Environmental economics and management: theory, policy, and applications. /
Scott J. Callan, Janet M. Thomas
- 6th ed.
- New York : South-Western, 2013.
- xxxiii, 588 p.: ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The role of economics in environmental management - Modelling the market process -- Modeling market failure -- Conventional solutions to environmental problems -- Economic solutions to environmental problems -- Environmental risk analysis -- Assessing benefits for environmental decision making -- Benefit-cost analysis in environmental decision making -- Defining air quality -- Improving air quality -- Global air quality -- Defining water quality -- Improving water quality -- Protecting safe drinking water -- Managing hazardous solid waste and waste sites -- Managing municipal solid waste -- Controlling pesticides and toxic chemical -- Sustainable development -- Sustainable approaches: industrial ecology and pollution prevention --