The Economics of the Global Environment - Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources and global environmental concerns. It is uncontested that, for the first time in recorded history, humans dominate the planet, changing the planet's atmosphere, its bodies of water, and the complex web of species that makes life on earth. This radical change in circumstances led to rethinking of the foundations of human organization and, in particular, the industrial economy and the economic theory behind it. This book brings together new approaches on multiple levels: environmental sustainability requires rethinking in terms of economic theory and policy as well as the considerations of catastrophic risk and extremal events. Leading experts address questions of economic governance, risk management, policy decision making and distribution across time and space.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in Economic Theory, 29
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2016
Editors:	Graciela Chichilnisky • Armon Rezai
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	649
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-31941-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	3-319-31941-8
Barcode:	9783319319414

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