Economics and the Environment or Financial and Cost Concepts for Construction Management

Economics and the Environment

Author: Eban S Goodstein

There are often no easy answers to environmental challenges. But asking the right questions leads to a clear and effective economic framework for understanding pressing environmental problems—from finding sites for landfills, to regulating chemical emissions from manufacturing plants, to preserving species diversity.
Organized around these four key questions, Eban Goodstein’s Fourth Edition offers in-depth analysis of important environmental policy debates, and equips readers with the tools necessary to understand these issues—as economists do.

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This textbook introduces the issues related to environmental policy debates and explains the economist's tools for analyzing them. It pairs the standard economic analysis with ethical and ecological concerns. The book considers the determination of acceptable levels of pollution, the government's abilities and limitations, the possibilities for improvement, and the resolution of global issues. Goodstein teaches at Lewis and Clark College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Financial and Cost Concepts for Construction Management

Author: Daniel Halpin

Designed for engineering students in upper-level courses of construction management or cost control, this text provides a thorough grounding in all aspects of financial management so that the construction engineering manager can understand how to control costs and communicate with the accountant or bookkeeper. Features include explanations of financial documents and cost reports and an overview of bookkeeping fundamentals.

Table of Contents:

Company Level Financial Control.
Conventions in Accounting.
Comparison of Accounting Conventions.
Bookkeeping Fundamentals.
Financial Statement Preparation.
Analyzing Company Financial Data.
Cost Control Concepts.
Cost Account Structures.
Bid Preparation and Cost Recovery.
The Estimating Process.
Time and Cost Intergration.
Data Collection and Reporting.
Accounting for Equipment and Reporting.
Accounting for Equipment Costs.
A Conceptual Equipment Cost-Control System.
Jon and Fixed Overhead Costs.
Concepts for Controlling Cost.
Appendixs.
References.
Index.