The Root Causes of Environmental Problems

Jason Scorse

Chapter Chapter 1 in What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, 2010, pp 7-16 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Environmental problems are extremely complex and varied, yet they almost always share similar features, be it air pollution in Mexico City or a village in Indonesia, habitat loss in Kenya or Brazil, or fisheries collapse in the Indian, Pacific, or Atlantic oceans.

Keywords: Public Good; Market Failure; Amazon Rain Forest; Open Access Resource; Environmental Public Good (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230114043_2

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