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A dictionary of environmental economics, science, and policy
Grafton, R. Quentin - 2001
This comprehensive Dictionary is an important reference tool for all those interested in environmental science and environmental studies. Written in a clear and accessible style, the dictionary includes over three thousand up-to-date entries, all accompanied by a detailed yet straightforward...
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The social embeddedness of industrial ecology
Boons, Frank (contributor);  … - 2009
Most work on industrial ecology continues to emphasize its roots in engineering and the technological sciences. This book differs in that it explores the social context of industrial ecology and presents empirical work addressing how cognitive, cultural, political and structural mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851454
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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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An autecological theory of the firm and its environment
Jones, Colin - 2017
Contents: Part I: An alternative theory of the firm -- 1. Why we need an alternative theory of the firm and its environment -- Part II: The firm and its environment -- 2. What is a firm? -- 3. What is an environment? -- 4. Modification and matching -- Part III: Explaining adaptation -- 5. The...
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Economic valuation of river systems
Hitzhusen, Fredrick J. (contributor) - 2007
surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality -- 4. The economics of high-head dam removal in an ecological context … Salmon River in Fort Covington, New York -- 6. Economic analysis of infrastructure and water quality improvements in the … Muskingum River Corridor -- 7. Economic analysis of water quality and recreational benefits of the Hocking River Valley -- 8 …
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Environmental thought
Page, Edward (ed.); Proops, John L. R. (ed.) - 2003
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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Economy and ecosystems in change : analytical and historical approaches
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den (ed.);  … - International Society for Ecological Economics <San … - 1997
Economy and Ecosystems in Change addresses ecological problems from an economic perspective, and provides policy suggestions for resource management and environmental sustainability based on integrated, multidisciplinary information, methods and applications. The book begins by introducing the...
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The evolution of markets for water : theory and practice in Australia
Bennett, Jeff (contributor) - 2005
This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on … rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government …1. Markets and government--an evolving balance -- 2. Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets -- 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850737
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Environmental accounting in action : case studies from southern Africa
Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2003
water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole, the case studies … : management of a recovering fishery -- 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity -- 6. Managing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851938
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Institutions, transaction costs, and environmental policy : institutional reform for water resources
Challen, Ray - 2000
analysis of these structures with illustrative application to the allocation of water resources. Ray Challen introduces and … developments in institutional theory are illustrated by using a case study of institutional change in the regulation of water use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473893