Environmental economics

China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010.

With the enlargement of the European Union, the accession countries are coming under pressure to develop and meet EU standards for environmental protection and sustainable development.

The announcement by China that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme confirms the status of this instrument as the pre-eminent policy choice for mitigating climate change.

Erfolgreiche Unternehmensführung basiert auf den Prinzipien ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit.

This book throws light onto the nature and causes of three different but strongly interconnected crises in contemporary societies worldwide: an economic crisis, an ecological crisis and a normative (moral and political) crisis.

This text develops and applies a far-reaching account of the economic value of climate, derived from its amenity value or the benefits which a particular climate provides to the people of that region or country.

Die vielfältigen Belastungen und Veränderungen des Naturhaushalts machen eine Bewertung von Eingriffen in den Naturraum immer notwendiger.

Biodiversity, sometimes simply understood as "e;diversity of species"e;, is a specific quality of life on our planet, the dimensions and importance of which have just lately been fully realized.

As demand for fresh water rises, together with population, water scarcity already features on the national security agenda of many countries.

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world.

This book analyses the implementation and challenges of using Geographical Indications in Norway.

Die "Ökologische Krise" ist zugleich auch eine Krise in der Beziehung des Menschen zu seiner natürlichen und gesellschaftlichen Umwelt.

This report, first published in 1996, argues that radical changes in industrial organization and its relationship to society tend to arise in rapidly industrializing countries, and that new principles of sustainable production are more likely to bear fruit in developing than in developed countries.

This book provides an introduction to operational research methods and their application in the agrifood and environmental sectors.

This book examines the connections between natural resources, tourism and community livelihood practices in Southern Africa, highlighting the successes and constraints experienced over the last 50 years.

In an environmental life cycle assessment of products (LCA), an unambiguous, scientifically based, 'objective' attribution of material and energy flows to a product is pure fiction.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

The Business of Less rewrites the book on business and the environment.

Energy consumption and production have major influences on the economy, environment, and society, but in return they are also influenced by how the economy is structured, how the social institutions work, and how the society deals with environmental degradation.

Since China has now become the world's largest energy consumer, its energy sector has understandably huge implications for the global economy.

Averting Climate Catastrophe Together addresses the necessity of meeting the Paris Agreement temperature target and explores what framework could enable climate action in an effective, efficient and equitable manner that is consistent with that goal.

The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries.

Smart Green Cities: is a comprehensive overview of what global cities are doing to become sustainable.

A textbook for students of economics introducing the analysis of common pool resources, using basic game-theory tools.

This book provides a broad understanding of whether law plays a role in influencing patterns of sustainable consumption and, if so, how.

In recent years the water sector has undergone profound institutional, economic and political transformations.

Outlines a human rights-based approach to carbon finance, a framework for mainstreaming human rights into carbon project implementation.

Industrial Ecology (IE) is an emerging multidisciplinary field.

This book examines the nuances of the relationship between development and environmental conservation policy in India over the last three decades.

Modelling Transitions shows what computational, formal and data-driven approaches can and could mean for sustainability transitions research, presenting the state-of-the-art and exploring what lies beyond.

International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability provides a clear and concise insight into the relationship between the institutions that govern foreign investment, sustainable development and the rules and regulations that administer natural resources.

Today, the general public craves information on food and agriculture with an unprecedented passion.

This is a book about the work of scientists in the era of the Anthropocene: where human beings appear to have become a driving force in the evolution of the planet.

The 'Pearce Report', Blueprint for a Green Economy, puts the role which monetary evaluation of environmental costs and benefit.

The chapters in this volume are peer reviewed editions of the papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 15-17, 2010.

The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world.

Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch.

Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come.

The first detailed description and analysis of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.

Projecting win-win situations, new economic opportunities, green growth and innovative partnerships, the green economy discourse has quickly gained centre stage in international environmental governance and policymaking.

An illustrated overview of the sustainability of natural resources and the social and environmental issues surrounding their distribution and demand.

In The Extractive Zone Macarena Gomez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital.