Environmental economics

This book presents both updated and new measurements on water resources from selective pilot areas form the Middle East.

This book discusses and explains the economics of each stage of the natural gas value chain, including the economic impact of restrictions, rules and decisions that are ostensibly technical in nature, as well as commercially relevant contractual stipulations.

The indexes used by local, national, and international governments to monitor progress toward sustainability do not adequately align with their ethical priorities and have a limited ability to monitor and promote sustainability.

WINNER: Choice Reviews - Outstanding Academic Title, 2024The traditional linear supply chain is no longer fit for purpose, and organizations must redesign their supply chains to become more customer-driven, agile, resilient and sustainable.

The Countryside: Planning and Change (1981) examines the relationship between policies and their actual effects on the countryside, throwing light on the problems inherent in a fragmented approach to policy-making.

This volume presents new developments in the research on ancillary benefits.

Sweden has a long history of ambitious environmental, energy and climate policy.

Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of the world.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that human activity is a factor in global climate change.

The economic upturn and performance of Mauritius is a far cry from predictions made in the 1960s.

This Element addresses the often-neglected politics and governance of behaviour change needed to address the climate crisis.

Die Veränderung des Weltklimas infolge des anthropogen verstärkten Treibhauseffekts und die prognostizierten Finanzierungsnöte der Pensionsversicherungen geben Anlaß zu großer Sorge.

Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general.

This edited book brings together insights from scholars and practitioners from many different fields to uncover the role of the construction and real estate sectors and how they align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.

Corporate Strategy and Sustainability is a substantially updated, detailed overview of sustainability issues for business and economics students.

First Published in 2011.

This textbook has two main objectives.

The challenges related to disaster risk management (DRM) in the agricultural sector are now widely linked to sustainable environment.

Much of the discussion of India in the public sphere has focused on economic policy settings and restructuring, annual growth rates, trade relations and the nation's status as an economic and political actor within the international system.

This exhaustive survey assesses the performance of the United Nations and its member states in all key areas, at the same time as laying down a road map for sustainable development in the future.

This book contains a collection of papers on economic incentives and environmental policies which result from the authors' joint research work in the program `Environment, Science and Society', conducted under the auspices of the European Science Foundation, with whose cooperation the book has been published.

Explains the economics of electricity at each step of the supply chain: production, transportation and distribution, and retail.

After tracing the history of psychology at Iowa, the contributors reflect on the institution's leadership role in the development of the discipline, describe its long tradition of significant theoretical and empirical contributions to major areas in the field, and profile some of its most important intellectual leaders.

Almost 5 years ago we began working together on research for the U.

The aim of this book is to offer a river-basin management plan which is directly implementable and consistent with the European Union -Water Framework Directive (EU WFD).

Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creation of a grassroots global movement for change.

This volume brings together leading economists in the UK to address the issue of the sustainable use of the natural environment.

This book applies cost-benefit analysis techniques in the management of environment and natural resources in developing countries of the Southeast Asian region and presents a compendium of studies conducted by researchers supported by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA).

This book presents new research related to climate change policies and effects.

First published in 1997, this volume examines the urban environments of Accra (Ghana), Harare (Zimbabwe) and Gaborone (Botswana).

Agricultural Bioeconomy: Innovation and Foresight in the Post-COVID Era presents recent advancements in biotechnology, exploring the optimal utilization of technologies to provide rapid and impactful economic recovery and sustainable resources in a future that will bear the mark of COVID-19.

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region's exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the 'new frontier of African renaissance'.

Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the fundamental issues and debates, including climate change and societal responses to environmental change, as well as its origins and theoretical basis.

Buying and Selling the Environment: How to Design and Implement a PES Scheme provides a guide to the design and implementation of PES schemes that 'mimic' market processes, including three key elements: the estimation of the demand for environmental services, an understanding of the costs of supply, and how to predict the productivity of actions taken.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades.

Originally published in 1954.

This book, first published in 1988, provides an overview of the diverse work that was being done in applied and theoretical environmental and resource economics.

Dieses Buch versammelt etwa 300 Schlüsselbegriffe, auf Deutsch und auf Englisch, die sich auf nachhaltige Entwicklung und auf ökologische, soziale und Unternehmensführungsthemen beziehen.

How can we design circular business models?

With the ever rising demand for meat around the world, the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades.

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

29 der Kraftwerksabgase, die Förderung des Pkw-Katalysators und die Verringerung der Emissionen von flüchtigen Kohlenwasserstoffen.

It is only recently that the immense economic value of pollination to agriculture has been appreciated.

In a context of growing social and environmental concerns, the role of large enterprises and corporations in encouraging sustainability has drawn increasing attention in recent years.