Environmental Economics & Management: Theory, Policy & Applications, 6/e (Hardcover)

Dr. Scott J. Callan , Dr. Janet M. Thomas

  • 出版商: Cengage Learning
  • 出版日期: 2012-09-26
  • 定價: $1,280
  • 售價: 9.5$1,216
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 624
  • ISBN: 1111826676
  • ISBN-13: 9781111826673
  • 相關分類: 經濟學 Economy
  • 立即出貨 (庫存=1)

商品描述

本書序言

●Revised and updated content through 6e reflect domestic and international policy changes, evolving corporate environmentalism, and findings of recent empirical studies.
●Updated URLs provided throughout the chapter encourage independent research.
●A complete Test Bank with True-False and Multiple Choice questions, Short Problems, and Case Studies.
●A complete set of updated PowerPoint slides with animated graphics and an enhanced Instructor’s Manual, which includes answers to all end-of-chapter Review Questions, suggested paper topics for each chapter, and two instructional appendices – one to help students develop graphing and quantitative tools and another to help students write research papers.
●Updates on public policy, data, and real-world applications and examples, such as (but not limited to): The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), Current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and nonattainment areas, and findings from the latest available National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress.
●New topics and expanded topical coverage on policy changes and recent events including (but not limited to): EJ2014, a new U.S. environmental justice strategy; Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Durbin, South Africa; and Obama's Executive Order 13563 supporting benefit-cost analysis for policy.
●New or completely revised boxed applications entitled (but not limited to): The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010; Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA): The Second Prospective Study; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR): Successor to the CAIR.

本書特色

●Updated URLs provided throughout to encourage independent research.
●Revised and updated content reflecting domestic and international policy changes, evolving corporate environmentalism, and findings of recent empirical studies.
●Several text ancillaries: PowerPoint© slides with animated graphs and active Web links; a more complete Instructor’s Manual (see detail below); and new to the 6th edition, a complete Test Bank with True-False and Multiple Choice questions, Short Problems, and Case Studies.
●60 boxed applications that complement the text presentation by illustrating the relevance of economic theory, environmental risk, and public policy.
●Margin definitions of key concepts and terms placed adjacent to the associated text presentation in each chapter.
●End-of-Chapter Learning Tools that include a chapter summary, review questions, and additional readings. New review questions added throughout the 6th edition.
●End-of-Text Learning Tools that include a full glossary and reference list.
●Text Ancillaries offered through a password-protected Instructor’s Companion Site, include an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint® slides, and Test Bank. The Instructor’s Manual provides quantitative solutions and suggested responses to end-of-chapter Review Questions. New to this edition of the Instructor's Manual are Paper Topics for each chapter, and two appendices – one entitled Graphing Tools and Quantitative Techniques and another called Guidelines for Writing a Research Paper. The updated collection of PowerPoint® slides include animated graphs and active links to relevant Internet sites. A Test Bank, new to this edition, offers True-False and Multiple Choice questions, Short Problems, and Case Studies.
●Student’s Companion Site available online, which offers a list of commonly used acronyms, a set of flashcards with terms and definitions, links to all Internet addresses cited in the book, and more.
●A flexible, well-organized modular structure that has become the hallmark of this text.
●Topic-rich yet accessible presentation that supports theory with real-world examples, current data from the private and public sectors, and boxed applications that link theory to reality.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書序言

- 修訂和更新的內容反映了國內外政策變化、企業環保的演變以及最近實證研究的發現。
- 章節中提供的更新的網址鼓勵獨立研究。
- 完整的測試庫,包括真假題和多選題、簡短問題和案例研究。
- 更新的PowerPoint幻燈片集,帶有動畫圖形,以及增強的教師手冊,其中包括所有章節結束時的回顧問題的答案,每章的建議論文主題,以及兩個教學附錄-一個幫助學生開發繪圖和量化工具,另一個幫助學生撰寫研究論文。
- 有關公共政策、數據和現實世界應用和示例的更新,例如(但不限於):跨州空氣污染規則(CSAPR)、當前國家環境空氣質量標準(NAAQS)和不達標地區,以及最新可用的國家水質庫存報告對國會的發現。
- 關於政策變化和最近事件的新主題和擴展的主題覆蓋範圍,包括(但不限於):EJ2014,一種新的美國環境正義戰略;在南非德班舉行的各方會議(COP17);奧巴馬的行政命令13563,支持政策的效益成本分析。
- 新的或完全修訂的方框應用,包括(但不限於):2010年墨西哥灣漏油事故;清潔空氣法修正案(CAAA)的效益成本分析:第二個前瞻性研究;跨州空氣污染規則(CSAPR):CAIR的繼任者。

本書特色

- 章節中提供的更新的網址鼓勵獨立研究。
- 修訂和更新的內容反映了國內外政策變化、企業環保的演變以及最近實證研究的發現。
- 幾個文本輔助工具:帶有動畫圖形和活動網頁鏈接的PowerPoint幻燈片;更完整的教師手冊(詳見下文);第6版新增的完整測試庫,包括真假題和多選題、簡短問題和案例研究。
- 60個方框應用,通過展示經濟理論、環境風險和公共政策的相關性,補充了文本的呈現方式。
- 每章邊緣定義關鍵概念和術語,與相關文本呈現相鄰。
- 章末學習工具,包括章節摘要、回顧問題和額外閱讀材料。第6版增加了新的回顧問題。
- 文末學習工具,包括完整的詞彙表和參考文獻列表。
- 通過密碼保護的教師伴侶網站提供的文本輔助工具,包括教師手冊、PowerPoint幻燈片和測試庫。教師手冊提供定量解決方案和對章節回顧問題的建議回答。教師手冊的新功能包括每章的論文主題,以及兩個附錄-一個名為繪圖工具和量化技術,另一個名為撰寫研究論文的指南。更新的PowerPoint幻燈片集包括動畫圖形和與相關互聯網站的活動鏈接。新版的測試庫提供真假題和多選題、簡短問題和案例研究。
- 在線提供的學生伴侶網站,提供常用縮略詞列表、帶有術語和定義的一組閃卡、引用書中所有互聯網地址的鏈接等。
- 靈活、組織良好的模塊化結構,已成為本書的特點。
- 主題豐富但易於理解的呈現方式,通過私營和公共部門的實際案例、最新數據支持理論。

目錄大綱

MODULE I: MODELING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
1. The Role of Economics in Environmental Management.
2. Modeling the Market Process: A Review of the Basics.
3. Modeling Market Failure.
MODULE II: MODELING SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
4. Conventional Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Command-and-Control Approach.
5. Economic Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Market Approach.
MODULE III: ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING.
6. Environmental Risk Analysis.
7. Assessing Benefits for Environmental Decision Making.
8. Assessing Costs for Environmental Decision Making.
9. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental Decision Making.
MODULE IV: THE CASE OF AIR.
10. Defining Air Quality: The Standard-Setting Process.
11. Improving Air Quality: Controlling Mobile Sources.
12. Improving Air Quality: Controlling Stationary Sources.
13. Global Air Quality: Policies for Ozone Depletion and Climate Change.
MODULE V: THE CASE OF WATER.
14. Defining Water Quality: The Standard-Setting Process.
15. Improving Water Quality: Controlling Point and Nonpoint Sources.
16. Protecting Safe Drinking Water.
MODULE VI: THE CASE OF SOLID WASTES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES.
17. Managing Hazardous Solid Waste and Waste Sites.
18. Managing Municipal Solid Waste.
19. Controlling Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals.
MODULE VII: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT.
20. Sustainable Development: International Environmental Agreements and International Trade.
21. Sustainable Approaches: Industrial Ecology and Pollution Prevention.

目錄大綱(中文翻譯)

第一部分:建模環境問題
1. 經濟在環境管理中的角色。
2. 市場過程建模:基礎知識回顧。
3. 市場失靈建模。

第二部分:建模解決環境問題
4. 傳統解決環境問題方法:命令與控制方法。
5. 經濟解決環境問題方法:市場方法。

第三部分:環境規劃分析工具
6. 環境風險分析。
7. 評估環境決策的效益。
8. 評估環境決策的成本。
9. 環境決策中的效益-成本分析。

第四部分:空氣案例
10. 空氣品質定義:標準設定過程。
11. 改善空氣品質:控制移動源。
12. 改善空氣品質:控制固定源。
13. 全球空氣品質:臭氧層破壞和氣候變化政策。

第五部分:水案例
14. 水質定義:標準設定過程。
15. 改善水質:控制點源和非點源。
16. 保護安全飲用水。

第六部分:固體廢棄物和有毒物質案例
17. 管理危險固體廢棄物和廢棄物場。
18. 管理城市固體廢棄物。
19. 控制農藥和有毒化學物質。

第七部分:全球環境管理
20. 可持續發展:國際環境協議和國際貿易。
21. 可持續方法:工業生態學和污染預防。