Environmental Economics

Section 1: Economics, Ecology and Ethics • Basic Ecology • Economics–Environment Inter-Linkages • Environmental Ethics • Environmental Movements • Section 2: Environmental Degradation • Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Pollution by Solid Wastes • Population and Environment • Urbanisation and its Impact • Energy And Environment • Forests And Environmental Quality • Section 3: Economic Development and Environmental Quality • Economic Growth and Environmental Quality • Limits to Growth • Environmental Kuznet’s Curve • Economics of Sustainable Development • Section 4: Welfare Economics and Environmental Economics • Paretian Welfare Economics • Market Failure • Consumer’s Surplus and Producer’s Surplus • Welfare Criteria • Section 5: Environmental Economics • Economics of Pollution • Natural Resource Economics • Accounting for Environment • The Environment and International Trade • Section 6: Environmental Policy • Environmental Policy – An Introduction • Principles of Pollution Control • Environmental Policy Tools –Command and Control • Pollution Control: Market Using Instruments • Pollution Control - Market Creating Instruments • Comparison of Pollution Control Policy Instruments • Environmental Protection – Voluntary Participation • Section 7: Cost - Benefit Analisis • Cost Benefit Analysis – An Introduction • Economic Evaluation of Environmental Benefits • Environmental Impact Assessment • Section 8: Corporate Environmental Management • Sustainable Industrialisation • Corporate Strategies for Environmental Management • Section 9: Environmental Policy in Practice • Environmental Challenges and Policy in India • Global Environment: Problems and Policies • Global