Chapter 1: Our Lifestyles and the Environment
Section 1. Economic Development and Environmental Issues
Section 2. Waste Problems and Sustainable Society
Section 3. Climate Change

Chapter 2: Mechanisms that Give Rise to Environmental Problems
Section 1. Externalities and Market Failures
Section 2. The Use and Management of Common-Pool Resources
Section 3. Public Goods and Free Riding

Chapter 3: Fundamental Theories of Environmental Policy
Section 1. Direct Regulations and Market Mechanisms
Section 2. Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Section 3. Resolutions through Direct Negotiations
Section 4. Emission Cap and Trade

Chapter 4: Applications for Environmental Policies
Section 1. Choice among Policy Measures
Section 2. Waste Policy
Section 3. The Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change Policy
Section 4. The Current State and Future Targets of Climate Change Policy

Chapter 5: Environmental Value Assessment
Section 1. Environmental Value
Section 2. Environmental Valuation Method 1: Revealed Preferences Method
Section 3. Environmental Valuation Method 2: Stated Preferences Method
Section 4. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Chapter 6: Business and Environmental Problems
Section 1. Business and Environmental Policies
Section 2. Social Responsibility Demanded from Business
Section 3. Business and Environmental Risks
Section 4. Biodiversity and the Ecosystem

Chapter 7: Global Environmental Problems and International Trade
Section 1. International Trade and the Environment
Section 2. Environmental Regulations and Technological Development
Section 3. Sustainable Development
Section 4. Energy Economics

This work will help those concerned about environmental issues to firmly grasp relevant analytical methods and to comprehend the thought process behind environmental economics. It does so by drawing from specific environmental issues and at the same time providing commentary that facilitates understanding. This book aids those concerned about environmental issues to firmly grasp relevant analytical methods and to comprehend the thought process behind environmental economics. It does so by drawing from specific environmental issues and at the same time providing commentary that facilitates understanding. This text contains in-depth explanations necessary for a thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects and importance of environmental economics. Environmental Economics seeks to elucidate the mechanisms that give rise to environmental problems by approaching environmental issues from an economic perspective. At the same time, it is a study aiming to indicate specific countermeasures that could resolve present environmental issues. This text has been put together in way that allows readers without specialized economics knowledge to easily understand the situation, issues and challenges of environmental economics.

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