Overview

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics continues to reflect an updated perspective on modern environmental topics. Now in its sixth edition, this textbook includes enhanced and updated material on energy, climate change, population, agriculture, forests, and water, reflecting the greater urgency required to solve global, regional, and local environmental problems in these areas. It introduces students to both standard environmental economics and the broader perspective of ecological economics, balancing analytical techniques of environmental economics with a global perspective on current ecological issues such as global climate change, ocean degradation, plastic pollution, water shortages, and other environmental challenges. Harris and Roach’s premise is that a pluralistic approach is essential to understand the complex nexus between the economy and the environment. This perspective, combined with an emphasis on real-world policies, is particularly appealing to both instructors and students. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is the ideal text for undergraduate classes on environmental, natural resource, and ecological economics, and other courses on environmental policy.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jonathan M. Harris (Tufts University, USA.) ,  Brian Roach (Tufts Unversity, USA.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   6th edition
Weight:   1.619kg
ISBN:  

9781032914176

ISBN 10:   1032914173
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   04 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

PART I: Introduction: The Economy and the Environment 1. Economic Perspectives on the Environment 2. Resources, Environment, and Economic Development PART II: Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues 3. The Theory of Environmental Externalities 4. Common Property Resources and Public Goods 5. Resource Allocation Over Time 6. Valuing the Environment 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis 8. Pollution: Analysis and Policy PART III: Ecological Economics and Environmental Accounting 9. Ecological Economics 10. National Income and Environmental Accounting PART IV: Energy, Climate Change, and Greening the Economy 11. Energy: The Great Transition 12. Global Climate Change: Science and Economics (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur)13. Global Climate Change: Policy Responses (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur)14. Greening the Economy PART V: Population, Agriculture, and Resources 15. Population and the Environment (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 16. Agriculture, Food, and Environment (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) 17. Nonrenewable Resources: Scarcity and Abundance 18. Renewable Resource Use: Fisheries 19. Forests and Land Management (Contributing Author Ekaterina Gnedenko) 20. Water: Economics and Policy (Contributing Author Anne-Marie Codur) PART VI: Environment, Trade, and Development 21. World Trade and the Environment 22. Policies for Sustainable Development. Glossary. Index

Reviews

“The book is simply great! It fills an important need in the field – integrating standard environmental economics and ecological economics. It is very clear, informative and flows very well. The students like it. The additional materials that come with the book are also very good.” —Rafael Reuveny, Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, US. “This is a carefully crafted textbook that should appeal to students from natural sciences as well as economics and other social sciences. The tone is formal yet friendly. The layout of text, tables, and figures is top notch. It should prove popular with students and instructors alike.” —Gerald Shively, Professor, Purdue University, US. “The perfect introductory text covering environmental and natural resource economics. It is very clear and uncluttered, with excellent diagrams and examples, and well thought out discussion questions and problems. The choice and sequence of topics is excellent, with the right balance between the neoclassical and ecological approaches.” —Steven Kemp, Professor, Curtin University, Australia.

Author Information

Jonathan M. Harris is Visiting Scholar at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative. Brian Roach is Director of the Theory and Education Program at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Economics in Context Initiative.

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