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1、WhatEnvironmentalistsNeedtoKnowaboutEconomicsJ.ScorseISBN:9780230114043DOI:10.1057/9780230114043PalgraveMacmillanPleaserespectintellectualpropertyrightsThismaterialiscopyrightanditsuseisrestrictedbyourstandardsitelicensetermsandconditions(seepalgraveconnect.co
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3、erstandhowmarketswork.Thisbookintroducesmanyofthethemesthatenvironmentaleconomistsworkwith,someofwhichwillneedtocomeintoplayifwe’regoingtodealwithcatastropheslikeclimatechange.”—BILLMCKIBBEN,authorEarth:MakingaLifeonaToughNewPlanet“Avitalresourceforthosewhowan
4、ttounderstandtheeconomicunderpinningsofenvironmentalpolicyappliedtothemostpressingproblemswecurrentlyface.Putstorestthenotionthateconomicsandtheenvironmentareatodds;infact,soundWHATENVIRONMENTALISTSNEEDTOKNOWABOUTECONOMICSeconomicpolicyisthekeyforenvironmental
5、solutions.”—ANNHARRISON,DirectorofEconomicDevelopmentPolicy,TheWorldBank“Anexcellentintroductionandoverviewofthesomeofthekeydebatesinmainstreameconomicsandpolicy.Explainsinaccessibletermstheunderpinningsofeconomicswhichmostinfluencegovernmentpoliciesonenvironm
6、entalprotection.”—DARAO’ROURKE,ProfessoratUC-BerkeleyandfounderofGoodguide“Economicscontinuestobeoneofthemostpowerful,yetmisunderstoodtoolsforen-vironmentalmanagementandconservation.Movesbeyondsimpleideasofmoneytounderstandhoweconomicfactorsaffecttheenvironmen
7、tandhowtheenvironmentaffectstheeconomicwellbeingofallpeople.”—LINWOODPENDELTON,DirectorofOceanandCoastalPolicy,TheNicholasInstituteatDukeUniversity“Aneasy-to-read,non-technicalprimeronhowtheproblemswefacetodayasenvi-ronmentalistsarefundamentallyeconomicinnatur
8、e.Excellentbackgroundforany-oneinterestedindevisingsensiblesolutionstoenvironmentalproblems.”—RICHARDE.RICE,ChiefConservationOfficer,SaveYourWorld“Atthistimeofenvironmentaldestruct