Economics of specific sectors

A Circular Economy seeks to rebuild capital, whether this is financial, manufactured, human, social or natural, and offers opportunities and solutions for all organisations.

This book focuses on the economics of smart meters and is one of the first to present comprehensive evidence on the impacts, cost-benefits and risks associated with smart metering.

This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced.

This short textbook provides a core understanding of the intersection between business and the natural environment.

There is a growing concern among Chinese researchers and policymakers about China's industrial development being unsustainable and the irreversible depletion of natural resources and deterioration of the ecological environment.

This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced.

This short textbook provides a core understanding of the intersection between business and the natural environment.

There is a growing concern among Chinese researchers and policymakers about China's industrial development being unsustainable and the irreversible depletion of natural resources and deterioration of the ecological environment.

This book highlights methodological approaches for the economics of sustainable development and brings together recent empirical work done in India, especially by Dr.

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges for mankind.

Cities are growing worldwide and their sprawl is increasingly challenged for its pressure on open spaces and environmental quality.

in Congress - are not considered, they may affect future energy programs just as they have past programs.

Emissions trading challenges the management of companies in an entirely new manner: Not only does it, like other market-based environmental policy instruments, allow for a bigger flexibility in management decisions concerning emission issues.

Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources will be the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact.

In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries.

The state organisation responsible for coordinating the hydropower el- tricity system in Norway ("e;Samkjoringen"e;) contacted me in 1990 about the advanced plan for deregulating the electricity system, separating gene- tion, transmission, and distribution and introducing a wholesale market for electricity.

Marianne Horinko Executive Vice President, Global Environment and Technology Foundation On August 7, 1978, President Carter declared a state of emergency in the community of Love Canal, New York.

The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that builds on one of the nation's leading undergraduate environmental studies programs.

Most of the books published previously in the field of water resource eco- nomics focus on particular aspects of water economics such as institutions, pricing or water markets, but none of them have given particular attention to methodological questions.

The topics addressed in this book are of vital importance to the survival of humankind.

Over the last forty years, the field of public economics has emerged as a modern successor to public finance.

For over three decades the airline industry has continued to maintain a high profile in the public mind and in public policy interest.

The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that builds on one of the nation's leading undergraduate environmental studies programs.

Decision Support Systems for Risk-Based Management of Contaminated Sites addresses decision making in environmental risk management for contaminated sites, focusing on the potential role of decision support systems in informing the management of chemical pollutants and their effects.

The UN's Net Zero goal is to limit the rise in mean global temperatures to 1.

This book constitutes a novel contribution, combining recent theoretical developments and empirical contributions, as well as the recent and latest trends and challenges on the issue of Forgotten Spaces.

This book reviews the lessons from the Swedish 1991 tax reform, the most far-reaching tax reform in any Western industrialized country in the post-war period.

The Political Economy of Nature draws extensively on current insights from sociology, ecology, economics and earth science.

China now faces the difficult choice of whether to pursue a food self-sufficiency policy or further integrate its agriculture into the world market.

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

This book provides compelling arguments for the exclusive concern with efficiency ('a dollar is a dollar') in all specific areas of public economic policy, leaving the objective of equality to be achieved through the general tax/transfer system.

Several hundred directives on environmental policy have been produced by the European Union.

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies?

Due to rapid urbanization and development, water get polluted by the noxious waste released from industrial, sewage and agricultural runoffs.

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.

This is a comprehensive yet practical guide for job seekers looking for green career opportunities.

Until now, an approach to land use management planning that not only addresses economic issues, but also environmental concerns and health issues of land use has been lacking.

Authorities in the fields of environmental and international law and policy, political science, environmental technology, and public administration compare and contrast the ways in which the United States and the European Union handle similar environmental issues.

Recent international appeals for sustainable development policies have renewed efforts to explore the common ground between economics and ecology.

This book presents strategies for managing disasters and reducing risks in Asian countries.

Integrating environmental and world-systems analyses in chapters ranging from the ancient to the contemporary, from the global to the local, from West to East, and from North to South, this book is the first collection to analyze environmental issues from the world-systems perspective.

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness.

Sustainability is an increasingly urgent and important factor in logistics and supply chain management, impacting the whole supply chain lifecycle from product design and development, to supplier management, packaging, transportation, warehousing and distribution.

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries.

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries.

The price of food commodities - such as wheat, corn and rice - is unstable.

The price of food commodities - such as wheat, corn and rice - is unstable.

By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people - one in every eight people on earth.

By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people - one in every eight people on earth.

In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three.