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Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management

By: Sterner, Thomas Contributor(s): Sterner, Thomas | Coria, Jessica Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: RFF, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: 638pISBN: 1617260983Subject(s): Environmental policy | Environmental economics | Conservation of natural resources--Government policy DDC classification: 333.72

Contents:

1. Background and overview Part 1: The need for environmental and natural resource policy 2. Causes of environmental degradation 3. The evolution of rights Part 2: Review of policy instruments 4. Direct regulation of the environment 5. Taxes 6. Tradable permits 7. Subsidies, deposit-refund schemes, and refunded emissions payments 8. property Rights, legal instruments, and informational policies Part 3: Selection of policy instruments 9. Efficiency of policy instruments 10. Role of uncertainty and asymmetric information 11. Equilibrium effects and market conditions 12. Distribution of costs 13. Politics and enforcement of policy instruments 14. International aspects and climate change 15. Design of policy instruments Part 4: Policy instruments for road transportation 16. Environmental damages caused by transportation and road pricing vehicles 17. Taxation or regulation for fuel efficiency 18. Fuel quality policies 19. Vehicle standards, urban planning and lessons learned Part 5: Policy instruments for industrial pollution 20. Global climate change: international, domestic policies and carbon markets 21. Experience in developing countries Part 6: Policy instruments for the management of natural resources and ecosystems 22. Adapting models to ecosystems: ecology, time and space 23. Water 24. Waste 25. Fisheries 26. Agriculture 27. Forestry 28. Ecosystems Part 7: Conclusion.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	333.72 STE/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P44707
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	333.72 STE/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P44708

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1. Background and overview

Part 1: The need for environmental and natural resource policy

2. Causes of environmental degradation

3. The evolution of rights

Part 2: Review of policy instruments

4. Direct regulation of the environment

5. Taxes

6. Tradable permits

7. Subsidies, deposit-refund schemes, and refunded emissions payments

8. property Rights, legal instruments, and informational policies

Part 3: Selection of policy instruments

9. Efficiency of policy instruments

10. Role of uncertainty and asymmetric information

11. Equilibrium effects and market conditions

12. Distribution of costs

13. Politics and enforcement of policy instruments

14. International aspects and climate change

15. Design of policy instruments

Part 4: Policy instruments for road transportation

16. Environmental damages caused by transportation and road pricing vehicles

17. Taxation or regulation for fuel efficiency

18. Fuel quality policies

19. Vehicle standards, urban planning and lessons learned

Part 5: Policy instruments for industrial pollution

20. Global climate change: international, domestic policies and carbon markets

21. Experience in developing countries

Part 6: Policy instruments for the management of natural resources and ecosystems

22. Adapting models to ecosystems: ecology, time and space

23. Water

24. Waste

25. Fisheries

26. Agriculture

27. Forestry

28. Ecosystems

Part 7: Conclusion.

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