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Blomquist, Glenn C. was born on March 7, 1945 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Orlo J. and Betty Alice (Donahue) Blomquist.
(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
Surpassing other natural resource and environmental economics texts available today, this completely updated version of Alan Randall's classic Resource Economics provides strong connections between environmental problems, economic theory, and the techniques used to evaluate alternative solutions and practical public policy options for sustaining environmental longevity. This book provides a rigorous but very readable introduction to economic theory before delving into the relationship between economic growth and the primary natural resource and environmental problems associated with this growth, namely scarcity and environmental degradation. The text offers both classic and new economic solutions to the vexing contemporary natural resource and environmental problems that nations worldwide are combating. This thoroughly revised edition of Resource Economics analyzes ecosystem goods and services used in economic production and consumption, and examines how human activity can degrade these goods and services. Further, the book offers concrete suggestions regarding what to do when markets fail to meet efficiency and/or equity goals when allocating natural resources and environmental services. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and a suggested readings section including lists of classic and contemporary material related to the chapter's topics, which instructors will find especially helpful. This text will reach a whole new generation of readers by virtue of its updated material, examples and emphasis on an integrated approach to resource and environmental policy linking economics, ecology, and ethics. Though accessible to all, this book is ideally suited to students of natural resource and environmental economics, ecological economics, agricultural economics, and general economics and their instructors. Additionally, natural resource, ecosystem and environmental researchers, managers, and policy-makers will find the analyses here of significant interest.
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(Decisions twenty years ago during the fIrst generation of...)
Decisions twenty years ago during the fIrst generation of modern traffIc safety policymaking were easier than today. Afterall, the mandate for specifIc mandatory motor vehicle safety standards was dermed rather clearly during legislative hearings. Since the initial standards, decisions have been based on the more general guidelines of "practicality" and avoiding "unreasonable risks. " Now, with more diffIcult decisions pending, the demand for analysis is greater. My purpose in writing this book is to promote second generation policymaking in traffic safety. The dominant theme is that an "individual net benefIt approach" is useful in the design, evaluation and improvement of traffic safety policy. Hopefully, this book provides some guidance for today's tougher decisions. Evaluative review of modern traffic safety policy, especially automobile safety standards, yields several results. The technological approach, the basis for the 1966 legislation, is shown to produce mistakes. Benefits are overestimated and endangerment of nonoccupants is ignored. The risk homeostatic approach, the devil's idea to some in the safety community, is shown to be a limiting case of the more general individual net benefIt approach. Rationality and competency in travelers' safety decisions are reviewed in a broad context. Evidence beyond the realm of behavioral ix x The Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety psychology indicates considerable, albeit imperfect, competency in traffic safety decisions. Conventional benefit-cost analysis is critiqued. Existing studies of passive restraints are shown to overestimate net benefits because travelers' responses and costs are ignored.
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(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
Surpassing other natural resource and environmental economics texts available today, this completely updated version of Alan Randall's classic Resource Economics provides strong connections between environmental problems, economic theory, and the techniques used to evaluate alternative solutions and practical public policy options for sustaining environmental longevity. This book provides a rigorous but very readable introduction to economic theory before delving into the relationship between economic growth and the primary natural resource and environmental problems associated with this growth, namely scarcity and environmental degradation. The text offers both classic and new economic solutions to the vexing contemporary natural resource and environmental problems that nations worldwide are combating. This thoroughly revised edition of Resource Economics analyzes ecosystem goods and services used in economic production and consumption, and examines how human activity can degrade these goods and services. Further, the book offers concrete suggestions regarding what to do when markets fail to meet efficiency and/or equity goals when allocating natural resources and environmental services. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and a suggested readings section including lists of classic and contemporary material related to the chapter's topics, which instructors will find especially helpful. This text will reach a whole new generation of readers by virtue of its updated material, examples and emphasis on an integrated approach to resource and environmental policy linking economics, ecology, and ethics. Though accessible to all, this book is ideally suited to students of natural resource and environmental economics, ecological economics, agricultural economics, and general economics and their instructors. Additionally, natural resource, ecosystem and environmental researchers, managers, and policy-makers will find the analyses here of significant interest.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849802483/?tag=2022091-20
(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
Surpassing other natural resource and environmental economics texts available today, this completely updated version of Alan Randall's classic Resource Economics provides strong connections between environmental problems, economic theory, and the techniques used to evaluate alternative solutions and practical public policy options for sustaining environmental longevity. This book provides a rigorous but very readable introduction to economic theory before delving into the relationship between economic growth and the primary natural resource and environmental problems associated with this growth, namely scarcity and environmental degradation. The text offers both classic and new economic solutions to the vexing contemporary natural resource and environmental problems that nations worldwide are combating. This thoroughly revised edition of Resource Economics analyzes ecosystem goods and services used in economic production and consumption, and examines how human activity can degrade these goods and services. Further, the book offers concrete suggestions regarding what to do when markets fail to meet efficiency and/or equity goals when allocating natural resources and environmental services. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and a suggested readings section including lists of classic and contemporary material related to the chapter's topics, which instructors will find especially helpful. This text will reach a whole new generation of readers by virtue of its updated material, examples and emphasis on an integrated approach to resource and environmental policy linking economics, ecology, and ethics. Though accessible to all, this book is ideally suited to students of natural resource and environmental economics, ecological economics, agricultural economics, and general economics and their instructors. Additionally, natural resource, ecosystem and environmental researchers, managers, and policy-makers will find the analyses here of significant interest.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1849802483/?tag=2022091-20
( The past twenty-five years have seen a significant evol...)
The past twenty-five years have seen a significant evolution in environmental policy, with new environmental legislation and substantive amendments to earlier laws, significant advances in environmental science, and changes in the treatment of science (and scientific uncertainty) by the courts. This book offers a detailed discussion of the important issues in environmental law, policy, and economics, tracing their development over the past few decades through an examination of environmental law cases and commentaries by leading scholars. The authors focus on pollution, addressing both pollution control and prevention, but also emphasize the evaluation, design, and use of the law to stimulate technical change and industrial transformation, arguing that there is a need to address broader issues of sustainable development. Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics, which grew out of courses taught by the authors at MIT, treats the traditional topics covered in most classes in environmental law and policy, including common law and administrative law concepts and the primary federal legislation. But it goes beyond these to address topics not often found in a single volume: the information-based obligations of industry, enforcement of environmental law, market-based and voluntary alternatives to traditional regulation, risk assessment, environmental economics, and technological innovation and diffusion. Countering arguments found in other texts that government should play a reduced role in environmental protection, this book argues that clear, stringent legal requirements -- coupled with flexible means for meeting them -- and meaningful stakeholder participation are necessary for bringing about environmental improvements and technologicial transformations. This book is regularly updated online at http://mitpress.mit.edu/ashford_environmental_law
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(This casebook takes a very broad view of environmental la...)
This casebook takes a very broad view of environmental law, encompassing the regulation of private and public land use and protection of wildlife as well as pollution control and remediation. It provides sufficient breadth for any introductory environmental or natural resources law course. It also strikes a balance by focusing in detail on those portions of the statutes covered that raise particularly interesting or important conceptual issues. Throughout, it highlights perpetual controversies such as the nature of human relationships to nature and the appropriate extent of individual control over natural resource use. The Fifth Edition includes problems that help students develop and test their facility with the materials in the text and the concepts underlying those materials. The new edition will also have new chapters on international environmental law issues and on enforcement issues.
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Blomquist, Glenn C. was born on March 7, 1945 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Orlo J. and Betty Alice (Donahue) Blomquist.
Bachelor of Arts Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1967. Master of Arts Ohio State
University, Columbia, Ohio, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy University Chicago, 1977.
Research assistant University Chicago, 1972-1976. Assistant professor Illinois State University, Normal, 1976-1980. From assistant to associate professor University Kentucky, Lexington, 1980-1988, professor economics, public administration, since 1988, Carl F. Pollard professor, since 1990.
Acting director Martin School, University Kentucky, Lexington, 1991-1992, chairman department economics, since 1997.
(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
(Surpassing other natural resource and environmental econo...)
( The past twenty-five years have seen a significant evol...)
(This casebook takes a very broad view of environmental la...)
(Decisions twenty years ago during the fIrst generation of...)
Author: Regulation of Traffic Safety, 1988. Co-author: Environmental Policy, 1981. Contributor articles to professional journals.
In general my work deals with the theory and measurement of the benefits of public policy concerning health, safety and environment. There are three related areas of research. The first area focusses on valuing reductions in risk to life and limb.
The emphasis is on preferencebased measures of values of life-saving rather than some variant of earnings. The second area attempts to develop
further the implicit market approach. Housing markets are analysed to estimate the values of urban and environmental amenities.
The third area consists of positive and prescriptive work on environmental and traffic safety regulation.
I am interested in the economic rationale for and contribution of economic analysis to social regulation. In Environmental Policy: Elements of Environmental Policy, Tolley and I offer a benefit-cost based, multidisciplinary framework for the design and evaluation of environmental policy. I have also given specific attention to valuing improvements in water quality and the implementation of water quality policy.
In The Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety, I turn to a comprehensive review and economic critique of two decades of traffic safety regulation in the United States. In other works I have analysed seat belt usage in automobiles, mandatory passive restraints, and the national speed limit. I am continuing to work on benefit estimation.
Currently I am investigating the performance of markets in which there are risks to health and safety and limits to rationality. Also I am working on developing approaches to benefit estimation as alternatives to those based on implicit markets.
Captain United States Air Force, 1969-1972. Member American Economic Association, American Real Estate and Urban Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Association Environmental and Resource Economists, Association for Public Policy and Management.
Running.
Married Kathleen Louise Beckman, September 2, 1968. Children: Sean M., Gregory E.