Recent years have witnessed considerable consolidation between the disciplines of environmental and ecological economics at research level, but until now textbooks in the area have done little to reflect this. Ahmed Hussen's book is to date the only one to reconcile the two standpoints. The central focus of the book will continue to be on this systematic integration of both mainstream and ecological approaches to environmental economics, and an acknowledgement that enduring solutions to major contemporary environmental challenges can be obtained through studies based on a well-conceived and balanced interdisciplinary approach. However, this third edition also contains much that is new.Chiefly, brand new chapters appear covering the following topics: * The economics of climate change * The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services *'Green' accounting and alternative economic and social indicators of sustainability * The business case for environmental sustainability * An Appendix that provides a brief histo...