Environmental economics

Climate change could have a substantial economic impact, particularly on coastal states where seas level rises will be felt most strongly.

Within only a few years, global warming has emerged from scientific speculation into an environmental threat of worldwide concern.

Within only a few years, global warming has emerged from scientific speculation into an environmental threat of worldwide concern.

Comprising cutting-edge work on the state of social economics today, this theoretically diverse book includes strong emphasis on the role of ethics, morality, identity, and society in economic theorizing.

Comprising cutting-edge work on the state of social economics today, this theoretically diverse book includes strong emphasis on the role of ethics, morality, identity, and society in economic theorizing.

Blueprint for a Green Economy put the economics of the environment onto the public agenda.

Blueprint for a Green Economy put the economics of the environment onto the public agenda.

Following 'Blueprint for a Green Economy' (the Pearce Report), David Pearce and his team have turned their attention to global environmental threats.

Following 'Blueprint for a Green Economy' (the Pearce Report), David Pearce and his team have turned their attention to global environmental threats.

This report has been prepared by the London Environmental Economics Centre (LEEC).

This report has been prepared by the London Environmental Economics Centre (LEEC).

Biodiversity loss is one of the major resource problems facing the world, and the policy options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the value of species and their variety.

This revised and updated guide to the environmental economics of development projects demonstrates how the environmental impacts of projects can be translated into monetary values.

This revised and updated guide to the environmental economics of development projects demonstrates how the environmental impacts of projects can be translated into monetary values.

Blueprint 4 continues the theme of Blueprint 2 in looking at the opportunities for using market forces for environmental ends.

Blueprint 3 is the direct sequel to the ground-breaking Blueprint for a Green Economy.

Blueprint 3 is the direct sequel to the ground-breaking Blueprint for a Green Economy.

Effective policies to prevent global warming and climatic change are urgently required by the world community.

Effective policies to prevent global warming and climatic change are urgently required by the world community.

Biodiversity loss is one of the major resource problems facing the world, and the policy options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the value of species and their variety.

The essays in this study contribute to an analysis of the prospects for the world's economy in the face of environmental constraints.

The essays in this study contribute to an analysis of the prospects for the world's economy in the face of environmental constraints.

Blueprint 4 continues the theme of Blueprint 2 in looking at the opportunities for using market forces for environmental ends.

The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years.

The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years.

How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years?

How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years?

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

Holistic in approach and rooted in the real world Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology presents a new way of looking at environmental policy; exploring the relationship between ecological economics and industrial ecology.

Holistic in approach and rooted in the real world Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology presents a new way of looking at environmental policy; exploring the relationship between ecological economics and industrial ecology.

The increasing scarcity of land and the ever-rising amount of waste produced worldwide, coupled with the consequent change of focus by policy makers from waste disposal and recovery to waste prevention is boosting research in the 'economics of waste'.

The increasing scarcity of land and the ever-rising amount of waste produced worldwide, coupled with the consequent change of focus by policy makers from waste disposal and recovery to waste prevention is boosting research in the 'economics of waste'.

China faces many modernization challenges, but perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change.

China faces many modernization challenges, but perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change.

Avoided deforestation can be characterized as the use of financial incentives to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation, with much of the focus on forests in tropical countries.

Avoided deforestation can be characterized as the use of financial incentives to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation, with much of the focus on forests in tropical countries.

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run.

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run.

How should responsibility for adapting to climate change be distributed?

How should responsibility for adapting to climate change be distributed?

This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water stress.

This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water stress.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational value.

This is the second in a pair of economic texts commissioned by the OECD in the field of environmental economics; The Pearce Report: Blueprint for a Green Economy puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefits can play firmly into the public eye.

This is the second in a pair of economic texts commissioned by the OECD in the field of environmental economics; The Pearce Report: Blueprint for a Green Economy puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefits can play firmly into the public eye.

The economic value of forest.

The economic value of forest.