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16 produkter
Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Av Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
750 kr
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Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for …
Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment
The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making
Av Timothy M. Swanson, Marco Vighi
Häftad, 2008
667 kr
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The environment has become exposed to a range of damaging contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Regulation of and legislation against offending parties has frequently been hampered because of the difficulty of co-operation between disparate disciplines in the natural, social and political …
Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment
The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making
Av Timothy M. Swanson, Marco Vighi
Inbunden, 1998
1905 kr
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The environment has become exposed to a range of damaging contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Regulation of and legislation against offending parties has frequently been hampered because of the difficulty of co-operation between disparate disciplines in the natural, social and political …
The Economics and Ecology of Biodiversity Decline
The Forces Driving Global Change
Häftad, 1998
971 kr
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The cause of global change has been the subject of heated debate in the past few years, especially in relation to climate change and biodiversity decline. However, a systematic explanation for changes in the biosphere at global level has still to be found. In this volume, a wide range of viewpoints …
International Regulation of Extinction
Inbunden, 1994
1526 kr
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During the summer of 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro was hailed as a watershed moment in the ecology movement. Over 100 nations signed a new international treaty intended to conserve biological diversity. Yet, every day, species-many not even …
Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Av David W. Pearce, Timothy M. Swanson m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
813 kr
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Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for …
Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Av David W. Pearce, Timothy M. Swanson m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
813 kr
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Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for …
International Regulation of Extinction
E-bok, 2016
755 kr
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Swanson''s book provides a good framework for understanding the extinction process in deeper socio-economic terms, and for evaluating some of the suggestions that have been made to arrest the decline. I am sure it will be of great interest to environmental economists working in this area.'' - A. …
International Regulation of Extinction
Häftad, 1994
551 kr
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Swanson's book provides a good framework for understanding the extinction process in deeper socio-economic terms, and for evaluating some of the suggestions that have been made to arrest the decline. I am sure it will be of great interest to environmental economists working in this area.' - A. …
Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries
Problems, Principles and Policies
Av Anastasios Xepapadeas, Timothy M. Swanson m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
459 kr
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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 developed countries where the management of this valuable …
Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements
The Economics of International Institution Building
Av Timothy M. Swanson, Sam Johnston
Häftad, 2000
422 kr
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The ozone layer is threatened by chemical emissions, the climate is endangered from fossil fuels and deforestation, and global biodiversity is being lost by reason of thousands of years of habitat conversions. Global environmental problems arise out of the accumulated impacts from many years' and …
Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World
The Distributional Implications of Technological Change
Inbunden, 2002
2126 kr
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How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates these changes and provides an economic analysis of the industrial and distributional impacts of new biotechnologies, addressing in detail the significant consequences for developing …
Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries
Problems, Principles and Policies
Av Phoebe Koundouri, Panos Pashardes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2126 kr
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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 developed countries where the management of this valuable …
Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World
The Distributional Implications of Technological Change
E-bok, 2002
459 kr
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How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates these changes and provides an economic analysis of the industrial and distributional impacts of new biotechnologies, addressing in detail the significant consequences for developing …
Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Av Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2513 kr
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Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for …
Economics of Environmental Degradation
Tragedy for the Commons?
Inbunden, 1996
2017 kr
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The Economics of Environmental Degradation provides an institutional economics approach to analyse the underlying causes of continuing environmental degradation: poverty, population, poor policies and trade.After a critical, up-to-date survey of the most recent literature, the authors consider …
