Bøker i Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics-serien

Deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialized countries present diverse but critical concerns. This book is suitable for those students of environmental economics and environmental sciences, as well as policy makers, and waste utility managers.

Rising US income and wealth in the years have fueled an increase in consumption demand for environmental amenities. Many observers and researchers have argued that this at least in part underlies differentials in economic growth across regions. This collection of key articles addresses the issues and more.

There is growing evidence that even if modest control policies are adopted, increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere will lead to global warming over the next century and beyond. This book discusses important scientific and policy relevant information about climate change and global forests.

The controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops in industrialized countries is paralleled by a loud debate over their potential role in developing countries. This book offers an examination of the performance of the technology in the broader context of the agricultural institutions that govern its generation.

Features developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development. Topics covered in this title include the economic modelling of agrobiodiversity, policy and governance solutions for the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, contracts, markets and valuation.

Presents a review of the use of non-market valuation economic methods in the design and implementation of EU water policies. This book focuses on policy appraisal through social cost-benefit analysis and the choice/estimation of the socially efficient discount rate to be used in such analysis. It is suitable for water resources managers.

Presenting a compendium of methodologies for evaluating the economic impact of technological innovation upon climate-change policy, this book describes mathematical models and their predictions. It presents models that contain structural uncertainty.

Analyzes the oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This book focuses on the territories of the Arctic rim where the oil and gas activities in the Arctic are located.

Unites sixty-three researchers in the area of experimental environmental economics and their explorations in its behavioural underpinnings, with the critical advantage of appealing to experimental and non experimental economists.

How can we value the environment? This book presents a debate on this issue. It also contains the analyses by such figures as Nick Hanley and Jonathan Aldred which ensure that future economic growth is not achieved at the expense of our environment.

Evaluating various approaches to environmental sustainability, this title critically reviews empirical studies of environmental degradation, and economic development. It is suitable for those concerned with environmental economics and political economy.