UID:
kobvindex_INTNLM010893490
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 202 p)
,
ill
ISBN:
9781781951125
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
1. Economic growth, the environment and welfare : are they compatible? -- 2. The impact of perverse subsidies on international trade and the environment -- 3. Valuing statistical lives -- 4. The valuation of health impacts in developing countries -- 5. Economic instruments for waste management in Brazil -- 6. Deforestation, land degradation and rural poverty in Latin America : examining the evidence -- 7. Public policies and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- 8. Technology, climate change, productivity and land use in Brazilian agriculture -- 9. Economic incentives and forest concessions in Brazil
Content:
The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of topics varying from the general problems of growth and conservation to specific applications such as; pollution costs, environmental taxation, deforestation and climate change. This volume also offers policymakers a comprehensive view of the challenges they face, and the legacies they leave, in order to convert environmental policy making into an actual programme of welfare improvement
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Available in another form ISBN 1840646020(hdbk.:alk.paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781840646023(hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1840646020
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781840646023
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4337/9781781951125
URL:
FULL
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