Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth is a specially designed handbook for trainers, practitioners and government advisors involved in environmental policy making. It will enable professionals to initiate and implement environmental economic studies and identify policies and investments which will ensure sustainable development in their respective countries.The book focuses on economic tools but also encompasses ecological and sociological perspectives, all of which are essential to any successful environmental policy. The authors highlight the major issues in environmental policy making and the analysis of projects with environmental impacts. Features include:
- sustainable development in a global context
- macroeconomic policies and the environment
- environmental policies and priorities
- legal and institutional dimensions
- integration of environmental assessment into project analysis
- valuation techniques and case studies.
This handbook will be of immense use in the training of policymakers, practitioners, and students of environmental policy as well as development managers and scholars working in the areas of environment and development.
- ISBN10 1840648120
- ISBN13 9781840648126
- Publish Date 26 September 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 592
- Language English