Economics of specific sectors

Gibbons examines the water supply problem through five case studies.

This book reflects current developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses its attention on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development.

Using "e;the sharing paradigm"e; as a guiding concept, this book demonstrates that "e;sharing"e; has much greater potential to make rural society resilient, sustainable and inclusive through enriching all four sharing dimensions: informal, mediated, communal and commercial sharing.

West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945.

This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples.

As global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica.

The book covers the three largest sources of particulate matter pollution in five chapters.

Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism.

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day.

The threats posed by global climate change are widely recognized and carbon emmissions are the major source of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere.

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Life expectancy is about more than just health - it's about the kind of society we live in.

Considering the examples of Australia and the Pacific Rim, Growth and Productivity in East Asia offers a contemporary explanation for national productivity that measures contributions not only from capital and labor, but also from economic activities and relevant changes in policy, education, and technology.

This book extensively examines various contemporary macroeconomic themes of India, namely growth and macro policies, tax reforms, government finances and intergovernmental fiscal transfers, banking and monetary policy, and environment and social sector policies.

The central claim of this book is that the dichotomy between economic dependence and economic independence is completely inadequate for describing the political challenges faced by contemporary capitalist welfare states.

This book explores the complex problem of how to measure the 'success' of social organisations, projects and activities.

This book presents ways of shaping the built environment sciences and practices for steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.

First Published in 2011.

Economic Growth and the Environment explores the debate on how to reconcile economic growth with protection of the natural environment, and the closely related discussion on whether an increasing scarcity of natural resources will eventually force economic growth to cease.

Originally published in 1981.

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Umweltreproduktion im staatsmonopolistischen Kapitalismus" verfügbar.

Countries around the world are spending up to $500 billion per year on subsidising fossil fuel consumption.

This book examines three vital issues in urbanization and democratization: the institutional structures and processes of urban local governance to improve access to urban services; their outcomes in relation to low-income groups' access to services, citizen participation in local governance, accountability of local leaders and officials, and transparency in local governance; and the factors that influence access to urban services, especially for the poor and marginalized groups.

Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain.

Originally published in 1988, this book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development.

Whether addressing pollution problems or helping protect a specific use, watershed associations are finding that the competition for funds is getting harder.

Funded by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries, the Mises- and Hayek-inspired 'free' market has adopted 'The Slogan of Liberty' - but should their faith-based assertions be accorded the same epistemological status as a science?

This book documents the advantages and limitations of various electricity generation methods.

This book is a philosophical critique of the economics of climate change from both an ethical and philosophy of economics perspective.

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.

Mineral exploration is an economic activity of worldwide importance.

Increase in life expectancy is arguably the most remarkable by-product of modern economic growth.

Wiedemann reveals how the rise of financial markets as private alternatives to welfare states transforms social rights and responsibilities.

In 1990, energy in the UK underwent a unique and fundamental transformation, with the privatization of the electricity supply industry.

During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence of interest in the reasons that make the agglomeration of specialised industries a territorial phenomenon worth being analysed.

Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies.

This book presents research on recent developments in collective decision-making.

This book provides an overview of the global pharmaceutical pricing policies.

This book develops the Sustainable Governance Approach and the principles of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).

This book contains the contributions presented at the 6th international KES conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (KES SEEL-2019), which took place at St.

This book seeks to deepen readers' understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis.

An exploration of product certification programs and the factors that explain their varied success in becoming global governors equipped to tackle environmental and social problems effectively Consumers now encounter organic or fair-trade labels on a variety of products, implying such desirable benefits as improved environmental conditions or more equitable market transactions.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.