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Economics of Environmental Conservation, Second Edition
Clement A. Tisdell
This fully updated and comprehensively revised edition of a classic text concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. It begins by covering the ethical foundations and basic economic paradigms’ essential for unders...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Cost–Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management
Edited by Roy Brouwer, David Pearce
How are the economic values of water and water quality accounted for in policy and project appraisal? This important book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in Cost–Benefit Analysis (CBA) in water resources management throughout E...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Global Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade
Edited by Joseph Cooper
This timely new book analyzes the possible linkages between agricultural trade liberalization and the environment, and assesses the negative and positive impacts of any possible reforms. The authors begin by providing an extensive empiri... -
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In Search of Sustainable Water Management
Edited by Douglas S. Kenney
Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume exa...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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The Economics of Everglades Restoration
Richard Weisskoff
The restoration of the Florida Everglades, the largest ecosystem restoration project in the world, is now underway. Missing from the original plan, however, is a study of the region’s cities and farms and the economic impact their growth...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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The Economic Dynamics of Modern Biotechnology
Edited by Maureen McKelvey, Annika Rickne, Jens Laage-Hellman
This book offers a novel insight into the economic dynamics of modern biotechnology, using examples from Europe to reflect global trends. The authors apply theoretical insight to a fundamental enigma of the modern learning society, namel...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Governance for Sustainable Development
Edited by William M. Lafferty
This book is an original study of the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. It highlights the obstacles which sustainable development presents for strategic governance and critically examines how these...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Managing Wetlands
Edited by R. Kerry Turner, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Roy Brouwer
The extensive destruction of wetlands across Europe represents a significant loss of biodiversity along with its related economic, cultural, ethical and scientific benefits. This volume addresses the critical issues surrounding this envi... -
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Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries
Edited by David Pearce, Corin Pearce, Charles Palmer
In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into ...eBook:Find out more$79.16
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Economic Valuation with Stated Preference Techniques
Ian J. Bateman, Richard T. Carson, Brett Day, Michael Hanemann, Nick Hanley, Tannis Hett, Michael Jones-Lee, Graham Loomes
This manual offers a detailed, up-to-date explanation of how to carry out economic valuation using stated preference techniques. It is relevant for the application of these techniques to all non-market goods and services including air an... -
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Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy
Rhys Jenkins, Jonathan Barton, Anthony Bartzokas, Jan Hesselberg, Hege Merete Knutsen
This book attempts to answer these questions using case studies of three pollution-intensive industries: iron and steel, leather tanning, and fertilizers. Based on in-depth interviews with managers and regulators in Western and Eastern E...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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The Environmentalism of the Poor
Joan Martínez-Alier
The Environmentalism of the Poor has the explicit intention of helping to establish two emerging fields of study – political ecology and ecological economics – whilst also investigating the relations between them.eBook:Find out more$59.96