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Environmental economics is an increasingly important area of research, though is often misunderstood by natural scientists, policymakers, and neoclassical economists alike. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics aims to bridge this gap, offering an expansive overview of the field's key concepts, practical applications, and interdisciplinary perspectives from a set of diverse and authoritative authors. Major themes of the collection include environmental regulation, valuation, sustainability, natural resources, impacts on risk and human health, among others. Articles introduce readers to the topic at an accessible level while also being of interest to high level scholars in environmental economics and related fields seeking greater understanding of the subject.

Introduction -- PART I THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT -- Differing Views on the Environment -- The International Dimension of the Environment -- PART II THEORETICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS -- Basics of Environmental Economics -- Allocation Problems in a Market Economy -- The Internalization of External Effects -- Public Goods in Environmental Economics -- PART III ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- From Theory to Policy: Information Deficits -- Command-and-Control Policy -- The Price-Standard Approach to Environmental Policy -- International Environmental Commodities and the Principal-Agent-Approach -- Holistic Environmental Policies -- PART IV THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD -- Trade and the Environment: The Legal Context -- Overfishing -- Integration of Trade and the Environment.

"In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Smith shows how the field of environmental economics looks at how economic activity and policy can affect the environment in which we live. The book discusses environmental issues including pollution control, reducing environmental damage, global climate change policies, questions about how we should balance environmental and economic considerations, and what form government policies should take. In recent years, Smith reveals, many economists have argued for greater use of incentives such as pollution charges and emissions trading rather than more traditional direct regulation of polluters. Including many illustrative case studies, this book offers an illuminating introduction to an exciting field of economics."--Publisher's website

Presenting critical insights on how economic activity is constrained by the environment's ability to provide material and energy resources, this timely Research Agenda explores how humanity shapes, and is shaped by, environmental change and sustainability challenges. Chapters highlight how, under these constraints, people may seek to improve their lives and standards of living without undermining the abilities of others to do so now or in the future. With contributions from top economic scholars, as well as from a range of other disciplines including ethics, law, and the physical and life sciences, this book explores how interdisciplinary insights can be integrated to provide meaningful investment and policy advice. Offering diverse understandings of the topic from both the Global North and South, this Research Agenda challenges previous economic conceptualizations of human-environment interactions, exploring resource use and environmental impact from micro- and macro-economic perspectives. Students of environmental and ecological economics will find this to be a thought-provoking and stimulating read. The suggestions for future research and use of clear case studies will also prove valuable for environmental law and ethics scholars, as well as environmental policy makers. --

Part I: Environment: Theoretical Approach -- Chapter 1. Optimal Emission Technology for Non-point Source Pollution -- Chapter 2. Environmental Policy and Sustainable Growth of Firms in Curnot Oligopoly -- Chapter 3. Long-run Equilibrium in a Vertically Related Industry with Environmental Externality -- Chapter 4. Environmental Policy Cordination among Countries at Differeing Stages of Development -- Chapter 5. Joint Treat the Earth: Natural Environment, Fertility, and Government in an Overlapping Generations Economy -- Chapter 6. Dynamic Analysis on Public Investment for Forest Conservancy -- Chapter 7. Sustainable Growth of Forest -- Part II. Environment: Empirical Approach -- Chapter 8. Agglomeration and Dispersion Mechanism of Cities System with Interior Structure -- Chapter 9. A Study on Comprehensive Environmental Policy to Reduce Air and Water Pollutants Emission in the Lake Basin -- Chapter 10. Environmental Assessment of Biomass Energy Crops -- Chapter 11. Impacts of a New Methane-reforming Technology for Hydrogen-based Society on Global Environment and Regional Economic Scenario Input-output Analysis -- Chapter 12. Evaluating the Environmental Load Reduction in Mikawa Bay: A Municipal Input-Output Approach