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Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment
Geneletti, Davide (contributor) - 2016
Chapter 1. Introduction / Davide Geneletti -- Part 1 Mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact … the impacts of transportation infrastructures on ecosystem services / Léa Tardieu -- 7. Addressing biodiversity and … -- Part II Applications in different sectors -- 8. Impacts of urban development on biodiversity and ecosystem services / Berit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419873
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Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable development : principles and practices with Asian examples
Tisdell, Clement Allan - 1999
economics in planning sustainable development * the importance of biodiversity conservation for sustainable development and for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473841
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Ecological economics of the oceans and coasts
Patterson, M. G. (ed.); Glavovic, Bruce Christopher (ed.) - 2008
This timely book offers a fresh view on how oceans and coasts are, and should be, managed. The urgency of this issue is increasingly being recognized, as critical limits to the economic exploitation of our oceans and coasts are reached. The authors argue that ecological economics is in a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473997
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The economics of biological invasions
Perrings, Charles (contributor);  … - 2000
The growth of international trade and travel means that more species are being introduced to more places than ever before. This book represents the first concerted effort to understand the economic causes and consequences of biological invasions. The volume discusses the theoretical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851531
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Recent advances in environmental economics
List, John A. (contributor); Zeeuw, Aart de (contributor) - 2002
1. A reconsideration of environmental federalism / Wallace E. Oates -- 2. Global environmental governance, political lobbying and transboundary pollution / Surjinder Johal and Alistair Ulph -- 3. Endogenous transfrontier pollution / Michael Rauscher -- 4. Allocating greenhouse gas emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420072
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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Environmental valuation, economic policy, and sustainability : recent advances in environmental economics
Acutt, Melinda (ed.); Mason, Pamela (ed.) - 1998
This book brings together some of the most important recent developments in the various aspects of environmental economics as well as providing an introduction to its theory and practice. Environmental valuation techniques, including exciting new approaches such as production function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473839
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Environmental regulation and market power : competition time consistency and international trade
Petrakis, Emmanuel (ed.);  … - 1999
Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. Careful design of these policies in second-best environments is a very important factor for their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473851
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The choice modelling approach to environmental valuation
Bennett, Jeff (ed.); Blamey, Russell (ed.) - 2001
Choice Modelling is a technique that has recently emerged as a means of estimating the demand for environmental goods and the benefits and costs associated with them. The aims of the book are fourfold: * to introduce the technique in the environmental context * to demonstrate its use in a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473861
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Does environmental policy work? : the theory and practice of outcomes assessment
Ervin, David E. (ed.); Kahn, James R. (ed.);  … - 2003
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, a growing struggle has arisen between those who would like to repeal existing environmental policy and those who would like to see greater environmental protection. On both sides, however, many of the arguments remain grounded in ideology. This book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473889