Environmental economics

We are at an environmental impasse.

Conflicts over natural resources abound in India, where much of the population is dependent on these resources for their livelihoods.

Conflicts over natural resources abound in India, where much of the population is dependent on these resources for their livelihoods.

First published in 1988, this book examines pollution and natural resources in relation to economic analysis.

First published in 1988, this book examines pollution and natural resources in relation to economic analysis.

The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethical priorities and have a limited ability to monitor and promote sustainability.

The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethical priorities and have a limited ability to monitor and promote sustainability.

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use.

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use.

Global warming is an increasing problem, tropical forests are being wiped out and major upper watersheds are being degraded.

Global warming is an increasing problem, tropical forests are being wiped out and major upper watersheds are being degraded.

This Handbook gives a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development.

This Handbook gives a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development.

During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention.

During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention.

During the past three decades of rapid industrial growth, China has suffered from devastating environmental degradation.

During the past three decades of rapid industrial growth, China has suffered from devastating environmental degradation.

Climate Change and the Private Sector explores the challenges of transforming our energy infrastructure to become carbon neutral and adapting to climate change in the twenty-first century.

Climate Change and the Private Sector explores the challenges of transforming our energy infrastructure to become carbon neutral and adapting to climate change in the twenty-first century.

First written in 1977, Economics of Natural and Environmental Resources presents a collection of articles written in exploration of the economic, social, and ecological problems peculiar to natural and environmental resources.

First written in 1977, Economics of Natural and Environmental Resources presents a collection of articles written in exploration of the economic, social, and ecological problems peculiar to natural and environmental resources.

The interlinked issues of air pollution and energy policies in an enlarged Europe are currently subjects of major interest in economic, environmental, geography and regional sciences.

Arising out of human-environment interaction, sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions.

Arising out of human-environment interaction, sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions.

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection.

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection.

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.

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.

Sustainability in Transition: Principles for Developing Solutions offers the first in-depth education-focused treatment of how to address sustainability in a comprehensive manner.

Sustainability in Transition: Principles for Developing Solutions offers the first in-depth education-focused treatment of how to address sustainability in a comprehensive manner.

Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims.

Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims.

Argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not natural', but an historical process which is intrinsically linked and shaped by economic and political systems.

Argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not natural', but an historical process which is intrinsically linked and shaped by economic and political systems.

First Published in 1986.

This book addresses the puzzle, Can David take on Goliath in multilateral economic negotiations, and if so, then under what conditions?

Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades, led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries.

Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades, led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries.

This book addresses the puzzle, Can David take on Goliath in multilateral economic negotiations, and if so, then under what conditions?

Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization.

Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization.

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the question of the relationships between sustainability and the capability approach.

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the question of the relationships between sustainability and the capability approach.

Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis.

Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis.

Any attempts to control the greenhouse effect will involve reducing carbon dioxide emissions and therefore requires energy efficiency.

Any attempts to control the greenhouse effect will involve reducing carbon dioxide emissions and therefore requires energy efficiency.

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century.

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Sustainability is a far-reaching survey of the deep and contemporary history of sustainability.