Environmental economics

There is no more fundamental substance to life on earth than water.

This book explores the major differences between the kinds of risk encountered in different sectors of industry - production (including agriculture) and services - and identifies the main features of accidents within different industries.

This book explores how geopolitical tensions have shaped the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) and offers insights into managing future challenges.

There is a lot written on climate change from various points of view, but this is the first work that demonstrates the connection between the hunger of the poor, the deprivation of safe and healthy food on the part of those who can afford it in the wealthy countries, but still face starvation in the sense of lack of nourishment, and climate change itself.

This volume analyzes the global challenges of food security, land use changes, and climate change impacts on food production in order to recommend sustainable development policies, anticipate future food services and demands, and identify the economic benefits and trade-offs of meeting food security demands and achieving climate change mitigation objectives.

This book highlights various challenges and opportunities for water management and cooperation in South Asia.

This book highlights the social, economic and environmental importance of the mutual relations between industries in the same and in different regions and nations, and demonstrates how to model these relations using regional, interregional and international input-output (IO) models.

This edited volume addresses the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands, and presents databases and indexes for assessing and adapting to island vulnerabilities.

This book asks the question, how would economics look today and into the future if one started with a blank sheet of paper?

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

This book highlights the social, economic and environmental importance of the mutual relations between industries in the same and in different regions and nations, and demonstrates how to model these relations using regional, interregional and international input-output (IO) models.

This book offers an introduction to the ripple effect in the supply chain for a broad audience comprising recent developments.

This Palgrave Pivot employs the concept of open source agriculture as a new social movement, which not only advocates a specific agenda but also creates technological products under a unique technology development model.

This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy.

This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy.

The book provides an overview on national policies and regulations related to water resource management in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA), where water scarcity problems are critical.

Governing Arctic Seas introduces the concept of ecopolitical regions, using in-depth analyses of the Bering Strait and Barents Sea Regions to demonstrate how integrating the natural sciences, social sciences and Indigenous knowledge can reveal patterns, trends and processes as the basis for informed decisionmaking.

This book explores the major differences between the kinds of risk encountered in different sectors of industry - production (including agriculture) and services - and identifies the main features of accidents within different industries.

This book addresses topics and issues of high relevance to the widely shared desire to promote inclusive growth, sustainability, and innovation within a context of global governance.

"e;This Handbook offers a timely 'snapshot' of the fast-moving global debates on Basic Income.

New Zealand and Australia are broadly considered to be countries in which sustainability and responsibility discourses are being pursued by governments and business alike, and in which incentives and initiatives are helping confront and overcome sustainability-related challenges.

This book provides an incisive and economic assessment of the global warming adaptation policy and programs carved out by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), by relying on the four scientific traditions that have been advanced on the economics of adaptation to climate change in agricultural and natural resource enterprises.

This book combines three different energy-economy-emissions modeling methodologies into one Integrated Modeling Framework (IMF) in an attempt to fill gaps in current modeling research as it applies to developing countries.

This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics, and their links to environmental policy.

This book presents essential advances in analytical frameworks and tools for modeling the spatial and economic impacts of disasters.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 12th international Global Sourcing Workshop 2018, held in La Thuile, Italy, in February 2018.

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores the dynamics of global capitalist expansion through the concept of the 'commodity frontier'.

This edited collection collates the most up-to-date and important research within the area of operations and logistics management.

This book offers an introduction to the ripple effect in the supply chain for a broad audience comprising recent developments.

This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions.

This book sets out to reframe the theory of real options so that it can be used to support environmental investments for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

It is increasingly apparent that capitalism cannot stave off the truly frightening ecological disasters that threaten the future of life on earth.

This volume synthesizes research from a five year program supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development to assess how coastal communities in Tanzania can adapt to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, and better assert their rights to implement decisions regarding coastal resource management in the context of global climate change.

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.

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

This book investigates the potential trade opportunity of climate friendly goods and technology (CFGT) in Asia and South Asia region, and uses a case study of India to clarify India's position on global warming and efforts to mitigate climate change impacts regionally and globally.

The 21st century qualifies as one in which humanity raised environmental decay, especially climate change, as a key global concern requiring urgent political attention.

The must-read summary of Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston's book: "e;Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage"e;.

This book asks, how would a stable, prosperous economy of the future look if one started with a blank sheet of paper?

This book addresses topics and issues of high relevance to the widely shared desire to promote inclusive growth, sustainability, and innovation within a context of global governance.

La nature a-t-elle un prix ?

Nous vivons une révolution sans précédent mais qui en a conscience ?

Ce livre lève le voile sur le rôle décisif – et totalement méconnu – qu’a joué l’Asie dès 1900 sur la scène du monde.

L’électricité n’en est pas à sa première mue.

The must-read summary of Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder's book: "e;The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity"e;.

Modern capitalism has focused on profit maximization at the expense of non-renewable natural resources.

Achieving carbon neutrality is crucial for creating a sustainable and resilient future worldwide.

Sustainable finance involves making investment decisions that consider not only financial returns, but also environmental, social, and governance factors.

Renewable and Clean Energy Systems Based on Advanced Nanomaterials: Basis, Preparation and Applications describes the fundamental aspects of a diverse range of nanomaterials used in the fields of renewable and clean energy.

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy.