Similar Search Results

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851034

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 condition the emergence and operation of industrial ecology. The …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851454

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

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419932

Economic valuation of river systems

Hitzhusen, Fredrick J. (contributor) - 2007

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420037

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473870

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473967