Environmental economics

Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life.

Controlled stochastic processes with discrete time form a very interest- ing and meaningful field of research which attracts widespread attention.

The book discusses climate technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework, and China's relevant legislation and practices.

The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda.

The response of the international community to the pressing socio-ecological problems has been framed around the concept of 'sustainable development'.

A framework is concisely presented for the economic analysis of pollution problems and for evaluating proposed solutions.

This is a companion book to Earthscan's 2010 book Climate Change Adaptation and International Development.

In this book, compelling case studies show how past crises have reshaped regulation, and how policy-makers can learn from crises in the future.

Westra recounts how the unceremonious collapse of Soviet-style socialism, coupled with mounting awareness of unfolding environmental destruction and irreversible climate change opened the door to a new, wide-ranging, social change literature.

Sustainable Marketing and the Circular Economy in Poland outlines the specific challenges around formulating an organisation's marketing strategy in line with the circular economy (CE) framework.

Leading experts provide the first comprehensive account of transnational efforts to respond to climate change, for researchers, graduate students and policy makers.

This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic account of the multi-level governance system adopted by China in realizing the Dual-Carbon transition.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Das Buch zeigt die Einsatzmöglichkeiten primärenergiesparender und erneuerbarer Energieumwandlungssysteme in der Industrie auf der Grundlage wirtschaftlicher Gesichtspunkte auf.

Since the 1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, the looming prospect of Earth's changing climate has inspired a broad movement dedicated to a sustainable future.

Utopia in the Anthropocene takes a cross-disciplinary approach to analyse our current world problems, identify the key resistance to change and take the reader step by step towards a more sustainable, equitable and rewarding world.

This book presents a collection of ten empirical studies on Iran's sustainable agriculture and agribusiness, grouped into three domains: agricultural prices and commodity market analysis; risk management and climate change; and natural resources and environmental economics.

In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences, agricultural certification, and particularly its Fair Trade and organic components, has emerged as a significant tool for promoting rural development in the global South.

This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods.

First published in 1985, Emissions Trading was a comprehensive review of the first large-scale attempt to use economic incentives in environmental policy in the U.

This book is an analysis of energy and food subsidies in the MENA region between 2010 and 2014.

This volume presents an economic framework for the analysis of resilience in relation to societal, environmental, and personal security perspectives.

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation, and in biomedical, industrial and agricultural sectors.

Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics.

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

Today, there is a growing sense of urgency among fisheries scientists regarding the management of fish stocks, particularly among those who predict the imminent collapse of the fishing industry due to stock depletion.

The authors examine how far internal policies in the European Union move towards the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 80-95 per cent by 2050, and how or whether the EU's 2050 objective to 'decarbonise' could affect the EU's relations with a number of external energy partners.

A revised and updated introduction to primary commodities, a crucial part of the world economy.

Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world.

A novel, interdisciplinary account of the global politics of producing, financing, governing and mobilising energy system transformation.

For many people, the word ';industry' brings to mind images ofsprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape.

A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm.

The world is rapidly approaching the end of the fossil fuel era.

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.

Scientists directly involved in studying the Exxon Valdez spill provide a comprehensive synthesis of scientific information on long-term spill effects.

Nothing is more important to our world than finding a more comfortable relationship between the economy and the environment.

This book addresses topics and issues of high relevance to the widely shared desire to promote inclusive growth, sustainability, and innovation within a context of global governance.

Statt sich dem verändernden Klima anzupassen, haben sich in Deutschland alle gesellschaftlich relevanten Kräfte auf das Aufhalten des Klimawandels eingeschworen.

Intersecting forms of oppression, including subordination based on race, class, gender, and indigeneity, produce environmental injustice and unsustainable development.

In recent years, resilience theory has come to occupy the core of our understanding and management of the adaptive capacity of people and places in complex social and environmental systems.

First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically 'Modern Varieties' (MVs).

This book brings together perspectives on resource exploitation to expose the continued environmental and socio-political concerns in post-colonial Africa.

The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar-over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from agricultural inputs and industrial wastes; and the increasing variability of climate, including threats of severe droughts and flooding across locales and regions.

Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

Economic growth, reflected in increases in national output per capita, makes possible an improved material standard of living and the alleviation of poverty.

Practical Aspects of Electroorganic Synthesis presents educational insights into the practical aspects of electrosynthesis methods, providing a variety of examples and techniques.

This book is a comprehensive and analytical perspective on the future of electricity demand in a low-carbon world.

The two distinct approaches to environmental policy include direct regulation-sometimes called 'command and control' policies-and regulation by economic, or market-based incentives.