Better Life Index | |
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| Environmental Asset Accounts | |
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| The Future of Alternative Indicators | |
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| Basic National Income Accounting | |
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| Population, Agriculture, and the Environment | |
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| Population and the Environment | |
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| The Dynamics of Population Growth | |
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| Predicting Future Population Growth | |
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| The Theory of Demographic Transition | |
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| Population Growth and Economic Growth | |
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| Ecological Perspectives on Population Growth | |
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| Population Policies for the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Agriculture, Food, and Environment | |
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| Feeding the World: Population and Food Supply | |
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| Trends in Global Food Production | |
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| Projections for the Future | |
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| Agriculture's Impact on the Environment | |
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| Sustainable Agriculture for the Future | |
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| Energy and Resources | |
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| Nonrenewable Resources: Scarcity and Abundance | |
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| The Supply of Nonrenewable Resources | |
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| Economic Theory of Nonrenewable Resource Use | |
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| Global Scarcity or Increasing Abundance? | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Mining | |
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| The Potential for Recycling | |
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| Energy: The Great Transition | |
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| Energy and Economic Systems | |
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| Evaluation of Energy Sources | |
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| Energy Trends and Projections | |
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| Energy Supplies: Fossil Fuels | |
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| The Economics of Alternative Energy Futures | |
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| Policies for the Great Energy Transition | |
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| Renewable Resource Use: Fisheries | |
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| Principles of Renewable Resource Management | |
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| Ecological and Economic Analysis of Fisheries | |
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| The Economics of Fisheries in Practice | |
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| Policies for Sustainable Fisheries Management | |
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| Ecosystem Management-Forests | |
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| The Economics of Forest Management | |
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| Forest Loss and Biodiversity | |
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| Politics for Sustainable Forest Management | |
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| Conclusion: Reconciling Economic and Ecological Principles | |
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| Water Economics and Policy | |
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| Global Supply and Demand for Water | |
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| Addressing Water Shortages | |
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| Water Pricing | |
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| Water Markets and Privatization | |
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| Pollution: Impacts and Policy Responses | |
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| Pollution: Analysis and Policy | |
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| The Economics of Pollution Control | |
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| Policies for Pollution Control | |
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| The Scale of Pollution Impacts | |
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| Assessing Pollution Control Policies | |
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| Pollution Control Policies in Practice | |
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| Greening the Economy | |
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| The Green Economy: Introduction | |
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| The Relationship between Economy and Environment | |
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| Industrial Ecology | |
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| Does Protecting the Environment Harm the Economy? | |
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| Creating a Green Economy | |
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| Global Climate Change | |
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| Causes and Consequences of Climate Change | |
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| Responses to Climate Change | |
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| Economic Analysis of Climate Change | |
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| Global Climate Change: Policy Responses | |
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| Adaptation and Mitigation | |
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| Climate Change Mitigation: Economic Policy Options | |
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| Climate Change: The Technical Challenge | |
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| Climate Change Policy in Practice | |
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| Economic Policy Proposals | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Environment, Trade, and Development | |
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| World Trade and the Environment | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Trade | |
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| Trade and Environment: Policy and Practice | |
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| Trade Agreements and the Environment | |
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| Strategies for Sustainable Trade | |
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| Institutions and Policies for Sustainable Development | |
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| The Concept of Sustainable Development | |
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| The Economics of Sustainable Development | |
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| Reforming Global Institutions | |
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| New Goals and New Production Methods | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |