Environmental economics

Plastics show up in every area of our lives.

Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income.

Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences: A Theoretical Guide to Empirical Models provides a systematic review of those economic approaches for valuing the environment and natural resources that use information on what people do, not what they say.

This book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development.

This book offers a comprehensive and systematic examination of the issues involved within Ocean Economics.

The world economy today is at an historical inflection point.

While geopolitics has captured global attention, geoeconomics is the often hidden force that governs countries' relationships.

This book introduces the concept of Eco-civilization, highlights the construction and development of eco-cities in China, and assesses the achievements and shortcomings of China's eco-city construction projects.

Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America.

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.

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A major study of the modern global coal market and its impacts both on energy markets and on climate policy.

Die Autoren betrachten in diesem Buch die Chancen erneuerbarer Energieträger auf dem Energiemarkt unter verschiedenen Aspekten.

This book is a practitioner's guide to sustainable development, laying out strategies for attracting investment for communities and their partners.

The book features contributions that address both environmental economics and environmental management.

Die Problematik der Verwertung elektrischer und elektronischer Geräte nach dem Ende ihrer Nutzung wird immer dringlicher.

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the question of the relationships between sustainability and the capability approach.

A critical insight into the diverse socio-cultural, political, economic and ecological contexts of the global whale-watching industry.

The new volume aims to form the concept of the Russian Far East gas industry strategy, taking into account the entire range of interests, strategic trends, and opportunities.

This in-depth exploration of five industries in the Kola Peninsula examines Soviet power and its interaction with the natural world.

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.

Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.

Sustainability is one of the key issues in today's society, as confirmed by the increasing attention of governments, media, academia and the industry.

Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy?

Financialization is the increased influence of financial actors and logics on social and economic life, and is one of the key drivers transforming food systems and rural economies around the world.

This textbook provides a concise introduction to micro- and macroeconomics and demonstrates how economic tools and approaches can be used to analyze environmental issues.

This book examines the causes of effective climate policies in the US, through statistical analysis and three longitudinal case studies.

This book examines, discusses and shares over 30 years' worth of research from the Allerton Project, a research and demonstration farm in the UK which has been carrying out applied interdisciplinary research to explore and explain the need to adapt the management of farmland for environmental protection and to provide public benefits.

In order to effectively address global warming, many countries have significantly reduced the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are put into the atmosphere.

Contemporary society is dependent on man's ability to work fundamental changes in the natural environment.

A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development.

In recent years, factors such as sustainability, digitalization, climate change, energy transformation, social inclusion, gender parity, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk have been playing an increasingly important role in the process of financial transformation.

West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945.

Most of the books published previously in the field of water resource eco- nomics focus on particular aspects of water economics such as institutions, pricing or water markets, but none of them have given particular attention to methodological questions.

This book translates the latest theoretical perspectives on the emerging field of Planetary Health Studies into the practical reality of global political decision makers.

Moving beyond most conventional thinking about energy security in Europe which revolves around stability of supplies and the reliability of suppliers, this book presents the history of European policy-making regarding energy resources, including recent controversies about shale gas and fracking.

This book provides an economic framework for modeling global warming and addressing its negative effects.

The aim of this book is to present the potential benefits as well as the challenges of introducing a more formal economic regulatory process into the urban water sector arena in lower-income countries.

Blueprint 3 is the direct sequel to the ground-breaking Blueprint for a Green Economy.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and what a sustainable economy might look like.

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.