Environmental economics

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework within which Soviet agriculture had to operate from the start: the dilemma of a revolutionary regime in a backward peasant country, the straightjacket of a bureaucratic system inherited from Tsarism, made even more rigid by the internal tensions of the new society, and the imperative needs of economic development.

This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented at the community, regional and national level.

The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties.

Too often, economics disassociates humans from nature, the economy from the biosphere that contains it, and sustainability from fairness.

This highly readable yet challenging book provides a critical examination of the failings of mainstream economics and the resultant environmental problems we are facing.

This book discusses the current demographic shifts of blacks, Latinos, and other people of colour out of certain strong-market cities and the growing fear of displacement among low-income urban residents.

This is a multidisciplinary volume on the use of agricultural biotechnology to provide a sustainable food supply.

This thought-provoking, accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what exactly cheap food affords us.

Few people actively engaged in India's water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources.

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment.

This book, first published in 1984, examines the economics and political issues raised by foreign investment in mineral development.

Demonstrates a socio-technical reconfiguration approach to low-carbon system transitions for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.

From the first vague idea to use Konrad Hagedorn's 60th birthday as an inspi- tion for taking stock of his vibrant academic contributions, this joint book project has been a great pleasure for us in many ways.

This book explores three particular strategies in the extractives sector for creating shared wealth, increased labour opportunities and positive social, environmental and economic outcomes from corporate projects, namely: state wealth funds (SWF), local content policies (LCP) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.

Growing energy demand and environmental consciousness have re-evoked human interest in wind energy.

Sustainable capitalism is more than a response to the environmental crisis.

As the first biography of Professor Herman Daly, this book provides an in-depth account of one of the leading thinkers and most widely read writers on economics, environment and sustainability.

Originally published in 1980.

Recently, the public attention has turned toward the intricate interrelation between economic growth and global warming.

The book, written by acclaimed experts from China , is an output of the Low-Carbon City China (LCCC) Programme.

Multilateral negotiations on worldwide challenges have grown in importance with rising global interdependence.

It is widely accepted that limiting climate change to 2(deg)C will require substantial and sustained investments in low-carbon technologies and infrastructure.

Wood and wood products are essential to large areas of the world economy and yet there has until now been no single definitive reference source to which those new to or requiring a strategic overview of the industry could turn for a comprehensive picture of the market chain from forest to consumer.

This textbook provides a concise introduction to micro- and macroeconomics and demonstrates how economic tools and approaches can be used to analyze environmental issues.

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.

Russia and America (1987) examines the divergence between two countries organised on diametrically opposed economic principles - one centrally-planned, state-dominated, the other a highly decentralised market economy, free from significant government intervention.

This is a comprehensive yet practical guide for job seekers looking for green career opportunities.

Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques in Wind Energy looks at the complex and critical components of energy assets and the importance of inspection and maintenance to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation.

Economic development and environmental issues in China are attracting more and more attention internationally as the country's large population and vast demands for food, energy, water, minerals, and other resources play an increasingly important role in deciding the fate of the world.

This book explores radical dissent from orthodox mainstream economics, and sets out a theoretically grounded vision for the emerging paradigm of social ecological economics.

This book provides theoretical and practical insights for effective decision making in situations that involve various types of conflict cleavages.

Green Imprinted Materials provides a comprehensive overview of green aspects to MIPs.

Collaborative consumption is a new way of living in which access is valued above ownership, experience is prized over material possessions, and "e;mine"e; becomes "e;ours,"e; allowing everyone's needs to be met with minimum waste.

Public land management and ownership came under increasing scrutiny in the 1980s, partly because of the increased value of federal lands; prized for their timber, minerals, energy, and amenity outputs.

This book places islanders' struggles and knowledge at the forefront of island studies.

The Political Economy of Nature draws extensively on current insights from sociology, ecology, economics and earth science.

Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment deals with the fundamental economic problems of our time: employment, inequality, the environment, and quality of life.

From the first appearance of the term in law in the Clean Water Act of 1972 (US), ecological integrity has been debated by a wide range of researchers, including biologists, ecologists, philosophers, legal scholars, doctors and epidemiologists, whose joint interest was the study and understanding of ecological/biological integrity from various standpoints and disciplines.

This book applies an economic and environmental perspective to the history of landscape and the rural economy, highlighting their inter-connections through specific case studies.

Many different companies can significantly contribute to the integrated goals and targets of the United Nations' sustainable development goals, such as poverty reduction by 2030.

This book focuses on ecological economics conducted in the context of global ecological governance, covering topics from ecological footprint, energy saving and emission reduction, circular economy, green development, sustainable development, ecological civilization, to the ecological environment and ecological governance of rural areas, etc.

A review of federal and decentralised systems of governance, and whether these facilitate or hinder climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Projecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite future.

The book aims to show that the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modelling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science.

This book describes the principles of integrated assessment models (IAM) for climate change economics and introduces various computable models for different development mechanisms under climate change governance.

The National Dialogue on Water in Thailand was initiated in 2021 under the regional initiative with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (MoE), the Asia Water Council (AWC) and the OECD.