Book on environment economics released

A book that provides a comprehensive discussion on environmental economics called ‘Economics of Environment’ was released here on Monday. Dr Subhashani Muthukrishnan, professor of Economics has authored the book.

Dr Chandrakant, professor and university head of Agriculture Economics and leader of the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resources at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore released the book.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Chandrakant said, “It is not easy to write a book like this. The important issue here is that the book is written by an Indian and has been written in an Indian language that will help students to understand these environmental issues.”

“This book focuses on the welfare of the environment. It understands poverty and the environment and how people misuse resources at times,” he added.

The book deals with various aspects such as population and environment, market and environmental resources, degradation of the environment, sustainable development and various other environmental issues. It also deals with national and international environmental issues and legislations.

Making a presentation of the contents of the book, Dr Muthukrishanan, the author, said that the book discussed in detail the issue of market failure externality and welfare with regard to the environment. “The book has a detailed bibliography which encourages students to continue reading for the understanding of this subject. This book is for undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics.”

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