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Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security
Edited by Keith Wiebe
The contributors to this book – including soil scientists, geographers, and economists – analyse data on soils, climate, land cover, agricultural inputs and outputs, and a variety of socio-economic factors to provide new insights into th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative
Edited by Claes Brundenius
Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative considers the extent of the success of polluting industries in becoming cost-efficient whilst acquiring less polluting technologies, in the face of fierce competition. The authors als... -
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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
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The Economics of Hydroelectric Power
Brian K. Edwards
Brian Edwards provides an in-depth analysis of how dams are used in water management, flood control and irrigation, as well as the environmental impacts of their construction and operation. He examines the types of restrictions imposed o... -
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New Dimensions in Ecological Economics
Edited by Stephen Dovers, David I. Stern, Michael D. Young
Drawing on the biophysical sciences, public policy, geography, economics, exploratory research and the behavioural sciences, this book offers reviews and prescriptions for the future of ecological economics, placing particular emphasis o... -
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The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries
Edited by Phoebe Koundouri, Panos Pashardes, Timothy M. Swanson, Anastasios Xepapadeas
The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less ... -
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Natural Resource Accounting and Economic Development
Edited by Charles Perrings, Jeffrey R. Vincent
In this important book some of the world’s leading scholars in environmental economics explore the theoretical and empirical problems to be solved if policymakers are to develop accounts to capture the sustainability of economic developm... -
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Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
Edited by Michael Faure, Joyeeta Gupta, Andries Nentjes
The Kyoto Protocol was a milestone event in the process of getting global climate change on to the political agenda and taking the first tentative steps towards internationally co-ordinated action. This book brings together researchers f... -
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The Endogenous Formation of Economic Coalitions
Edited by Carlo Carraro
This important book, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in coalition theory and presents both the latest theoretical developments and novel applications in the field...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Thought
Edited by Edward A. Page, John Proops
During the past twenty years there has been an explosive growth in research into environmental issues from a social science perspective. Ecological economics, in particular, has emerged as a true transdiscipline which seeks to conceptual... -
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The New Economics of Outdoor Recreation
Edited by Nick Hanley, W. D. Shaw, Robert E. Wright
This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems.... -
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The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity
Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Peter Nijkamp
The loss of biodiversity has put increasing pressure on the stability and continuity of ecosystems, and their ability to provide goods and services to mankind. This valuable new book addresses this issue and presents an integrated ecolog...