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Greenhouse Economics: Values and Ethics (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics)
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Product Description
Examining one of the most crucial issues in the modern world: human induced climate change, this book provides a refreshing interdisciplinary perspective and an up-to-date and informative analysis of the key issues facing society today.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3194963 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
Clive Spash s book not only presents a scientifically rigorous and balanced account of the enhanced greenhouse effect as a physical phenomenon, it is also the best exposition to date on the political economy of climate policy... Greenhouse Economics is a model of interdisciplinary scholarship (and) is essential reading not only for ecological and environmental economists, but also for anyone interested in developing realistic alternatives to the standard neoclassical welfare model. - John Gowdy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
From the Back Cover
This important book examines one of the most crucial issues in the modern world: climate change. Providing a refreshing interdisciplinary perspective, which pulls together strands of natural science, economics and ethics, Greenhouse Economics poses some serious questions and offers intelligent answers.
Themes covered include:
o How do we deal with uncertainty and ignorance?
o What role do science and economics play in policy formation?
o To what extent should individuals take responsibility for the society in which they and their descendants live?
By examining issues such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, recent economic analyses, and ethical concerns in economics, Greenhouse Economics manages to provide an up-to-date and informative analysis of some of the important problems facing society.
This book will be of strong interest to students and academics in the fields of ecological and environmental economics, while also being essential reading for all those for w
About the Author
Professor Clive Spash is the Head of the Socio-Economic Research Programme at the Macaulay Institute and also holds the Research Chair in Environmental and Rural Economics at the University of Aberdeen. He is President of the European Society for Ecological Economics.
