ISBN:
9781845428266
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 288 p)
,
ill
Edition:
2nd ed
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tisdell, Clement A., 1939 - 2022 Economics of environmental conservation
DDC:
333.72
Keywords:
Umweltschutz
;
Naturschutz
;
Umweltökonomik
;
Theorie
;
Conservation of natural resources
;
Natural resources Management
;
Economic development Environmental aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Umweltschutz
;
Umweltökonomie
Abstract:
This fully updated and comprehensively revised edition of a classic text concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. It begins by covering the ethical foundations and basic economic paradigms--essential for understanding and assessing ecological economics. General strategies for global environmental conservation, policies for government intervention, developing countries, preserving wildlife and biodiversity, open-access to and common property in natural resources, conservation of natural areas, forestry, agriculture and the environment, tourism, sustainable development and demographic change are also all covered
Abstract:
1. Economics and the living environment -- 2. Global conservation strategies and concerns -- 3. Markets and government intervention in environmental conservation -- 4. Environmental conservation in developing countries -- 5. Preservation of wildlife and genetic diversity -- 6. Open-access, common-property and natural resource management -- 7. Economics of conserving natural areas and valuation techniques -- 8. Forestry, trees and conservation -- 9. Agriculture and the environment -- 10. Tourism, outdoor recreation and the natural environment -- 11. Sustainable development and conservation -- 12. Population, economic growth, globalisation and conservation : a concluding perspective
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781845428266
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