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Sustainability in Question
Edited by Jörg Köhn, John M. Gowdy, Friedrich Hinterberger, Jan van der Straaten
This book explores approaches to sustainability by linking the economy, society and the environment. The international group of experts uses concepts of sustainability from the physical and social sciences to develop a framework for cre...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economics Against the Grain Volume Two
Julian L. Simon
This second volume of the late Julian Simon’s articles and essays continues the theme of volume one in presenting unorthodox and controversial approaches to many fields in economics. -
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Designing Effective Environmental Regimes
Jørgen Wettestad
This book focuses on the impact and design of international environmental regimes which are established to preserve natural resources and reduce environmental degradation. The author addresses such regimes from both a conceptual and the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Politics of Improving Urban Air Quality
Edited by Wyn P. Grant, Anthony Perl, Peter Knoepfel
Improving urban air quality has become a policy priority for the European Union, national governments and city authorities as more evidence comes to light of the harmful health effects of road traffic pollution. This book clearly illust... -
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The Political Economy of Environmental Policy
Bouwe R. Dijkstra
Why is it that market instruments have not been used to their full potential in environmental policy? Using a public choice perspective, this book critically analyses the political economy of environmental policy with special emphasis o... -
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Environmental Networks
Kanwalroop K. Dhanda, Anna Nagurney, Padma Ramanujam
This original book presents a new basis for environmental policy making: environmental networks. This framework graphically simplifies the analysis of environmental problems and emphasizes the spatial nature of economic activity and pol... -
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The Emergence and Growth of Biotechnology
Rohini Acharya
This innovative book examines the development and evolution of biotechnology in industrialised and developing countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Valuing Recreation and the Environment
Edited by Joseph A. Herriges, Catherine L. Kling
This impressive volume analyzes revealed preference approaches to modelling the demand for recreational resources. It presents one of the most thorough treatments of methods that rely on observed behavior to estimate the value of environ... -
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Pollution for Sale
Edited by Steve Sorrell, Jim Skea
Emissions trading has become a central feature of global efforts to control climate change. Its inclusion in the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change represents a victory for advocates of market-based instruments...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A guide to policies for energy conservation
Edited by Frank J. Convery
This important new book is a practical guide to the design of policies for effective energy conservation. Drawing on a wide range of European experiences, it analyses and evaluates the weaknesses of current conservation policies. The a... -
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Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Development
Clem Tisdell
This important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on biological diversity and examines possible policies for reso... -
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Green Taxes
Edited by Runar Brännlund, Ing-Marie Gren
The prospect of simultaneously achieving a ‘greener’ environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological ...