Environmental economics Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The world economy must transform fundamentally in the next three decades if we are to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change; we must go to net zero emissions. Radical change in the energy systems will be at the core. This book examines what is involved in, and required, for such unprecedented transformation. It brings great wisdom, knowledge, judgement and analytical strength to a complicated but vital problem. It is based on experience at the highest levels in government, business and finance. It marshals an understanding of systems, policies and markets, with all their imperfections and power, in a very effective and illuminating way. This is a deep, thoughtful and important book; an outstanding contribution.' -- Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics, UK‘Reaching net zero requires transformational change, fast. Steven Fries, who has fought on the front line of climate and energy issues for decades, argues for a “heterodox policy mix”, with governments stepping up their industrial policy. This book offers valuable insight into the changes necessary to get to net zero.’ -- Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Transforming Energy Systems PART I MODERNITY, THE CLIMATE AND NET ZERO EMISSIONS 1. Energy capture and modernity 2. Useful energy and the climate 3. Net zero emissions and low-carbon alternatives PART II ADVANCING AND GUIDING LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVES 4. Supporting innovation and early deployment of low-carbon alternatives 5. Calibrating emissions pricing 6. Adapting energy-market designs and infrastructures 7. Making better use of energy and materials PART III ENERGY-REFORM INTERESTS AND STRATEGIES 8. Interests in low-carbon technologies and renewable resources 9. Accelerating change References Index

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Book SynopsisTaxation and the Green Growth Challenge addresses the pressing issue of how economic growth can be compatible with the fight against climate change, while protecting the environment as much as possible. The book shows how decision-makers must account for the legal value of the environment as being of benefit to future generations.Trade Review‘Prof. Alberto Comelli and his team have produced an outstanding volume – covering taxation for the global challenge of green growth. Chapters written by a distinguished group of international scholars range from carbon pricing and carbon border adjustments, to green hydrogen, energy taxation reform, and controlling waste. Focusing on green growth, the chapters provide a thorough analysis of the challenges, existing and emerging solutions, and detailed recommendations for future work.’ -- Roberta Mann, University of Oregon School of Law, US‘The Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation is a yearly state of the art publication that reflects on the key issues currently occupying the minds of academics, government officials and policy makers in the field of environmental taxation. I would highly recommend it to any tax professional suffering from fear of missing out in relation to this rapidly developing but ever-so-relevant subject.’ -- Tatiana Falcao, Coordinator, Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action (CFMCA), World Bank‘This publication includes a range of interesting analyses giving valuable insights to the green growth topic. There are different ways to make the green train gain speed and the articles can give policy-makers well-reasoned input on suitable tools to apply in their national tool-boxes.’ -- Susanne Åkerfeldt, Senior Adviser, Swedish Ministry of Finance and Co-coordinator of the UN Subcommittee on Environmental Tax IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Taxation and green growth – the role of carbon pricing xiii Alberto Majocchi PART I GREEN GROWTH CHALLENGE GENERAL ISSUES 1 Taxation for green growth: a mission-oriented approach 2 Rafaela Cristina Oliari and Carlos Araújo Leonetti 2 Multilevel inconsistencies in environmental taxation: some evidence from the Italian case 15 Andrea Zatti 3 The role of taxation in the ecological transition: the social and solidarity economy (SSE) perspective 35 Giulia Boletto PART II GREEN GROWTH, CARBON PRICING AND CBAM 4 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: potential and critical aspects 54 Olimpia Fontana 5 The Achilles heel of border carbon adjustments: unintended effects on developing countries 69 María Amparo Grau Ruiz PART III GREEN GROWTH, TAX INCENTIVES AND SUBSIDIES 6 Green hydrogen mitigates the EU’s energy dependence and leads to climate neutrality in 2050 85 María de los Angeles Diez Moreno 7 Climate-counterproductive subsidies in Austria – an economic and legal assessment of the status quo and reform options 100 Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig, Angela Köppl, Franz Sinabell, Reinhard Schanda, Martino Heher, Alexander Rimböck, Stella Müller, Thomas Voit and Sabine Kirchmayr PART IV GREEN GROWTH AND ENERGY TAXATION 8 Time for a windfall profit tax? Electricity market design in times of crises 114 Claudia Kettner, Michael Böheim and Margit Schratzenstaller 9 Impact of an energy taxation reform on Italian corporations: simulation results using the Istat-Matis.b model 131 Cristina Brandimarte and Antonella Caiumi 10 Negative externalities in the transport sector: European efforts to align transport prices with external costs through market-based instruments 145 Marina Bisogno PART V GREEN GROWTH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND TAX REFORMS 11 The new Spanish tax on waste within the framework of the European Union goals on the circular economy 160 Rodolfo Salassa Boix 12 Green tax reform in China: from pollution discharge fee system to environmental protection tax 171 Yanmin He and Jingfei Che PART VI GREEN GROWTH, TAXATION AND CASE STUDIES 13 The role of EU taxation for a more sustainable fashion industry 184 Cristina Trenta 14 The definition of waste for the purposes of its possible taxation: the Italian experience between European profiles and possible comparisons 199 Alessia Marano 15 Environmental taxation on oil and gas extraction in Senegal in the context of fiscal stabilization in oil and gas contracts 214 Jacqueline Cottrell and Marie Wettingfeldt Index 231

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book provides a treasure trove of different perspectives and tools that can enrich the teaching of an environmental and natural resource economics class. An especially valuable tool for those teaching this class for the first few times, and something I wish I had available when I was teaching the course.' -- John Loomis, Colorado State University, US‘This book is a must have for anyone teaching environmental and natural resource economics. In a dynamically evolving discipline, having a go-to source for teaching ideas and examples is invaluable. Packed with concrete examples and a variety of teaching methods (from classroom experiments to the use of policy briefs to computer modeling and more) there is something for everyone in this practical and constructive set of papers. Whether you are just starting out in the classroom or you are a seasoned professor, this volume offers a fresh set of experiences and wisdom from which we can draw.’ -- Lynne Lewis, Bates College, US‘In one jump the editors and authors have created an essential resource for those teaching environmental economics (and frankly one which teachers of general microeconomics could benefit from greatly). Replete with the sort of detail that never usually gets disseminated, this collection provides the nitty gritty of setting up an environmental economics course accompanied by a wealth of great suggestions for encouraging learning-by-doing, making this a volume which is exemplary in both its ambition and achievement.’ -- Ian J. Bateman, University of Exeter Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface John C. Bergstrom and John C. Whitehead 1 Reflections on the historical development of natural resource and environmental economics 1 John C. Bergstrom PART I PARADIGMS 2 Positive economics, economic efficiency, environmental economics and policy 22 Dave McEvoy 3 An applied welfare economics approach to teaching natural resource and environmental economics 44 John C. Bergstrom 4 An ecosystem services approach to natural resource and environmental economics 62 Robert J. Johnston 5 Incentives, institutions, and inequality: a pluralist approach to teaching environmental and natural resource economics 102 Kathleen Lawlor 6 Principles for teaching the principles of environmental and resource economics 130 Tim Haab PART II PEDAGOGY 7 Teaching environmental justice with data-driven projects 149 Amy Henderson 8 A small collection of pen-and-paper classroom experiments for teaching environmental economics classes 174 Stephan Kroll 9 Teaching environmental and natural resource economics with research projects 202 John C. Whitehead 10 Teaching natural resource economics using policy briefs: ethics in pedagogy and practice 228 Leah Mathews 11 Using technology to teach sustainability with applications to conservation biology and ecosystem service management 250 Shana M. McDermott 12 Teaching natural resource and environmental valuation techniques 268 Peter W. Schuhmann 13 Triangulated teaching: approaching environmental economics from multiple angles 284 David A. Anderson 14 Teaching the economics of environmental policy with applications to energy, air pollution and climate change 297 Jim Casey Index

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2021 PROSE Award for Environmental Science! An integrated approach to understanding and mitigating the problem of excess nitrogen Human activities generate large amounts of excess nitrogen, which has dramatically altered the nitrogen cycle. Reactive forms of nitrogen, especially nitrate and ammonia, are particularly detrimental. Given the magnitude of the problem, there is an urgent need for information on reactive nitrogen and its effective management. Nitrogen Overload: Environmental Degradation, Ramifications, and Economic Costs presents an integrated, multidisciplinary review of alterations to the nitrogen cycle over the past century and the wide-ranging consequences of nitrogen-based pollution, especially to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Volume highlights include: Comprehensive background information on the nitrogen cycle Detailed description of anthropogenic nitrogen sources Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction 1 2. The Nitrogen Cycle 15 3. Sources of Reactive Nitrogen and Transport Processes 29 4. Methods to Identify Sources of Reactive Nitrogen Contamination 49 5. Adverse Human Health Effects of Reactive Nitrogen 71 6. Terrestrial Biodiversity and Surface Water Impacts from Reactive Nitrogen 91 7. Groundwater Contamination from Reactive Nitrogen 119 8. Nitrate Contamination in Springs 155 9. Co‐occurrence of Nitrate with Other Contaminants in the Environment 175 10. Economic Costs and Consequences of Excess Reactive Nitrogen 197 11. Strategies for Reducing Excess Reactive Nitrogen to the Environment 221 Index 243

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Book SynopsisDebates continue to rage over the merits or flaws of public land and whether or not it should be privatizedor at least, radically reconfigured in some way. In Defense of Public Lands offers a comprehensive refutation of the market-oriented arguments. Steven Davis passionately advocates that public land ought to remain firmly in the public's hands. He reviews empirical data and theoretical arguments from biological, economic, and political perspectives in order to build a case for why our public lands are an invaluable and irreplaceable asset for the American people.In Defense of Public Lands briefly lays out the history and characteristics of public lands at the local, state, and federal levels while examining the numerous policy prescriptions for their privatization or, in the case of federal lands, transfer. He considers the dimensions of environmental health; markets and valuation of public land, the tensions between collective values and individual preferences, the nature and perfo

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Book SynopsisDebates continue to rage over the merits or flaws of public land and whether or not it should be privatizedor at least, radically reconfigured in some way. In Defense of Public Lands offers a comprehensive refutation of the market-oriented arguments. Steven Davis passionately advocates that public land ought to remain firmly in the public's hands. He reviews empirical data and theoretical arguments from biological, economic, and political perspectives in order to build a case for why our public lands are an invaluable and irreplaceable asset for the American people.In Defense of Public Lands briefly lays out the history and characteristics of public lands at the local, state, and federal levels while examining the numerous policy prescriptions for their privatization or, in the case of federal lands, transfer. He considers the dimensions of environmental health; markets and valuation of public land, the tensions between collective values and individual preferences, the nature and perfo

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Book SynopsisRaises policy makers' awareness of the business case for investing in gas flaring and methane reduction projects. The study focuses on mid-sized flares that are too small to be prioritized by oil companies but represent 58 percent of global flare volumes.

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Book SynopsisBusiness in a Changing Climate is the first book to ask major pollution emitting industries in Canada what their preferences are with respect to climate change.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A literary foundation Chapter 3: Methods for Model-building Chapter 4: Climate Change Policy Instruments, Business Preferences and Public Opinion Chapter 5: Legitimacy, Public Opinion and Investment Chapter 6: Advantage Chapter 7: Experience Chapter 8: the Ideas of Managers - a Null Finding with Potential Chapter 9: Conclusions Works Cited

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Book SynopsisIn the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the tragedy of the commons and the crisis of capitalism have done little to explain this concentration of land, encourage solution-building to solve resource depletion, or address our current socio-ecological crisis. The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty presents a new explanation, vision, and action plan based on the idea of commoning the land. The book argues that by commoning the land, rather than privatising it, we can develop the foundation for prosperity without destructive growth and address both local and global challenges. Making the land the most fundamental priority of all commons does not only give hope, it also opens the doors to a new world in which economy, environment, and society are decolonised and liberated.Trade Review"The Commons in An Age of Uncertainty is a tour de force." -- Ulrich Duchrow, University of Heidelberg * American Journal of Economics and Sociology *"An interesting contribution to urban studies, in addition to a comprehensive examination of the socio-ecological crisis." -- Domen Žalac, University of Ljubljana * Urbani izziv *"The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty is a tour de force." -- Ulrich Duchrow, University of Heidelberg * American Journal of Economics and Sociology *"Throughout, Obeng-Odoom seeks to clearly illustrate the theoretical paradigms set through their structural limitations, which he transcends with empirically supported examples that he devises along the lines of the Radical Alternative discourse." -- Domen Žalac, University of Ljubljana * Urbani izziv *"This is a significant contribution to modern political economy, integrating Georgist ideas about land with considerations of the progressive potential of the commons and its management." -- Frank Stilwell * Journal of Australian Political Economy *"In his new book, leading Georgist scholar Franklin Obeng-Odoom argues that Ostrom is not the piper at the dawn of a new commons-era. In fact, her approach is consistent with a ‘not if, but when’ view of commons enclosure." -- Emily Sims, Prosper Australia * Progress *"The author is provocative and provides a nuanced analysis of the political ecology of cities, technologies, oil, and water. He challenges land economists and suggests a new ecological political economy founded on the conceptualization of land as a methodological approach. […] In The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty, Obeng-Odoom opens an avenue for imagining the possibilities of a new world anchored on the commons." -- Maano Ramutsindela, University of Cape Town * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsPreface Part A: The Problem 1. The Age of Uncertainty Part B: The Debates and a Path through Them 2. Historical Debates on the Commons 3. Rethinking the Commons Part C: The Proof 4. Cities 5. Technology 6. Oil 7. Water Part D: The Future of the Commons 8. Concluding Remarks: Towards a New Ecological Political Economy References Index

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Book SynopsisThe natural wealth of the Amazon and Andes has long attracted fortune seekers, from explorers, farmers, and gold panners to multimillion-dollar mining, oil and gas, and timber operations. Modern demands for commodities have given rise to new development schemes, including hydroelectric dams, open cast mines, and industrial agricultural operations. The history of human habitation in this region is intimately tied to its rich biodiversity, and the Amazon basin is home to scores of indigenous groups, many of whom have populations so small that their cultural and physical survival is endangered. Landscapes of Inequity explores the debate over rights to and use of resources and addresses fundamental questions that inform the debate in the western Amazon basin, from the Andes Mountains to the tropical lowlands. Beginning with an examination of the divergent conceptual interpretations of environmental justice, the volume explores the issue from two interlocking perspectives: of indigenous pTrade Review“Environmental injustice most often plays out of sight and mind. Landscapes of Inequity’s brilliant analysis helps ensure this can never happen again. A must-read.”—Thomas E. Lovejoy, University Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University“Landscapes of Inequity provides a sensitive and nuanced road map of the last thirty years of efforts to introduce new models of development in Amazonia and is an unusually coherent collection for understanding the good the bad and the ugly in the transformation of the Latin American tropics.”—Susanna B. Hecht, professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, Institute of the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Maps List of Tables Introduction Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. RobinsPart 1. Extracting Resources, Imposing Inequity 1. A Toxic Reckoning: Legacy Contamination in Huancavelica, Peru Nicholas A. Robins 2. When the Rivers Run Black: Oil and Inequity in the Western Amazon Barbara J. FraserPart 2. Macro-Development and Marginalization 3. Environmental Justice and Brazil’s Amazonian Dams Philip M. Fearnside 4. When Plurinational States Undermine Indigenous Territories: TIPNIS in Bolivia Carwil Bjork-James 5. Environmental Justice in the REDD+ Frontier: Experiences from the Amazon and Beyond Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti and Anne M. LarsonPart 3. Territorial Rights, Ecocosmology, and the Quest for Environmental Justice 6. Indigenism, Isolation, and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in the Javari River Valley Barbara Arisi and Felipe Milanez 7. We Are Here: The State of Community-Based Landscapes in Peru Richard Chase Smith 8. In Search of Justice and Power: Contentious Experiences of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Latin America Roger Merino 9. Indigenous Amazonian Peoples and the Struggle for Environmental Justice in Lowland South America Jonathan D. Hill Epilogue: Is Environmental Justice in the Andes-Amazon Region Illusive, Elusive, or within Reach? Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. Robins Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public management of the world's essential natural resource. Governments dominated water management throughout the twentieth century. Tasked with ensuring a public supply of clean, safe, reliable, and affordable water, governmental agencies controlled water administration in most of the world. They built the dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts that store water when available and move that water to areas with increasing populations and economies. Private businesses sometimes played a part in managing water, but typically in a supporting position as consultants or contractors. Today, given the global need for innovative new technologies, institutions, and financing to solve the freshwater crisis, private businesses and markets are playing a rapidly expanding role, bringing both new approaches and new challenges to a historically public field. In Liquid Asset, Barton H. Thompson, Jr. examines the growing position of the private sector in the "business of water." Thompson seeks to understand the private sector's involvement in meeting the water needs of both humans and the environment, looks at the potential risks that growing private involvement poses to the public interest in water, and considers the obstacles that private organizations face in trying to participate in a traditionally governmental sector. Thompson provides a richly detailed analysis to foster both improved public policy and responsible business behavior. As the book demonstrates, the story of private businesses and water offers a window into the serious challenges facing freshwater today, and their potential solutions.Trade Review"An engaging and well-written blueprint for harnessing private sector ingenuity and profit-motive in order to protect and preserve our most precious natural resource."—Nicole Neeman Brady, Vice President of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners"Liquid Asset, by one of the nation's preeminent water law scholars, presents a clarion call for greater involvement by the business community in global water management and security. This broad-ranging examination offers original insights for effective environmental stewardship."—Robert Glennon, University of Arizona College of Law, author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It"Liquid Asset explores the critical questions of why, where, and how the private sector owns and manages water. A gifted teacher, Barton H. Thompson, Jr is admirably evenhanded in highlighting the risks and explaining the opportunities. If you want to understand the future of water management in the United States, read this book."—James Salzman, UCLA Law School and author of Drinking Water: A History"Putting the words 'water' and 'privatization' in the same sentence can be a hazard. "But given the critical imbalance between water supply and demand, Thompson is willing to risk the hazard. In Liquid Asset, he argues that the private sector's capabilities for managing the resource and rebuilding crumbling systems are too important to ignore."—Felicity Barringer, Stanford Lawyer"Thompson has done a marvelous job surveying the many varied, transformational initiatives in the water sector in the United States and the world. There is much here to discuss and, hopefully, implement for the benefit of humanity and the environment. The water sector and the people who depend on it owe him a debt of gratitude."—G. Tracy Mehan III, Journal AWWA

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Book SynopsisParallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course. Bjerg argues that our current mode of economic organization is characterized by an inherent �debt drive�, whereby the creation of money through the issuance of commercial bank credit has locked our economy into a vicious circle of forced growth and increasing debt. Parallax of Growth is not a catalogue of solutions to the ecological or the economic crisis. The book aims to shift the inquiry from �what shall we do?� to �why have we not already done it?� In order to address the challenges of our contemporary times of crisis, we need to understand how the idea of growth is deeply ingrained in the ideology as well as the organization of our society. The book aims to open the space for philosophical thinking about this important issue.Trade Review"Ole Bjerg takes a fresh look at capitalism�s existential ecological crisis from beyond the usual perspectives of growth, de-growth and green growth. He argues that, before we can change our orientation towards growth, we need to understand why we have not changed it already. Bjerg�s philosophical therapy – eco-analysis – might just be what equips us with the thinking to be able to act." Tony Greenham, Director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, RSA "In this fascinating philosophical reflection, Ole Bjerg draws on the ideas of Slavoj Žižek to show that, in spite of the public opposition between ecological and economic approaches to well-being and the environment, they are in fact mutually constitutive paradigms that shape contemporary ideology and the social reality of nature. This argument casts a new light on issues of growth, justice and sustainability and will be of considerable interest to a wide readership both within and beyond the academy." Arjun Appadurai, New York UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part One: The Logy of Eco Chapter 1 - Balance of Nature Chapter 2 - Ecology Beyond Biology Part Two: The Nomy of Eco Chapter 3 - How is the Economy? Chapter 4 - The Market Theory of Value Chapter 5 - The Fantasy of Growth without Bounds Part Three: �Economy or Ecology? Yes, Please!� Chapter 6 - The Need to Grow Chapter 7 - The Desire to Grow Chapter 8 - The Drive for Growth Conclusion: �It�s the Money, Stupid!� Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisParallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course. Bjerg argues that our current mode of economic organization is characterized by an inherent �debt drive�, whereby the creation of money through the issuance of commercial bank credit has locked our economy into a vicious circle of forced growth and increasing debt. Parallax of Growth is not a catalogue of solutions to the ecological or the economic crisis. The book aims to shift the inquiry from �what shall we do?� to �why have we not already done it?� In order to address the challenges of our contemporary times of crisis, we need to understand how the idea of growth is deeply ingrained in the ideology as well as the organization of our society. The book aims to open the space for philosophical thinking about this important issue.Trade Review"Ole Bjerg takes a fresh look at capitalism�s existential ecological crisis from beyond the usual perspectives of growth, de-growth and green growth. He argues that, before we can change our orientation towards growth, we need to understand why we have not changed it already. Bjerg�s philosophical therapy – eco-analysis – might just be what equips us with the thinking to be able to act." Tony Greenham, Director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, RSA "In this fascinating philosophical reflection, Ole Bjerg draws on the ideas of Slavoj Žižek to show that, in spite of the public opposition between ecological and economic approaches to well-being and the environment, they are in fact mutually constitutive paradigms that shape contemporary ideology and the social reality of nature. This argument casts a new light on issues of growth, justice and sustainability and will be of considerable interest to a wide readership both within and beyond the academy." Arjun Appadurai, New York UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part One: The Logy of Eco Chapter 1 - Balance of Nature Chapter 2 - Ecology Beyond Biology Part Two: The Nomy of Eco Chapter 3 - How is the Economy? Chapter 4 - The Market Theory of Value Chapter 5 - The Fantasy of Growth without Bounds Part Three: �Economy or Ecology? Yes, Please!� Chapter 6 - The Need to Grow Chapter 7 - The Desire to Grow Chapter 8 - The Drive for Growth Conclusion: �It�s the Money, Stupid!� Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers, users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued coal production and use in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“Coal pushed the industrial era into existence. Today, with global warming, coal is among the biggest threats. Mark Thurber applies his sharp analytical mind, the balance of an historian, and an elegant pen to this vital subject. Everyone will learn something important from this lovely little book.”David Victor, University of California, San Diego “Thurber presents an overview of coal's role in past and present energy systems as well as key factors affecting its future in both developed and developing countries, offering a clear non-polemical analysis of coal's economic, environmental, and energy security attributes.”Howard Gruenspecht, former Deputy Administrator, US Energy Information AdministrationTable of Contents CHAPTER 1: THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF COAL CHAPTER 2: THE QUEST FOR ENERGY SECURITY CHAPTER 3: TENSIONS ALONG THE COAL VALUE CHAIN CHAPTER 4: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICYMAKING CHAPTER 5: ALTERNATIVES TO COAL CHAPTER 6: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE OF COAL

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Book SynopsisBy making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers, users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued coal production and use in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“Coal pushed the industrial era into existence. Today, with global warming, coal is among the biggest threats. Mark Thurber applies his sharp analytical mind, the balance of an historian, and an elegant pen to this vital subject. Everyone will learn something important from this lovely little book.”David Victor, University of California, San Diego “Thurber presents an overview of coal's role in past and present energy systems as well as key factors affecting its future in both developed and developing countries, offering a clear non-polemical analysis of coal's economic, environmental, and energy security attributes.”Howard Gruenspecht, former Deputy Administrator, US Energy Information Administration

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Book SynopsisA provocative reassessment of the concepts underlying the struggle for sustainable developmentMuch of the debate over sustainable development revolves around how to balance the competing demands of economic development, social well-being, and environmental protection. “Jobs vs. environment” is only one of the many forms that such struggles take. But what if the very terms of this debate are part of the problem? Reimagining Livelihoods argues that the “hegemonic trio” of economy, society, and environment not only fails to describe the actual world around us but poses a tremendous obstacle to enacting a truly sustainable future.In a rich blend of ethnography and theory, Reimagining Livelihoods engages with questions of development in the state of Maine to trace the dangerous effects of contemporary stories that simplify and domesticate conflict. As in so many other places around the world, the trio of economy, society, and environment in Maine produces a particular space of “common sense” within which struggles over life and livelihood unfold. Yet the terms of engagement embodied by this trio are neither innocent nor inevitable. It is a contingent, historically produced configuration, born from the throes of capitalist industrialism and colonialism. Drawing in part on his own participation in the struggle over the Plum Creek Corporation’s “concept plan” for a major resort development on the shores of Moosehead Lake in northern Maine, Ethan Miller articulates a rich framework for engaging with the ethical and political challenges of building ecological livelihoods among diverse human and nonhuman communities. In seeking a pathway for transformative thought that is both critical and affirmative, Reimagining Livelihoods provides new frames of reference for living together on an increasingly volatile Earth.Trade Review"Interesting, imaginative, and extraordinarily well written, Reimagining Livelihoods is an exemplary case of how to think through the ideas and forces that shape our existence behind our backs. Ethan Miller's work is empirical in the best sense, with the information gleaned from interviews often as enlightening as it is unexpected."—Mick Smith, author of Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Politics, and Saving the Natural World"Ethan Miller provides vital tools to imagine and enact ways of life no longer tethered to the constraining categories of economy, society, and environment. Written with passion and insight and deeply grounded in the material realities of Maine life, Reimagining Livelihoods is essential reading for activists, planners, and academics struggling to compose common worlds within late capitalist ecologies."—Bruce Braun, University of Minnesota"It tacks between deep theory and rich empirical material to carefully, insidiously open up alternate ways-of-seeing in the readers’ minds."—Environmental Values "I applaud Miller’s ambition in this book and would suggest that the ideas within have the potential to ignite a well-taught classroom and leap far beyond."—American Anthropologist Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Troubling Economy, Society, and Environment in MainePart I. Problematizing the Trio1. Constitutional Geometry: Shapes of PowerPart II. Tracing Hegemonies2. Forces and Domains: Dynamics of Mastery and Submission3. Enclosures and Outsides: Making and Unmaking Boundaries 4. A Diagram of Power: Nature-Culture, Capital-State, and DevelopmentPart III. Decomposing the Trio5. Cracks in the Assemblage: Uncertainties, Resistances, and Swerves 6. Multiplying Articulations: How Many Definitions Can Maine’s Professionals Produce? Part IV. (Re)composing Livelihoods 7. Ecopoiesis: Making Habitats and Inhabitants8. Ecological Livelihoods: Beyond the Trio9. Tools for a Politics of Ecological Livelihood10. Ontopolitical Coordinates: Rearticulating Struggles in MaineConclusion: Becoming OtherwiseAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA provocative reassessment of the concepts underlying the struggle for sustainable developmentMuch of the debate over sustainable development revolves around how to balance the competing demands of economic development, social well-being, and environmental protection. “Jobs vs. environment” is only one of the many forms that such struggles take. But what if the very terms of this debate are part of the problem? Reimagining Livelihoods argues that the “hegemonic trio” of economy, society, and environment not only fails to describe the actual world around us but poses a tremendous obstacle to enacting a truly sustainable future.In a rich blend of ethnography and theory, Reimagining Livelihoods engages with questions of development in the state of Maine to trace the dangerous effects of contemporary stories that simplify and domesticate conflict. As in so many other places around the world, the trio of economy, society, and environment in Maine produces a particular space of “common sense” within which struggles over life and livelihood unfold. Yet the terms of engagement embodied by this trio are neither innocent nor inevitable. It is a contingent, historically produced configuration, born from the throes of capitalist industrialism and colonialism. Drawing in part on his own participation in the struggle over the Plum Creek Corporation’s “concept plan” for a major resort development on the shores of Moosehead Lake in northern Maine, Ethan Miller articulates a rich framework for engaging with the ethical and political challenges of building ecological livelihoods among diverse human and nonhuman communities. In seeking a pathway for transformative thought that is both critical and affirmative, Reimagining Livelihoods provides new frames of reference for living together on an increasingly volatile Earth.Trade Review"Interesting, imaginative, and extraordinarily well written, Reimagining Livelihoods is an exemplary case of how to think through the ideas and forces that shape our existence behind our backs. Ethan Miller's work is empirical in the best sense, with the information gleaned from interviews often as enlightening as it is unexpected."—Mick Smith, author of Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Politics, and Saving the Natural World"Ethan Miller provides vital tools to imagine and enact ways of life no longer tethered to the constraining categories of economy, society, and environment. Written with passion and insight and deeply grounded in the material realities of Maine life, Reimagining Livelihoods is essential reading for activists, planners, and academics struggling to compose common worlds within late capitalist ecologies."—Bruce Braun, University of Minnesota"It tacks between deep theory and rich empirical material to carefully, insidiously open up alternate ways-of-seeing in the readers’ minds."—Environmental Values "I applaud Miller’s ambition in this book and would suggest that the ideas within have the potential to ignite a well-taught classroom and leap far beyond."—American Anthropologist Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Troubling Economy, Society, and Environment in MainePart I. Problematizing the Trio1. Constitutional Geometry: Shapes of PowerPart II. Tracing Hegemonies2. Forces and Domains: Dynamics of Mastery and Submission3. Enclosures and Outsides: Making and Unmaking Boundaries 4. A Diagram of Power: Nature-Culture, Capital-State, and DevelopmentPart III. Decomposing the Trio5. Cracks in the Assemblage: Uncertainties, Resistances, and Swerves 6. Multiplying Articulations: How Many Definitions Can Maine’s Professionals Produce? Part IV. (Re)composing Livelihoods 7. Ecopoiesis: Making Habitats and Inhabitants8. Ecological Livelihoods: Beyond the Trio9. Tools for a Politics of Ecological Livelihood10. Ontopolitical Coordinates: Rearticulating Struggles in MaineConclusion: Becoming OtherwiseAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBased on qualitative interviews with sustainability-oriented parents of young children, this book describes what happens when people make interventions into mundane and easy-to-overlook aspects of everyday life to bring the way they get things done into alignment with their environmental values. Because the ability to make changes is constrained by their culture and capitalist society, there are negative consequences and trade-offs involved in these household-level sustainability practices. The households described in this book shed light on the full extent of the trade-offs involved in promoting sustainability at the household level as a solution to environmental problems.Table of Contents1. Introduction: “This Can’t Be All Up to Me” 2. Eco-Conscious Household Production and Capitalist Society 3. Priorities in Eco-Conscious Households 4. Resources and Constraints in Eco-Conscious Households 5. Managing Household Waste 6. Cleanliness and Comfort 7. Doing Their Own Research 8. Conflict 9. “How Do We Live with Ourselves?” 10. Conclusion: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic gives an opportunity to relaunch global economic systems with a better balance between the social and environmental dimensions. There is a need for a scientifically-based step towards a strong Green Deal: a Climate Pact for the EU. Based on a bestselling French book, this English translation provides a summary of the facts on the climate issue, the solutions available and their costs. It outlines the political advantages and challenges current policy, practice and thinking at a time when populist leaders are transforming politics worldwide. This timely book will contribute to a renewed political vision for the EU, the European Economic Area, the UK and Africa.Table of ContentsPreface – Mary Robinson How We Can Win the Battle - Nicolas Hulot 2020 – A Warning Shot 1. Our Home Is Burning, and We Are Looking Elsewhere 2. Global Warming: The Essential Cause Is Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 3. “Soon It Will Be Too Late…” Say 15,000 Scientists 4. When the UN Environment Programme Denounces “…This Catastrophic Climate Gap” Between the Reductions Needed and the National Pledges… 5. Zero Net Carbon Emissions? Yes, It’s Possible 6. Can We Make a Colossal Development Program Work? We Can Do It! 7. 1,000 Billion Euros for the Climate? If They Are Really Needed Yes, We Can Do It! 8. Putting Finance Back to the Service of the Common Good: The European Climate-Employment Pact 9. Save the Climate, and Save Europe? It’s Now or Never! Conclusion: Creating a New Development Model

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Book SynopsisBased on 30 specially commissioned pieces by leading authorities in the field from the US and Europe, The Handbook of Environmental Economics represents the most comprehensive volume of environmental and natural resource economics published to date. It covers the full range of issues presently at the forefront of environmental policy including key aspects of such critical areas as pollution, sustainability and global environmental policy. It is essential reading for students, researchers and faculty as well as to policy makers and those with a wider interest in the issues. Table of ContentsPart I: Choices and Decisions:. 1. Choices Without Prices Without Apologies: A. Vatn & D. Bromley. 2. Benefit, Costs and the Safe Minimum Standard of Conservation: A. Randall & M. Farmer. 3. The Environment and Property Rights Issues: A. Schmid. 4. Zoning and the Urban Environment: W. Fischel. 5. Public Policies for Land Conservation: I. Hodge. Part II: Considering the Future:. 6. Intergenerational Choices Under Global Environmental Change: R. Howarth, L. Berkeley & R. Norgaard. 7. Economic Theory and 'Sustainability': J. Krautkraemer, J. Pezzy & M. Toman. 8. Measuring Sustainable Development: D. Pearce & G. Atkinson. 9. Nonrenewable Resource Supply: M. Toman & M. Walls. 10. Empirical Consequences of the Hotelling Principle: P. Berck. 11. Recycling Programs: K. McClain. Part III: Environmental Quality:. 12. Nonconvexities and the Theory of External Costs: P. Burrows. 13. Liability and Penalty Structures in Policy Design: K. Segerson. 14. A Bargaining Framework for the Global Commons: D. Bromley & J. Cochrane. 15. Transferable Discharge Permits and Global Warming: T. Tietenberg. 16. Trade, Pollution and Environmental Protection: C. Runge. Part IV: Environmental Stocks and Flows:. 17. Optimal Timber Management Policies: C. Montgomery & D. Adams. 18. Bioeconomic Models of the Fishery: J. Conrad. 19. Management Regimes in Ocean Fisheries: B. Rettig. 20. Privatizing Open-Access Fisheries: L. Anderson. 21. Regulation, Imperfect Markets and Transaction Costs: B. Colby. 22. Issues in the Conjunctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater: R. Provencher. 23. Minerals Policy: R. Gordon. Part V: The Valuation Problem:. 24. Valuation of Environmental Quality under Certainty: R. Bishop & R. Woodward. 25. Environmental Valuation under Uncertainty: R. Ready. 26. Quasi-Option Value: T. Graham-Tomasi. 27. Evaluating Changing in Risk and Risk Perceptions by Revealed Preference: A. Freeman. 28. Contingent Valuation: R. Bishop, P. Champ & D. Mullarkey. 29. Travel Cost Models: N. Bockstael. 30. Hedonic Pricing Methods: A. Freeman.

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Book SynopsisEcological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics-its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field. As a workbook accompanying the text, this volume breaks new ground in applying the principles of ecological economics in a problem- or service-based learning setting. Both the textbook and this workbook are situated within a new interdisciplinary framework that embraces the linkages among economic growth, environmental degradation, and social inequity in an effort to guide policy in a way that respects fundamental human values. The workbook takes the approach a step further in placing ecological economic analysis within a systems perspective, in order to help students identify leverage points by which they can help to effect change. The workbook helps students to develop a practical, operational understanding of the principles and concepts explored in the text through real-world activities, and describes numerous case studies

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Book SynopsisA holistic view of ESG goes beyond environmental issues, which are closely linked to social issues. Both come from the governance of an organization: the integrity with which decisions are made and implemented, ultimately defining corporate culture. ESG affects the daily lives of everyone in today's connected world where organizations, companies, and individuals depend on each other at various levels. Lack of sustainability for any entity threatens its future existence, disrupting the entire ecosystem. The use of data to measure ESG outcomes is a young science that is increasingly critical to upholding our very lifestyle. Data clearly presents impact across the entire ESG spectrum, providing the necessary specificity for informed decision making, and ensuring the transparency and accountability, which uphold sustainability.

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Book SynopsisWhat if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States.For author Andy Bowman, this is a very personal story. Bowman grew up in Galveston and acutely remembers watching stormwater climb up seawalls and wreak havoc on his home. He weaves these memories into his coming of age over two decades in the alternative energy industry, beginning in the 1990s, and tracks it's the industry's fits and starts that lead to the Barilla project. Barilla was the first solar project to be built "on spec": essentially, the plant was built without a contract in place and with the assumption that customers would come. That trailblazing wager represents a tidal shift in the alternative energy industry.In a clear voice, Bowman explains the climate science that necessitated this shift and makes business-based arguments for what the future should look like. The result is a book that tells a personal story of West Texan innovation, gumption, and vision, while also outlining how our society needs to equip itself to confront climate change.

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Book SynopsisRapidly rising carbon emissions from the intense development of Western Canada's fossil fuels continue to aggravate the global climate emergency and destabilize democratic structures. The urgency of the situation demands not only scholarly understanding, but effective action. Regime of Obstruction aims to make visible the complex connections between corporate power and the extraction and use of carbon energy. Edited by William Carroll, this rigorous collection presents research findings from the first three years of the seven-year, SSHRC-funded partnership, the Corporate Mapping Project. Anchored in sociological and political theory, this comprehensive volume provides hard data and empirical research that traces the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry through economics, politics, media, and higher education. Contributors demonstrate how corporations secure popular consent, and coopt, disorganize, or marginalize dissenting perspectives to position the fossil fuel industry as a national public good. They also investigate the difficult position of Indigenous communities who, while suffering the worst environmental and health impacts from carbon extraction, must fight for their land or participate in fossil capitalism to secure income and jobs. The volume concludes with a look at emergent forms of activism and resistance, spurred by the fact that a just energy transition is still feasible. This book provides essential context to the climate crisis and will transform discussions of energy democracy.Contributions by Laurie Adkin, Angele Alook, Clifford Atleo, Emilia Belliveau-Thompson, John Bermingham, Paul Bowles, Gwendolyn Blue, Shannon Daub, Jessica Dempsey, Emily Eaton, Chuka Ejeckam, Simon Enoch, Nick Graham, Shane Gunster, Mark Hudson, Jouke Huizer, Ian Hussey, Emma Jackson, Michael Lang, James Lawson, Marc Lee, Fiona MacPhail, Alicia Massie, Kevin McCartney, Bob Neubauer, Eric Pineault, Lise Margaux Rajewicz, James Rowe, JP Sapinsky, Karena Shaw, and Zoe Yunker.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine the essence of diverse peak experiences and delve into the factors that give rise to these experiences. Part 2 considers the links between these core experiences and the tourism industry that seeks to sustain itself by facilitating such satisfying outcomes.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES: TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF THE ARCTIC AND CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES. Chapter 1: Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism Experiences Chapter 2: Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800s Chapter 3: Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and Safety Chapter 4: The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic Periphery Chapter 5: Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of Museums Chapter 6: World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness? PART II: CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC Chapter 7: Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in Greenland Chapter 8: Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism Narratives Chapter 9: Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in Alaska Chapter 10: The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese Perspective Chapter 11: Tourists’ Interpretations of a “Feelgood In Lapland” Holiday- A Case Study Chapter 12: Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami? Chapter 13: Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic Scandinavia Chapter 14: Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern Norway Chapter 15: Responsible Fishing Tourism in the Arctic Chapter 16: Long way up: Powered Two-Wheeled Journeys in Northern Peripheries Chapter 17: Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian Arctic Chapter 18: Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and Potentials Chapter 19: Tourism Experiences of Post-Soviet Arctic Borderlands Chapter 20: Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Directions for a Changing Periphery

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Book SynopsisIf you're interested in the cutting-edge of the very best thinking on economics and the environment, it's right here. Boyce has done a masterful job integrating issues of equity and ecological thinking into economics, and presenting deep and important ideas accessibly with the latest research to back them up. Not just recommended, but essential.'- Juliet Schor, Boston College, US and author of True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans are Creating a Time-rich, Ecologically-light, Small-scale, High-satisfaction Economy'A colleague of mine puts it best: when thinking about the fundamentals of the economy and the environment, there is Pigou, Coase, and Boyce. Boyce adds to traditional economics the critical understanding that social power is a determinant of the extent and spatial scale of environmental degradation. In these essays, on subjects ranging from housing and credit markets to agriculture and globalization, Boyce mixes a data-driven picture of unequal environmental protection with a keen and useful discussion of the many forms of social power that can help right the scales.'- Eban Goodstein, Bard College, USThis fascinating volume has at its heart a simple but powerful premise: that a clean and safe environment is not a commodity to be allocated on the basis of purchasing power, nor a privilege to be allocated through political power, but rather a basic human right. Building upon this premise, James K. Boyce explores the many ways in which economics can be refashioned into an instrument for advancing human well-being and environmental health.Comprising a decade's worth of essays written since the publication of the author's pathbreaking book, The Political Economy of the Environment (2002), this volume discusses a number of diverse environmental issues through an economist's lens. Topics covered include environmental justice, disaster response, globalization and the environment, industrial toxins and other pollutants, cap-and-dividend climate policies, and agricultural biodiversity.The first economics book to explore the idea that the environment belongs in equal measure to us all, this pioneering volume will hold great interest for students, professors and researchers of both economics and environmental studies.Contents: 1. The Environment as Our Common Heritage 2. Is Inequality Bad for the Environment? 3. In the Wake of the Storm: Disasters and Environmental Justice 4. Justice in the Air: Tracking America's Industrial Toxics 5. Where Credit is Due 6. Cap and Dividend: Carbon Revenue as Common Wealth 7. A Chinese Sky Trust 8. A Future for Small Farms 9. Globalization and Our Environmental Future IndexTrade Review'If you're interested in the cutting-edge of the very best thinking on economics and the environment, it's right here. Boyce has done a masterful job integrating issues of equity and ecological thinking into economics, and presenting deep and important ideas accessibly with the latest research to back them up. Not just recommended, but essential.' - Juliet Schor, Boston College, US and author of True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans are Creating a Time-rich, Ecologically-light, Small-scale, High-satisfaction Economy 'A colleague of mine puts it best: when thinking about the fundamentals of the economy and the environment, there is Pigou, Coase, and Boyce. Boyce adds to traditional economics the critical understanding that social power is a determinant of the extent and spatial scale of environmental degradation. In these essays, on subjects ranging from housing and credit markets to agriculture and globalization, Boyce mixes a data-driven picture of unequal environmental protection with a keen and useful discussion of the many forms of social power that can help right the scales.' --- Eban Goodstein, Bard College, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Environment as Our Common Heritage 2. Is Inequality Bad for the Environment? 3. In the Wake of the Storm: Disasters and Environmental Justice 4. Justice in the Air: Tracking America’s Industrial Toxics 5. Where Credit is Due 6. Cap and Dividend: Carbon Revenue as Common Wealth 7. A Chinese Sky Trust 8. A Future for Small Farms 9. Globalization and Our Environmental Future Index

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Book SynopsisWithin the United States, minority and low-income communities currently bear a disproportionate amount of risk associated with pollution and other harmful environmental practices. The environmental justice movement is working to change this fact, promoting the fair and non-discriminatory treatment of all people with respect to environmental issues, policies, and regulations. This fascinating and timely volume explores the relationship between environmental justice and the government, offering a comprehensive introduction to the legal, economic, and philosophical concerns involved in pursuing environmental justice goals within a federalist system.The authors discuss two case studies in their investigation of the complex interactions between environmental justice and government. These analyses offer a comprehensive view of both the siting and regulation of polluting activities, as well as a discussion of the effects on major natural resources such as clean air and drinking water. In each case, the authors both describe current government responses to the problem and offer specific recommendations regarding what actions should be taken in the future.This authoritative book will make an invaluable addition to courses in environmental law and policy. Professionals and policymakers working in disciplines such as law, economics, environmental science, philosophy and political science will also find this a comprehensive and critical reference.Contents: Preface 1. Federalism and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice 2. Establishing an EJ Claim of Disparate-Impact Discrimination 3. Clean Air, EJ, and Facility Siting in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area 4. Environmental Justice and Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience 5. Environmental Federalism and Addressing EJ Concerns 6. Community Involvement and Substantive Environmental Justice 7. Environmental Justice in the U.S.: Looking Ahead References AppendicesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Federalism and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice 2. Establishing an EJ Claim of Disparate-Impact Discrimination 3. Clean Air, EJ, and Facility Siting in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area 4. Environmental Justice and Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience 5. Environmental Federalism and Addressing EJ Concerns 6. Community Involvement and Substantive Environmental Justice 7. Environmental Justice in the US: Looking Ahead Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisDaniel Press brings his considerable experience to light in this excellent book, and it should be a required read for every scholar and student of environmental studies and science. He convincingly leverages an evidence based approach by digging into the data on toxic release, acid rain, non-point source water pollution, and industrial recycling to challenge the conventional wisdom that environmental regulation in the United States has been settled and is successful. Issuing a clarion call to those who care about environmental values, he urges us to redirect our action and discourse and to rethink how we can be more effective, with his specific recommendations for policy and regulatory reform.'- Toddi A. Steelman, University of Saskatchewan, Canada'Those of us who work on environmental policy should never let the grind of our day-to-day challenges turn us away from the ultimate question of whether we are leaving a better environment to the next generation. Daniel Press looks at the current state of environmental regulation and probes just this question. It s worth a read for anyone who cares about the decisions we must make - and the processes we now use to get to those decisions - that will shape the world for years to come.'- John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources'In American Environmental Policy Daniel Press guides the reader through not only the motivations and concepts that have been employed to set land, water, and air pollution policies, but also a dive into the details of both the environmental science and the legal and regulatory science that determines the success or failure of these actions. This book is instrumental for all those interested in both the why and the how - and the how much - of the legacy of Rachel Carson and the past five decades of environmental management.'- Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley, US'Daniel Press's new book is an excellent one. By focusing on implementation - what happens after policy has been adopted - Press demonstrates the weaknesses of pollution control policy in the United States. Case studies of acid rain, nonpoint source water pollution, and paper recycling illuminate 'regulatory failure,' the structural problems of American regulatory approaches. He concludes with recommendations to move us ahead, a path forward that focuses on performance, information, incentives, and source reduction. Strongly recommended.'- Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College, USMore than 40 years after the United States launched bold efforts to curb pollution and waste, American environmental management has stalled. Drawing extensively on recent environmental science, engineering, regulatory agency data and trade information, American Environmental Policy explores how environmental management in the US has fallen short of its early promise and reputation.Arguing that policies need to be redesigned for the 21st century, this book offers examples and principles of effective environmental policy reforms. It concludes with suggestions for how new policies should be designed, as well as examples of successful regulatory innovations already in practice around the world.Environmental policy scholars, students and science and environment journalists interested in evaluating environmental policy over time will find this to book of value. The approaches discussed in this book will also be useful for environmental and natural resource agency officials.Trade Review‘This is a well-researched, lucidly written book.? ?It is a magnificent addition to the existing literature on environmental policies and regulations. I believe this book? ?should motivate the academic community to conduct further research in several other environmental domains, both? ?within the USA and in other countries. I highly recommend? ?this book to scholars, policy-makers and other stakeholders, who are interested in environmental regulations? ? -- and governance.’– Science and Public Policy?‘The book would be a valuable text for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in environmental policy.’ -- Maria Manta Conroy, Town Planning Review‘Daniel Press brings his considerable experience to light in this excellent book, and it should be a required read for every scholar and student of environmental studies and science. He convincingly leverages an evidence based approach by digging into the data on toxic release, acid rain, non-point source water pollution, and industrial recycling to challenge the conventional wisdom that environmental regulation in the United States has been settled and is successful. Issuing a clarion call to those who care about environmental values, he urges us to redirect our action and discourse and to rethink how we can be more effective, with his specific recommendations for policy and regulatory reform.’ -- Toddi A. Steelman, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘Those of us who work on environmental policy should never let the grind of our day-to-day challenges turn us away from the ultimate question of whether we are leaving a better environment to the next generation. Daniel Press looks at the current state of environmental regulation and probes just this question. It’s worth a read for anyone who cares about the decisions we must make – and the processes we now use to get to those decisions – that will shape the world for years to come.’ -- John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources‘In American Environmental Policy Daniel Press guides the reader through not only the motivations and concepts that have been employed to set land, water, and air pollution policies, but also a dive into the details of both the environmental science and the legal and regulatory science that determines the success or failure of these actions. This book is instrumental for all those interested in both the why and the how – and the how much – of the legacy of Rachel Carson and the past five decades of environmental management’ -- Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Daniel Press’s new book is an excellent one. By focusing on implementation – what happens after policy has been adopted – Press demonstrates the weaknesses of pollution control policy in the United States. Case studies of acid rain, nonpoint source water pollution, and paper recycling illuminate “regulatory failure,” the structural problems of American regulatory approaches. He concludes with recommendations to move us ahead, a path forward that focuses on performance, information, incentives, and source reduction. Strongly recommended.’ -- Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Pollution 3. At The End of the Pipe, or Why Acid Rain Will be a Problem as Long as We Burn Coal 4. Failure When There Is No Pipe 5. Failure Before The End of the Pipe: Missed Opportunities in American Paper Recycling 6. Regulation Beyond Compliance, Abatement and Mitigation References Index

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Book SynopsisA Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental sciences, and environmental studies. It defines a comprehensive set of over 3700 words used across these fields to help policy makers, students, and professionals achieve a holistic view of environmental issues. The dictionary also features: introductory primers to major topic areas; recommended reading for particular topics and specific words or concepts; and seven appendices, including a catalog of scientific symbols, units, and conversions, as well as an expansive listing and description of selected environmental treaties. The extensive and accessible nature of the content renders this book an indispensible reference for practitioners requiring an informed and balanced description of key concepts and issues. This resource will be extremely valuable to policy makers and professionals working on climate change and other environmental issues, and to postgraduate and undergraduate students in climate change and environmental studies, as well as to academics and other practitioners working on multidisciplinary environmental issues outside their area of expertise.Trade Review’. . . for anyone who works in depth with the complex issues of climate, environment, and economics.’ -- - Natural Hazards ObserverTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Economics for the Environment: A Primer Climate Change Policy: A Primer International Environmental Problems: A Primer Environmental Systems, Dynamics, and Modeling: A Primer Annotated References: A Starting Point Internet Resources: Environmental News Sources and Blogs A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment: Economics, Science, and Policy References

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explores a wide range of environmental issues centered on the Middle-East and North Africa region, where environmental degradation and impacts of climate change are known to be more critical than in others parts of the world. Extensive country analyses are supported by references to the economic literature on regulation and incentives, and encompass recent trends in environmental management modes and policy orientations. The topical chapters include a critical review of environmental policies with a focus on economic incentives on various environmental issues including irrigation water, air pollution, solid waste management and the impact of climate change and fisheries. The book combines econometric applications, theoretical models of regulation, and policy-oriented economic analyses with fundamental recommendations for policymakers. Economic Incentives and Environmental Regulation will attract a wide spectrum of audiences including academics, researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers. Contributors: H. Abou-Ali, M.H. Babiker, A.R. Darwish, E. Deutsch, C. Dridi, M.A. Fehaid, V.I. Grover, L. Huang, M. Jeuland, N. Khraief, A.A. Kubursi, B. Larsen, D. Maradan, U.R. Sumaila, A. Thomas, K. ZeinTable of ContentsContents: 1. Environment and Regulations in MENA Hala Abou-Ali PART I: ECONOMIC VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MENA 2. Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation in the Middle East and North African Region: Selected Issues Bjorn Larsen 3. Willingness to Pay for Improving Land and Water Conditions for Agriculture in Damietta, Egypt Hala Abou-Ali PART II: MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS AND AIR POLLUTION IN MENA 4. Climate Change Policy in the MENA Region: Prospects, Challenges and the Implication of Market Instruments Mustafa Hussein Babiker and Mohammed A. Fehaid 5. Regulating Traffic to Reduce Air Pollution in Greater Cairo, Egypt Hala Abou-Ali and Alban Thomas 6. Regulating Industry Emissions: Assessing the Moroccan Cement Experience David Maradan and Karim Zein PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN SOLID WASTE, WATER AND FISHERIES IN MENA 7. Mitigating Industrial Solid Waste in Tunisia: Landfill Use versus Recycling Chokri Dridi and Naceur Khraief 8. Water Scarcity in Jordan: Economic Instruments, Issues and Options Atif A. Kubursi, Velma I. Grover, Abdel Raouf Darwish and Eliza Deutsch 9. Creating Incentives for More Effective Wastewater Reuse in the Middle East and North Africa Marc Jeuland 10. Improving the Management of Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean Sea Ussif Rashid Sumaila and Ling Huang Index

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Book SynopsisThis enriching book presents a holistic overview of climate change uncertainty and offers a number of pathways that could be used to account for such uncertainties in the stated preference valuation research. It shows that uncertainty plays an important role in determining the values of climate change mitigation benefits and as the authors say 'If this uncertainty remains unaccounted for, there is a potential danger that the estimated economic values will misrepresent social preferences for public policy interventions to manage environmental externalities'. Valuing Climate Change Mitigation discusses the role of uncertainty in valuing the benefits of climate change mitigation policies using contingent valuation and choice experiments techniques. It treats climate change using three dimensions of uncertainty: scenario, policy and preference. Conceptual frameworks are advanced to account simultaneously for these various dimensions of uncertainty. The authors then explore the impact of introducing these uncertainties into benefit estimates for the Australian Carbon Pollutions Reduction Scheme. The authors present frameworks to account for multiple uncertainty in environmental decision analysis that will prove invaluable for academics and students in the fields of environmental economics and management. Policymakers will also gain invaluable methodological insight.Trade Review‘Written in a clear and mostly nontechnical manner, while offering the right amount of details, this book would be certainly useful to academics and practitioners aiming at understanding peoples' attitudes towards different climate change mitigation options. Ultimately, different sources of uncertainty are important not only for climate change policies, but also for many other environmental issues. This book provides a useful road map, together with numerous practical details, that would be very helpful for anybody wanting to encompass uncertainty in SP surveys.’ -- Carlo Fezzi, Journal of Economic Literature Reviews‘The findings of the book are an important contribution to the successful implementation of climate change policy and communicating climate change risk to a general audience.’ -- Helen Adams, Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Climate Change and Uncertainty 2. Uncertainty and Stated Preference Techniques: A Conceptual Overview 3. Uncertainty and Stated Preference Techniques in Practice 4. Data 5. Public Perceptions, Understanding and Knowledge of Climate Change 6. Climate Change Uncertainty and Contingent Valuation Welfare Estimates 7. The Role of Global Cooperation 8. Climate Change Uncertainty and Choice Experiment Welfare Estimates 9. Determinants of Preference Uncertainty 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary economic, social, political and environmental change in small islands, island states and territories, through every ocean. It focuses on those island realms conventionally perceived as developing, rather than developed, in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans.John Connell examines the decline of agriculture and the rise of tourism, the problems of urbanization, and the particular role of migration and remittances, within a culture of migration. He seeks to balance economic challenges with environmental threats, notably that of climate change, and social changes with the survival of culture, pointing to awkward and hybrid development futures.This unique study comprehensively balances environmental, social and economic changes to provide a more wide-ranging assessment of sustainability that will be invaluable for academics and postgraduate students on environment and international development courses.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Islands and Political Economies 3. The Historic Core: Agriculture and Fisheries 4. Towards Modern Economies? 5. Urban Futures? 6. Leaving the Islands: International Migration 7. Environmental Change 8. Islands at Risk? References IndexTrade Review‘This is a considered volume by a considerable scholar of island studies, John Connell of the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, who has been writing on islands, principally in the Pacific, for decades amongst his wider research output within geography . Islands at risk?, then, is a product by a mature scholar building on much study within the realm of islands. . . The material is as rich as could be hoped, the discussion scholarly and authoritative, backed up by a mighty reference list running to 75 pages. Anybody interested in island studies must get this book, whilst it speaks also to those studying or teaching and/or researching into development studies and the environment.’ -- Stephen Royle, Australian Geographer‘The pitfalls of trying to generalise about islands and what is happening on them are primarily twofold. First, there are so many islands whose peoples and environments are buffeted by forces that are hugely diverse, sometimes even rendering comparisons between islands in the same subregion problematic. Second, almost every reader of Connell's book with some experience of SISI would, I imagine, have a set of preconceived ideas about these that is biased geographically or thematically, and therefore, perhaps automatically disposed to seek reasons to criticise such a global survey. The fact that this reviewer, who falls squarely within this group, can find little fault with what is written is testi­ mony to Connell's almost unmatched knowledge of islands and understanding of the reasons they are at risk. Highly recommended.’ -- Patrick Nunn, Geographical Research‘Islands at Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change by John Connell provides a wealth of information to readers on environmental and economic patterns of development in small islands and small island states (SISIs). . . Overall, this book is a welcome resource to the literature on small island economies and societies. It contributes to extremely important and ongoing discussions.’ -- Urban Island StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Islands and Political Economies 3. The Historic Core: Agriculture and Fisheries 4. Towards Modern Economies? 5. Urban Futures? 6. Leaving the Islands: International Migration 7. Environmental Change 8. Islands at Risk? References Index

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Book SynopsisA timely contribution to social entrepreneurship research from a Scandinavian view. Taking entrepreneurship as creative action in society as a whole, the authors counter widely held perceptions of (social) entrepreneurship: it is not an elite phenomenon but a form of action that we all engage in from time to time; it is not about system-changing disruptions but generally about small but real improvements in everyday life; it is not about autonomous action but about realizing freedom potential in societies where knowledge and learning have become essential for civic action.'- Rafael Ziegler, University of Greifswald, Germany'This book offers an innovative, theory-driven account of social entrepreneurship that is located in new thinking around the constructs of community and 'public' entrepreneurship. Bjerke and Karlsson draw on a wide range of sources to offer useful new insights and analyses of this emerging sector and contribute a variety of useful and challenging new models of the relationship between society, innovation, and politics. All in all, this represents a valuable addition to the growing theoretical literature on social innovation and entrepreneurship.'- Alex Nicholls, University of Oxford, UKThis informative book examines some social entrepreneurs in practice in several countries whilst concentrating on entrepreneurs in the third sector. The authors call them citizen entrepreneurs. Such people are not only becoming more common but also more necessary in the world of today.Entrepreneurs are seen as people who aim 'to act as if and make a difference', that is, who act out of the ordinary and come up with noticeable solutions to various problems without being restricted by existing resources or possibilities. This book applies these criteria to citizen entrepreneurs, focusing on public entrepreneurs operating in public places. The authors conduct in-depth case studies to examine these public entrepreneurs thoroughly and offer some theoretical reflections on social entrepreneurship.Students and researchers studying social entrepreneurship will find this book of great interest. Social entrepreneurs and practitioners would also benefit considerably from this enriching resource.Trade Review‘A timely contribution to social entrepreneurship research from a Scandinavian view. Taking entrepreneurship as creative action in society as a whole, the authors counter widely held perceptions of (social) entrepreneurship: it is not an elite phenomenon but a form of action that we all engage in from time to time; it is not about system-changing disruptions but generally about small but real improvements in everyday life; it is not about autonomous action but about realizing freedom potential in societies where knowledge and learning have become essential for civic action.’ -- Rafael Ziegler, University of Greifswald, Germany‘This book offers an innovative, theory-driven account of social entrepreneurship that is located in new thinking around the constructs of community and “public” entrepreneurship. Bjerke and Karlsson draw on a wide range of sources to offer useful new insights and analyses of this emerging sector and contribute a variety of useful and challenging new models of the relationship between society, innovation, and politics. All in all, this represents a valuable addition to the growing theoretical literature on social innovation and entrepreneurship.’ -- Alex Nicholls, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Our New Society 2. All These Entrepreneurs 3. To Act as if and Make a Difference 4. Different Kinds of Citizen Entrepreneurs 5. Public Entrepreneurship – What is it? 6. The Entrepreneurial Local Community and Public Entrepreneurs 7. Public Entrepreneurs, Networks and Social Capital 8. Public Entrepreneurship – Start, Stages and Process 9. Some Theoretical Reflections Appendix 1: The Carrying Out of the Research Project Appendix 2: Media Cultures – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow? Appendix 3: Some Other Social Entrepreneurial Projects We Have Come in Contact With Appendix 4: Woman and Social Entrepreneurship – A Comment References Index

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Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable development is the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable.The author examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. He identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future and opportunity costs of preservation. He goes on to provide a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. Indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare - also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator - are analysed, as are indicators of strong sustainability, including ecological footprints, material flows and sustainability gaps.This book will prove essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in ecological and environmental economics and sustainable development.Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Sustainable Development: Conceptual, Ethical and Paradigmatic Issues 3. Resources, the Environment and Economic Growth: Is Natural Capital Substitutable? 4. Preserving Natural Capital in a World of Risk, Uncertainty and Ignorance 5. Measuring Weak Sustainability 6. Measuring Strong Sustainability 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. How Present-value Maximisation Can Lead to Extinction Appendix 2. The Hotelling Rule and Ramsey Rule in a Simple General Equilibrium Model Appendix 3. The Hotelling Rule and the Ramsey Rule in a More Complex Model Bibliography IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the Fourth Edition 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Sustainable Development: Conceptual, Ethical and Paradigmatic Issues 3. Resources, the Environment and Economic Growth: Is Natural Capital Substitutable? 4. Preserving Natural Capital in a World of Risk, Uncertainty and Ignorance 5. Measuring Weak Sustainability 6. Measuring Strong Sustainability 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. How Present-value Maximisation Can Lead to Extinction Appendix 2. The Hotelling Rule and Ramsey Rule in a Simple General Equilibrium Model Appendix 3. The Hotelling Rule and the Ramsey Rule in a More Complex Model Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThough scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issue's relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental degradation, calling for a fundamental shift in how economists measure and discuss national income.Through a combination of new material reflecting recent developments in the field and previously published essays that provide a history of green accounting, the author emphasizes the importance of considering natural resources as part of a nation's economic capital. Setting forth what has become known as the 'El Serafy Method', this fascinating and complex volume presents both the justification and the methodology for giving the environment a place in the global economic conversation.Students, professors, researchers and policymakers in the field of environmental and ecological economics will no doubt find much to appreciate in this thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the intersection between economics and the environment.Trade Review'This is an important book. It not only serves as a valuable contribution to green accounting, it is a testament to Salah El Serafy's tireless efforts to reform the national income accounts in ways that would better reveal the sustainable product of nations and the value of development policies. No matter what differences the reader may have with some of the points made, there is no denying that the world would be a much improved place if the reforms suggested by El Serafy were implemented.' --Philip Lawn, Flinders University, Australia'This book is a fabulous summary of Salah El Serafy's seminal contributions to ''greening'' national income accounts. If only we had employed the famous "El Serafy method" of investing depletion of non-renewable resources into renewable alternatives, the world would be in a much stronger and more sustainable place today. Hopefully it is not too late to take up this and El Serafy's many other recommendations for improving national income accounting.' --Robert Costanza, Portland State UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Breaking the Ground 2. Green Accounting: History and Prospects 3. The Environment as Capital Part II: Concepts of Income and Capital 4. Income, Capital and Wealth 5. Rent and Royalty 6. Hicks’s Income and Hicksian Income 7. Income from Extracting Petroleum and Controversies over Keeping Capital Intact 8. Adjusting for Disinvestment: In the Wake of Brundtland Part III: The User Cost and its Detractors 9. Proper Calculation of Income from Depletable Natural Resources 10. Disagreements and Misunderstandings 11. Hartwick’s Contribution Part IV: Methodological Tools 12. Depletable Resources: Fixed Capital or Inventories? 13. Sustainability and Substitutability: Defending Weak Sustainability 14. Growth Rate after Adjustment 15. Pricing the Invaluable: Services of the World’s Ecosystems Part V: Policy Matters 16. Population and National Income 17. Green Accounting and Economic Policy 18. The ‘Resource Curse’: Institutions and Dutch Disease 19. Natural Resources in World Bank Country Economic Work and Indonesia’s Experience 20. Sovereign Funds Part VI: Conclusion 21. An Afterword Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisWorld economic activity is a cause of climate change and climate change has an impact on economic activity. Adaptation to climate change can occur locally, but action to reduce the extent of climate change requires global cooperation or at least coordination.Covering all aspects of the problem, this collection contains both classic and recent key published articles on this burning issue. The first section explores global trends in emissions and their drivers as well as the most important forecasts of global greenhouse gas emissions. The second section covers mitigation policy at the international level reviewing costs, benefits, and analysis of policy instruments. The final section focuses on adaptation and the roles of risk and uncertainty in responses to climate change. The extensive, authoritative introduction provided by the editors puts these contributions into context. This volume will be of interest and value to researchers and policy professionals in the areas of climate policy and environmental economicsTrade Review‘Climate Change and the World Economy is a critically important, and seminal addition to academic, corporate, and governmental library Environmental Studies and Economic Studies reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction David I. Stern, Leo Dobes and Frank Jotzo PART I TRENDS, DRIVERS AND FORECASTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND AEROSOL EMISSIONS 1. Gilbert N. Plass (1956), ‘Carbon Dioxide and the Climate’ 2. Charles D. Keeling (1973), ‘Industrial Production of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels and Limestone’ 3. Nebojša Nakićenović (2000), ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios’ 4. Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma, Keywan Riahi, Allison Thomson, Kathy Hibbard, George C. Hurtt, Tom Kram, Volker Krey, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Toshihiko Masui, Malte Meinshausen, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Steven J. Smith and Steven K. Rose (2011), ‘The Representative Concentration Pathways: An Overview’ 5. Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Thomas M. Selden (1995), ‘Stoking the Fires? CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth’ 6. Mark C. Strazicich and John A. List (2003), ‘Are CO2 Emission Levels Converging Among Industrial Countries?’ 7. Michael R. Raupach, Gregg Marland, Philippe Ciais, Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell, Gernot Klepper and Christopher B. Field (2007), ‘Global and Regional Drivers of Accelerating CO2 Emissions’ 8. Arnulf Grübler, Nebojša Nakićenović and David G. Victor (1999), ‘Dynamics of Energy Technologies and Global Change’ 9. Sofia Teives Henriques and Astrid Kander (2010), ‘The Modest Environmental Relief Resulting from the Transition to a Service Economy’ 10. Glen P. Peters and Edgar G. Hertwich (2008), ‘CO2 Embodied in International Trade with Implications for Global Climate Policy’ 11. Frank Jotzo, Paul J. Burke, Peter J. Wood, Andrew Macintosh and David I. Stern (2012), ‘Decomposing the 2010 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rebound’ 12. R.A. Houghton (2003), ‘Revised Estimates of the Annual Net Flux of Carbon to the Atmosphere from Changes in Land Use and Land Management 1850–2000’ 13. David I. Stern and Robert .K. Kaufmann (1996), ‘Estimates of Global Anthropogenic Methane Emissions 1860–1993’ 14. S.J. Smith, J. van Aardenne, Z. Klimont, R.J. Andres, A. Volke and S. Delgado Arias (2011), ‘Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions: 1850–2005’ PART II MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 15. John P. Weyant (1993), ‘Costs of Reducing Global Carbon Emissions’ 16. William D. Nordhaus and Zili Yang (1996), ‘A Regional Dynamic General-Equilibrium Model of Alternative Climate-Change Strategies’ 17. Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro and Enrica De Cian (2010), ‘Climate Policy and the Optimal Balance between Mitigation, Adaptation and Unavoidable Damage’ 18. Richard S.J. Tol (2002), ‘Estimates of the Damage Costs of Climate Change. Part 1: Benchmark Estimates’ 19. Ross Garnaut (2008), ‘Introduction’ 20. Martin L. Weitzman (2009), ‘On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change’ 21. Nicholas Stern (2008), ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ 22. John Quiggin (2008), ‘Stern and his Critics on Discounting and Climate Change: An Editorial Essay’ 23. Michael Grubb (1995), ‘Seeking Fair Weather: Ethics and the International Debate on Climate Change’ 24. Noreen Beg, Jan Corfee Morlot, Ogunlade Davidson, Yaw Afrane-Okesse, Lwazikazi Tyani, Fatma Denton, Youba Sokona, Jean Philippe Thomas, Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, Jyoti K. Parikh, Kirit Parikh and A. Atiq Rahman (2002), ‘Linkages between Climate Change and Sustainable Development’ 25. A. Denny Ellerman and Barbara K. Buchner (2007), ‘The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Origins, Allocation, and Early Results’ 26. Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen (2002), ‘The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy’ PART III IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION 27. Joel D. Scheraga and Anne E. Grambsch (1998), ‘Risk, Opportunities, and Adaptation to Climate Change’ 28. Richard W. Katz and Barbara G. Brown (1992), ‘Extreme Events in a Changing Climate: Variability is More Important than Averages’ 29. Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel (2006), ‘Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability’ 30. Ian Burton, Saleemul Huq, Bo Lim, Olga Pilifosova and Emma Lisa Schipper (2002), ‘From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: The Shaping of Adaptation Policy’ 31. Stéphane Hallegatte, Jean-Charles Hourcade and Philippe Ambrosi (2007), ‘Using Climate Analogues for Assessing Climate Change Economic Impacts in Urban Areas’ 32. Peter Linquiti and Nicholas Vonortas (2012), ‘The Value of Flexibility in Adapting to Climate Change: A Real Options Analysis of Investments in Coastal Defense’ 33. Leo Dobes (2012), ‘Sir Sidney Kidman: Australia’s Cattle King as a Pioneer of Adaptation to Climatic Uncertainty’ 34. Stéphane Hallegatte (2009), ‘Strategies to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate Change’ 35. George L. Priest (1996), ‘The Government, the Market, and the Problem of Catastrophic Loss’ 36. Nils Petter Gleditsch (1998), ‘Armed Conflict and the Environment: A Critique of the Literature’ 37. François Gemenne (2011), ‘Why the Numbers Don’t Add Up: A Review of Estimates and Predictions of People Displaced by Environmental Changes’ 38. Sabine L. Perch-Nielsen, Michèle B. Bättig and Dieter Imboden (2008), ‘Exploring the Link between Climate Change and Migration’ 39. Roxana Juliá and Faye Duchin (2007), ‘World Trade as the Adjustment Mechanism of Agriculture to Climate Change’ 40. Robert Mendelsohn (2006), ‘The Role of Markets and Governments in Helping Society Adapt to a Changing Climate’

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on three critical issues pertaining to the broader goal of sustainable development - namely, the degenerative forces of globalization, ecological sustainability requirements, and how best to negotiate the economic transition process.While the applicability of ecological sustainability to sustainable development is obvious, the association between economic transition and sustainable development, and, more particularly, how globalization forces can impact negatively on the sustainable development process, is poorly understood. Philip Lawn brings together some of the leading practitioners in the field of sustainable development to discuss these issues and to outline ways to achieve sustainable development without the perceived need for continuous growth. The book culminates with a number of policy recommendations and institutional modifications to assist nations and the global community to achieve sustainable development.This book will prove invaluable for academics and researchers in ecological, environmental and natural resource economics as well as sustainable development, globalization and international trade. Practitioners and policy-makers at all levels will find this resource both interesting and instrumental to their work.Contributors: M. Borucke, M. Clarke, M. Cole, R. Costanza, H. Daly, P. Fredriksson, A. Galli, T. Jackson, I. Kubiszewski, P. Lawn, E. Lazarus, S. Mattoon, W. Rees, J. Rockström, W. Steffen, P. Victor, M. WackernagelTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Globalisation, Economic Transition, and the Environment: An Introduction Philip Lawn PART II: GLOBALISATION 2. Globalisation versus Internationalisation, and Four Reasons Why Internationalisation is Better Herman Daly 3. Carrying Capacity, Globalisation, and the Unsustainable Entanglement of Nations William Rees 4. Institutionalised Pollution Havens Matthew Cole and Per Fredriksson PART III: ECONOMIC TRANSITION 5. Prosperity Without Growth Tim Jackson 6. Economic Transition in Australia: Time to Move Towards a Steady-state Economy Philip Lawn 7. Assessing the Economic Transition Process Across the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparisons, Trends, and Policy Implications Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn 8. Managing Without Growth in Canada: Exploring the Possibilities Peter Victor PART IV: THE ENVIRONMENT 9. The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Some Theoretical and Empirical Insights Philip Lawn 10. Planetary Boundaries: Using Early Warning Signals for Sustainable Global Governance Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Ida Kubiszewski and Robert Costanza 11. Ecological Footprint Accounting Mathis Wackernagel, Alessandro Galli, Michael Borucke, Elias Lazarus and Scott Mattoon PART V: CONCLUSION 12. Globalisation, Economic Transition, and the Environment: Synthesis and a Way Forward Philip Lawn Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook, carefully commissioned original contributions from acknowledged experts in the field address the new concepts and their applications, identify knowledge gaps and provide authoritative recommendations.The Handbook offers a wealth of case studies and further:- identifies the conceptual underpinnings of the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity- demonstrates new research methodologies and their applications- provides authoritative assessment of the recent results and findings in ecosystems services and biodiversity valuation and accounting- provides the reader with the state of the art of the research on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity- provides spatial explicit tools for mapping ecosystem services values for land-use planning, including in the context of business and industry.This authoritative assessment will appeal to researchers and academics at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate levels of environmental economics and ecological economics. Policy-makers in government, business and conservation sectors will find much to engage them as the work will prove essential for implementing effective response policies for the management of ecosystems and biodiversity.Contributors: P. Ala-aho, I. Anastasiou, J.Angulo-Valdés, V. Babalos, T. Badura, K.J. Bagstad, H.E. Balbach, E.B. Barbier, A.A. Batabyal, A. Bien, L.M. Brander, A. Catzim-Sanchez, H. Chen, W.W.L. Cheung, J.C. Cooper, J. Coria, G. Cucuzza, A.T. de Blaeij, T. Dedeurwaerdere, M. De Salvo, S. Di Falco, S.T.M. Dissanayake, A.K. Duraiappah, W.H Durham, R. Eskelinen, T. Figueredo Martín, P. Fong, M. Gemma, J.M. Gowdy, M. Honey, G.W. Johnson, T. Karjalainen, M. Kettunen, B. Klöve, E. Kougea, P. Koundouri, P. Kumar, V.W.Y. Lam, G.-M. Lange, V. Linderhof, A. Markandya, J. Maté, L. Mazza, C. Mena, Y. Mitani, E. Naikal, D. Narita, S. Navrud, P. Nijkamp, P.A.L.D. Nunes, H. Önal, R.R. Palatnik, C. Palmer, S. Parks, M. Pascual, M. Pérez-Soba, F.Pina-Amargós, N.B.P. Polman, L. Pratt, M. Pulido-Velazquez, M.J. Punt, D. Quiroga, K. Rehdanz, S. Reinhard, K. Reinikainen, E. Robinson, P.M. Rossi, G. Samonte, A. Seidl, D. Semmens, M. Shechter, B. Shitovitz, G. Signorello, R.D. Simpson, G. Slean, H.G. Smith, R.B.W. Smith, T. Sterner, M. Stithou, U.R. Sumaila, D. Suman, R.T. Tawfik, P. ten Brink, R.S.J. Tol, R.K. Turner, M. van der Heide, E.C. van Ierland, P. Verweij, F. Villa, S. Waage, X. Wang, H.-P. Weikard, J.D. Westervelt, M. Winograd, S. Withana, S. Zemah-ShamirTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Pushpam Kumar and Tom Dedeurwaerdere PART I: SETTING THE SCENE: THE NEED FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION 1. Comprehensive Wealth Accounting: Measuring Sustainable Development Glenn-Marie Lange and Esther Naikal 2. The Protective Value of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems Edward B. Barbier 3. Cruising for a Bruising: Challenges in Sustainable Capture of Ecosystem Service Values from Cruise Ship Tourism in Belize Andrew Seidl, Lawrence Pratt, Martha Honey, William H. Durham, Geraldine Slean and Amos Bien 4. Climate Change Effects on the Economics and Management of Marine Fisheries U. Rashid Sumaila, William W.L. Cheung and Vicky W. Y. Lam 5. The Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification Luke M. Brander, Daiju Narita, Katrin Rehdanz and Richard S.J. Tol 6. Estimating the Welfare Loss of Climate Change Impact on Corals Pushpam Kumar and Hongyan Chen PART II: EMERGING ECONOMIC VALUATION METHODS, INCLUDING THE USE OF DELIBERATIVE, MACRO AND SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ECONOMIC VALUATION 7. The Behavioral Argument for an Expanded Valuation Framework for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services John M. Gowdy and Sarah Parks 8. Valuing Ecosystem Services in Macroeconomic Setting Rodney B.W. Smith and Masahiko Gemma 9. Exploring the Use of a Macro-micro-based Approach to Value Biodiversity Productivity Impacts on the Agricultural Sector Ruslana Rachel Palatnik and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes 10. Quantifying and Valuing Ecosystem Services: An Application of ARIES to the San Pedro River Basin, USA Kenneth J. Bagstad, Darius Semmens, Ferdinando Villa and Gary W. Johnson 11. Optimal Selection of Clustered Conservation Lands Using Integer Programming: The Case of Fort Stewart in Georgia, USA Sahan T.M. Dissanayake, Hayri Önal, James D. Westervelt and Harold E. Balbach 12. QUICKScan: A Pragmatic Approach for Decision Support in Ecosystem Services Assessment and Management Manuel Winograd, Marta Pérez-Soba, Peter Verweij PART III: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CONSERVATION POLICY 13. Ecosystem Service Valuation and the Allocation of Land R. David Simpson 14. Biodiversity Prospecting Over Time and Under Uncertainty: A Theory of Sorts Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp 15. Game Theory and Marine Protected Areas: the Effects of Conservation Autarky in a Multiple Use Environment Maarten J. Punt, Hans-Peter Weikard and Ekko C. van Ierland 16. The Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Their Role in Decision-making: Constraints and Ways Forward Anil Markandya and Marta Pascual 17. Optimal Species Preservation Policy in a Symbiotic Relationship between Species Shiri Zemah-Shamir, Benyamin Shitovitz and Mordechai Shechter 18. Biodiversity, Poverty and Development Charles Palmer and Salvatore Di Falco 19. Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: A Tale of Confused Objectives, Multiple Market Failures and Policy Challenges Jessica Coria, Elizabeth Robinson, Henrik G. Smith and Thomas Sterner PART IV: SHEDDING LIGHT ON NON-MARKET VALUES OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 20. A Choice Experiment to Value the Recreational Benefits of Coral Reefs: A Case Study of Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt Rady T. Tawfik and R. Kerry Turner 21. Using Ecological Information in Choice Experiments to Value Ecosystem Services Restoration Programs in East Asia Yohei Mitani and Ståle Navrud 22. A One and One Half Bound Contingent Valuation Survey to Estimate the Benefits of Restoring a Degraded Coastal Wetland Ecosystem: The Case Study of Capo Feto Giovanni Signorello, Joseph C. Cooper, Giuseppe Cucuzza and Maria De Salvo 23. A Micro-Econometric Approach to Deriving Use and Non-Use Values of in situ Groundwater: The Vosvozis Case Study, Greece Phoebe Koundouri, Vassilis Babalos, Mavra Stithou and Ioannis Anastasiou 24. The Economic Feasibility of the Creation of the Jardines de la Reina National Park Tamara Figueredo Martín, Fabián Pina Amargós and Jorge Angulo Valdés 25. Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Man-made Wetlands Nico B.P. Polman, Arianne T. de Blaeij, Martijn van der Heide, Vincent Linderhof and Stijn Reinhard 26. The Contribution of Non-Use Values to Inform the Management of Groundwater Systems: The Rokua Esker, Northern Finland Phoebe Koundouri, Mavra Stithou, Eva Kougea, Pertti Ala-aho, Riko Eskelinen, Timo Karjalainen, Bjorn Klove, Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Kalle Reinikainen and Pekka M. Rossi PART V: THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE AND SCIENCE-POLICY-BUSINESS INTERFACE IN BRINGING VISIBLE ECOSYSTEM VALUES 27. Governance is Critical to Managing Coastal and Marine Resources: Effects of Marine Management Areas Giselle Samonte, Daniel Suman, Juan Maté, Diego Quiroga, Carlos Mena, Adele Catzim-Sanchez, Patrick Fong and Xuanwen Wang 28. Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface: Lessons from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Anantha Kumar Duraiappah 29. Governance of the Transition to a Green Economy – Responding to the Values of Nature Patrick ten Brink, Leonardo Mazza, Tomáš Badura, Marianne Kettunen and Sirini Withana 30. New Business Decision-Making Aids in an Era of Complexity, Scrutiny, and Uncertainty: Tools for Identifying, Assessing, and Valuing Ecosystem Services Sissel Waage Index

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Book SynopsisThe economics of nonrenewable resources addresses some of the most problematic issues concerning the sustainability of the world economy. This comprehensive research review discusses some of the most important and influential journal articles by some of the leading scholars in the field. Subjects discussed include: an introduction to the economics of nonrenewable resources; theoretical foundations for the field; nonhomogeneous resources; exploration and uncertainty; market structure; taxation and global climate change. The research review concludes with a discussion of the empirical research and the extent to which nonrenewable resources constrain economic growth as well as the consistency of the theoretical predictions of Hotelling-type models with actual economic outcomes.Table of ContentsContents: Research Review Robert Halvorsen Introduction Robert Halvorsen PART I SOLOW’S RICHARD T. ELY LECTURE 1. Robert M. Solow (1974), ‘The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics’, American Economic Review, 64 (2), May, 1–14 PART II THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Harold Hotelling (1931), ‘The Economics of Exhaustible Resources’, Journal of Political Economy, 39 (2), April, 137–75 3. Partha Dasgupta and Geoffrey Heal (1974), ‘The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’, Review of Economic Studies, Symposium on the Economics of Exhaustible Resources, 41 (5), December, 3–28 4. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1974), ‘Growth with Exhaustible Natural Resources: Efficient and Optimal Growth Paths’, Review of Economic Studies, Symposium on the Economics of Exhaustible Resources, 41 (5), December, 123–37 5. R. M. Solow (1974), ‘Intergenerational Equity and Exhaustible Resources’, Review of Economic Studies, Symposium on the Economics of Exhaustible Resources, 41 (5), December, 29–45 PART III NONHOMOGENOUS RESOURCES 6. Geoffrey Heal (1976), ‘The Relationship between Price and Extraction Cost for a Resource with a Backstop Technology’, Bell Journal of Economics, 7 (2), Autumn, 371–8 7. Robert M. Solow and Frederic Y. Wan (1976), ‘Extraction Costs in the Theory of Exhaustible Resources’, Bell Journal of Economics, 7 (2), Autumn, 359–70 8. David Levhari and Nissan Liviatan (1977), ‘Notes on Hotelling’s Economics of Exhaustible Resources’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 10 (2), May, 177–92 9. Y. H. Farzin (1992), ‘The Time Path of Scarcity Rent in the Theory of Exhaustible Resources’, Economic Journal, 102 (413), July, 813–30 PART IV EXPLORATION AND UNCERTAINTY 10. Robert S. Pindyck (1978), ‘The Optimal Exploration and Production of Nonrenewable Resources’, Journal of Political Economy, 86 (5), October, 841–61 11. John R. Livernois and Russell S. Uhler (1987), ‘Extraction Costs and the Economics of Nonrenewable Resources’, Journal of Political Economy, 95 (1), February, 195–203 12. Kenneth J. Arrow and Sheldon Chang (1982), ‘Optimal Pricing, Use, and Exploration of Uncertain Natural Resource Stocks’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 9 (1), March, 1–10 13. Partha Dasgupta and Joseph Stiglitz (1981), ‘Resource Depletion under Technological Uncertainty’, Econometrica, 49 (1), January, 85–104 14. Robert S. Pindyck (1980), ‘Uncertainty and Exhaustible Resource Markets’, Journal of Political Economy, 88 (6), December, 1203–25 15. Joseph E. Swierzbinski and Robert Mendelsohn (1989), ‘Information and Exhaustible Resources: A Bayesian Analysis’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 16 (3), May, 193–208 PART V ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY 16. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’, American Economic Review, 67 (5), December, 972–4 17. James L. Sweeney (1977), ‘Economics of Depletable Resources: Market Forces and Intertemporal Bias’, Review of Economic Studies, 44 (1), February, 125–41 18. David Levhari and Robert S. Pindyck (1981), ‘The Pricing of Durable Exhaustible Resources’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, XCVI (3), August, 365–77 19. Y. Hossein Farzin (1984), ‘The Effect of the Discount Rate on Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’, Journal of Political Economy, 92 (5), October, 841–51 20. Gérard Gaudet, Michel Moreau and Stephan Salant (2001), ‘Intertemporal Depletion of Resource Sites by Spatially Distributed Users’, American Economic Review, 91 (4), September, 1149–59 PART VI MARKET STRUCTURE 21. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources’, American Economic Review, 66 (4), September, 655–61 22. Stephen W. Salant (1976), ‘Exhaustible Resources and Industrial Structure: A Nash-Cournot Approach to the World Oil Market’, Journal of Political Economy, 84 (5), October, 1079–94 23. Michael Hoel (1978), ‘Resource Extraction, Substitute Production, and Monopoly’, Journal of Economic Theory, 19 (1), October, 28–37 24. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta (1982), ‘Market Structure and Resource Depletion: A Contribution to the Theory of Intertemporal Monopolistic Competition’, Journal of Economic Theory, 28 (1), October, 128–64 25. Partha Dasgupta, Richard J. Gilbert and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1982), ‘Invention and Innovation Under Alternative Market Structures: The Case of Natural Resources’, Review of Economic Studies, XLIY (4), October, 567–82 26. Hassan Benchekroun, Gérard Gaudet and Ngo Van Long (2006), ‘Temporary Natural Resource Cartels’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 52 (3), November, 663–74 27. Gregory M. Ellis and Robert Halvorsen (2002), ‘Estimation of Market Power in a Nonrenewable Resource Industry’, Journal of Political Economy, 110 (4), August, 883–99 PART VII TAXATION 28. Ross Garnaut and Anthony Clunies Ross (1975), ‘Uncertainty, Risk Aversion and the Taxing of Natural Resource Projects’, Economic Journal, 85 (338), June, 272–87 29. Terry Heaps (1985), ‘The Taxation of Nonreplenishable Natural Resources Revisited’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 12 (1), March, 14–27 30. Margaret E. Slade (1986), ‘Taxation of Non-Renewable Resources at Various Stages of Production, Canadian Journal of Economics, 19 (2), May, 281–97 31. Larry Karp and John Livernois (1992), ‘On Efficiency-Inducing Taxation for a Non-Renewable Resource Monopolist’ Journal of Public Economics, 49 (2), November, 219–39 PART VIII GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 32. Alistair Ulph and David Ulph (1994), ‘The Optimal Time Path of a Carbon Tax’, Oxford Economic Papers, Special Issue on Environmental Economics, 46 Supplement 1, 857–68 33. Michael Hoel and Snorre Kverndokk (1996), ‘Depletion of Fossil Fuels and the Impacts of Global Warming’, Resource and Energy Economics, 18 (2), June, 115–36 34. Hans-Werner Sinn (2008), ‘Public Policies against Global Warming: A Supply Side Approach’, International Tax and Public Finance, 15 (4), August, 360–94 35. Reyer Gerlagh (2011), ‘Too Much Oil’, CESifo Economic Studies, 57 (1), 79–102 36. Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen (2012), ‘Is There Really a Green Paradox?’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 64 (3), November, 342–63 PART IX RESOURCE CURSE 37. Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner (2001), ‘Natural Resources and Economic Development: The Curse of Natural Resources’, European Economic Review, 45 (4-6), May, 827–38 38. Rabah Arezki and Frederick van der Ploeg (2011), ‘Do Natural Resources Depress Income Per Capita?’, Review of Development Economics, 15 (3), August, 504–21 PART X EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 39. Manuel H. Johnson, Frederick W. Bell and James T. Bennett (1980), ‘Natural Resource Scarcity: Empirical Evidence and Public Policy’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 7 (3), September, 256–71 40. Gardner M. Brown Jr. and Barry C. Field (1978), ‘Implications of Alternative Measures of Natural Resource Scarcity’, Journal of Political Economy, 86 (2), Part 1, April, 229–43 41. Margaret E. Slade (1982), ‘Trends in Natural-Resource Commodity Prices: An Analysis of the Time Domain’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 9 (2), June, 122–37 42. Junsoo Lee, John A. List and Mark C. Strazicich (2006), ‘Non-Renewable Resource Prices: Deterministic or Stochastic Trends?’, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 51 (3), May, 354–70 43. Geoffrey M. Heal and Michael Barrow (1980), ‘The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Metal Price Movements’, Review of Economic Studies, Econometrics Issue, 47 (1), January, 161–81 44. Robert Halvorsen and Tim R. Smith (1991), ‘A Test of the Theory of Exhaustible Resources’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 106 (1), February, 123–40 45. Merton H. Miller and Charles W. Upton (1985), ‘A Test of the Hotelling Valuation Principle’, Journal of Political Economy, 93 (1), February, 1–25 46. Martin L. Weitzman (1999), ‘Pricing the Limits to Growth from Minerals Depletion’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114 (2), May, 691–706 Index

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume work comprises a selection of seminal articles published over the past decade that have significantly advanced the study of tourism economics. The papers have been selected for their theoretical contributions as well as their contribution to informed policy making. Volume I comprises articles representing advances in the areas of demand modelling, forecasting, supply, pricing, taxation and the environment. Volume II comprises articles which make advances in the areas of tourism and economic growth, trade, development, impacts and destination competitiveness. This authoritative collection, along with an original introduction by the editors, will have particular appeal to university instructors, researchers, graduate students and tourism economists in private sector and policy-making organisations.Table of ContentsContents: Volume 1: Demand, Supply, Pricing, Taxation, Employment and the Environment Acknowledgements Introduction Larry Dwyer and Neelu Seetaram PART I TOURISM DEMAND MODELING AND FORECASTING 1. Haiyan Song and Gang Li (2008), ‘Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting—A Review of Recent Research’ 2. Lindsay W. Turner and Stephen F. Witt (2001), ‘Factors Influencing Demand for International Tourism: Tourism Demand Analysis Using Structural Equation Modelling, Revisited’ 3. Christine Lim and Michael McAleer (2001), ‘Cointegration Analysis of Quarterly Tourism Demand by Hong Kong and Singapore for Australia’ 4. Nada Kulendran and Kevin K.F. Wong (2005), ‘Modeling Seasonality in Tourism Forecasting’ 5. Haiyan Song and Kevin K.F. Wong (2003), ‘Tourism Demand Modeling: A Time-Varying Parameter Approach’ 6. Isabel Cortés-Jiménez, Ramesh Durbarry and Manuela Pulina (2009), ‘Estimation of Outbound Italian Tourism Demand: A Monthly Dynamic EC-LAIDS Model’ 7. Neelu Seetaram (2010), ‘Use of Dynamic Panel Cointegration Approach to Model International Arrivals to Australia’ 8. Joaquıń Alegre and Llorenç Pou (2006), ‘The Length of Stay in the Demand for Tourism’ PART II SUPPLY AND PRICING 9. J.M. Espinet, M. Saez, G. Coenders and M. Fluvià (2003), ‘Effect on Prices of the Attributes of Holiday Hotels: A Hedonic Prices Approach’ 10. Yoav Wachsman (2006), ‘Strategic Interactions Among Firms in Tourist Destinations’ 11. Stephen Wanhill (2006), ‘Some Economics of Staging Festivals: The Case of Opera Festivals’ 12. Serguei Kaniovski, Michael Peneder and Egon Smeral (2008), ‘Determinants of Firm Survival in the Austrian Accommodation Sector’ 13. Haiyan Song, Shu Yang and George Q. Huang (2009), ‘Price Interactions Between Theme Park and Tour Operator’ 14. Jenny Cave, Kartick Gupta and Stuart Locke (2009), ‘Supply-Side Investments: An International Analysis of the Return and Risk Relationship in the Travel & Leisure Sector’ PART III TOURISM AND TRANSPORT 15. Peter Forsyth (2006), ‘Martin Kunz Memorial Lecture: Tourism Benefits and Aviation Policy’ 16. Clive L. Morley (2007), ‘Research Note: Implications for Regional Destinations of New Airline Strategies’ 17. Andreas Papatheodorou and Zheng Lei (2006), ‘Leisure Travel in Europe and Airline Business Models: A Study of Regional Airports in Great Britain’ 18. Belén Rey, Rafael L. Myro and Asun Galera (2011), ‘Effect of Low-Cost Airlines on Tourism in Spain. A Dynamic Panel Data Model’ 19. Daniel Albalate and Germà Bel (2010), ‘Tourism and Urban Public Transport: Holding Demand Pressure Under Supply Constraints’ 20. Neelu Seetaram (2010), ‘Computing Airfare Elasticities or Opening Pandora’s Box’ PART IV TAXATION 21. Nishaal Gooroochurn and M. Thea Sinclair (2005), ‘Economics of Tourism Taxation: Evidence from Mauritius’ 22. Li Sheng and Yanming Tsui (2009), ‘Taxing Tourism: Enhancing or Reducing Welfare?’ 23. Nishaal Gooroochurn and Thea Sinclair (2008), ‘Commodity Taxation in the Presence of Tourists’ 24. Peter Forsyth and Larry Dwyer (2002) ‘Market Power and the Taxation of Domestic and International Tourism’ 25. Ramesh Durbarry (2008), ‘Tourism Taxes: Implications for Tourism Demand in the UK’ 26. Claudio A.G. Piga (2003), ‘Pigouvian Taxation in Tourism’ 27. Richard S.J. Tol (2007), ‘The Impact of a Carbon Tax on International Tourism’ PART V TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT 28. Pedro Pintassilgo and João Albino Silva (2007), ‘“Tragedy of the Commons” in the Tourism Accommodation Industry’ 29. Robert J. Johnston and Timothy J. Tyrrell (2005), ‘A Dynamic Model of Sustainable Tourism’ 30. Ester Blanco, Javier Rey-Maquieira and Javier Lozano (2009), ‘Economic Incentives for Tourism Firms to Undertake Voluntary Environmental Management’ 31. Patrizia Riganti and Peter Nijkamp (2008), ‘Congestion in Popular Tourist Areas: A Multi-Attribute Experimental Choice Analysis of Willingness-to-Wait in Amsterdam’ 32. Carmelo J. León, Juan M. Hernández and Matías González (2007), ‘Economic Welfare, the Environment and the Tourist Product Life Cycle’ 33. Javier Lozano, Carlos M. Gómez and Javier Rey-Maquieira (2008), ‘The TALC Hypothesis and Economic Growth Theory’ 34. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Ray Spurr and Serajul Hoque (2010), ’Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Australian Tourism’ PART VI EMPLOYMENT ISSUES 35. Christer Thrane (2008), ‘Earnings Differentiation in the Tourism Industry: Gender, Human Capital and Socio-Demographic Effects’ 36. Adelaida Lillo-Bañuls and José M. Casado-Díaz (2010), ‘Rewards to Education in the Tourism Sector: One Step Ahead’ 37. Juan Antonio Campos-Soria, Bienvenido Ortega-Aguaza and Miguel Angel Ropero-García (2009), ‘Gender Segregation and Wage Difference in the Hospitality Industry’ 38. Chi-Chur Chao, Bharat R. Hazari, Jean-Pierre Laffargue and Eden S.H. Yu (2009), ‘A Dynamic Model of Tourism, Employment and Welfare: The Case Of Hong Kong’ Volume II: Tourism, Trade, Growth and Welfare Acknowledgements Introduction An introduction to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I TOURISM TRADE, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT A Tourism and Economic Growth 1. Jacint Balaguer and Manuel Cantavella-Jordá (2002), ‘Tourism as a Long-Run Economic Growth Factor: The Spanish Case’ 2. Paolo Figini and Laura Vici (2010), ‘Tourism and Growth in a Cross Section of Countries’ 3. Chien-Chiang Lee and Chun-Ping Chang (2008), ‘Tourism Development and Economic Growth: A Closer Look at Panels’ 4. Sara Proença and Elias Soukiazis (2008), ‘Tourism as an Economic Growth Factor: A Case Study for Southern European Countries’ 5. Pedro M.D.C.B. Gouveia and Paulo M.M. Rodrigues (2005), ‘Dating and Synchronizing Tourism Growth Cycles’ B International Trade 6. Jean-Jacques Nowak, Sylvain Petit and Mondher Sahli (2010), ‘Tourism and Globalization: The International Division of Tourism Production’ 7. Salvador Gil-Pareja, Rafael Llorca-Vivero and José Antonio Martínez-Serrano (2007), ‘The Effect of EMU on Tourism’ 8. Chi-Chur Chao, Bharat R. Hazari and Eden S.H. Yu (2010), ‘Quotas, Spillovers, and the Transfer Paradox in an Economy with Tourism’ 9. Chi-Chur Chao, Bharat R. Hazari, Jean-Pierre Laffargue, Pasquale M. Sgro and Eden S.H. Yu (2006), ‘Tourism, Dutch Disease and Welfare in an Open Dynamic Economy’ 10. Jean-Jacques Nowak, Mondher Sahli and Isabel Cortés-Jiménez (2007), ‘Tourism, Capital Good Imports and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence for Spain’ C Social Issues – Welfare Effect 11. Mondher Sahli and Jean-Jacques Nowak (2007), ‘Does Inbound Tourism Benefit Developing Countries? A Trade Theoretic Approach’ 12. Adam Blake, Jorge Saba Arbache, M. Thea Sinclair and Vladimar Teles (2008), ‘Tourism and Poverty Relief’ 13. Anan Wattanakuljarus and Ian Coxhead (2008), ‘Is Tourism-Based Development Good for the Poor? A General Equilibrium Analysis for Thailand’ 14. Robertico Croes and Manuel Vanegas, Sr. (2008), ‘Cointegration and Causality between Tourism and Poverty Reduction’ 15. Rinaldo Brau, Alessandro Lanza and Francesco Pigliaru (2007), ‘How Fast are Small Tourism Countries Growing? Evidence from the Data for 1980–2003’ 16. Diaram Ramjee Singh (2009), ‘Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Tourism and Economic Development’ PART II ECONOMIC IMPACTS 17. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, John Madden and Ray Spurr (2000), ‘Economic Impacts of Inbound Tourism under Different Assumptions Regarding the Macroeconomy’ 18. Adam Blake (2009), ‘The Dynamics of Tourism’s Economic Impact’ 19. Stefan F. Schubert and Juan Gabriel Brida (2009), ‘Macroeconomic Effects of Changes in Tourism Demand: A Simple Dynamic Model’ 20. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Ray Spurr (2004), ‘Evaluating Tourism’s Economic Effects: New and Old Approaches’ 21. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Ray Spurr (2005), ‘Estimating the Impacts of Special Events on an Economy’ 22. John R. Madden (2006), ‘Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mega Sporting Events: A General Equilibrium Assessment’ PART III TOURISM IN CRISIS 23. Nenad Njegovan (2006), ‘Are Shocks to Air Passenger Traffic Permanent or Transitory?: Implications for Long-Term Air Passenger Forecasts for the UK’ 24. Adam Blake and M. Thea Sinclair (2003), ‘Tourism Crisis Management: US Response to September 11’ 25. Xiamming Meng, Mahinda Siriwardana, Brian Dollery and Stuart Mounter (2010), ‘The Impact of the 2008 World Financial Crisis on Tourism and the Singapore Economy and Policy Responses: A CGE Analysis’ 26. Haiyan Song and Shanshan Lin (2010), ‘Impacts of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Tourism in Asia’ 27. Djauhari Pambudi, Nathalie McCaughey and Russell Smyth (2009), ‘Computable General Equilibrium Estimates of the Impact of the Bali Bombing on the Indonesian Economy’ 28. Paresh Kumar Narayan and Biman Chand Prasad (2007), ‘The Long-Run Impact of Coups on Fiji's Economy: Evidence From A Computable General Equilibrium Model’ 29. A.T. Blake, M.T. Sinclair and P.B. Chand (2003), ‘Quantifying the Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease on Tourism and the UK Economy’ PART IV DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS 30. Maria Francesca Cracolici, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld (2008), ‘Assessment of Tourism Competitiveness by Analysing Destination Efficiency’ 31. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2002), ‘Destination Price Competitiveness: Exchange Rate Changes versus Domestic Inflation’ 32. Nicolas Peypoch (2007), ‘On Measuring Tourism Productivity’ 33. Adam Blake, M. Thea Sinclair and Juan Antonio Campos Soria (2006), ‘Tourism Productivity: Evidence from the United Kingdom’ 34. Carlos P. Barros and Fernando P. Alves (2004), ‘Productivity in the Tourism Industry’ 35. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), ‘The Price Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism: A Comparison of 19 Destinations’ 36. Larry Dwyer and Peter Forsyth (2008), ‘Economic Measures of Tourism Yield: What Markets to Target?’

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Book SynopsisThis book is a superb textbook treatment of benefit-cost analysis. It is well designed for students in public policy, public administration, public health, social work, environmental affairs, law and business.'- John D. Graham, Indiana University, US'Principles and Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis is well worth reading. The volume reproduces some chapters previously published online in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis alongside new material that has not yet appeared in print, and does so in a logical and appealing way. Even the several chapters with which I disagreed made me think hard about my own views. And thinking hard is a good thing!'- Paul R. Portney, University of Arizona, USBenefit-cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies and standards to improve the consistency and credibility of such analyses, assisting analysts of all types in achieving a greater uniformity of practice.Although new analytical approaches are constantly being used and tested, this book supports the emergence of a professional culture adhering to a set of principles and standards that can be used to identify useful analytical processes and to discard less useful ones. Contributors to this volume come from a wide variety of backgrounds and include authors of leading textbooks, editors of journals, former government officials, and practitioners whose analyses have shaped decisions about education, the environment, security, income distribution, and other vital social and economic policies. Students and professors of public sector economics will find much of interest in this groundbreaking book. Practitioners working in government, non-profit organizations, and international institutions, including welfare economists, policy analysts, environmentalists, engineers, and others will also benefit from this volume's sophisticated and practical recommendations.Contributors: D.F. Burgess, J.H. Cook, T.B. Davis, S. Farrow, N. Garland, J.K. Hammitt, L.A. Karoly, H.A. Klaiber, J.B. Loomis, J.R. Lott, Jr, L.A. Robinson, T. Scott, V.K. Smith, A.R. Vining, W.K. Viscusi, D.L. Weimer, R.O. Zerbe, Jr.Trade Review‘This book is a superb textbook treatment of benefit–cost analysis. It is well designed for students in public policy, public administration, public health, social work, environmental affairs, law and business.’ -- John D. Graham, Indiana University, US‘Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis is well worth reading. The volume reproduces some chapters previously published online in the Journal of Benefit–Cost Analysis alongside new material that has not yet appeared in print, and does so in a logical and appealing way. Even the several chapters with which I disagreed made me think hard about my own views. And thinking hard is a good thing!’ -- Paul R. Portney, University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Professionalizing Benefit–Cost Analysis Scott Farrow and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 1. An Assessment of Important Issues Concerning the Application of Benefit–Cost Analysis to Social Policy Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 2. Toward Standardization of Benefit–Cost Analysis of Early Childhood Interventions Lynn A. Karoly 3. Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis of Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Mitigation Programs Joseph H. Cook 4. Principles and Standards for the Benefit–Cost Analysis of Crime John R. Lott, Jr. 5. Towards Principles and Standards for the Benefit–Cost Analysis of Safety Scott Farrow and W. Kip Viscusi 6. Developing General Equilibrium Benefit Analyses for Social Programs: An Introduction and Example H. Allen Klaiber and V. Kerry Smith 7. Appropriate Discounting for Benefit–Cost Analysis David F. Burgess and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 8. Ethical Benefit–Cost Analysis as Art and Science: Ten Rules for Benefit–Cost Analysis Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 9. Incorporating Distributional Issues into Benefit–Cost Analysis: Why, How, and Two Empirical Examples Using Non-market Valuation John B. Loomis 10. Behavioral Economics and the Conduct of Benefit–Cost Analysis: Towards Principles and Standards Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt 11. Conclusion: Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., Tyler Blake Davis, Nancy Garland and Tyler Scott

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Book SynopsisBy providing the real-world examples and lessons, the book will guide policy-makers and experts in their efforts in exploring and applying these pathways and tools in the larger context of development policies of nations and the pursuit of a sustainable century.'- From the foreword by Achim Steiner United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment ProgrammeUsing a selection of authoritative and original contributions, this timely book explores the uncertainty surrounding the impact of decisions undertaken to manage ecosystem services worldwide.Invariably, the policies designed and implemented to manage forests, wetlands, and marine and coastal environments often involve conflicts of interest between various stakeholders. This has added an additional layer of complexity in the context of developing countries where institutions and governance are weak or absent. Economic valuation and the subsequent design of innovative response tools such as payment for ecosystem services (PES) have the potential to offer far greater transparency. In the case of LDCs, the identification of suitable institutions for executing these tools is also of vital importance.With a strong policy focus, the contributors synthesize the scientific approaches to PES, valuation, trade-offs, equity and the institutional requirements to operationalize a credible concept of economic value. The book also addresses the behavioral foundations of creating the incentive design and response policies for ecosystem management.This book will prove helpful to ecosystems management researchers and postgraduate students of conservation and development. Conservation managers, decision makers and development practitioners will also find this resource both interesting and beneficial to their work.Contributors: R. Arriagada, I. Bateman, J. Blignaut, A.G. Drucker, A.K. Duraiappah, T. Elmqvist, B. Fisher, J.M. Gowdy, K. Hylander, J. Krishnaswamy, P. Kumar, R. Muradian, U. Narloch, I. Parker, U. Pascual, N. Pazmino, C. Perrings, L.C. Rodriguez, A. Salman, I. Thiaw, R.K. Turner, M. Tuvendal, S. WhittenTrade Review‘By providing the real-world examples and lessons, the book will guide policy-makers and experts in their efforts in exploring and applying these pathways and tools in the larger context of development policies of nations and the pursuit of a sustainable century.’ -- From the foreword by Achim Steiner United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment ProgrammeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Achim Steiner Preface 1. Values, Payments and Institutions for Ecosystem Management: A Developing Country Perspective Pushpam Kumar and Ibrahim Thiaw 2. Making Payments for Ecosystem Services Work Rodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings 3. Valuing Ecosystem Services: Benefits, Values, Space and Time Brendan Fisher, Ian Bateman and R. Kerry Turner 4. Managing Trade-offs in Ecosystem Services Thomas Elmqvist, Magnus Tuvendal, Jagdish Krishnaswamy and Kristoffer Hylander 5. Revisiting the Relationship between Equity and Efficiency in Payments for Ecosystem Services Unai Pascual, Roldan Muradian, Luis C. Rodriguez and Anantha K. Duraiappah 6. Are the Amounts of Payments for Environmental Services Enough to Contribute to Poverty Alleviation Efforts in Developing Countries? Luis C. Rodriguez, Unai Pascual and Roldan Muradian 7. Unifying Environmental and Social Protection: Learning from PES and CCT in Developing Countries Luis C. Rodriguez, Unai Pascual, Roldan Muradian, Nathalie Pazmino and Stuart Whitten 8. Exploring the Potential of Payments for Ecosystem Services for in-situ Agrobiodiversity Conservation Ulf Narloch, Adam G. Drucker and Unai Pascual 9. Paying for International Environmental Public Goods Rodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings 10. Institution and Ecosystem Functions: The Case of Keti Bunder, Pakistan John M. Gowdy and Aneel Salman 11. How Ecosystem-based Restoration Can Yield a Double Dividend of Adaptation to Climate Change and Enhancement of Ecosystem Services James Blignaut 12. The Ethical Foundations of Cultural Diversity in Ecosystems and their Role in Economic Valuation Ian Parker 13. Lessons Learned and Conclusions Pushpam Kumar Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses important relationships between economics and environmental policy, especially highlighting the role of taxation. It also connects environmental policy to social accounting by describing how measures of welfare and sustainable development depend on whether policies successfully internalize market failures.The authors discuss how the modern literature on environmental taxation and tradable permits has evolved. Environmental taxation is examined from a purely corrective perspective, and as part of a broader system of optimal taxation that reflects distributional objectives. Cost benefit rules of environmental policy reforms are also examined in various contexts. Key features include: ? Examination of optimal tax policy in static and dynamic general equilibrium models with environmental externalities? Examination of cost benefit rules for environmental policy reforms? Essential historical background to the modern literature on environmental policy? Discussion of measures of welfare and sustainable development? Environmental policy from a fiscal federalism perspective. This textbook will be essential reading for those studying environmental economics and environmental policy, working effectively as both an in-depth supplementary text in general courses on environmental economics and a strong main source for environmental policy courses.Trade Review'This new textbook presents a detailed analysis of the theoretical insights which economics has been able to shed on the issue of pollution control in both static and dynamic models. The text will be very useful to PhD students who are interested in modelling pollution taxes and tradeable permit markets. A fascinating extension to how governments can correct market failures with respect to possible ''catastrophic'' problems brought about by investments in nuclear energy is also presented. The second part of the book extends the analysis, looking at the problem of measuring social welfare over time, and in particular how a genuine savings indicator can be produced, and then adjusted for imperfections in the economy. This links to current theoretical and policy work on ''inclusive wealth'' and natural capital, which is proving very influential within and beyond economics. The issues of commodity taxes, environmental policy within a federal system, and how best to respond to transboundary externalities such as climate change are also analysed. For those readers looking for a detailed, thoughtful and technical treatment of these subjects, this book will provide a valuable resource.' --Nick Hanley, University of St Andrews, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Economics and Environmental Policy 3. Markets and Externalities 4. Welfare and the Environment: General Equilibrium Models 5. Nuclear Power and Externalities 6. Welfare Comparisons, Public Policy, and Sustainable Development 7. Heterogeneity and Redistribution 8. Efficiency, Inefficiency, and Transboundary Externalities Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses important relationships between economics and environmental policy, especially highlighting the role of taxation. It also connects environmental policy to social accounting by describing how measures of welfare and sustainable development depend on whether policies successfully internalize market failures.The authors discuss how the modern literature on environmental taxation and tradable permits has evolved. Environmental taxation is examined from a purely corrective perspective, and as part of a broader system of optimal taxation that reflects distributional objectives. Cost benefit rules of environmental policy reforms are also examined in various contexts. Key features include: ? Examination of optimal tax policy in static and dynamic general equilibrium models with environmental externalities? Examination of cost benefit rules for environmental policy reforms? Essential historical background to the modern literature on environmental policy? Discussion of measures of welfare and sustainable development? Environmental policy from a fiscal federalism perspective. This textbook will be essential reading for those studying environmental economics and environmental policy, working effectively as both an in-depth supplementary text in general courses on environmental economics and a strong main source for environmental policy courses.Trade Review'This new textbook presents a detailed analysis of the theoretical insights which economics has been able to shed on the issue of pollution control in both static and dynamic models. The text will be very useful to PhD students who are interested in modelling pollution taxes and tradeable permit markets. A fascinating extension to how governments can correct market failures with respect to possible ''catastrophic'' problems brought about by investments in nuclear energy is also presented. The second part of the book extends the analysis, looking at the problem of measuring social welfare over time, and in particular how a genuine savings indicator can be produced, and then adjusted for imperfections in the economy. This links to current theoretical and policy work on ''inclusive wealth'' and natural capital, which is proving very influential within and beyond economics. The issues of commodity taxes, environmental policy within a federal system, and how best to respond to transboundary externalities such as climate change are also analysed. For those readers looking for a detailed, thoughtful and technical treatment of these subjects, this book will provide a valuable resource.' --Nick Hanley, University of St Andrews, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Economics and Environmental Policy 3. Markets and Externalities 4. Welfare and the Environment: General Equilibrium Models 5. Nuclear Power and Externalities 6. Welfare Comparisons, Public Policy, and Sustainable Development 7. Heterogeneity and Redistribution 8. Efficiency, Inefficiency, and Transboundary Externalities Index

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