Environmental Economics, w. InfoApps 2-Semester Printed Access Card

Module 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 Global Warming.Module 5: THE CASE OF WATER.14. Defining Water Quality: The Standard-Setting Process.15. Improving Water Quality: Controlling Point and Nonpoint Sources.16. Protecting Drinking Water: The Safe Drinking Water Act.Module 6: 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 7: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.20. Sustainable Development: International Trade and International Agreements.21. Sustainable Approaches: Industrial Ecology and Pollution Prevention.References.Glossary.Index.