Environmental economics

Since their commercial introduction in 1996, genetically modified (GM) crops have been adopted by farmers around the world at impressive rates.

This book presents a new economic theory developed from physical and biological principles.

This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability.

In its second volume, this book aims to link the academic research with development in the real world and provide a historical and institutional background that can enrich more formal research.

In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management.

Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970's, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security.

Soya Bean, Incredible, and Mighty, is written to delight and alert westerners, and people around the world, of the virtues and wonders of the small, unassuming vegetable.

Just to maintain our standard of living, we need to grow the worldwide economy at an unsustainable rate.

This is a thorough revision of the 2007 publication, and includes five new chapters and brings all existing chapters completely up to date.

The mighty river that flows through the capital of Canada was called in 'Grand River of the North' by the first French explorers, before they even knew of the existence of the Great Lakes which are part of the St Lawrence waterway today.

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations.

This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool.

This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool.

Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments used to curtail environmental degradation are antithetical to the interests of the corporate community.

Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments used to curtail environmental degradation are antithetical to the interests of the corporate community.

Fundamental Aspects of Pollution Control and Environmental Science, 3: Economic Approaches to Environmental Problems: Techniques and Results of Empirical Analysis focuses on the application of economic approaches in the management and control of environmental problems.

Science, Technology and Society: Needs, Challenges and Limitations focuses on the role of science and technology in promoting development as well as its limitation in shaping the society.

Water is often seen as a free commodity.

Since carbon sequestration in soils reduces the amount of carbon available to the atmosphere, the Kyoto Protocols have heightened interest in soil carbon pools and their effect on carbon fluxes.

As part of the Environmental and Ecological Modeling Handbooks series, the Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides a comprehensive overview of ecosystem theory and the tools - ecological engineering, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology and ecological economics -to manage these systems.

Environmental professionals are often called upon to find solutions to environmental degradation problems or to lead the way in planning to prevent them.

Written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex concepts, laws, and policy, Production, Growth, and the Environment: An Economic Approach explores how economic growth usually makes people better off, but also asks at what environmental cost?

This book unravels the complex spectrum of trade policy in India with the help of partial and general equilibrium models.

Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society is a comprehensive guide that provides insights into the multifaceted relationship between climate change and society and covers a wide array of topics, disciplines, and cultures, from the latest trends in weather patterns to the issue of climate (in)justice.

After all the research on agricultural risk to date, the treatment of risk in agricultural research is far from harmonious.

Do we need a new car or a new refrigerator every ten years?

It is not uncommon that a group of scientists from many different disciplines join a working group, discuss a topic of interest and edit a volume of articles related to this topic.

This volume is concerned with the role of science in fishery management.

Coordination of land use and transport is one of the most important issues in urban planning from the viewpoint of transport infrastructure supply and amenity in urban space.

This book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.

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

Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics distills and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision makers make better informed policy decisions.

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management presents the state-of-the-art in hybrid electric vehicle system modelling and management.

Air Conditioning with Natural Energy is a comprehensive examination of the principles, theory, applications, and energy saving performance of newly developed technologies for air conditioning using natural energy.

Air Conditioning with Natural Energy is a comprehensive examination of the principles, theory, applications, and energy saving performance of newly developed technologies for air conditioning using natural energy.

This book presents the core elements that underwrite agroecology.

The Definitive Guide to Captive Insurance Companies:What Every Small Business Owner Needs To Know About Creating and Implementing a CaptiveAmerica s top corporate estate, tax and asset protection attorney provides readers with true insight on multiple key sophisticated planning techniques for small business owners implementing captive insurance companies.

This book addresses the question of the double exposure of marine ecosystems, i.

For the Movers, Shakers, and Policy Makers in Energy Engineering and Related IndustriesThe latest version of a bestselling reference, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook, Second Edition covers the foremost trends and technologies in energy engineering today.

Rapid population growth, limited water availability, climate variability and environmental pollution together cause a significant challenge to provide sufficient water to urban residents in a sustainable and effective way.

A unique book that takes the reader into the depths and mysteries of creating a wondrous people-initiated economic plan grounded in centuries of cultural and ecological wisdom.

Any business can take steps to be friendlier to the environment, but how do you do it while maintaining and actually boosting profits?

Federal Facility Environmental Management Systems explains how, why, and when federal agencies need to establish compliant EMSs in accordance with the April 21, 2000, Executive Order.

In 1981 Chile's military government dictated a new Water Code that radically changed the country's previous water rights system by strengthening private property rights, favoring market incentives, and reducing state regulation.

Demand side management (DSM) is one of the most topical issues in regulating electric utilities, both in the United States and internationally.

Centralized, top-down management of water resources through regulations has created unnecessary economic burdens upon users.

Taking Complexity Seriously applies the advanced policy analysis technique of triangulation to what is now the world's most complex public policy challenge: sustainable development.

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Biotechnology is a rapidly developing sector of the economy for coun- tries throughout the world.

This book demonstrates what the discipline of economics has to offer as support for analyzing cooperation on management of trans-boundary water resources.