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Applied Research in Environmental Economics
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ISBN: 1280312750 9786610312757 3790816450 379081587X Year: 2005 Publisher: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica,

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Sustainable development, climate policy, and biodiversity conservation are examples of issues on the current political agenda in many countries. These themes are also subject to economic research, and economic insights are increasingly finding their way into the design of environmental policy. Still, the reception of academic findings by policy makers as well as the timely identification of policy-relevant questions by economic researchers often seem to be problematic. This volume attempts to vitalise the exchange between policy makers and academics. It offers a snapshot of environmental economic research on a range of policy-relevant problems. Academic contributions are complemented by views of policy makers on priority fields in environmental policy, the usefulness of academic research for decision making, and requirements to applied research in the future.


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Economics of the Environment : Theory and Policy
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ISBN: 3540737073 3540737065 364209287X 9783540737063 Year: 2008 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem. The entire spectrum of the allocation issue is studied: the use of the environment in a static context, international and trade aspects of environmental allocation, regional dimensions, global environmental media, environmental use over time and under uncertainty. The book incorporates a variety of economic approaches, including neoclassical analysis, the public-goods approach, benefit-cost analysis, property-rights ideas, economic policy and public-finance reasoning, international trade theory, regional science, optimization theory, and risk analysis. The different aspectsof environmental allocation are studied in the context of a single model that is used through the book.

Sustainable fossil fuels : the unusual suspect in the quest for clean and enduring energy
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ISBN: 0521679796 0521861799 9780521679794 9780521861793 9780511754104 9780511324154 0511146566 0511145179 9780511145179 0511146086 9780511146084 9780511146565 0511147104 9780511147104 9780511146527 0511146523 9786610347117 6610347115 0511754108 1107156564 9781107156562 1280347112 9781280347115 0511324154 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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More and more people believe we must quickly wean ourselves from fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal - to save the planet from environmental catastrophe, wars and economic collapse. In this 2006 book, Professor Jaccard argues that this view is misguided. We have the technological capability to use fossil fuels without emitting climate-threatening greenhouse gases or other pollutants. The transition from conventional oil and gas to their unconventional sources including coal for producing electricity, hydrogen and cleaner-burning fuels will decrease energy dependence on politically unstable regions. In addition, our vast fossil fuel resources will be the cheapest source of clean energy for the next century and perhaps longer, which is critical for the economic and social development of the world's poorer countries. By buying time for increasing energy efficiency, developing renewable energy technologies and making nuclear power more attractive, fossil fuels will play a key role in humanity's quest for a sustainable energy system.

World resources 2000-2001 : people and ecosystems, the fraying web of life
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ISBN: 1569734437 9781569734438 0080437818 9780080437811 0080543863 1282285041 9786612285042 Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, DC : World Resources Institute,

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World Resources 2000-2001, People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life focuses on the critical link between ecosystems and people and provides an overview of current global environmental and economic trends using hundreds of indicators in more than 150 countries. Until now there has not been a comprehensive, formalised process to assess human damage to our ecosystems, to establish a baseline for future actions, or to disseminate information that would aid the formulation of better policies world-wide. This book is the first reliable, comprehensive base of evidence fo


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Endangered economies
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ISBN: 0231180845 023154328X 9780231543286 9780231180849 Year: 2017 Publisher: New York

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In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the threat of climate change, the accelerating loss of ecosystems, and the rapid industrialization of the developing world. Reflecting on a lifetime of experience not only as a leading voice in the field, but as a green entrepreneur, activist, and advisor to governments and global organizations, Heal clearly and passionately demonstrates that the only way to achieve long-term economic growth is to protect our environment. Writing both to those conversant in economics and to those encountering these ideas for the first time, Heal begins with familiar concepts, like the tragedy of the commons and unregulated pollution, to demonstrate the underlying tensions that have compromised our planet, damaging and in many cases devastating our natural world. Such destruction has dire consequences not only for us and the environment but also for businesses, which often vastly underestimate their reliance on unpriced natural benefits like pollination, the water cycle, marine and forest ecosystems, and more. After painting a stark and unsettling picture of our current quandary, Heal outlines simple solutions that have already proven effective in conserving nature and boosting economic growth. In order to ensure a prosperous future for humanity, we must understand how environment and economy interact and how they can work in harmony-lest we permanently harm both.


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Ongediertebeheersing.
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ISBN: 9789048617708 Year: 2013 Publisher: Brugge Die Keure

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Ongedierte hoort niet thuis in de voedingsindustrie. Omwille van de risico's verbonden aan hun aanwezigheid zijn voedingsbedrijven genoodzaakt ongedierte aan te pakken. Niet alleen door de wetgever, maar ook vanuit de retail worden zij hier op hun verantwoordelijkheden gewezen. De aanpak van ongedierte behoort al jaren tot het basisvoorwaardenprogramma en dus het HACCP-systeem van vele voedingsbedrijven. Toch lijkt het erop dat vele voedingsbedrijven een extra inspanning zullen moeten leveren om effectief over geïntegreerde ongediertebeheersing te kunnen spreken. Daarom wordt in dit boek een strategie meegegeven die focust op preventieve maatregelen, waarbij het gaat over beheersing van ongedierte in plaats van enkel bestrijding. Deze praktische leidraad stelt elk voedingsbedrijf in staat een ruimere aanpak te hanteren en het heft in eigen handen te nemen.

Targeting development : critical perspectives on the millennium development goals
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ISBN: 0415303761 0203355733 1280045655 0415394651 0203403231 0429230966 1134410808 9780203403235 9780415303767 9781134410804 9781134410750 1134410751 9781134410798 1134410794 9780415394659 9781280045653 9780429230967 Year: 2004 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

Global environmental outlook 2000 : GEO-2000 : UNEP's millennium report on the environment
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ISSN: 13668080 ISBN: 1853835889 1853835870 9781853835889 9781853835872 Year: 1999 Publisher: London: Earthscan,

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The UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) project was initiated in response to the environmental reporting requirements of Agenda 21 and to a UNEP Governing Council decision of May 1995 which requested the production of a comprehensive global state of the environment report.


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Trade, globalization and sustainability impact assessment : a critical look at methods and outcomes
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ISBN: 1136551115 1136551123 1282170805 1441617345 9786612170805 6000015712 1849773424 9781849773423 9781844076611 184407661X 9781136551123 9781136551079 1136551077 9781136551116 9781138993723 1138993727 Year: 2009 Publisher: London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan,

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Trade liberalization, as promoted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), has become one of the dominant drivers and most controversial aspects of globalization. Trade sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) were introduced as a means of generating better understanding especially of the social and environmental impacts of trade liberalisation, and of making those impacts more consistent with sustainable development. This book takes a hard look at the experience of Trade SIAs to date, and the extent to which they have achieved their objectives and improved the outcomes of trade negotiations. It

Consumers, policy and the environment : a tribute to Folke Olander.
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ISBN: 1280234156 9786610234158 0387250042 0387250034 1461498074 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York Springer

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The role of the consumer has changed from seeking the most satisfaction from goods and services to reconciling consumption with active citizenship, which links consumption to modern social issues such as environmental protection, sound business ethics, and fair working conditions. Understanding consumers -- the way they buy products, the way they relate to questions of environmental importance, and the way they participate in public policy formulation processes –is of vital importance to modern society. In this book, eminent researchers examine contemporary issues related to the field of consumers, policy, and the environment.

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