Overview
- Provides readers with the micro- and macroeconomic concepts and tools needed for environmental studies as well as environmental and resource economics
- Presents a goal-oriented introduction to economics for non-economists and also serves as a “refresher” for economists
- Review questions, exercises and solutions included in the text
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Economics: What Is It About and How Does It Relate to the Natural Environment?
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Front Matter
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Microeconomics and the Natural Environment
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Macroeconomics and the Natural Environment
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Back Matter
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About this book
This textbook provides a concise introduction to micro- and macroeconomics and demonstrates how economic tools and approaches can be used to analyze environmental issues. Written in an accessible style without compromising depth of the analysis, central issues in the public policy debate on environmental problems and environmental policy are discussed and analyzed from an economics perspective. The book is meant as an introductory (and in some parts intermediate) text for undergraduate students in environmental sciences without a background in economics. It also serves as a companion for economists interested in a presentation of the micro and macro foundations of environmental economics, in a nutshell.
The second edition has been revised, updated and extended in may ways, for instance by adding a microeconomic section on environmental technical change, a discussion of the significance of technical change for a sustainable development and a considerably extended macroeconomic section on economic growth.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Alfred Endres is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Hagen, Germany, and Permanent Visiting Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. He has also taught at the Technical University of Berlin, Zhejiang University at Hangzhou, China, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He held visiting appointments at the University of Florida, the University of California, San Diego and La Trobe University, Melbourne. Alfred Endres is the author of 14 books on environmental economics, applied economics, and microeconomics. He is the author of numerous articles in journals such as the Canadian Journal of Economics, Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Industrial Economics, Public Choice as well as Social Choice and Welfare. The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists published a special issue of its official journal, Environmental and Resource Economics, " in honour of Alfred Endres" (Part I: Vol. 62, No. 4 (Dec. 2015), Part II: Vol. 65, No. 1 (Sept. 2016)). Beyond his scientific activities, Endres performs as the lead singer of Trio Rockato, a regionally acclaimed rock band.
Volker Radke is Professor of Economics at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Ravensburg, Germany. He also taught at the University of Dortmund and the University of Hagen, both Germany. He published several books and articles in journals, especially on the topic of sustainable development and its indicators.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economics for Environmental Studies
Book Subtitle: A Strategic Guide to Micro- and Macroeconomics
Authors: Alfred Endres, Volker Radke
Series Title: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54828-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-54826-4Published: 21 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-58551-1Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-54828-8Published: 08 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-4333
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4341
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 291
Number of Illustrations: 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice