It is when the private marginal benefits or costs are not equal to social marginal benefits cost. Therefore, result could be likely market failure.
poverty
The main causes of environmental degradation are as follow; 1 Industrialization 2 Agricultural development 3 population growth 4 poverty 5 urbanization 6 Deforestation 7 transport development 8 market failure
Market failure occurs when goods are not fairly distributed.
Externalities can cause market failure if the full social costs and social benefits of production and consumption are not taken into account.
To conserve energy and draw the world’s attention to the cause of environmental degradation.
The current environmental degradation is the cause of fish's death =]
lack of market orientation of the seller
Yes, they do. Dams can cause huge environmental degradation: 1) disturb natural fluctuations in water source 2) water quality can be degraded 3) transport of sediment along the rive is disrupted 4) reservoirs can emit climate changing greenhouse gases http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/water/dams_initiative/problems/environmental/
I should think nuclear war would cause all sorts of degradation. But one of the results would be contamination of the land with nuclear fall out which would be long lasting and affect generations to come.
Agricultural development can lead to environmental degradation through deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution from pesticides and fertilizers, and loss of biodiversity due to habitat destruction. Intensive farming practices can also deplete soil quality and contribute to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions.
Let us define market failure to mean the inability of producers to supply a product at a price for which consumers are willing to pay. When the market is dealing in a good that is economically destructive and ethically bad. A failure of the Crystal Methamphetamine market would be good. Law enforcement could prevent production or delivery and thus cause market failure.
An increase in entrophy