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Sustainable management of water resources : an integrated approach
Giupponi, Carlo (contributor) - 2006
Experts across a wide range of specialist fields including social sciences, informatics, ecology and hydrology are brought together in this truly multidisciplinary approach to water management. They provide the reader with integrated insights into water resource management practices that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852117
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Sustainable development indicators in ecological economics
Lawn, Philip A. (contributor) - 2006
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850668
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Valuing the environment in developing countries : case studies
Pearce, Corin (contributor); Palmer, Charles (contributor);  … - 2002
In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into policy-relevant issues regarding conservation and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851465
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The evolution of water resource planning and decision making
Russell, Clifford S. (contributor);  … - 2009
This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. The historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, but the book concentrates on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852021
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The economics of environment and development : selected essays
Barbier, Edward - 1998
studies from Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia, the underlying causes of these problems are examined and innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473965
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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes B. (contributor);  … - 2009
This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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Ecological economics of the oceans and coasts
Patterson, M. G. (ed.); Glavovic, Bruce Christopher (ed.) - 2008
This timely book offers a fresh view on how oceans and coasts are, and should be, managed. The urgency of this issue is increasingly being recognized, as critical limits to the economic exploitation of our oceans and coasts are reached. The authors argue that ecological economics is in a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473997
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Greening the accounts
Simon, Sandrine (ed.); Proops, John L. R. (ed.) - 2000
studies of green national accounting in Europe, Africa and Canada, the UK experience in establishing green accounts and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473833
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Understanding green finance : a critical assessment and alternative perspectives
Jäger, Johannes (ed.); Dziwok, Ewa (ed.) - 2024 - First edition
"Exploring how green finance has become a key strategy for the financial industry in the wake of the 2007-08 financial crisis, this timely book critically assesses the current dominant forms of neoliberal green finance. Understanding Green Finance delivers a pioneering analysis of the topic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466845
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Food security in Africa : market and trade policy for staple foods in Eastern and southern Africa
Sarris, Alexander (ed.); Morrison, J. A. (ed.) - 2010
and Southern Africa / Edward F. Buffie -- 3. Smallholder market participation : concepts and evidence from Eastern and … Southern Africa / Christopher B. Barrett -- 4. Governance and surplus distribution in commodity value chains in Africa / Johan … crossroads : challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa / T.S. Jayne, Antony Chapoto and Jones Govereh -- 7. Unofficial cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852079