Economics of specific sectors

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

This book examines contemporary policy debates from opposing perspectives.

The regeneration of critical urban areas through the redesign of public space with the intense involvement of local communities seems to be the central focus of place-making according to some widespread practices in academic and professional circles.

A global transformation in food supply and consumption is placing our food security at risk.

This book systematically introduces readers to the framework of China's ETS pilots, exploring their design and operating process, the current state of the carbon market, and various barriers encountered.

In one of the most provocative books ever published on America's social welfare system, economist Janet Currie argues that the modern social safety net is under attack.

Independent, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of climate change.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the most current developments in environmental and sustainability accounting and its links to reporting.

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made.

Asian economic development and environmental consequences are not only crucial for the wellbeing of the people, but are of great relevance for the global economy.

Disputes over government policies rage in a number of areas.

This book includes up-to-date contributions in the broadly defined area of probabilistic analysis of voting rules and decision mechanisms.

Leading experts provide the first comprehensive account of transnational efforts to respond to climate change, for researchers, graduate students and policy makers.

Originally published in 1970.

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification.

Originally published in 1974 Campaigning for the Environment addresses the issue of the environmental lobby.

The ideas of neoliberalism perpetuate a disembedded and dichotomised view of economy-ecology relations.

Economic geographers increasingly consider the significance of history in shaping the contemporary socio-economic landscape, and increasingly believe that experiences and competencies, acquired over time by individuals and entities in particular localities, to a large degree determine present configurations as well as future regional trajectories.

This book is the only annual study that dissects Indonesia's sub-national competitiveness at both the provincial level (covering 34 provinces) and the regional level (covering six major island groups).

Space is a crucial variable in any economic activity.

This book sketches out a framework for analyzing the economic efficiency of particular river basin programs.

A major study of the modern global coal market and its impacts both on energy markets and on climate policy.

In this volume, scientists and practitioners write about new methods and technologies for improving the operation of health care organizations.

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?

Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges.

Economists have proposed a large variety of models of the oil market and this survey integrates them in a coherent framework.

This volume is intended to serve as a review of the "e;next generation"e; of political economy scholars in what can be called the "e;Wagnerian"e; tradition, which traces its roots to Buchanan and De Viti De Marco in the 1930s, who argued that any decision that results from a political entity must be the product of individual decision makers operating within some framework of formal and informal rules.

This book explains the role and limitations of liberalized international trade on the global environment and sustainable development.

Leading scholars from a range of disciplines come together in an inclusive discussion of the latest techniques and issues examined by the capability approach.

This timely reference analyzes the rationale, impact, and feasibility of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as a public health measure to contribute curbing obesity and diabetes rates, specifically in Canada.

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

This book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development.

Worldwide every year, 83 billion animals are slaughtered on factory farms, at the end of brief lives full of suffering.

Sustainable capitalism is more than a response to the environmental crisis.

Originally published in 1974, was a pioneering study which summarized, within the pre-existing framework of atmospheric knowledge, the more significant findings that emerged from the first decade of climatological analyses of meteorological satellite data.

Projecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite future.

In recent decades, the importance of creative cluster development has gained increasing recognition from national and regional governments.

It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly.

This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries.