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Explorations in environmental and natural resource economics : essays in honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr

Layton, David, F. (contributor); … - 2006

Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field

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Valuing complex natural resource systems : the case of the Lagoon of Venice

Alberini, Anna (contributor); … - 2006

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice-- a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational...

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A research agenda for management and organization studies

Czarniawska-Joerges, Barbara (contributor) - 2016

Introduction -- 1. History of management - what is the future for research on the past? / Marie Laure Djelic -- 2. In search of what accounting is not: speculations on the future of valuing, transparency and a new aesth-etics for governing capitalism and democracy / Paolo Quattrone -- 3. From...

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Cooperative networks : control and optimization

Grundel, Don (ed.); Murphey, Robert (ed.); … - 2008

Cooperative networks have gained a tremendous amount of attention over the last several years because of their existence not only in biological, social and economic arenas, but because of direct applications in many more areas such as communications, robotics and military sciences. This volume...

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Darwinism and evolutionary economics

Laurent, John (contributor); Nightingale, John (contributor) - 2001

Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics brings together contributions from eminent authors who, building on Darwin's own insights and on developments in evolutionary theory, offer challenging views on how economics can use evolutionary ideas effectively

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Economics in the shadows of Darwin and Marx : essays on institutional and evolutionary themes

Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin - 2006

Introduction -- Marxism, Darwinism, institutionalism -- Darwin and Marx at the crossroads -- Social Darwinism in anglophone academic journals -- Institutionalism versus Marxism : a debate with Alex Callinicos -- Three essays on critical realism -- The uncritical political affinities of critical...

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Economics, entropy, and the environment : the extraordinary economics of Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen

Beard, Thomas Randolph; Lozada, Gabriel A. - 1999

This extraordinary book provides a critical review of the work of Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen in conventional economics, environmental economics and methodology. Particular attention is paid to the role of thermodynamics in Georgesçu-Roegen's economics

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Bioeconomics and sustainability : essays in honor of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas (honouree); Mayumi, Kozo (ed.); … - 1999

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was described by Paul Samuelson as 'an economist's economist'. This book honors him by discussing his theories on a wide range of issues but particularly on environmental and energy economics. It is a dynamic tribute which extends his work to address the problems the...

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Shrimp farming and mangrove loss in Thailand

Suthawan Sathirathai (contributor); … - 2004

Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the expansion of shrimp farms

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Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries : examples of small pelagic stocks

Barange, Manuel (contributor); … - 2006

To date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The …1. Global warming, small pelagic fisheries and risk / Ragnar Arnason -- 2. The collapse of the Norwegian herring … fisheries in the 1960s and 1970s : crisis, adaptation and recovery / Torbjørn Lorentzen and Rögnvaldur Hannesson -- 3. Sharing …

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