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During the past twenty years there has been an explosive growth in research into environmental issues from a social science perspective. Ecological economics, in particular, has emerged as a true transdiscipline which seeks to conceptualise environmental concerns, thus allowing for the...
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, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological … case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry …
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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 energy problems facing China in the 21st century …
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well as paying specific attention to the control of carbon dioxide emissions in China. The book begins with a general …-existing distortions. An empirical evaluation of China's environmental policies is also included. The latter brings the discussion into the … area of global warming policies with the focus on the implications to China. A dynamic general equilibrium model, G …
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. Financial reform in Canada : past, present and future -- 4. Financial system reform in China -- 5. Financial reform in Germany …
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impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the …
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1. Introduction -- 2. Evolutionary economics -- 3. Environmental policy and transition management from an evolutionary perspective -- 4. Evolutionary policy for energy innovations -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Summary and conclusions.
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1. The role of biology and ecological engineering in watershed and river restoration -- 2. Codification, case studies, and methods for economic analysis of river systems -- 3. Estimating willingness to pay for additional protection of Ohio surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality...
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The Handbook on Contingent Valuation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change. It examines econometric issues, conceptual underpinnings, implementation issues as well as alternatives to contingent valuation. Anna Alberini and James Kahn...
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1. Currents of environmentalism -- 2. Ecological economics : "taking nature into account" -- 3. Indices of (un) sustainability, and neo-Malthusianism -- 4. Political ecology : the study of ecological distribution conflicts -- 5. Mangroves versus shrimps -- 6. The environmentalism of the poor :...
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