This book expounds on the basic aspects of Environmental Economics. It has been designed in particular for readers without backgroundknowledge of economics and following a predominantly practicalapproach. The text analyses some of the main questions and problemswhich arise from the interactions and trade-offs between thesatisfaction of human needs and environmental protection. It alsopresents and proposes various tools and solutions to resolve certainenvironmental problems, from an economic and business perspective.
This book is aimed primarily at university students (bothundergraduate and postgraduate), professionals who apply thisdiscipline in their work (e.g. environmental
managers incompanies, public administration staff or researchers), as well asother readers with an interest in environmental issues, energy orclimate change.