Economics of specific sectors

It is a societal given, borne out by the facts: the higher one's social status, the better health, and the longer life expectancy.

Vulnerable Communities examines the struggles of smaller cities in the United States, those with populations between 20,000 and 200,000.

This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance.

Nach der Krise ist vor der Krise!

Multinational Enterprise and Transnational Regions offers an innovative approach to the study of the history of transnational economic regions.

Die Energienachfrage der privaten Haushalte zählt zu den dynamischen Segmenten der gesamten Energienachfrage.

The global greenhouse effect may be one of the greatest challenges ever to face humankind.

This book outlines methodologies to estimate the economic impacts of natural disasters based on business surveys conducted after large disasters in Japan.

A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.

In this book, Thomas B.

This volume is concerned with the role of science in fishery management.

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation, and in biomedical, industrial and agricultural sectors.

This book sets the agenda to turn behavioral economics, which has long been considered a subordinate discipline, into mainstream economics.

The aim of this book, first published in 1977, is to use the tools developed by modern microeconomics to provide a framework for the analysis of policies towards the allocation of land and the control of activities using land.

This volume presents the results of a three-year collaborative effort involving research institutions in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

This book is the second edition of a text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Authority (SID A).

This book approaches economic problems from a systems thinking and feedback perspective.

The book 'Economic Trends and Sustainable Environmental Assessment' attempts to x-ray the economic and socioeconomic activities, and cultural or behavioural aspects from the concept of sustainability by employing several related research scenarios spanning the micro-, meso-, and macro-level approaches.

This book explores the life and work of Nicholas Kaldor, examining the influences that shaped and inspired his writings, and looks in detail at the crucial part he played in twentieth-century economics.

This book presents an empirical investigation of the efforts that multinational pharmaceutical companies take in order to find a business model that allows for a profitable access to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) markets.

The arrival of western science and economic interests to the tropics has dramatically changed the tropical environment and its ecology.

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.

Brings scientists, policy makers, land and water managers and citizen stakeholders together to resolve natural resource and environmental problems.

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run.

This handbook takes on one of the most pressing issues of today's society - the question of housing.

Sustainability Accounting and Integrated Reporting deals with organizations' assessment, articulation and disclosure of their social and environmental impact on various groups in society.

Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.

Uneven Urbanscape draws on decades of empirical research to examine ethnoracial disparity in urban Los Angeles.

Health Care for Us All challenges the common belief that health care problems in the United States are difficult and possibly insoluble.

First published in 1970.

Ernesto Caravantes was among the multitudes of people who were affected by the Recession of 2008, the financial impact of which continues to be felt to this day.

This book contributes to the understanding of environment-economy relations from the perspective of economic geography, grounded in the institutional context of China.

This collection of essays brings together discussions arguing that the circular economy must be linked to society and culture in order to create a viable concept for remodelling the economy.

Economic diversification remains at the top of the agenda for hundreds of regions around the world.

Umweltschutzziele wie die Bewahrung der Schöpfung werden selbst in hierarchisch organisierten Gemeinschaften wie katholischen Orden auf unterschiedlichste Weise interpretiert, bewertet und verhandelt.

This book provides a definitive overview of contemporary developments in our understanding of urban life in China.

The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change.

Interest in biomass energy resources from forests, farms and other sources has been rapidly increasing in recent years because of growing concern with reducing carbon dioxide emissions and developing alternatives to increasingly scarce, expensive and insecure oil supplies.

This book posits that a sustainable future is possible without abandoning Capitalism.

In Islam and Sustainable Development, Odeh Al-Jayyousi addresses the social, human and economic dimensions of sustainability from an Islamic perspective.

Das betriebliche Gesundheitsmanagement wird – nicht zuletzt wegen der hohen Kosten, die es zu vermeiden gilt – zunehmend zu einem wichtigen Wettbewerbsfaktor in Unternehmen.

This book Innovations and the Environment aims to review the state of knowledge and to provide an empirical basis for the development and use of new technologies, products and services to reduce the impact of human activities on environmental quality.

Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.

Lecture Notes in Urban Economics and Urban Policy provides a wide-ranging introduction to urban economics and urban policy by Professor John Yinger, one of the world's leading scholars in urban economics.

This book is Volume I of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral desirability of various tests for antitrust legality, including those promulgated by US and EU antitrust law.

This volume synthesizes research from a five year program supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development to assess how coastal communities in Tanzania can adapt to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, and better assert their rights to implement decisions regarding coastal resource management in the context of global climate change.