This monograph presents potential remedies for some of the current environmental issues in
developed countries in a theoretical or empirical manner with the interdisciplinary approaches
of economics statistics and engineering. The book illustrates effective economic and
environmental policies for environmental challenges and factors where corrective policies to
date may have failed. The importance of this essential book has is related to the transition in
the major concerns of the people or governments in developed countries shifting from economic
growth to the stability of life and environmental preservation as their economies have matured.
The environmental issues dealt with here include forest environment tax introduced as part of
local taxes air pollution reduction policies for mobile emission sources introduction of
renewable energies and power fuel cell technology the mechanism of city agglomeration and
dispersion and measurement of environmental sustainability. In analytical methods some
research employs theoretical approaches such as the mathematical economic model or nonlinear
dynamic model. Other analyses are implemented with empirical or statistical tools such as the
long-run general equilibrium model the input-output model and the dynamic optimization model
among others.
