Environmental economics

Degrowth is a planned economic contraction in wealthy countries that reduces production and consumption-and, by extension, greenhouse gas emissions and stresses on global ecosystems-to sustainable levels within ecological limits.

This book addresses current practices related to sustainable development, its challenges and the future.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

Utilizing the results of a case study on the Gare-Lac sector in the city of Yverdon-les-Bains - the site is currently a large urban brownfield, intended to host ca.

This book is devoted to investigating the policy design and effectiveness of financial and market-based instruments to promote energy efficiency financing.

This book considers the concept of 'value' at the root of our actions and decision-making.

With the ever rising demand for meat around the world, the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades.

Frances Cairncross, senior editor of The Economist and author of the best selling Costing the Earth, shows that economic growth does not have to be at the expense of environmental protection.

Since the 1980s, and especially since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, there has been a substantial extension in the adoption and use of Environmental Assessment (EA) procedures in developing countries and countries in transition (low and middle income countries).

Only a few economists have vigorously dealt with mineral economics.

First Published in 2011.

Tackles the politically sensitive, complex issues of climate change, development and development cooperation, offering theoretical, political, and practical perspectives.

Disasters and Economic Recovery provides perspectives on the economic issues that emerge before, during, and after natural disasters in an international context, by assessing the economic development patterns that emerge before and after disaster.

In diesem Buch geht es um die Beziehung von nachhaltiger Entwicklung und Wirtschaftswachstum.

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

Questions the doctrinal construction of environmental law and looks for innovative legal approaches to ecological sustainability.

The 1997 Kyoto Conference defined CO2 emISSIOn targets for the developed regions of the world.

The Dictionary of Sustainability provides clear and accurate definitions of the extensive vocabulary that has developed in this emerging and interdisciplinary field, saving considerable time from searching through the massive quantity of information of differing degrees of quality that is available through the Internet.

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development offers a unified, transdisciplinary approach for transforming the industrial state in order to promote sustainable development.

This book compiles examples of the most widely used tools  in agricultural economics that have been developed and used to analyze the impact of global change in agricultural activity.

Over the years, a large and growing literature on the economics of climate change has developed.

For many countries tourism is an industry of great economic significance; it is seen as a main instrument for regional development, as it stimulates new economic activities.

Originally published in 1988, this book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development.

This handbook is based on the premise that in order for sustainability to be sustainable, a profound psychological transformation has to take place at the individual and collective level.

Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development?

Social impact communication is quickly become a mandatory skill for leaders of modern businesses and nonprofits, at all levels of an organization.

Asian economic development and environmental consequences are not only crucial for the wellbeing of the people, but are of great relevance for the global economy.

This book explores the major differences between the kinds of risk encountered in different sectors of industry - production (including agriculture) and services - and identifies the main features of accidents within different industries.

Economics is unavoidably central to any attempt to improve our quality of life, but most people do not know why, or how to question its underlying assumptions.

Advanced Transport Biofuels: Production, Economics, and Sustainability provides a comprehensive review of the latest in the global production, economics, and sustainability of advanced transport biofuels.

Fragen der Nachhaltigkeit werden in Zeiten des globalen Wandels immer wichtiger und nehmen inzwischen eine zentrale Bedeutung in Unternehmen ein.

Sustainability is a pressing concern for people and governments around the world, but it is also an essentially contested concept that requires an understanding of the stakes, trade-offs, and complex politics at play.

Seit Ende der 80er Jahre erleben wir Entwicklungen, die unsere Vorstellungen von dem, was ist und sein kann, gründlich auf den Kopf gestellt haben.

This book discusses the problems of developing quality information on the availability of natural resources.

Examining non-technological innovations for environmentally and socially-friendly transport, this book provides the reader with a better understanding of this often overlooked topic.

This completely revised and updated second edition integrates the study and management of humans and the rest of nature.

Written for researchers and graduate students, this book explores the different processes through which corporations engage with climate change.

Agroenergy: Renewable and Sustainable Energy presents developments in agroenergy.

This book extensively examines various contemporary macroeconomic themes of India, namely growth and macro policies, tax reforms, government finances and intergovernmental fiscal transfers, banking and monetary policy, and environment and social sector policies.

Packed with useful information, this is an essential resource for anyone thinking of setting up and running a community energy project.

This pioneering study on environmental case-law examines how courts engage with science and reviews legitimate styles of judicial reasoning.

This book provides detailed descriptions of the forest biomass projection systems used in 22 countries in Europe and North America, as well as four European-wide systems.

Examines the politics shaping whether, how and to what extent cities engage in global climate governance.

The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.

Energy has moved to the forefront in terms of societal and economic development.

This book offers an edited volume for all readers who wish to gain an in-depth grasp of the economic analysis of recent developments in energy law and policy in Europe and the United States.