Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is the best-selling text for this course, offering a policy-oriented approach and introducing economic theory in the context of debates and empirical work from the field. Students leave the course with a global perspective of both environmental and natural resource economics. Key features include:

• Extensive coverage of the major issues including climate change, pollution, sustainable development, and environmental justice.

• Dedicated chapters on a full range of resources including water, land, forests, fisheries, and recyclables.

• Introductions to the theory and method of environmental economics including externalities, benefit-cost analysis, valuation methods, and ecosystem goods and services.

• Boxed case studies and ‘Debates’ throughout the text which highlight global examples and major talking points.

The text is fully supported with end-of-chapter summaries, discussion questions, and self-test exercises in the book and multiple-choice questions, simulations, references, slides, and an instructor’s manual on the Companion Website.

Tom Tietenberg is the Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus at Colby College, USA.

Lynne Lewis is Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics at Bates College, USA.