environmental economics
noun[U]
ECONOMICS,ENVIRONMENTukusthestudyof thecostsandbenefitsofpreventingdamageto theenvironment:
Thereportoffersanexhaustivelookat theenvironmentaleconomicsof thestate.
environmental economist
noun[C]
Theeconomicconceptofsustainabilityisfamiliartoenvironmentaleconomists.