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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 … the stability and sustainability of ecological systems * the impact of economic globalization and market systems on the …
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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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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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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Economic rights and environmental wrongs : property rights for the common good
Devlin, Rose Anne - 1998
The crisis of environmental degradation has createcharemd an immense volume of literature which focuses on controlling environmental problems. Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs goes one step further to extend and complement the current debates
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851479
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The world's wine markets : globalization at work
Anderson, Kym (contributor) - 2004
centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today--three-quarters of world wine production …, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans …pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. The old world -- pt. 3. The new world -- pt. 4. Other emerging markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850573
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Handbook on the globalization of the world economy
Levy-Livermore, Amnon (contributor) - 1998 - 1st ed
trade -- pt. 3. From centrally planned to market economy -- pt. 4. Internationalization and integration of markets -- pt. 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851314
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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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Public sector entrepreneurship : innovative pricing policies for U.S. national parks
Link, Albert N. - 2022
"This timely book argues that the overcrowding of national parks in the United States represents a social problem in need of public sector action and a policy solution, as no systematic means to address this problem has been implemented either nationally or on a park-by-park basis. Throughout...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013400347
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The contingent valuation of natural parks : assessing the warmglow propensity factor
Nunes, Paulo Augusto Lourenço Dias Nunes - 2002
The contingent valuation technique for measuring the economic value of environmental goods and services has become increasingly popular in recent years and has many advantages over other revealed or stated preference methods. It has been criticised, however, for being inconsistent with economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474101