Environmental Economics: Individual Incentives and Public Choices

Hodge (land economy, U. of Cambridge) explains and assesses the role of economics in choices about the environment, in the explanation of sources of degradation, in the evaluation of change, and in the development of policy. After setting out the principles and applications, he presents cases of air pollution, the countryside, the rainforest, and climate change. Assumes no background in economics, but may interest economists. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.