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Environmental taxation in China and Asia-Pacific : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy

Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011

Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific contains an integrated set of detailed chapters providing insights and analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax policy in China, environmental fiscal reform,...

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Road congestion pricing in Europe : implications for the United States

Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (contributor); … - 2008

In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications...

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The impact of climate change on regional systems : a comprehensive analysis of California

Smith, Joel B. (contributor); … - 2006

Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and...

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Recent developments in trade and the environment

Copeland, Brian R. - 2014

technology transfer? Is the abatement achieved by unilateral pollution control offset by increased pollution elsewhere? The … competitiveness, evidence on the pollution haven hypothesis, effects of trade on the sustainability of renewable resources … (2009), 'Agglomeration Effects in Foreign Direct Investment and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis', Environmental and Resource …

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Innovation in environmental policy : economic and legal aspects of recent developments in environmental enforcement and liability

Tietenberg, Thomas H. (ed.) - 1992

This important new book is an indispensable guide to the development and implementation of environmental policy. It presents authoritative analyses and state-of-the-art summaries which will be essential both to scholars and practitioners trying to keep abreast of the most recent developments in...

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Global environmental change and agriculture : assessing the impacts

Frisvold, George B. (ed.); Kuhn, Betsey (ed.) - 1999

Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for climatic change as we move into the twenty-first century. It assesses the impact of potential future global climate change on agriculture and the need to...

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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies

Miguel, Carlos de (ed.); Labandeira Villot, Xavier (ed.); … - Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics - 2006

Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...

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Global environmental change in alpine regions : recognition, impact, adaptation and mitigation

Steininger, Karl W. (ed.); Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore (ed.) - 2002

Mountain regions represent about one fourth of the earth's surface area and provide a significant share of goods and services to humanity. In this book, the authors demonstrate how alpine environments throughout the world are particularly vulnerable to global environmental change. Alpine...

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Sustainable development indicators in ecological economics

Lawn, Philip A. (contributor) - 2006

Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...

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Sustainable forest management and global climate change : selected case studies from the Americas

Dore, M. H. I. (contributor); Guevara, Rubén (contributor) - 2000

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world...

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