Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services

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Randall Bluffstone is an environmental and natural resource economist, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economics and the Environment at Portland State University, USA.

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Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to environmental economics, using ecosystem services as the underlying framework. Assuming no prior knowledge, the focus is on exploring society's linkages with the environment and how economics can help solve key environmental problems.

Résumé
Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to environmental economics, using ecosystem services as the underlying framework. Assuming no prior knowledge, the focus is on exploring society's linkages with the environment and how economics can help solve key environmental problems.

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SECTION I: Economic Fundamentals, Climate Change and Sustainability 1. Introduction to the Book, Ecosystem Services and the Sustainable Development Goals 2. Climate Science and International Climate Agreements 3. Economic Fundamentals, Ecosystem Services and Value 4. Estimating the Benefits of Environmental Assets and Ecosystem Services 5. Consumption 6. Human Population Growth 7. Sustainable Economic Development SECTION II: The Challenge of Protecting Natural Resources 8. Why are Environmental Assets so Difficult to Manage? 9. Bad Incentives, Market Failures and Property Rights Problems 10. Collective Action 11. Governments Messing with Prices and Agricultural Subsidies 12. Energy, Energy Subsidies and Economic Planning Gone Wild SECTION III: Solving Environmental Problems around the World 13. Social Institutions for Better Environmental Collective Action 14. The Economics of Pollution Control 15. Green Pricing: Theory and Practice of Taxes on Measured Pollution 16. Green Pricing: Carbon Taxes, Green Product Taxes and Green Tax Reform 17. Green Markets: Non-Carbon Pollution Trading 18. Green Markets: International Climate Policy and Carbon Markets 19. Recap, Conclusions and Key Gaps