Environmental economics

This book provides readers with a basic understanding of sustainable finance and impact investing including history, definitions of impact, current trends and drivers, future challenges, and an overview of the key players in the global impact ecosystem.

Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important.

This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

With a specific focus on the United States and the United Kingdom, Carbon Inequality studies the role of the richest people in contributing to climate change via their luxury consumption and their investments.

Die Autoren formulieren hier eine optimistische Gegenthese zu der weitverbreiteten Meinung, daß die Globalisierung die Handlungsspielräume für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung vermindere.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

This title was first published in 2000: The noble goals embodied in the Endangered Species Act are colliding with financial and social realities.

This book assesses the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and identifies lessons learned for governance and policy through this new and innovative approach to collaborative forest management.

In the past decade, the growing realization that biodiversity and human wellbeing are inextricably linked has led to the adoption of numerous environmental policies.

This book presents an economic cost-benefit assessment of the penetration of renewable power generation in Cyprus up to 2030.

This book describes and analyses necessities for a more resource-efficient world.

Originally published in 1977, this book concentrates on the period since nationalisation in the history of the coal industry.

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The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth.

This book features carefully selected articles on emerging technologies for waste valorization and environmental protection.

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For residents living at national borders, the divisions between countries are rarely black and white, and often everyday interactions contribute to the creation of a cross-border region.

In the policy arena, as well as in the academic world, a new challenge is having to deal with the global community.

This book, originally published in 1978 concentrates on the structure and growth of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland.

The prevalence of natural disasters in recent years has highlighted the importance of preparing adequately for disasters and dealing efficiently with their consequences.

This 2-volume book covers the state-of-the-art of the research and practices on eco-design.

This book presents the ways in which three key issues of the modern world - transformation, digitalisation and sustainability - may be combined for the greater good and highlights which activities may be designed to integrate these three directly linked paths.

This book traces the development of the standard property rights over five kinds of natural resource - inland rivers, ocean fisheries, petroleum resources, gold and base metals and forest resources - from classical times through to the 19th century.

The recent escalation of world food prices - particularly for cereals - prompted mass public indignation and demonstrations in many countries, from the price of tortilla flour in Mexico to that of rice in the Philippines and pasta in Italy.

Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting important links between energy, environment and development goals.

This unique collection of essays examines the environmental problems facing contemporary Nigeria.

Analyzes the extent to which the voters of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah are concerned about problems associated with development and the extent to which state senators respond to voters' concerns.

Renewable energy technologies have been used on a small scale for many years now.

Freer Trade, Sustainability, and the Primary Production Sector in the Southern European Union is the first full-scale academic work to cap- ture the primary production sector policy aspects of trade liberaliza- tion and sustainability with a detailed focus on a typical southern EU country, Greece.

The capacity of mixed forests to mitigate climate change effects by increasing resilience and lowering risks is pinpointed as an opportunity to highlight the role of tree species rich forests as part of complex socio-ecological systems.

The book takes a multi-level perspective, focusing on circular business models by manufacturing industries in European small open economies.

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world.

The labor of nature is paid, not because she does much, but because she does little.

Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution.

Traditionally, the ocean economy is viewed solely as a mechanism for economic growth.

Using a new methodology for foresight studies, this book presents new findings and policy recommendations to improve living conditions and make progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Demonstrates a socio-technical reconfiguration approach to low-carbon system transitions for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.

Technology in American Water Development is an exploratory study.

First Published in 2011.

Minimising the most severe risks of climate change means ending societal dependence on fossil fuels, and radically improving the efficiency with which we use all energy sources.

That America's natural environment has been degraded and despoiled over the past 25 years is beyond dispute.

Many potential questions regarding the risks associated with the development and use of wide-ranging technologies enabled through engineered nanomaterials.