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Enhancing Global Competitiveness through Sustainable Environmental Stewardship
Edited by Subhash C. Jain, Ben L. Kedia
It is apparent that environmental issues affect the livelihoods and well being of individuals, communities and businesses the world over. In that vein, this book examines the impact that climate change and other environmental factors hav...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Social Cost of Electricity
Edited by Anil Markandya, Andrea Bigano, Roberto Porchia
This book reports and rationalizes the state-of-the-art concerning the social costs of electricity generation. Social costs are assessed by adding to the private generation costs, the external costs associated with damages to human healt...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reconciling Trade and Climate
Tracey Epps, Andrew Green
This timely book addresses the interaction between policies addressing climate change and the rules of the WTO. The authors expertly examine the law and economics behind the application of trade rules in the area of climate, including th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Governance of the Environment
Afshin Akhtarkhavari
This timely book examines the role of environmental principles in changing international environmental law and politics, and argues for the importance of integrating environmental principles in the global governance of the environment.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Payments for Environmental Services, Forest Conservation and Climate Change
Edited by Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty, Helen Suich
This resourceful book draws on several case studies to derive implications for the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that are very relevant to current climate change negotiations and the implementation of Reduced...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Creating Ecological Value
Frank Boons
Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with th...eBook:Find out more$38.36
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The Asian Tsunami
Sisira Jayasuriya, Peter McCawley
The 2004 Asian tsunami was the greatest natural disaster in recent times. Almost 230 000 people died. In response, governments in Asia and the broader international community announced large aid programs. The resulting assistance effort ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Change Policies
Edited by Emilio Cerdá Tena, Xavier Labandeira
Climate Change Policies sheds light on the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. Written by leading international experts in the field, this book deals with the various economic effects from climate change policies ... -
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Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability
Kerri Woods
Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability challenges the assumed harmony between human rights norms and the demands of environmental sustainability, by addressing conceptual, normative, and political questions surrounding the interac...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning
Anastássios Perdicoúlis
In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an ‘extended mental model’. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditio... -
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Gene Cartels
Luigi Palombi
Starting with the 13th century, this book explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted not over inventions, but over i...eBook:Find out more$75.96
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Economics and Ecosystems
Lars Hein
Economics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and mo...eBook:Find out more$40.00