Environmental Economics

An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle. For example, all economic ...

For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-bei...

This book blends theory and practice to support courses in corporate social responsibility (CSR), business and society, and environmental managemen...

A water crisis on our immediate horizon is destined to hurt, even kill, millions of children, and the window of opportunity to do something about i...

This title was first published in 2000. Using the latest surveys and original data, this volume contrasts energy and environmental policies in West...

This title was first published in 2002. This convenient reference brings together notable contributions examining all aspects of the liability for ...

This title was first published in 2003. The 'Economics of Forestry' is a specialized subset of resource economics addressing a specific natural res...

On a global scale, sewage represents the main point-source of water pollution and is also the predominant source of nitrogen contamination in urban...

This book provides insight into the development of effective climate policy instrumentation in two divergent and mutually exclusive directions.Exam...

This unique collection of essays examines the environmental problems facing contemporary Nigeria. The relationship between environmental degradatio...

In recent years the concept of the resource nexus has been both hotly debated and widely adopted in research and policy circles. It is a powerful n...

This title was first published in 2000. Using the latest surveys and original data, this volume contrasts energy and environmental policies in West...

Addressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge ...

Around the world the focus is on the relationship between ethics and governance codes and how widely this should be interpreted. Sustainability ha...

Using case studies, the authors evaluate the potential attractiveness of incentive-based policies for the regulation of four specific toxic substan...

Circular Economy in the Construction Industry is an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, implementers and PhD and Masters-level stude...

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive...

This title was first published in 2003. Economists have had increasing success in arguing the merits of market-based approaches to environmental pr...

Eco-labelling programmes have been in existence for many years but their recent growth now extends to many products and services. The academic lite...

There has been a recent explosion of research incorporating a spatial dimension in environmental and natural resource economics, where the spatial ...

Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation. They link together food, energy and natural resources sectors, and involv...

Soy in South America constitutes one of the most spectacular booms of agro-industrial commodity production in the world. It is the pinnacle of mode...

Rigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex material, Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach provides practic...

Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and i...