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goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution … to the growing literature on the sustainability and policy aspects of trade liberalization, focusing on European … agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture …
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The Economics of Environment and Development is a carefully edited selection of Edward Barbier's most influential papers on the role of environmental economics in economic development. This book begins with a brief overview and summary of the papers, placing each in its original context and in...
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This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic...
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Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years...
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science of sustainability / Robert Goodland -- 3. Toward a sustainable and desirable future: a 35 year collaboration with … social and ecological cohesion. Guided by a clear moral vision that prioritizes sustainability and justice over profit, the …
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Basic concepts and ideas -- Limits to growth -- Economics in a full world -- The challenge of ecological economics : historical context and some specific issues -- Issues with the World Bank -- Sustainable development : definitions, principles, policies -- The illth of nations : comments on...
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Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable...
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pt. 1. An introduction to ecological economics, sustainable development and the steady-state economy -- pt. 2. Sustainable development and natural capital -- pt. 3. Sustainable development indicators -- pt. 4. Sustainable development : theoretical and policy issues -- pt. 5. Sustainable...
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1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...
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. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR … and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR : case study findings -- pt. 4. CSR and public policy …
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