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Economy & Ecology: Towards Sustainable Development
Av F. Archibugi, Peter Nijkamp
Inbunden, 1989
2237 kr
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After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development on 'Our Common Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst for a revival of the environmental …
Environmental Protection
Public or Private Choice
Av Dirk Jan Kraan, Roeland Jaap In't Veld
Inbunden, 1991
1234 kr
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1. Environmental policy making: an introduction.- A. Decision-Making.- 2. A spatial theoretic approach to environmental politics.- 3. Green legislative politics.- 4. Regulation or taxation.- 5. Decision making about the environment; the role of information.- B. Case-Studies.- 6. Transport policies …
National Income and Nature
Externalities, Growth and Steady State
Av J. J. Krabbe, W. J. M. Heijman
Inbunden, 1991
1234 kr
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The aim of this book is to provide an insight into the ways economists analyze the problems of environmental pollution and the depletion of natural resources. To this purpose, selected papers are presented. Part 1 is devoted to environmental externalities. Attention is focused on character, …
Environment and Development: An Economic Approach
Av Jan Bojö, Karl-Göran Mäler m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1122 kr
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This book is the second edition of a text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Authority (SID A). The financial grant from SIDA which made the work possible is hereby gratefully acknowledged. There are already many books on the market about environmental …
Economic Policies for Sustainable Development
Inbunden, 1994
1680 kr
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This book describes the state-of-the-art when it comes to the use of economic instruments in policy making throughout the world. These new and innovative instruments, such as green taxes and tradeable permits, can cut the costs of environmental programmes considerably and thereby increase the …
Environmental Toxicology, Economics and Institutions
The Atrazine Case Study
Av L. Bergman, D.M. Pugh
Inbunden, 1994
1122 kr
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This work stems from the activities carried out under the European Science Foundation's Environmental Toxicology Programme and its daughter programme, Environmental Damage and its Assessment. The work served also as a pilot study for the ESF Scientific programme on Environment, Science and Society …
Economic Instruments for Air Pollution Control
Av Ger Klaassen, Finn R. Forsund
Inbunden, 1994
1192 kr
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Economic theory and empirical models suggest that economic instruments should help us to meet environmental goals at lower cost. Practical experience, however, shows that the cost savings of emission trading are smaller than expected and charges usually have had small incentive impacts. This book …
Environmental Options: Accounting for Sustainability
Av K. Uno
Inbunden, 1995
2237 kr
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In this study, the author constructs a statistical framework for studying the environment and technology, the economy and society, and performs a series of analyses of the impact of human activities on the environment. The topics analyzed include: energy consumption; resource use; water and air …
Environmental Accounting in Theory and Practice
Inbunden, 1998
1680 kr
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Policy failures in environment and development have been blamed on frag mented and eclectic policies and strategies. The 1992 United Nations Con ference on Environment and Development, the 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro, called therefore for an integrated approach in planning and policy making …
Meta-Analysis in Environmental Economics
Av J.C. van den Bergh, Kenneth J. Button m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1122 kr
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Meta-analysis is a formal synthesis of results and findings of scientific studies, which can assist in gaining new insights, explaining differences between results of similar studies, or determine useful directions of research. In this volume the focus is upon the use of meta-analysis in …
Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities and Strategies
Av Sylvie Faucheux, Martin O'Connor m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1680 kr
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The text contains 17 chapters, written by analysts coming from many continents, which portray late 1990s state-of-the-art in ecological economics thinking on sustainable development. The selection of methodological contributions, illustrated by empirical observations, highlights how a new …
Growth versus the Environment: Is there a Trade-off?
Av Per Kågeson
Inbunden, 1998
1680 kr
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Economic growth and the environment is a complex and much debated issue. Per Kageson's book has a broad approach to this subject as he relates the analysis of present-day problems and trends (1960-2010) to clearly defined long-term objectives based on the concept of sustainable development. The …
Theory and Implementation of Economic Models for Sustainable Development
Av J.C. van den Bergh, M.W. Hofkes
Inbunden, 1998
1680 kr
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From a modelling perspective, the problem of growth, trade and sustainability requires some kind of integration of theories and models on international trade, location theory, international policy coordination, economic growth and development, and resource and ecological processes.
Freer Trade, Sustainability, and the Primary Production Sector in the Southern EU: Unraveling the Evidence from Greece
Av J. Lekakis
Inbunden, 1998
1090 kr
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This text addresses conceptual, methodological, and policy aspects of agriculture, fisheries and forests, from a "trade and environment" perspective in a Southern European context. It contains contributions by experienced professors and researchers, which provide an in depth analysis of the likely …
Topics in Environmental Economics
Av M. Boman, Runar Brännlund m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1122 kr
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This book shows, we believe, the breadth and the complexity of issues that econo mists now tackle in their analysis of the connections between the ecosystem and the economic system. The book offers contributions to such disparate issues as the value of preserving the wolf in Sweden and the proper …
Economic Growth and the Environment
An Empirical Analysis
Inbunden, 2000
1122 kr
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Is economic growth good for the environment? A number of economists have claimed that economic growth can benefit the environment, recruiting political support and finance for environmental policy measures. This view has received increasing support since the early 1990s from empirical evidence that …
Import Tariffs as Environmental Policy Instruments
Av C. Kraus
Inbunden, 2000
1122 kr
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The theoretical claims for eco-tariffs are rigorously analyzed within a unified framework formed of an international trade model enriched with both a domestic and a global externality. During the course of the analysis the model is modified to analyze an array of contexts for which eco-tariffs have …
Economy—Energy—Environment Simulation
Beyond the Kyoto Protocol
Av K. Uno
Inbunden, 2002
1671 kr
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In the policy arena, as well as in the academic world, a new challenge is having to deal with the global community. We are increasingly aware that the world is linked through economy–energy–environment interactions. We are increasingly aware, at the same time, that the emergence of the global …
Trade and the Environment in General Equilibrium: Evidence from Developing Economies
Av John Beghin, David Roland-Holst m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1116 kr
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This work takes a considerable step towards a better-informed debate between free-trader and environmentalist interests brought on in international trade negotiations. It presents results of an empirical investigation of the interaction between growth, international trade, and the environment in …
Economics of Managing Biotechnologies
Av T.M. Swanson
Inbunden, 2002
1084 kr
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The advent of new biotechnologies implies significant changes in the world, both biologically and industrially. Biologically, these new technologies represent changes on a scale never before witnessed in the context of evolutionary systems. How these systems will respond to these changes is …
Current Issues in the Economics of Water Resource Management
Theory, Applications and Policies
Av P. Pashardes, T.M. Swanson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1084 kr
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The marginal price elasticities estimated by Martinez-Espineira conforms to expectation. The price specification that accounts for the changing proportion of water users in each block yields a higher elasticity (-0. 47) compared to the spec ification ignoring this feature of the data. However, …
Economics of Sustainable Energy in Agriculture
Av Ekko C. van Ierland, A.G. Oude Lansink
Inbunden, 2002
1084 kr
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This work contains up-to-date studies on the economics of sustainable energy in agriculture. The studies focus on energy efficiency improvement and the use of biomass. Specific attention is paid to the economic aspects of land use and the competition for land, both for food production and dedicated …
Environmental Economics and the International Economy
Av Laura Marsiliani, Michael Rauscher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1116 kr
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This collection of 13 papers addresses current issues in international environmental economics in 2002. The papers: analyse the relationship between trade liberalization and environmental policy; analyse the impact of trade liberalization on environmental quality; investigate problems of commitment …
Environmental Policy in an International Perspective
Av Laura Marsiliani, Michael Rauscher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1671 kr
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This volume inc1udes a selection of papers presented at the second European Research Conference (EURESCO) on "The International Dimension of Environmental Policy" held in Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, in October 2001. We thank those who made this conference possible: the European Science …
Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development
Inbunden, 2003
562 kr
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Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development provides a step-by-step guide in designing, developing, and solving non-linear environment-development models. It accomplishes this by focusing on applied models, using real examples as case studies. Additionally, it gives …
Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development
Häftad, 2003
562 kr
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Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development provides a step-by-step guide in designing, developing, and solving non-linear environment-development models. It accomplishes this by focusing on applied models, using real examples as case studies. Additionally, it gives …
Bioeconomic Modelling and Valuation of Exploited Marine Ecosystems
Av J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, J. Hoekstra m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1084 kr
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Economic dimensions have been somewhat neglected in research on nature policy and management of marine ecosystem exploitation. The current book aims to ?ll this gap. It examines the mismatches of natural, socio-economic, and regulatory processes and regimes in time and space. This involves dealing …
Economy & Ecology: Towards Sustainable Development
Av F. Archibugi, Peter Nijkamp
Häftad, 2011
2161 kr
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After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development on 'Our Common Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst for a revival of the environmental …
Environment and Development: An Economic Approach
Av Jan Bojö, Karl-Göran Mäler m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1116 kr
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This book is the second, revised, edition of a text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The main purposes of this book are: to discuss the causes of environmental degradation from an economic perspective; to provide a conceptual framework for the …
