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Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes : Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
Zilberman, David; Lipper, Leslie; Sakuyama, Takumi; … - 2009
In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521131
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Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science : Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano
Shibusawa, Hiroyuki (ed.); Sakurai, Katsuhiro (ed.);  … - 2017
Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses on the comprehensive evaluation of resources and research content for … Higano is the past president of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the current president of the Japan … Environment in East Asia: Case Study of the Sea of Japan -- Part II: Asia-Pacific perspectives -- 12 Spatial Impacts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398162
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An Evaluation of Japanese Environmental Regulations : Quantitative Approaches from Environmental Economics
Arimura, Toshi H. - 2015
1. Environmental Policy Evaluations in Japan: Concepts and Practice -- 2. Ex Ante Policy Evaluation of the Vehicle Type …Focusing on air pollution, energy efficiency and climate change, this book provides a unique introduction to Japan … the current status of RIAs in Japan, and it analyzes the NOx-PM Act, which prohibits the use of old and polluting vehicles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019744
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Environmental Heresies : The Quest for Reasonable
Hiedanpää, Juha - 2016
This book systematically deconstructs the pervasive and counter-productive discourse surrounding environmental policy. The authors argue that environmental policy problems are always framed such that conflict is inevitable-a particular project or policy must be accepted versus a specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397131
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Environmental and Natural Disaster Resilience of Indonesia
Miyata, Yuzuru; Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Permana, Indrawan; … - 2018
This study aims at analyzing the resilience of Indonesia from two aspects: one is was natural disaster and the other is environmental protection. Therefore the study comprises two parts. The first aims at analyzing Palangkaraya City in Central Kalimantan Province by constructing apartial and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397239
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Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region : A Perspective from Economics
Swain, Ranjula Bali (ed.) - 2017
This book explores environmental challenges in the Baltic region from an economic perspective. Featuring contributions by regional experts from Nordic, Baltic and Eastern European countries it addresses the response to eutrophication caused by increased nutrients in the sea from agriculture,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397451
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New Perspectives for Environmental Policies Through Behavioral Economics
Beckenbach, Frank (ed.); Kahlenborn, Walter (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book presents essential insights on environmental policy derived from behavioral economics. The authors demonstrate the potential of behavioral economics to drive environmental protection and to generate concrete proposals for the efficient design of policy instruments. Moreover, detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508326
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Environmental Economics : Theory and Policy in Equilibrium
Wiesmeth, Hans - 2012
This text provides an analysis and investigation of the most essential areas of environmental theory and policy, including international environmental problems. The approach is based on standard theoretical tools, in particular equilibrium analysis, and aims to demonstrate how economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015567
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The Dynamics of Environmental and Economic Systems : Innovation, Environmental Policy and Competitiveness
Costantini, Valeria - 2013
Introduction -- PART I Modelling Macroeconomic Scenarios: Energy Issues, Economic Performances and Environmental Policy -- Chapter 1 The GTAP-E: Model Description and Improvements -- Chapter 2 Carbon Leakage and Trade Adjustment Policies -- Chapter 3 Theoretical Approaches to Dynamic Efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016208
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Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics
Moser, Elke - 2014
Interactions between Economy and Climate: Climate Change and Technical Progress: Impact of Informational Constraints -- Environmental Policy in a Dynamic Model with Heterogeneous Agents and Voting -- Optimal Environmental Policy in the Presence of Multiple Equilibria and Reversible Hysteresis --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017636