Economics of specific sectors

Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades, led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries.

Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades, led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries.

This volume consists of a broad selection of studies on the applied economics of weight and obesity.

Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-beingIn a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel?

Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.

First Published in 2015.

First Published in 2015.

The past fifty years have witnessed the triumph of an industrial development that has engendered great social and environmental costs.

The past fifty years have witnessed the triumph of an industrial development that has engendered great social and environmental costs.

The author provides a treatment of world economic geography as a whole.

The author provides a treatment of world economic geography as a whole.

Makes a key contribution from an economic standpoint to the understanding of tourism.

Makes a key contribution from an economic standpoint to the understanding of tourism.

Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis.

Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis.

Over the past several decades of reform and opening up to the outside world, remarkable economic growth has been achieved in China and has drawn considerable world attention.

Over the past several decades of reform and opening up to the outside world, remarkable economic growth has been achieved in China and has drawn considerable world attention.

In this major new text, Miroslav N.

In this major new text, Miroslav N.

As we move through our modern world, the phenomenon we call knowledge is always involved.

As we move through our modern world, the phenomenon we call knowledge is always involved.

Land reforms are laws that are intended, and likely, to cut poverty by raising the poor's share of land rights.

Land reforms are laws that are intended, and likely, to cut poverty by raising the poor's share of land rights.

Water, already a scarce resource, is treated as though it were plentiful and free.

Water, already a scarce resource, is treated as though it were plentiful and free.

With contributions from leading international scholars, this Handbook offers the most rigorous and up-to-date analyses of virtually every aspect of Brazilian politics, including inequality, environmental politics, foreign policy, economic policy making, social policy, and human rights.

With contributions from leading international scholars, this Handbook offers the most rigorous and up-to-date analyses of virtually every aspect of Brazilian politics, including inequality, environmental politics, foreign policy, economic policy making, social policy, and human rights.

Brazil is considered one of the world's most important environmental powers.

Brazil is considered one of the world's most important environmental powers.

This book presents an accessible and state-of-the-art survey of current research on social dilemmas.

This book presents an accessible and state-of-the-art survey of current research on social dilemmas.

Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself.

Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself.

This book throws light onto the nature and causes of three different but strongly interconnected crises in contemporary societies worldwide: an economic crisis, an ecological crisis and a normative (moral and political) crisis.

This book throws light onto the nature and causes of three different but strongly interconnected crises in contemporary societies worldwide: an economic crisis, an ecological crisis and a normative (moral and political) crisis.

Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century is a collection of 12 new essays, presented in four sections which highlight key examples of these rural/urban encounters.

Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century is a collection of 12 new essays, presented in four sections which highlight key examples of these rural/urban encounters.

Material Concerns offers new perspectives on key environmental issues - pollution prevention, ecological economics, limits to sustainability, consumer behaviour and government policy.

Material Concerns offers new perspectives on key environmental issues - pollution prevention, ecological economics, limits to sustainability, consumer behaviour and government policy.

This volume presents the ideas of major figures in economics throughout history on key environmental issues such as population growth, resource scarcity and environmental contamination.

The shape of the world economy is changing.

The shape of the world economy is changing.

Essential Reading for clinicians, managers and researchers in child psychiatry, this authoritative book provides accessible coverage of essential theory as well as clear practical guidance to inpatient child psychiatric treatment.

Essential Reading for clinicians, managers and researchers in child psychiatry, this authoritative book provides accessible coverage of essential theory as well as clear practical guidance to inpatient child psychiatric treatment.

This work approaches the phenomenon of guild socialism from a new perspective, focusing on the Douglas Social Credit movement.

This work approaches the phenomenon of guild socialism from a new perspective, focusing on the Douglas Social Credit movement.

The state of the environment is now widely acknowledged as a serious cause for concern.

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The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian.