ISBN:
9781035304189
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 567 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Environmental economics for sustainable growth
DDC:
338.9/27
Keywords:
Umweltpolitik
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Umweltökonomik
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Bewertung
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Environmental policy Handbooks, manuals, etc Economic aspects
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Sustainable development Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Environmental policy Economic aspects
;
Handbooks, manuals, etc
;
Sustainable development Handbooks, manuals, etc
;
Umweltökonomie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
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Umweltgefährdung
;
Wirtschaftswachstum
Abstract:
Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth is a specially designed handbook for trainers, practitioners and government advisors involved in environmental policy making. It will enable professionals to initiate and implement environmental economic studies and identify policies and investments which will ensure sustainable development in their respective countries. The book focuses on economic tools but also encompasses ecological and sociological perspectives, all of which are essential to any successful environmental policy. The authors highlight the major issues in environmental policy making and the analysis of projects with environmental impacts. Features include: * sustainable development in a global context * macroeconomic policies and the environment * environmental policies and priorities * legal and institutional dimensions * integration of environmental assessment into project analysis * valuation techniques and case studies. This handbook will be of immense use in the training of policymakers, practitioners, and students of environmental policy as well as development managers and scholars working in the areas of environment and development
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword -- 1. Introduction and structure -- Part I: Economy-wide policies and the environment -- 2. Sustainable development vision in a global context -- 3. Macroeconomic policies and the environment -- 4. Sectoral policies and the environment -- 5. Policies, instruments and the environment -- 6. Laws, regulations and institutions -- 7. National environmental strategies -- 8. Economy-wide policies and the valuation of environmental impacts -- Part II: Environmental valuation methods for policies and projects -- 9. Economic principles and overview of valuation methods -- 10. Revealed preference: Direct proxy methods -- 11. Revealed preference: Indirect proxy methods -- 12. Stated preference: Contingent valuation methods -- 13. Use of monetary values of environmental and natural resources for benefit-cost analysis: An application to a soil moisture conservation project in tunisia -- 14. Use of monetary values of environmental and natural resources in the framework of national accounts: An application to costa rica -- 15. Valuing health impacts: A case study of air pollution in new delhi, India -- Index.
Note:
"In association with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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