Environmental economics

This textbook provides an overview of economic perspectives on sustainability.

The oil and gas industry is a complex sector with significant reach in terms of providing the energy needs of the global economy and the security, environmental and development consequences thereof.

In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world's water resources and the infrastructure used to manage it.

Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources.

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

Differing interpretations, perspectives and expectations on the term sustainability exist.

This book highlights the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and nature based algorithms to solve the problems of water and water based renewable energy resources.

This book calls for more holistic place-based action to address the social and environmental crisis, deploying the Deep Place approach as one contribution to the toolbox of actions that will underpin the UN Decade of Action towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Drawing on a broad transdisciplinary background, this book compares distributive justice systems and related socioeconomic institutions within the liberal and sustainable development traditions.

This volume is a collection of reports presented at the International NATO Advanced Research Workshop Conservation of the Biological Diversity as a Prerequisite for Sustainaible Development of the Black Sea Region.

This Element analyses the political dynamics of neo-extractivism in Latin America.

Clawson is concerned here not so much with what forest policy should be, but more with the criteria by which it should be determined.

Die schädlichen Auswirkungen der Luftverschmutzung sind sowohl ein ökologisches als auch ein ökonomisches Problem.

MISEREOR soll die Armen der Dritten Welt unterstützen -warum mischt es sich dann in die Diskussionen um ein zukunftsfähiges Deutschland ein?

This book demonstrates how mathematical models constructed in system dynamics modelling platforms, such as Vensim, can be used for long-term management of environmental change.

This book explains the role and limitations of liberalized international trade on the global environment and sustainable development.

Using case studies, the authors evaluate the potential attractiveness of incentive-based policies for the regulation of four specific toxic substances: chlorinated solvents, formaldehyde, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants.

This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society.

Mit Aufkommen des Internets ergeben sich für die Medien- und Informationsethik zahlreiche neue Problemstellungen.

This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades.

The first edition of this book looked at the emergence of 'ecopreneurs' - environmental entrepreneurs gaining competitive advantage for their firms through understanding and utilising green issues.

Sustainability at Work is a compelling guide for anyone who seeks both a successful career and a career that makes a positive difference in society.

In this timely exploration of sustainable actions, Christian Berg unpacks the complexity in understanding the barriers we face in moving towards a sustainable future, providing solution perspectives for every level, from individuals to governments and supra-national organizations offering a lucid vision of a long-term and achievable goal for sustainability.

This book provides an accessible and critical appraisal of Australia's regional energy transition initiatives.

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

Solar-Driven Green Hydrogen Generation and Storage presents the latest research and technologies in hydrogen generation through solar energy.

Examining the interplay between the oil economy and identity politics using the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a case study, this book tells the untold story of how extractivism in the Kurdish autonomous region is interwoven in a mosaic of territorial disputes, simmering ethnic tensions, dynastic rule, party allegiances, crony patronage, and divergent visions about nature.

Dissatisfaction with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of a country's development or a population's wellbeing led to the development of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI).

There is widespread concern for long-term environmental issues in relation to economic processes and developments.

Chemikalien werden vielerorts und in größeren Mengen in Lagerbetrieben, beim Handel und in Produktionsbetrieben gelagert.

This book presents the core elements that underwrite agroecology.

El medio ambiente, entendido como tal, es un bien perteneciente a todos los habitantes del planeta, al igual que el derecho a disfrutarlo, así como el deber de protegerlo y respetarlo.

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters explores how natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development.

Contains insights on current issues in research on sustainable development, featuring the SDG Index and Dashboards.

The world is changing.

A major objective of this volume is to create and share knowledge about the socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of climate change.

To date, no one volume in the Innovations in GIS series has been given over to solely highlighting the use of up-to-date GIS-based techniques in a range of socio-economic applications.

The lntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently summarized the state ofthe art in research on climate change (Climate Change 1995).

Explains the current state of play in relation to biodiversity loss and explores a sustainable path for the future.

Given the emergence of sustainability as the defining issue of our time, it is essential for university graduates, and especially business and economics students, to have a fundamental grasp of the key issues in this emerging multidisciplinary field of study.

Presents new evidence from more than twenty countries on the role of ecosystems in supporting the livelihoods of the poor.

This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to small states.

Written for researchers and graduate students, this book explores the different processes through which corporations engage with climate change.

The clothing industry employs 25 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women's independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries.

Originally published in 1987.

Written for students and professionals, this revised textbook surveys the mineral industry from geological, environmental and economic perspectives.

A unified theory of conservation that addresses the broad problem of conservation, the principles that inform conservation choices, and the application of those principles to the management of the natural world.