Economics of specific sectors

First Published in 2011.

This edited collection explores the links between human capital (both in the form of health and in the form of education), demographic change, and economic growth.

"e;A fine collection of essays exploring, and in many cases extending, Jim Buchanan's many contributions and insights to economic, political, and social theory.

Paul Auerbach's Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century.

Die Studie analysiert den Gesundheitssektor aus regionaler Sicht und entwickelt eine Vergleichsperspektive für Deutschland bzw.

Since the 1992 Earth Summit, there have been increased efforts on an international scale to address global climate change.

Serious scholarly analyses of the types and roles of accountability in health care first appeared in the late 1980s.

Smart Green Cities: is a comprehensive overview of what global cities are doing to become sustainable.

There is a large shortage of affordable housing across Europe.

This book takes stock of micro irrigation systems (MIS), the technological intervention in India's agricultural and water management sectors, over the past couple of decades.

Dieses Fachbuch vermittelt erfolgversprechende Strategien für Investitionen in das zukunftsträchtige Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen der Volksrepublik China.

In preparation for the United Nation's Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, this study aimed to detail enduring environmental issues that might or might not have been considered at the conference.

This volume presents new developments in the research on ancillary benefits.

Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union (1929) examines agriculture in the USSR as the government was restructuring all national economic life and enterprise on a state socialist basis.

This volume defines and analyzes the Blue Economy, a system that encompasses all the economic activities which are happening in and around the ocean within a sustainable development framework, with focus on countries in Asia.

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system.

This book presents methodological and empirical advancements in evaluating the accessibility, use demand and behavior, and equity of urban parks.

The book discusses climate technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework, and China's relevant legislation and practices.

Seit langer Zeit wird die strenge sektorale Trennung des deutschen Gesundheitswesens in ambulante Versorgung einerseits und stationäre Versorgung andererseits als ein Hauptgrund für Ineffizienzen im System genannt.

This book takes a behavioural approach to examine six important housing questions: tenure decision, gentrification, place attachment, housing bubbles, housing wealth, and residential satisfaction.

There is a lot of attention for happiness, but there is also a lot of confusion, about the concept and the nature of happiness.

Sarnikar cites evidence of frequent misconceptions of economics amongst students, graduates, and even some economists, and argues that behavioral economists are uniquely qualified to investigate causes of poor learning in economics.

The circular economy describes a world in which reuse through repair, reconditioning and refurbishment is the prevailing social and economic model.

This book examines the new developments in health 4.

Originally published in 1983.

Originally published in 1990, The Isolated City State asks the questions, why have the world's major cities experienced explosive growth?

First published in 1970, Regional Economic Development: The Federal Role examines the economic viability of depressed areas and regions.

Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance.

The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments.

This book discusses the key concepts of the technologies that underpin the drive towards sustainability in today s complex world.

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' Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it, and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area.

This book explores how a place becomes a place in the Korean context, with a particular focus on power, knowledge, and strategy.

This book is a comprehensive and analytical perspective on the future of electricity demand in a low-carbon world.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

This book addresses the production practices employed in the production of food animals and animal products that enable marketers to sell a variety of products to meet consumer demand.

This book discusses and explains the economics of each stage of the natural gas value chain, including the economic impact of restrictions, rules and decisions that are ostensibly technical in nature, as well as commercially relevant contractual stipulations.

This book offers the first systematic analysis of economic thought concerning war.

This book straddles two worlds and attempts to bring them together: that of Lefebvre's Marxism on the one hand, and that of real estate development on the other.

Originally published in 1984.

This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics and their links to environmental policy.

Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level.