Environmental economics

Economics is unavoidably central to any attempt to improve our quality of life, but most people do not know why, or how to question its underlying assumptions.

This book provides an innovative approach to understanding the governance of resource communities, by showcasing how the past and present informs the future.

Following the reforms undertaken in the last two decades, India's economic landscape has been radically transformed.

China's Unfinished Economic Revolution offers a fundamentally different interpretation of China's economic reform.

This book explores a platform for insightful discussions and scientific discourse on various aspects of landslides and their risk management, with insights focused on the Himalayan states at a sub-regional level.

The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage.

This book provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive examinations of the Moroccan argan tree, the products derived from it and its cultural significance.

The 'neoliberal' economic policy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP Party, which has delivered extraordinary growth in Turkish GDP over the last decade, has been one of the foundations of the party's popular appeal.

When approached by Warren Samuels, the series editor, about organizing a volume on natural resource economics, I was at a loss as to how one might possibly capture in "e;several major essays plus several shorter comments thereon"e; all of the diverse activities that fall within this exciting discipline.

Environmental costs of electric power generation are receiving increasing attention as an important input to planning and decision processes.

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.

This book argues that current economist theories do not take into account the socially constructed nature of the debate surrounding the environment and environmental policy.

This book is devoted to the issue of how we can learn to live together in the face of division and conflict.

This book describes the alarming condition of agriculture in the Anthropocene, when the ethical conception of agriculture as a service of common utility for both society and environment has progressively been marginalized.

An exploration of the duALIne project''s insights, presenting state-of-the-art research in food sustainability and identifying priority areas for further study.

The major goal of the book is to create an environment for matching different d- ciplinary approaches to studying economic growth.

In this book, Detlef Jahn analyzes the role of politics in the field of environmental performance in twenty-one OECD countries.

This book analyses the political and economic causes, mechanisms and impacts of the industrial tree plantation boom in China.

China, a still developing economy comprising a fifth of the world's population, will play a key role in the global movement towards reducing carbon emissions.

This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age.

In this fourth and final volume of the CARE-ing for Integral Development series, Ronnie Lessem integrates all that has come before in terms of: Community activation; Awakening integral consciousness; and institutionalized Research.

India is the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which makes it an important player whose climate mitigation actions and inactions are closely scrutinised.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

Politicians stand at a crossroads where the path to green policies is fraught with political risks, as the immediate costs to society may overshadow the profound future benefits.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of groundwater uses and environmental issues in the Mekong Delta.

Built environment professionals considering whether to embark on the design and construction or retrofit of a fully 'sustainable' or 'green' build need to know the financial implications of their decisions.

This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the conference "e;Susta- able Resource Use and Economic Dynamics"e; (SURED), held on Monte Verita ` in Ascona, Switzerland, in June 2004.

Energy Conservation Indicators is a methodology to break down energy consumption data into their component parts in the same way as those which are due to annual weather fluctuations, business cycle, structural changes in the economy and higher energy efficiency.

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.

This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia.

This book explores connections between activist debates about food sovereignty and academic debates about alternative food networks.

In order to effectively address global warming, many countries have significantly reduced the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are put into the atmosphere.

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Originally published in 1965, Margolis brings together a wide variety of papers on a multitude of subjects relating to the urban public economy presented at the second conference on urban public expenditures in 1964.

Classic Papers in Natural Resource Economics brings together a choice selection of some of the most enduring academic writing published in this field in a single volume.

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world.

Ein wichtiger Bereich für das Ziel eines nachhaltig zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaftens im Bedürfnisfeld "Bauen und Wohnen" ist der bisher in der Forschung wenig berücksichtigte Bereich der Altbaumodernisierung.

Bear Traps examines Russia's longer term economic growth prospects.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the adoption of small-scale residential solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Saudi Arabia.

Because the number of options is often limited, small island states tend to find it uncommonly difficult to strike a balance between population, envi- ronment, and development.

Evaluates the opportunities and challenges of introducing hydrogen as an alternative fuel source from economic, technical and environmental perspectives.

Sustainable Business: Key Issues is the first comprehensive introductory-level textbook to address the interface between environmental challenges and business solutions to provide an overview of the basic concepts of sustainability, sustainable business, and business ethics.

This book, originally published in 1995, examines the evolution of environmental policy in 6 OECD countries.

Economies are open systems embedded in an ecosystem with which they exchange matter and energy.

This volume, originally published in 1984, analyzes the impact of the 1973-74 oil price increases on the Appalachian coal industry in the USA, which would otherwise have suffered large output reductions as a result of sulfur emission restrictions.