Fundamentals of Economics for Environmental Managers

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The major elements of environmental economics are clearly described and illustrated for the noneconomist in this timely work. Business practitioners, environmental scientists, planners and engineers, and students will gain a broad understanding of what economics may contribute to environmental assessment and decisionmaking. The presentation is largely nonmathematical. Emphasizing critical assumptions and intuitive logic, this overview of the theoretical foundations allows readers from a variety of backgrounds to develop and apply tools needed to function effectively in the increasingly important field of environmental management. In addition, this book is appropriate for one- and two-semester courses and professional development programs.

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"Environmental managers often find economics mystifying. Barron demystifies it and illuminates modern regulatory innovations like pollution rights trading, voluntary programs, and market incentives."-William K. Reilly Former Administrator (1988-1992) The United States Environmental Protection Agency
"It has long been my concern as a teacher and a policy analyst that environmental managers are not equipped for, or even open to dealing with the economic complexities of environmental policy. Now we have a volume that makes it possible for them to understand the common sense of environmental economics and to obtain sound advice on the application of economics to environmental problems."-Robert K. Davis Former Head of the Economics Staff Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
"Practical and eminently readable, this book shows how economic concepts can help in making decisions about the environment. Highly recommended."-David Glover Director Economy and Environmental Program for South East Asia, Singapore
"This book helps to fill a large and growing gap in the literature. Practitioners will find from it that economic analysis has an enormous amount to contribute to the resolution of environmental problems...the authors succeed in striking the right balance between theoretical correctness and commonsense. This rare event should make this book required reading for government and developmental agency officials, industry leaders and members of the general public seriously concerned about the difficult choices to be made in reconciling environmental, economic and social objectives in the quest for 'sustainable development.'"-Jeremy J. Warford Visiting Professor, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment University College, England
"This book moves economics from the abstruse and esoteric to what it is in the hands of a skilled practitioner; a way of thinking and a set of tools for helping solve real environmental problems when information is limited, time is short and the stakes are high."-Milton Russell Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for Energy and Environment University of Tennessee

Author Bio

WILLIAM F. BARRON is Associate Professor of Environmental Management at the University of Hong Kong. ROBERT D. PERLACK is the leader of a biomass and resource systems group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. JOHN J. BOLAND is Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.