Environmental economics

Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change.

In the advent of important crises of both climate change and energy supply (in)security, questions are being asked about changes in energy governance.

Climate change is real and it is man-made.

The book, as originally conceived, was to be limited to technical considerations, but the scientific course of event has been so interwoven with non-scientific, but nevertheless related events, the authors felt necessary to include an account of this situation.

When I was a graduate student, I fell in love with choice models.

This book explores a series of connected themes focused on the role economics and other influential forms of theory and thinking have played in creating the current predicament and the scope for alternatives and how they might be framed.

Over 100 scientists, architects, journalists, artists and activists address creatively the unprecedented challenges facing an Urban Planet.

This book is more than just a 'palliative care' guide for the planet - it is about innovation, solutions, competitiveness and profitability.

Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems.

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

Sustainability is, and continues to grow as, a key issue for organizations: in the board room; with investors, customers and regulators; and from employees whose demands on organizations include improving their social and environmental performance in return for loyalty and commitment.

Schwierig bei der ganzheitlichen Bewertung von Auswirkungen des Menschen auf die Umwelt sind die Festlegung der relevanten Kriterien sowie die Abgrenzung der betroffenen Umwelt.

Focussing on a period of rapid and significant change in the coal industry, this volume, originally published in 1936, sets out the economic facts of the industry and discusses the extent to which politics and industry became interwoven during the years 1910-1936.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

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'.

Originally published in 1985.

In the fast-changing policy arena of a country as diverse as India, gauging regional implications of policy shifts is critical but challenging.

This book uses modern economic tools to obtain general equilibrium cost-benefit rules to evaluate small, large and ultra-large projects.

This book provides an overview of different environmental problems in South Asia.

This edited volume systematically interrogates the Chinese investment presence in Africa, focusing on land and agriculture, mining and other infrastructural projects.

Discover farming techniques that will decrease soil erosion and costs!

Environmental issues are a growing concern for our society, and should deserve increased attention, given the extremely negative climate changes which have been taking place.

This book provides empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and from different production systems of the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and livestock product markets.

This book covers a highly relevant but clearly under-researched topic - the impact of environmental innovations on employment on the fmn level.

This book presents specific case studies of climate finance in the Arctic and examines how the green revolution could be a game changer in this sensitive region.

China's recent climate-energy policy, an outcome of contemporary challenges, has generated conflict of interest amongst major stakeholders.

Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life.

Since the industrial revolution, progress has meant an increase in labour productivity.

With increasing pressure on resources, the looming spectre of climate change and growing anxiety among eaters, ecology and food are at the heart of the political debates surrounding agriculture and diet.

Net Zero is not enough.

Quality of Life and Public Management explores the possibility for a dramatic and significant improvement in quality of life for all population groups and sub-groups in the UK.

Lukang is a sleepy provincial town on the east coast of Taiwan.

Claudia Lubk analyzes the transferal between the guiding principle of sustainability and the policy field of labor market policy.

This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development.

This book is ground breaking in its study of business actors in climate and energy politics.

An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy—in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells—is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects.

Dieses Buch thematisiert die Zusammenhänge zwischen schlanker Produktion und Umweltschutz.

This book showcases experiences from research, field projects and best practice in climate change adaptation in countries in the Latin American region, focusing on managing vulnerability and fostering resilience.

Change and development are going on all around us.

Economic growth as we know it today cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment.

This book covers a wide range of topics within mathematical modelling and the optimization of economic, demographic, technological and environmental phenomena.

Welfare is commonly conceptualized in socio-economic terms of equity, highlighting distributive issues within growing economies.