Environmental economics

By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age and it still does.

Parallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course.

We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future.

La aceptación de un enfoque ecológico es deber de los productores, en este sentido hay que intensificar los estudios de factibilidad que permitan reformular los productos de modo que se empleen atributos como: reciclabilidad y biodegradabilidad.

Aplicar técnicas básicas de recepción, clasificación y distribución de paquetería y de correo convencional y telemático.

Analizar los principios fundamentales de la evaluación, así como las formas que puede adoptar en función de su finalidad, medios, colectivo, etc.

This book presents the issues surrounding the conservation of wild species and ecosystems used by people.

Ecological economics is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study that combines insights from the natural sciences, economics, philosophy and other fields to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems.

What if we were to put a value on nature just as we value everything else?

How individuals and the government are changing life in China's polluted citiesOver the past thirty years, even as China's economy has grown by leaps and bounds, the environmental quality of its urban centers has precipitously declined due to heavy industrial output and coal consumption.

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority.

The Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources covers the essential topics students need to understand environmental and resource problems and their possible solutions.

A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the presentOver the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions, preserved coastal access, improved energy efficiency, and, most recently, addressed global climate change.

How individuals and the government are changing life in China's polluted citiesOver the past thirty years, even as China's economy has grown by leaps and bounds, the environmental quality of its urban centers has precipitously declined due to heavy industrial output and coal consumption.

Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries.

Your Shopping Superpower provides an insightful guide and strategies for shoppers to align the contents in their carts with their personal values.

Imagine a waste-free future for your business, your family, and yourself A circular economy is an economic system designed to save money, eliminate waste, and achieve deep sustainability.

Imagine a waste-free future for your business, your family, and yourself A circular economy is an economic system designed to save money, eliminate waste, and achieve deep sustainability.

Finalist for the 2021 PROSE Award for Environmental Science!

Finalist for the 2021 PROSE Award for Environmental Science!

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.

Future Challenges in Sustainable Development within the Built Environment stimulates and reinterprets the demands of Responsible and Sustainable Development in the Built Environment for future action and development.

Future Challenges in Sustainable Development within the Built Environment stimulates and reinterprets the demands of Responsible and Sustainable Development in the Built Environment for future action and development.

This book discusses the key concepts of the technologies that underpin the drive towards sustainability in today s complex world.

This book discusses the key concepts of the technologies that underpin the drive towards sustainability in today s complex world.

Since the 1980s, and especially since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, there has been a substantial extension in the adoption and use of Environmental Assessment (EA) procedures in developing countries and countries in transition (low and middle income countries).

Since the 1980s, and especially since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, there has been a substantial extension in the adoption and use of Environmental Assessment (EA) procedures in developing countries and countries in transition (low and middle income countries).

The recent rise to prominence of renewable energy and energy efficiency has been driven by their potential to lower the environmental impacts of energy use.

The recent rise to prominence of renewable energy and energy efficiency has been driven by their potential to lower the environmental impacts of energy use.

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions.

Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions.

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or water filtration by wetlands).

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or water filtration by wetlands).

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment.

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment.

The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy.

The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy.

What you need to know now about America's energy future "e;Hi, I'm the United States and I'm an oil-oholic.

Sustainable Investing is fast becoming an essential method of generating long-term returns, moving beyond the negative approaches to socially responsible investing that have dominated the field.

Sustainable Investing is fast becoming an essential method of generating long-term returns, moving beyond the negative approaches to socially responsible investing that have dominated the field.

This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

This collection breaks new ground by investigating applications of degrowth in a range of geographic, practical and theoretical contexts along the food chain.

This collection breaks new ground by investigating applications of degrowth in a range of geographic, practical and theoretical contexts along the food chain.

Packed with useful information, this is an essential resource for anyone thinking of setting up and running a community energy project.

Through a mixture of innovation and regulation, a future is being mapped out free of carbon and pollutants.

In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses.

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crimeThe environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a target and instrument of war for centuries, resulting in famine and disease, displaced populations, and the devastation of people's livelihoods and ways of life.

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crimeThe environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a target and instrument of war for centuries, resulting in famine and disease, displaced populations, and the devastation of people's livelihoods and ways of life.