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Integrated assessment and management of public resources
Perali, Federico (contributor);  … - 2006
This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851570
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Nature and agriculture in the European union : new perspectives on policies that shape the European countryside
Brouwer, Floor (contributor);  … - 2002
Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851146
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Implementing European environmental policy : the impacts of directives in the member states
Glachant, Matthieu (ed.) - 2001
how EU directives are realised in the member states. The authors explore this issue through a comparative evaluation of … the implementation of three pieces of EU environmental legislation in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474125
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Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable development : principles and practices with Asian examples
Tisdell, Clement Allan - 1999
This important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on biological diversity and examines possible policies for resolving conflicts which arise from the contrasting goals of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473841
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Environmental co-operation and institutional change : theories and policies for European agriculture
Hagedorn, Konrad (ed.) - 2002
. Centralised decision making at the EU level has characterised recent agricultural policy and the authors argue that centralised … relevant to policymakers within EU nations, as well as policymakers within the countries of Eastern and Central Europe who will … be amongst the first to be admitted to the EU in the next wave of expansion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474109
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Sustainable development in Europe : concepts, evaluation and applications
Schubert, Uwe (contributor); Störmer, Eckhard (contributor) - 2007
Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420056
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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor);  … - 2009
This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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Towards sustainable development in industry? : reports from seven developing and transition economies
Hesp, Paul (contributor); Luken, Ralph Andrew (contributor) - 2003
Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850997
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Chinese economic development and the environment
Managi, Shunsuke - 2009
Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides an economic analysis of the significant environmental and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851179
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Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future
Gerlagh, Reyer (contributor); Schleicher, Stefan (contributor) - 2009
This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851646