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Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, 8/e
Eldon Enger, Delta College
Bradley F. Smith, Western Washington University
Risk and Cost: Elements of Decision Making

Chapter Outline


Measuring Risk

    Risk Assessment

Environmental Close-Up: What's in a Number?

    Risk Management

    True and Perceived Risks

Economics and the Environment

    Economic Concepts

    Market-Based Instruments

Global Perspective: Wombats and the Australian Stock Exchange

Environmental Close-Up: Georgia-Pacific Corporation: Recycled Urban Wood--A Case Study in Extended Product Responsibility

    Extended Product Responsibility

    Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Concerns about the Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Economics and Sustainable Development

Environmental Close-Up: "Green" Advertising Claims--Points to Consider

    External Costs

    Common Property Resource Problems

Global Perspective: Pollution Prevention Pays!

    Economic Decision Making and the

    Biophysical World

Environmental Close-Up: Placing a Value on Ecosystem Services

    Economics, Environment, and Developing Nations

Global Perspective: Costa Rican Forests Yield Tourists and Medicines

    The Tragedy of the Commons

    Lightening the Load

Issues & Analysis: Shrimp, Turtles, and Turtle Excluder Devices








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