Environmental economics

The environmental justice literature convincingly shows that poor people and minorities live in more polluted neighborhoods than do other groups.

The modern financial system was developed to support the rapid economic growth that took off about 200 years ago with the phenomenal amounts of cheap energy made available through the exploitation of fossil fuels.

This fourth revised edition sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods and through national, regional and local dimensions.

Sustainability: Key Issues is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students doing courses in sustainability.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current renewable energy technologies and their basic principles.

Product Policy in Europe: New Environmental Perspectives presents an overview and assessment of a relatively new area of environmental policy in Europe.

Reauthorization of the Superfund law continues to be a major source of controversy among political leaders and environmental activists.

Sustainability is one of the key concepts underlying our thinking about corporate responsibilities, particularly with respect to the environment and inter-generational justice, but also in relation to corporate governance and the long-term economic viability.

Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena.

This book provides a systematic introduction to the debate on historical emissions and climate change, for students, researchers and policymakers.

This volume analyses the process and structure of ecotaxes in India to bring forth its rationale, application and incidence on emerging environmental problems on the backdrop of the environmental issues confronted by the Indian economy.

The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making.

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of socio-economic systems globally and exposed the risks that natural capital degradation imposes on human health, economy, and society.

The largest and most systematic analysis of national oil companies to date.

Ecology, Engineering, and the Paradox of Management is the first book that addresses and reconciles what many take to be the core paradox facing environmental decision-makers and stakeholders: How do they restore the environment while at the same time provide ever more services reliably from that environment, including clean air, water and energy for more and more people?

Der naturnahe Tourismus ist ein wichtiges Element der ökologisch nachhaltigen Entwicklung im Alpenraum.

The concept of green growth, coupled with one of green economy and low carbon development, is a global concern especially in the face of the multiple crises that the world has faced in recent years - climate, oil, food, and financial crises.

Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources.

This book demonstrates the effectiveness of comprehensive water policies, using examples from around the world.

Global climate change is one of the challenges ever to confront humanity with the largest scale, widest scope and most far-reaching influence.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach.

This book explores the economic challenges involved in managing hydrocarbon wealth in the Caspian region, and looks at how to design an optimal energy policy.

This book sheds new light on the relationship between economy and the environment by approaching the issue from evolutionary and institutional economics.

The book analyses agricultural economics and food policy in New Zealand, where farming produce has been by far the main export commodity.

Originally published in 1984, this book develops a quantitative model designed for use in the evaluation of the relative merits of alternative energy R&D programmes.

The issues of technology and uncertainty are very much at the heart of the policy debate of how much to control greenhouse gas emissions.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the general framework of sustainable development paths in relation to where countries stand at present, by outlining the main challenges they face, and the potential pathways ahead to foster the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

From land management to water rights, this volume looks at the current status of Common Property Resources, or CPRs, in South Asia.

This book examines leadership and management in natural resources, drawing on literature, principles, and the author's own experiences as a leader and activist.

Southern Africa's maritime interests are considerable: its oceans and ports are essential to the wealth of the region, are crucial for trade and are an important source of employment, food and energy.

Urban Economy: Real Estate Economics and Public Policy analyses urban economic change and public policy in a more practical way than a typical urban economics book.

The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping.

This study develops a methodology for rapidly obtaining approximate estimates of the economic consequences from numerous natural, man-made and technological threats.

Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU) bemängelt in seinem neuesten Jahresbericht, daß die deutsche Forschung zum Globalen Wandel zu wenig international ausgerichtet, zu stark an Einzeldisziplinen orientiert und in der politikrelevanten Aufbereitung zu schwach entwickelt ist.

Experts investigate how states and other actors can improve inter-institutional synergy and examine the complexity of overlapping environmental governance structures.

Help build a world based on flourishing well-being for both the human family and nature In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it's difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy.

As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with regard to water management.

Policy and management decisions are often made on financial grounds.

Nikolaus Ludwiczek zeigt mit seiner empirischen Forschung, dass beim Ausbau der Biokraftstoffproduktion die Verdrängung des Lebensmittelanbaus, der bäuerlichen Landwirtschaft und ökologisch wertvoller Waldflächen vermieden werden kann.

The main aim of this book is to develop and implement an innovative tool: exchange-entitlement mapping, or E-mapping for short.

Germán Vergara explains how, when, and why fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) became the basis of Mexican society.

This book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the integration of environmental policies into US free trade agreements.