Environmental economics

Diffusion and growth phenomena abound in the real worldsurrounding us.

With a bias for action, this book offers valuable insights into the origins of the much-celebrated Danish design tradition and how it can be employed to create design solutions to address today's environmental crisis using the planetary boundaries as positive creative constraints.

Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis.

In recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis.

Instruments of Change examines the use of incentive systems and improved institutional arrangements to protect the environment and conserve natural resources, as a means towards sustainable development.

A comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience for natural hazards research for both physical and social scientists.

What does it mean to live a good life in a time when the planet is overheating, the human population continues to steadily reach new peaks, oceans are turning more acidic, and fertile soils the world over are eroding at unprecedented rates?

Too often amongst policy makers and thought leaders an assumption is made that we must make a choice between tackling climate change and having a strong economy; tackling climate change and allowing poorer nations to develop; tackling climate change and having a secure energy system.

Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost?

What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front?

Cutting carbon emissions is urgent but very challenging in wealthy democracies.

This book comes at a time when the world is confronted by one of the greatest challenges-the problem of environmental degradation.

The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster prevention and management in broad social, economic and political context.

This book argues that groundwater pollution risk assessment is the essential foundation of groundwater pollution prevention and control.

Economics and ethics are both valuable tools for analyzing the behavior and actions of human beings and institutions.

Is safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all an unaffordable pipedream?

The United States, the world s largest economy, has made progress in reducing several environmental pressures while maintaining one of the highest Gross Domestic Products per capita in the world.

First published in 1998, this collaboration responds to the rapid urbanization of African and Latin American countries and features ideas for sustainable urban development in these areas from specialists in environmental engineering, sustainable cities, urban and environmental planning, air pollution, mega cities and environmental law.

Innovation-oriented environmental regulation is extremely attractive for policy planners and decision makers, since it is expected that innovations can cut costs of environmental measures and overcome existing trade-offs between economic and ecological goals.

This book integrates the fields of economics and law to empirically examine compliance with regulatory obligations under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Originally published in 1994 this volume includes contributions from environmental scientists, consultants and research workers.

The Nobel Prizes is the official yearbook of the Nobel Foundation.

History tells us that industrial development with all of its pollution, inequity and exploitation is the inevitable destiny of human societies.

Climate change is a matter of global concern and specific sectors of society such as universities need to engage and be active in the search for regional and local solutions for what is a global problem.

Merging together the fields of urban ecology, environmental justice, and urban environmental education, Urban Ecosystem Justice promotes building fair, accessible, and mutually beneficial relationships between citizens and the soils, water, atmospheres, and biodiversity in their cities.

Oil pollution has been a major environmental concern since the 1920s.

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

The book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic.

Energy is central to the fabric of society.

An investigation of the sustainability of European farming systems in response to economic, environmental, institutional, and social challenges.

The Price of Climate Change: Sustainable Financial Mechanisms presents a summary of the effects of global warming with specific emphasis on what these phenomena will cost and the price we must pay for trying to mitigate these processes.

This handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viability and implementation of basic income.

This book focuses on the notion of the environmental sustainability of the economy.

This volume examines dynamic interactions between the calculative and speculative practices of commerce and the fruitfulness, variability, materiality, liveliness and risks of nature.

Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decisions of consumers towards its products.

Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America.

An insightful guide to understanding conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity and groundbreaking strategies to deal with them.

This book belongs to the Port Economics and Global Supply Chain Management strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series, commissioned by Hercules Haralambides.

Tackles the key controversies surrounding the precautionary principle and develops a new framework for risk management.

State ownership in mineral industries has increased massively from the 1950's affecting the world mineral sector greatly.

Energie-Effizienz-Indikatoren sind Kennziffern zur Beschreibung der energiewirtschaftlichen Entwicklung.

The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port, was changed by North Sea oil.

The authors assess alternative approaches to meeting long-term water needs and resolving conflicts among competing water users in five areas: the Columbia River Basin; Kern County, California; south California; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and northeastern Colorado.

Several senior natural resource analysts study the role played by innovation, particularly technological innovation, in the pursuit of heightened productivity.

This book explores modern approaches to sustainability and its measurement.

This book demonstrates the challenges and opportunities of climate change actions in developing countries and primarily focuses on case studies in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country.