Environmental Economics

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by ins...

1.1 IntroductionAgriculture provides a means of livelihood to a very large proportion of India''s population. Agricultural prosperity is a pre-requ...

Personal carbon trading is rapidly moving up the political agenda as recognition grows of its potential to address urgent issues of climate change ...

This publication explores the funding of project-based carbon reduction projects in the UK by: surveying potential sources of supply and demand for...

By examining the real thing ingredient by ingredient, this brilliant history shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free publi...

Lessons from the Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery examines global cases of environmental sustainability and econom...

The major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of ...

The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with li...

Along the Bering Strait, through the territories of the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, and the Yupik and Chukchi in Russia, Bathsheba Demuth explores...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential to ensure a sustainable society and healthy ecosystem over the coming decades. However, the systems to b...

In Environmental Law and Economics, Michael G. Faure and Roy A. Partain provide a detailed overview of the law-and-economics methodology developed ...

Transforming Urban Transport brings into focus the origins and implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations that have recentl...

Climate and energy policy needs to be durable and flexible to be successful, but these two concepts often seem to be in opposition. One venerable i...

After the perceived failure of global approaches to tackling climate change, enthusiasm for local climate initiatives has blossomed world-wide, sug...

Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals, arable land,...

When Deng Xiaoping introduced market reforms in the late 1970s, few would have imagined what the next four decades would bring. China's GDP has gro...

This eye-opening book reports the results of a large-scale study based on extensive financial and technical analyses of more than 150 green buildin...

Preface by Miriam Kennet Green Economics is now firmly a global movement for change in the third millennium. It is an entirely new and exciting di...