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Climate Change Economics
G. C. van Kooten
Although the full extent of the potential damages from global warming remain unknown, scientists have long argued that action should be taken now to mitigate any possible adverse consequences. However, in making such policy recommendatio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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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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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The Economics of Energy and the Production Process
Guido Buenstorf
The economics of energy has been a contested issue over the past century. Although it has not figured prominently in mainstream economics, numerous alternative proposals have called for energy to play a more central role in economic theo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Institutional Change for Sustainable Development
Robin Connor, Stephen Dovers
Institutional Change for Sustainable Development presents a flexible, accessible, yet robust conceptual framework for comprehending institutional dimensions of sustainability, emphasising the complexity of institutional systems, and high...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Loss in Thailand]()
Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Loss in Thailand
Edited by Edward B. Barbier, Suthawan Sathirathai
Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Globalisation
Edited by Clem Tisdell, Raj K. Sen
In this book a distinguished group of international contributors, from both developing and higher income countries, identify and discuss major social conflicts, labour and distributional concerns, environmental issues and impacts arising...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Does Environmental Policy Work?
Edited by David E. Ervin, James R. Kahn, Marie L. Livingston
Does Environmental Policy Work? examines our ability to assess the impact of environmental policies on the environment in particular, and on social welfare in general. The distinguished authors explore the theory of assessment, concentra... -
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Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Edited by Justus Wesseler, Hans-Peter Weikard, Robert D. Weaver
This book explores some of the complexities of decision-making under risk and uncertainty in environmental and natural resource economics. Risk and uncertainty are inherent problems for economists, and the authors in this volume offer nu... -
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![Economic Instruments of Pollution Control in an Imperfect World]()
Economic Instruments of Pollution Control in an Imperfect World
Tingsong Jiang
In this book, Tingsong Jiang extensively discusses the wider issues of economic instruments of pollution control as well as paying specific attention to the control of carbon dioxide emissions in China. -
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Private Property in the 21st Century
Edited by Harvey M. Jacobs
Private property is central to American character, culture and democracy. The founding fathers understood it as key to the liberties America was designed to foster. However, over the last 200 years what one owns has evolved; ownership is...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace
Viviane IIIegems, Alain Verbeke
Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace provides the first comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. This book argues that telework will be increasingly a...
