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  • Physical Limits to Economic Growth

    Perspectives of Economic, Social, and Complexity Science

    Edited by Roberto Burlando, Angelo Tartaglia ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    The debate on the physical limits and constraints to the economic growth of globalized society is now widespread. This book explores the physical and economic aspects of the conflict between humans, with their thoughtless focus on growth through material production, and environmental constraints.In the context of the looming shortage of material resources and the latest science on climate change, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Drawdown

    The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

    Edited by Paul Hawken ...
    **• New York Times bestseller •The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world“At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy

    Edited by Michael A. Livermore, Richard L. Revesz ...
    Cost-benefit analysis -- the formal estimating and weighing of the costs and benefits of policy alternatives -- is a standard tool for governments in advanced economies. Through decades of research and innovation, institutions have developed in the United States, European Union, and other developed countries that examine and weigh policy alternatives as an aid to governmental decisionmaking. ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project Appraisal

    by Per-Olov Johansson, Bengt Kriström ...
    Written by two leading experts, this is a compact guide to the key tools and methods necessary to carry out cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The authors use modern economic tools to obtain general equilibrium cost-benefit rules that can be used to evaluate small projects, as well as large and even mega projects. Intertemporal issues like discounting, the shadow price of capital, and the treatment of ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The Behavioral Economics of Climate Change

    Adaptation Behaviors, Global Public Goods, Breakthrough Technologies, and Policy-Making

    by S. Niggol Seo ...
    The Behavioral Economics of Climate Change: Adaptation Behaviors, Global Public Goods, Breakthrough Technologies, and Policy-Making shows readers how to understand mitigation strategies emerging from global warming policy discussions and the ways that changing climate conditions can alter these strategies. Through quantitative analyses, case studies and policy examples, this bottom-up approach to ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Environmental Economics: A Simple Introduction

    Simple Introductions, #18

    by K.H. Erickson ...
    Series Book 18 - Simple Introductions
    Environmental Economics: A Simple Introduction offers an accessible guide to the central theories and methods of environmental economics, with examples, equations, and diagrams to support the analysis.Understand the problem of environmental degradation, and why environmental externalities and market failure cause pollution to spiral out of control.Examine the effectiveness of the polluters pay ... Read more

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  • Climate Change Governance

    Edited by Jörg Knieling, Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Applied Choice Analysis

    A Primer

    by David A. Hensher, John M. Rose, William H. Greene ...
    Almost without exception, everything human beings undertake involves a choice. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the development and application of quantitative statistical methods to study choices made by individuals with the purpose of gaining a better understanding both of how choices are made and of forecasting future choice responses. In this primer the authors provide an ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Oil in the Environment

    Legacies and Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Edited by John A. Wiens ...
    What light does nearly twenty-five years of scientific study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill shed on the fate and effects of a spill? How can the results help in assessing future spills? How can ecological risks be assessed and quantified? In this, the first book on the effects of Exxon Valdez in fifteen years, scientists directly involved in studying the spill provide a comprehensive perspective on ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Reconstructing Sustainability Science

    Knowledge and action for a sustainable future

    by Thaddeus Miller ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    The growing urgency, complexity and "wickedness" of sustainability problems—from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality—present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that science has a crucial role to play in our ability to pursue sustainability goals, critical questions remain ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Order

    The End of Prosperity and Democracy

    by Beth Edmondson, Stuart Levy ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Beth Edmondson and Stuart Levy examine why it is so difficult for the international community to respond to global climate change. In doing so, they analyse and explain some of the strategies that might ultimately provide the foundations for appropriate responses. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Tragedy of the Commodity

    Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

    by Stefano B. Longo, Rebecca Clausen, Brett Clark ...
    Series series Nature, Society, and Culture
    Winner of the 2017 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological AssociationAlthough humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and undermining oceanic environments throughout the world. Marine ecosystems are in a crisis that is global in ... Read more

    $25.19 USD