Environmental economics

In 1990, energy in the UK underwent a unique and fundamental transformation, with the privatization of the electricity supply industry.

This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the challenges in managing price risk.

This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the challenges in managing price risk.

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.

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.

In 1990, energy in the UK underwent a unique and fundamental transformation, with the privatization of the electricity supply industry.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational value.

This is the second in a pair of economic texts commissioned by the OECD in the field of environmental economics; The Pearce Report: Blueprint for a Green Economy puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefits can play firmly into the public eye.

This is the second in a pair of economic texts commissioned by the OECD in the field of environmental economics; The Pearce Report: Blueprint for a Green Economy puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefits can play firmly into the public eye.

This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries.

This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries.

The economic value of forest.

The economic value of forest.

Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it.

Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it.

We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture.

We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects.

This research deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialised countries present diverse but critical concerns.

This research deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialised countries present diverse but critical concerns.

'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women's role in development cannot be underestimated.

'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women's role in development cannot be underestimated.

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational value.

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

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

Our behaviour in our own homes - our recycling habits, consumer choices and transport preferences - all have a huge impact on the environment locally and globally.

Our behaviour in our own homes - our recycling habits, consumer choices and transport preferences - all have a huge impact on the environment locally and globally.

This book reflects current developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses its attention on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development.

This book reflects current developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses its attention on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development.

Sustainability is a word that means different things depending on who is using it, thus underlining the potential problems involved in experts from different fields teaming up to tackle sustainability problems.

Sustainability is a word that means different things depending on who is using it, thus underlining the potential problems involved in experts from different fields teaming up to tackle sustainability problems.

This special issue of the Climate Policy journal outlines the fundamentals of the new European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), assesses the strategies for and impact of implementation and highlights the scheme's potential, including positive aspects and remaining hurdles.

This special issue of the Climate Policy journal outlines the fundamentals of the new European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), assesses the strategies for and impact of implementation and highlights the scheme's potential, including positive aspects and remaining hurdles.

This book provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance.

This book provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance.

Environmental policy may produce effects which go beyond the scope of the specific policy's initial aim.

Environmental policy may produce effects which go beyond the scope of the specific policy's initial aim.

First Published in 2011.

First Published in 2011.

First Published in 2011.

First Published in 2011.

This book applies the principles of cost-benefit analysis, an international program in which an equitable division of costs and gains was an aim, along with economies of coordinated development.

This book applies the principles of cost-benefit analysis, an international program in which an equitable division of costs and gains was an aim, along with economies of coordinated development.

Technology in American Water Development is an exploratory study.

Technology in American Water Development is an exploratory study.