The International Yearbook of Environmental And Resource Economics 2005 2006: A Survey of Current Issues (New Horizons in Environmental Economics)

The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics presents articles which are surveys of current issues in this research area where literature is abundant. As every year, we recommend the present yearbook to keep up with the developments of this literature. Michel Griffon, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture The Yearbook provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge issues in environmental and resource economics. The expert contributors address some of today s most pressing environmental topics including: issues in water pricing reforms spatial environmental policy environmental equity and the siting of hazardous waste facilities strategies to conserve biodiversity corporate sustainability the double-dividend hypothesis of environmental taxes valuing environmental changes in the presence of risk. The Yearbook will provide economists, scholars and practitioners working in environmental and resource economics with a comprehensive overview of the cutting-edge issues in the field. Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 6 List of tables......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 9 Editorial board......Page 10 1. Issues in water pricing reforms: from getting correct prices to setting appropriate institutions......Page 11 2. Spatial environmental policy......Page 62 3. Environmental equity and the siting of hazardous waste facilities in OECD countries: evidence and policies......Page 107 4. Strategies to conserve biodiversity......Page 167 5. Corporate sustainability......Page 195 6. The double-dividend hypothesis of environmental taxes: a survey......Page 233 7. Valuing environmental changes in the presence of risk: an update and discussion of some empirical issues......Page 290 Index......Page 322 This major annual publication provides a state-of-the-art survey of contemporary research on environmental and resource economics by some of the leading experts in the field "The Yearbook is an essential resource for economists, scholars and practitioners working in environmental and resource economics."--Jacket