Rose Anne Devlin - Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs: Property Rights for the Common Good

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Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs

Property Rights for the Common Good

Rose Anne Devlin and R. Quentin Grafton

Department of Economics
University of Ottawa

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Rose Anne Devlin and R. Quentin Grafton 1998

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Paperback edition 1999

A catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Devlin, Rose Anne, 1956

Economic rights and environmental wrongs: property rights for the
common good / Rose Anne Devlin, R. Quentin Grafton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Environmental degradationEconomic aspects. 2. Environmental
economics. 3. Right of property. 4. environmental responsibility.

I. Grafton, R. Quentin, 1962- . II. Title.
GE14O.D48 1998
363.7'058dc21

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ISBN 1 85898 450 5 (cased)
1 84064 328 5 (paperback)

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To Thomas, and Brecon and Ariana
May they inherit a better world

Department of Economics
PO Box 450, Station A
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(613) 562-5800 Ext. 1432 and 1688
Fax (613) 562-5999
radevlin@uottawa.ca
qgrafton@uottawa.ca

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When we read newspapers or magazines, listen to the radio or watch the television we are likely to learn about at least one environmental challenge or crisis every week. If it is not a global problem like the depletion of the ozone layer, it is a regional concern over acid rain or even a local question of how to find a suitable site for a nearby town's landfill. The fact that you're now reading Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs means that you are certainly aware of many of these challenges. You are concerned about the problems of pollution, and the fact that many natural resources, such as fish, forests and farming land, are not being used as they should be. Our book provides a way to understand how these problems arise.