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This Book Provides A Thorough And Coherent Review And Discussion Of The Theory Of Environmental Economics, With Applications To Policy Issues In Environmental Management. It Will Be Particularly Suitable For Final-year Undergraduates, For Postgraduate Courses In Environmental And Resource Economics, And For Professionals. Particular Emphasis Is Placed On Analysing Recent Empirical Studies From All Over The World, And Each Chapter Develops The Main Theoretical Results And Recent Developments Necessary For Complete Understanding Of The Applications. 1. The Economy And The Environment: Two Parts Of A Whole -- 2. Market Failure -- 3. Economic Incentives For Environmental Protection: An Overview -- 4. Pollution Taxes For The Efficient Control Of Pollution -- 5. Tradeable Pollution Permits -- 6. Transboundary Pollution Problems -- 7. An Introduction To The Economics Of Natural Resource Exploitation -- 8. Natural Resources: Types, Classification And Scarcity -- 9. An Economic Analysis Of Non-renewable Natural Resources -- 10. Renewable Resource Economics -- 11. The Economics Of Forestry Exploitation -- 12. The Theory Of Non-market Valuation -- 13. Methods For Valuing Environmental Costs And Benefits -- 14. The Economics Of Sustainable Development. Nick Hanley, Jason F. Shogren, Ben White. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.