Environmental economics / Joseph J. Seneca, Michael K. Taussig.

Prefaces, ix -- I. Introduction, 3 -- 1. The basic concepts of environmental economics, 3 -- II. The Basic Theory of Environmental Economics, 25 -- 2. Efficiency in a private market economy, 25 -- 3. Alternative solutions to the externalities problem, 60 -- 4. Environmental quality as a public good, 91 -- 5. Income distribution aspects of environmental policy, 113 -- III. The Economics of Environmental Problems, 139 -- 6. Water resources and water quality, 139 -- 7. The problem of air quality, 158 -- 8. The quality of life and other environmental problems, 178 -- IV. The Vehicles of Collective Environmental Action, 211 -- 9. Regulation and prohibition, 211 -- 10. Taxes, subsidies, and effluent charges, 234 -- 11. Governmental production of environmental services, 267 -- V. Population, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality, 297 -- 12. Population levels and environmental quality, 297 -- 13. Environmental problems and urbanization, 322 -- 14. Economic growth and environmental quality, 344.