Environmental economics

The rapid changes taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agri-food markets in developing countries seriously affect the ability of agriculture, especially small-scale agriculture, to contribute to economic growth and sustainable development.

This book is an attempt to bridge the academic discipline of economic geography with the professional field of economic development.

Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union (1929) examines agriculture in the USSR as the government was restructuring all national economic life and enterprise on a state socialist basis.

This book focuses solely on the issues of agriculture and forest productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches to bring solutions to food-insecure regions of South and Southeast Asia.

A comprehensive overview of the Green perspective on a range of global politics topics, including concrete strategies for achieving change.

Energy risk and security have become topical matters in Western and international policy discussions; ranging from international climate change mitigation to investment in energy infrastructures to support economic growth and more sustainable energy provisions.

In this edited volume, the leading scholars in the field engage with consumers, marketers, corporations and policymakers as well as space dynamics and network formation to provide an in-depth examination of anti-consumption: a voluntary behavioural inclination to minimise rather than grow, to decelerate and simplify and to reduce the unnecessary exploitation of resources fuelled by consumer culture.

As our great economic machine grinds relentlessly forward into a future of declining fossil fuel supplies, climate change and ecosystem failure, governments are at long last beginning to question the very structure of the global economy.

A comparative analysis via legal transplant theory on how England, America and China guarantee the right to environmental information.

Environmental Anthropology studies historic and present human-environment interactions.

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness.

State climate and clean energy policy will play a critical role in the future of the political dialogue and economic development.

In this updated edition of a groundbreaking text, concepts such as energy return on investment (EROI) provide powerful insights into the real balance sheets that drive our "e;petroleum economy.

This book is a timely overview of the various aspects of consumer perception related to food.

In an urbanizing world, the majority of people live in urban settlements predominantly on the coastal edge.

Member states of the European Union often label themselves as the world's top Green Leaders.

This book uses economic and policy approaches to highlight sustainability, environmental, and social aspects of the circular economy.

Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth.

Originally published in 1952.

The existence of man-made climate change, with dramatic effects on nature and the environment, can no longer be seriously disputed.

As carbon dioxide is the most significant source of greenhouse gases today, its emission quantity has become a primary focus of governments, scholars and the general public.

The activities of the Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei cover a broad spectrum of research topics, ranging from economics to engineering, from environmen- tal management at the industry or regional level to basic mathematical model- ling research.

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

This book investigates various kinds of climate change mitigation behaviour, which range from a general support of environmental policy to concrete energy-saving activities, in selected countries.

The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and exploitedHuman domination of nature shapes every aspect of our lives today, even as it remains virtually invisible to us.

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

This book addresses the livelihood impacts of climate change, vulnerability and adaptation measures on the forest dependent communities of India.

The book analyses agricultural economics and food policy in New Zealand, where farming produce has been by far the main export commodity.

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?

The Handbook of Regional Science is a multi-volume reference work providing a state-of-the-art knowledge on regional science composed by renowned scientists in the field.

Access to new sources of energy and their efficient conversion to provide useful work have been key drivers of economic growth since the industrial revolution.

Twelve scholars examine some leading problems in environmental quality, analyze present situations and future prospects, and suggest what might be done about them.

Renewable energy is rising within an energy system dominated by powerful vested energy interests in fossil fuels, nuclear and electric utilities.

Increasingly today, in every age group, consumers are committing to brands that show good citizenship--from fair employment practices, to social responsibility, to charitable giving.

Environmental Markets explains the prospects of using markets to improve environmental quality and resource conservation.

Jointly published with INRA, Paris.

Environmental economists have in general paid little or no attention to the political context within which green taxation would be introduced.

This book will cover the basic principles and salient features of EIA.

Critically examines whether and how local and experimental action can deliver significant and transformative ways of tackling climate change.

Matisoff and Noonan assess the accomplishments and promise of ecolabels and the green building movement.

Dieses Buch bietet eine Fülle von Fakten und Argumenten für alle, die sich für die Bewertung von Stromerzeugungstechniken und der Gestaltung der künftigen Stromversorgung interessieren.

Research from a humanist perspective has much to offer in interrogating the social and cultural ramifications of invasion ecologies.

Drawing on more modern expressions of economic analysis, this book explores the interplay between wellbeing, nature and moral values in economics.

Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of 'integrated natural resource management'.

This book investigates China's railway transformation through history, along with culture changes and urban development.