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Carbon sinks and climate change : forests in the fight against global warming
Hunt, Colin - 2009
"Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850957
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Regional economies as knowledge laboratories
Piccaluga, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2004
economic systems -- 7. High-tech industry clustering rationales : the case of German biotechnology -- 8. Industry-science …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850693
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The evolution of scientific knowledge
Jensen, Hans Siggaard (ed.); Richter, Lykke Margot (ed.);  … - 2003
The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge aims to reach a unique understanding of science with the help of economic and … type of work on social studies of science that have, in recent decades, transformed our picture of science and technology …. Science - and more broadly research - is a field where economics and sociology meet in an attempt to understand how complex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474133
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International climate policy to combat global warming : an analysis of the ancillary benefits of reducing carbon emissions
Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2002
science …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474163
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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (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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Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future
Gerlagh, Reyer (contributor); Schleicher, Stefan (contributor) - 2009
This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851646
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Twenty-first century macroeconomics : responding to the climate challenge
Harris, Jonathan M. (ed.); Goodwin, Neva R. (ed.) - 2009
development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474043
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The economics of climate change policy : international, national and regional mitigation strategies
Rose, Adam - 2009
This important collection embodies the author's pioneering and on-going efforts to incorporate equity and efficiency principles into the economics of climate change policy. It represents a valuable compendium of work, both previously published and original, the range of which is not otherwise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474060
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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Applied evolutionary economics and economic geography
Frenken, Koen (contributor) - European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics … - 2007
Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to further advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, with a special emphasis on geography and firm location. It does so by bringing together a select group of leading scholars including economists, geographers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420052