Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach

by Jonathan M. Harris

Environmental problems and their local, national, and global solutions have taken on ever-increasing importance in today's world. Economic analysis of environmental problems is essential, but economic perspectives must be complemented with an understanding of the principles of ecological systems. [This book] offers an introduction to the broad perspective of ecological economics together with standard economic theory. The text covers traditional environmental economics topics, including the microeconomicanalysis of resources and issues of resource allocation; at the same time, it presents an ecological perspective within a global context, discussing such issues as population growth, global climate change, species loss, trade and the environment, and sustainable development. -Back cover.

Genres: Economics

464 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Stephanie Wojciakowski]

I can't honestly say I read this entire thing front to back but I gave it my all and I gave econ235 everything I had so I deserve to at least mark it as read on my Goodreads

[Em Flynn Pesquera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Logging this because I read it cover to cover for class, and it should count ;) But seriously, for an econ book, they authors did a great job of demonstrating theories through real-world cases and practice, and made the content clear and easy to retain. One of the best textbooks I've read for school.

[Damian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is ok but I don’t find it has enough detail or explanation to be a good text for students.Example: figure 12-11 shows a double axis graph of recycling but doesn’t describe the graph as a company moves from 0 to 100% recycled materials.

Overall it seems more interested in covering and mentioning everything at a more superficial level than I am looking for.