Economics of specific sectors

Is neoclassical economics dead?

Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, Second Edition presents principles to practical workflow that guide applications in a consistent manner that is independent of model, geological setting and the types and resolution of the data available.

Economists are increasingly turning their attention to the measurement and causes of health inequality.

Medical technology broadly defined to include all aspects of the process of treating disease (e.

Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world.

Does gentrification destroy diversity?

This book provides the definitive account of a decade-long transformation of energy policy in California with rippling consequences.

Faced with climate change, many counsel "e;going green,"e; encouraging us to buy organic food or a "e;clean"e; car, for example.

In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello track the concealed routes along which flows the lifeblood of our economy.

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security.

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

Agricultural entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions face special challenges; not just everyday personal risks, but also the difficulties of building small businesses when real or threatened violence can disrupt business growth cycles and economic security.

Agricultural entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions face special challenges; not just everyday personal risks, but also the difficulties of building small businesses when real or threatened violence can disrupt business growth cycles and economic security.

As climate becomes less predictable and extreme weather events become more frequent, there is an urgent need for support that will help communities to prepare and adapt to changing conditions.

Access to modern energy services remains low or non-existent for approximately 2.

In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.

Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste.

Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste.

Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives.

For some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world.

For some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world.

Macroeconomic policies have devastating effects on the environment.

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health and premature death?

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health and premature death?

This guide explores the idea of economic growth, tracing its history and questioning why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful when unlimited growth in a finite world is ultimately impossible.

For the last five years, Britain has been under the hammer of Austerity.

This book reports on advances in manufacturing, with a special emphasis on smart manufacturing and information management systems.

Today, the new Indonesian capital city, Nusantara, planning is being anticipated as "e;representing national identity,"e; "e;a model city,"e; or "e;a gift to the world,"e; and many other extraordinary labels.

Few crises in modern history have so completely disrupted every aspect of daily life as has the Covid-19 pandemic.

Few crises in modern history have so completely disrupted every aspect of daily life as has the Covid-19 pandemic.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This compendium volume, Urban Land Use: Community-Based Planning, covers a range of land use planning and community engagement issues.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Impeccably researched and masterfully written, this book explains how and why humanity is driving itself off the cliff.

The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.

The only metric that tracks how much nature we have - and how much nature we useEcological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew its biocapacity and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use.

Help build a world based on flourishing well-being for both the human family and nature In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it's difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy.

The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day.

The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day.

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The way we plan and build cities in Australia needs to change.

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With climate change in the news, an urban core that has reached boiling point, and many children growing up without role models and with limited dreams, where is hope?