Economics of specific sectors

This book provides a missing link between marginality, migration and education in Zimbabwe, focusing on the educational experiences of migrants' children in an effort to influence government policies concerning migrant parents and their left-behind children.

This book bridges the gap between theoretical and empirical understandings of the informal sector to provide insight into the role of the informal sector within the development process.

The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the current issues and future developments facing public transport.

This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed.

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use.

This book examines how social cleavage lines shape issue voting and party competition.

In this two volume collection the editors have chosen a sample of some of the most essential and inspirational articles and papers for understanding revealed preference methods to value environmental amenities.

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

Katharina Kichko supports the first Personalized Medicine learnings as she provides an approach overview in general as well as reimbursement and regulatory policies in particular.

This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation within the field of international development.

Facing the challenges of globalization and ecology, the standards for economic, social and environmental performance of companies are becoming more demanding.

The Link between Company Environmental & Financial Performance, first published in 1998, is a detailed investigation into the effects of environmental performance - resource efficiency, regulatory compliance, new product and service opportunities - on corporate financial performance.

This book provides a unique study of the role of universities, as organisation systems, in the pursuit of the Europe 2020 strategy.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects.

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet.

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

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental emergencies and challenges of our times?

As climate change has increasingly become the main focus of environmentalist activism since the late 1990s, the global economic drivers of CO2 emissions are now a major concern for radical greens.

First published in 2005, this book examines the contribution of planning and integrated landscape management to the process of reversing the continuing deterioration of our natural environment.

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.

This book presents the proceedings of the 7th conference Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS), held in Delft, The Netherlands on November 2-4, 2022, which was endorsed by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA).

This book examines the impact of economic globalization and international institutions on the development of national environmental policies.

This book is the first attempt to highlight the Great Divergence between Europe and China from the perspective of environmental change.

The term "e;human economics"e; is sometimes used within economic theory with the hope of repositioning economic discipline as a human and social science, but with scarce success.

The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known.

Die Kraft einer Wirtschaftskrise kann auf Generationen hinaus dem Wohlstand einer Gesellschaft schaden und ihre politische und soziale Ordnung verändern.

Agricultural Bioeconomy: Innovation and Foresight in the Post-COVID Era presents recent advancements in biotechnology, exploring the optimal utilization of technologies to provide rapid and impactful economic recovery and sustainable resources in a future that will bear the mark of COVID-19.

For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-being are at stake must be involved in leading the way.

In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the current health care debate.

The largest and most systematic analysis of national oil companies to date.

Electricity is an essential commodity traded at power exchanges.

This book explores the interconnections between urbanization and capitalism to examine the current condition of cities due to capitalism.

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less.

Blueprint for a Green Economy put the economics of the environment onto the public agenda.

State of the art in sustainability thinking, inspired by interdisciplinary ideas of ecological economics.

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Handbook of International Food and Agricultural Policies is a three-volume set that aims to provide an accessible reference for those interested in the aims and implementation of food and farm policies throughout the world.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative drawing attention to local, national and global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, the benefits of investing in natural capital, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions.

Collaborative innovation networks are cyberteams of motivated individuals, and are self-organizing emergent social systems with the potential to promote health, happiness and individual growth in real-world work settings.

This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases.