Environmental economics Books

Book Synopsis'The Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy is a very important book. More than 40 experienced authors, including some of the most important international thought leaders of our time, have confronted a crucial question: How can and should national governments come to grips with the need for global action on a wide range of increasingly urgent environmental challenges that exceed their authority and capability? Through close examination of numerous case studies, a balanced perspective that takes government, business and civil society into account, and fresh interdisciplinary thinking about a range of policy tools, the Handbook offers a treasure-trove of new concepts and new perspectives. The authors conclude that by acknowledging the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty and accepting the growing need to work together in supranational forums, national governments can, in fact, increase their capacity to shape their own destiny.'- Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US 'In an increasingly interdependent world, global forces affect both the design and effectiveness of environmental policy. This Handbook provides an unusually creative and comprehensive guide, not only to the nature of these forces and their impacts, but also to how a better understanding of these forces can provide a foundation for improving the effectiveness of environmental policy.' - Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, US In the current era of globalization, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences that present new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive, revised Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the multifaceted effects of globalization on environmental governance. Including substantially revised as well as new contributions from leading authorities, the Handbook offers an insightful overview of recent developments at the intersection of globalization and national environmental policy. It covers themes including national regimes, trade rules, types of goods, federalism, innovation, standards, citizen-consumers, developing countries, policy networks, partnerships, and carbon trading. The Handbook's depth and scope will appeal to a broad and varied readership, across academics, students, and policy makers interested in public and private governance, environmental economics, international relations, environmental politics and law, sociology, and political science. Contributors: T. Chagas, P. Conceicao, E. Dellas, D. Esty, M. Flaherty, P. Glasbergen, E. Harkink, J. Hontelez, M. Ivanova, M. Jansen, N. Johnstone, M. Kalamova, I. Kaul, A. Keck, R. Kemp, W. Kersten, A. Kolliker, L. Kramer, D. Liefferink, A. Mol, H. Mowat, H. Opschoor, S. Ozinga, J. Pieters, D. Post, L. Soete, G. Spaargaren, B. Stigson, C. Streck, M. Toffel, N. Uludere Aragon, J. van Kasteren, P. van Seters, S. Veenman, J. Verschuuren, R. Visser, D. Vogel, K. von Moltke, M. von Unger, R. Weehuizen, F. Wijen, K. ZoetemanTrade ReviewThis is undoubtedly a useful collection of essays for environmental policy-makers and anyone interested in the relationship between national government and transnational forces. . . the collection brings together some interesting perspectives and should prove a useful complement to the existing political sociology of the environment. - -- International Sociology - Review of BooksTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: OVERVIEW 1. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: Update and Overview Frank Wijen, Kees Zoeteman, Jan Pieters and Paul van Seters 2. Environmental Policy Stringency and Foreign Direct Investment Margarita Kalamova and Nick Johnstone 3. Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management Kees Zoeteman and Eric Harkink 4. Globalisation, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Policies in Developing Countries Hans Opschoor PART II: NATIONAL POLICIES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD 5. Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems Alkuin Kölliker 6. National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules Marion Jansen and Alexander Keck 7. Towards an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting René Kemp, Luc Soete and Rifka Weehuizen 8. Standards and the Internationalisation of Environmental Practices and Policies Jan Pieters 9. Globalisation and Crop-Protection Policy Joost van Kasteren 10. Overcoming Limitations of National Governments to Mitigate Global Environmental Distortions Kees Zoeteman and Wouter Kersten PART III: NATIONAL INFLUENCE IN SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS 11. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States David Vogel, Michael Toffel, Diahanna Post and Nazli Uludere Aragon 12. The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Legislation Ludwig Krämer 13. Different Countries, Different Strategies: ‘Green’ Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy Sietske Veenman and Duncan Liefferink 14. Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD Rob Visser 15. Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging Saskia Ozinga and Hannah Mowat 16. Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges Pedro Conceição and Inge Kaul 17. Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design Konrad von Moltke 18. Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy Charlotte Streck and Eleni Dellas 19. Globalisation and Environmental Stewardship: A Global Governance Perspective Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova PART IV: PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS 20. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in a Globalised World: A Reflection on Market-Oriented and Policy-Oriented Partnerships Pieter Glasbergen 21. Overcoming the Limitations of Environmental Law in a Globalised World Jonathan Verschuuren 22. Business Drivers of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network Björn Stigson and Margaret Flaherty 23. The Influence of Non-Governmental Environmental Organisations on EU Policies John Hontelez 24. The Role of Citizen-Consumers in Globalising Environmental Politics Gert Spaargaren and Arthur Mol 25. Trading with Carbon: A Global Response to a Global Challenge Moritz von Unger and Thiago Chagas Index

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Book SynopsisCurrent systems thinking in urban and environmental planning provides ways to consider hidden forces behind both planned and consequential changes, in order that we can express, check, and clarify our mental models of the structure and function of these systems.In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an 'extended mental model'. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditions, objectives, action) in a visual form which both stimulates and clearly communicates reasoning. As a result, concerns, defined objectives, and corresponding actions are uniquely linked. He goes on to illustrate how the structural and functional organization of the target system extends naturally into the planning process, and how decision-making therefore becomes based on systems learning.This challenging book will enhance the ability of spatial planners of all levels, especially students and newly qualified professionals, to prepare effective plan proposals. Strategy consultants will also find it a useful tool in preparing improved plan proposals and communicating more effectively with clients. Additionally, the book will assist government bodies to focus on the crux of development problems and reach balanced decisions more quickly. The enhanced problem formulation method presented in this volume is sure to prove an invaluable tool for researchers, students, and consultants in related fields including: operations research, system dynamics, business management, impact assessment, landscape architecture and environmental engineering.Trade Review’Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning constitutes an excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the planning literature that goes well beyond the classical systems theory. Anastassios Perdicoulis' book is enjoyable to read, the technical language, blended with numerous examples and case studies, is well adapted to readers with different backgrounds and experiences, from planning students to professional urban and environmental planners, and the main message is clearly presented. The current non-explicit style of planning practice brings about a number of important weaknesses to the whole planning process. Against this background, the author rightly argues that appropriate actions, the rational behind these actions and the on the ground outcomes have to be disclosed, clearly explained and verified to enable more effective communication and participation of the different stakeholders in decision making.’ --Paulo Pinho, Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, Portugal\'Perdicoúlis's book will serve well as an introductory text in fields of engineering, management and operations research, although not written as a textbook.' --Tridib Banerjee, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Systems Thinking 3. Decision Making 4. Diagramming Techniques 5. New Plans 6. Existing Plans 7. Simulations Epilogue 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 SynopsisThe Economics of Resource Rich Economies discusses the problems and benefits of economies rich in natural resources. After a brief look at some historical aspects, it explores the concept known as the 'Dutch Disease' and offers empirical and theoretical insights into the effects of rich natural resources on economic growth. It investigates the political economy of natural resources, issues of conflict and natural resources and a variety of policies and strategies for managing the revenue from natural resources. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables PART I NATURAL RESOURCES IN HISTORY 1. Paul A. David and Gavin Wright (1997), ‘Increasing Returns and the Genesis of American Resource Abundance’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 6 (2), March, 203–45 2. Gary D. Libecap (1978), ‘Economic Variables and the Development of the Law: The Case of Western Mineral Rights’, Journal of Economic History, 38 (2), June, 338–62 3. Christopher Blattman, Jason Hwang and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2007), ‘Winners and Losers in the Commodity Lottery: The Impact of Terms of Trade Growth and Volatility in the Periphery 1870–1939’, Journal of Development Economics, 82 (1), January, 156–79 PART II DUTCH DISEASE 4. W. Max Corden and J. Peter Neary (1982), ‘Booming Sector and De-Industrialisation in a Small Open Economy’, Economic Journal, 92 (368), December, 825–48 5. Peter Neary (1988), ‘Determinants of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate’, American Economic Review, 78 (1), March, 210–15 6. R.K. Eastwood and A.J. Venables (1982), ‘The Macroeconomic Implications of a Resource Discovery in an Open Economy’, Economic Journal, 92 (366), June, 285–99 7. Sweder van Wijnbergen (1984), ‘The “Dutch Disease”: A Disease After All?’, Economic Journal, 94 (373), March, 41–55 8. Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables (2013), ‘Absorbing a Windfall of Foreign Exchange: Dutch Disease Dynamics’, Journal of Development Economics, 103, July, 229–43 PART III RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 9. Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner (2001), ‘The Curse of Natural Resources’, European Economic Review, 45 (4–6), May, 827–38 10. Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis (2012), ’Commodity Prices and Growth: An Empirical Investigation’, European Economic Review, 56 (6), August, 1241–60 11. Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene and Ragnar Torvik (2006), ‘Institutions and the Resource Curse’, Economic Journal, 116 (508), January, 1–20 12. Anne D. Boschini, Jan Pettersson and Jesper Roine (2007), ‘Resource Curse or Not: A Question of Appropriability’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109 (3), September, 593–617 13. Frederick van der Ploeg and Steven Poelhekke (2009), ‘Volatility and the Natural Resource Curse’, Oxford Economic Papers, 61 (4), October, 727–60 14. Benedikt Goderis and Samuel W. Malone (2011), ‘Natural Resource Booms and Inequality: Theory and Evidence’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113 (2), June, 388–417 ‘Erratum’, in Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113 (3), September, 754 15. Pedro C. Vicente (2010), ‘Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa’, Journal of Development Economics, 92 (1), May, 28–38 16. Fernando M. Aragón and Juan Pablo Rud (2013), ‘Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (2), May, 1–25 PART IV POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 17. Jørgen Juel Andersen and Silje Aslaksen (2008), ‘Constitutions and the Resource Curse’, Journal of Development Economics, 87 (2), October, 227–46 18. Jean-Marie Baland and Patrick Francois (2000), ‘Rent-seeking and Resource Booms’, Journal of Development Economics, 61 (2), April, 527–42 19. Erwin H. Bulte, Richard Damania and Robert T. Deacon (2005), ‘Resource Intensity, Institutions, and Development’, World Development, 33 (7), July, 1029–44 20. Roland Hodler (2006), ‘The Curse of Natural Resources in Fractionalized Countries’, European Economic Review, 50 (6), August, 1367–86 21. James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik and Thierry Verdier (2006), ‘Political Foundations of the Resource Curse’, Journal of Development Economics, 79 (2), April, 447–68 22. Aaron Tornell and Philip R. Lane (1999), ‘The Voracity Effect’, American Economic Review, 89 (1), March, 22–46 23. Ragnar Torvik (2002), ‘Natural Resources, Rent Seeking and Welfare’, Journal of Development Economics, 67 (2), April, 455–70 24. Francesco Caselli and Tom Cunningham (2009), ‘Leader Behaviour and the Natural Resource Curse’, Oxford Economic Papers, 61 (4), October, 628–50 PART V CONFLICT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 25. Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler (2004), ‘Greed and Grievance in Civil War’, Oxford Economic Papers, 56 (4), October, 563–95 26. James D. Fearon (2005), ‘Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49 (4), August, 483–507 27. Joshua D. Angrist and Adriana D. Kugler (2008), ‘Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia’, Review of Economics and Statistics, XC (2), May, 191–215 28. Ernesto Dal Bó and Pedro Dal Bó (2011), ‘Workers, Warriors, and Criminals: Social Conflict in General Equilibrium’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 9 (4), August, 646–77 29. Oeindrila Dube and Juan F. Vargas (2013), ‘Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia’, Review of Economic Studies, 80 (4), October, 1384–421 30. Frederick van der Ploeg and Dominic Rohner (2012), ‘War and Natural Resource Exploitation’, European Economic Review, 56 (8), November, 1714–29 PART VI RESOURCE REVENUE MANAGEMENT 31. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’, American Economic Review, 67 (5), December, 972–4 32. Avinash Dixit, Peter Hammond and Michael Hoel (1980), ‘On Hartwick’s Rule for Regular Maximin Paths of Capital Accumulation and Resource Depletion’, Review of Economic Studies, XLVII (3), April, 551–6 33. Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler (2003), ‘The Genuine Savings Criterion and the Value of Population’, Economic Theory, 21 (2–3), March, 217–25 34. J.A Sefton and M.R. Weale (2006), ‘The Concept of Income in a General Equilibrium’, Review of Economic Studies, 73 (1), January, 219–49 35. Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables (2011), ‘Harnessing Windfall Revenues: Optimal Policies for Resource-Rich Developing Economies‘, Economic Journal, 121 (551), March, 1–30 36. Ton S. van den Bremer and Frederick van der Ploeg (2013), ‘Managing and Harnessing Volatile Oil Windfalls’, IMF Economic Review, 61 (1), 130–67 37. Frederick van der Ploeg (2010), ‘Voracious Transformation of a Common Natural Resource into Productive Capital’, International Economic Review, 51 (2), May, 365–81 Index

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Book SynopsisChoice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken into consideration when applying this method in a developing country context.The expert contributors gather recent state-of-the-art choice experiment studies undertaken in several developing countries, in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. These focus on a variety of environmental and agricultural issues, underlining the versatility of this method in valuing a wide array of interventions (for example policies, public and private services, new technologies) and emphasizing the value of the method in informing efficient, effective and equitable policies for sustainable economic development.This work will be of great interest to academics and researchers of environmental economics, agricultural and resource economics, development, environmental management and planning, as well as national and international development agencies and NGOs. Civil servants and policymakers in developing countries will find the work and recommendations within this book engaging and inspirational.Trade Review‘Overall, this book is a wide-ranging compilation of choice experiment studies in developing countries. . . we hope that the applications of choice modelling techniques in this volume help convince researchers that asking poor respondents in developing countries complex questions about their preferences is feasible and encourages researchers to tackle more complex research protocols deigned to improve the accuracy and reliability of respondents answers to questions in choice experiments.’ -- From the foreword by W.L. (Vic) Adamowicz and D. WhittingtonTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction: The Roles and Significance of Choice Experiments in Developing Country Contexts Jeff Bennett and Ekin Birol PART I: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE-OFFS 2. A Choice Experiment of Human–Elephant Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka Roy Brouwer, Wolfgang Haider, Lokugam Gunaratne and Ben Beardmore 3. Using Choice Experiments to Estimate Wetland Values in Viet Nam: Implementation and Practical Issues Thang Nam Do and Jeff Bennett 4. Fishing Permit Price and Wetland Conservation: A Choice Experiment on the Value of Improved Environmental Quality of Lake Awassa, Ethiopia Girma G. Selassie and Yiannis Kountouris 5. Researcher-Selected versus Respondent-Selected Attributes: Improved Coastal Water Quality in Tobago Nesha Beharry-Borg and Riccardo Scarpa PART II: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE-OFFS: THE CASE OF CHINA’S SLOPING LAND CONVERSION PROGRAMME 6. Estimating the Non-market Environmental Benefits of Land Use Change in China Xuehong Wang, Jeff Bennett, Chen Xie and Zhitao Zhang 7. Assessing the Sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Programme: A Choice Experiment Approach Pauline Grosjean, Andreas Kontoleon and Shiqiu Zhang PART III: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO ESTIMATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ VALUATION OF UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS 8. Non-use Values of Ecosystems Dependent on the Indus River, Pakistan: A Spatially Explicit, Multi-ecosystem Choice Experiment Ali Dehlavi, Ben Groom, Babar Naseem Khan and Amna Shahab 9. Ecosystem Service Valuation of Ruil (Nothofagus Alessandrii) Forests in Central Chile: An Application of the Choice Experiment Method Pablo Villalobos and Carlos Huenchuleo PART IV: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INFORM EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GOODS AND SERVICES 10. Informing Efficient Solid Waste Management to Improve Local Environmental Quality and Public Health in West Bengal, India Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol and Rabindra N. Bhattacharya 11. Farmers’ Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Analysis Alemu Mekonnen, Mahmud Yesuf, Fredrik Carlsson and Gunnar Köhlin 12. Valuing Preferences for Ecotourism in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia Ou Ratanak and Mitsuyasu Yabe PART V: USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS TO INFORM THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND FOOD INDUSTRY 13. Farmer Preferences for Bt Maize, Seed Information and Credit in the Philippines Jose Yorobe Jr, Ekin Birol and Melinda Smale 14. Using Choice Experiments to Investigate Preferences for Cattle Traits in Kenya Eric Ruto and Riccardo Scarpa 15. Developing Country Consumers’ Demand for Food Safety and Quality: Is Mumbai Ready for Certified and Organic Fruits? Devesh Roy, Ekin Birol, Katharina Deffner and Bhushana Karandikar 16. Rural Consumers’ Preferences for Banana Attributes in Uganda: Is There a Market for GM Staples? Enoch Kikulwe, Ekin Birol, José Falck-Zepeda and Justus Wesseler 17. Concluding Remarks and Recommendations for Implementing Choice Experiments in Developing Countries Ekin Birol and Jeff Bennett Index

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Book SynopsisThrough a combination of global data analysis and focused country level analysis, this timely book provides answers to the most pertinent country and industry specific questions defining the current relationship between technology, natural resources and economic growth. Shunsuke Managi takes a distinctive approach by focusing on the design and implementation of environmental regulations that encourage technological progress and, in doing so, looks at ways to ensure productivity improvements in the face of increasingly stringent environmental regulations and natural resource depletion. The findings in this important book demonstrate how successful environmental policies can contribute to efficiency by encouraging, rather than inhibiting, technological innovation. Technology, Natural Resources and Economic Growth will provide a valuable resource for a wide readership including postgraduate students, researchers, academics and policy makers working in the fields of environmental and ecological economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Global Analysis 1. Economic Growth and the Environment 2. Energy Substitution and Carbon Dioxide Emissions 3. Pollution, Natural Resources, and Economic Growth 4. Trade Openness and Environmental Quality 5. Environmental Productivity 6. Energy Price-induced Technological Change 7. Trade-induced Technological Change 8. Regional Economic Integration Part II: Country-Level Analysis 9. Emissions Trading in the United States 10. Increasing Returns to Pollution Abatement in the United States 11. Policy-induced Competitiveness in the United States 12. Trade Liberalization, Technology, and the Environment 13. Policy Implementation and its Effectiveness in China 14. Clean Technological Inventions in Japan 15. Intervention of Economic Policy and its Nonlinear Effects in Japan 16. The Next Emerging Giants: India and Africa 17. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisA Handbook of Environmental Management presents a range of case studies that demonstrate the complementary application of different social science techniques in combination with ecology-based management thinking to the natural environment. Contemporary environmental management is characterised by an increasing awareness of the need for interdisciplinary approaches. This requires managers to effectively combine insights from both the natural and social sciences in order to ensure sustainable outcomes. This eloquent and unique Handbook provides a broad overview, complimented by specific case studies and techniques that are used in environmental management from the local level to international environmental regimes. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this innovative volume provides a valuable teaching aid for students, as well as an insightful and practical reference tool for environmental practitioners with no background in the social sciences. Environmental managers and policymakers attempting to learn about, and integrate thinking from, the social sciences should also not be without this important resource.Contributors: B. Adhikari, J. Barnard, T.M. Brooks, N. Burgess, D. El-Demellawy, G.A.B. da Fonseca, S. Frantzi, F.R. Gell, J. Gerlach, M. Hoffmann, D. Kirby, J.F. Lamoreux, T. Lehmberg, J.C. Lovett, S. Mhagama, G.A. Mill, C.G. Mittermeier, R.A. Mittermeier, D.G. Ockwell, V. Pérez-Cirera, J.D. Pilgrim, C.H. Quinn, A.S.L. Rodrigues, Y. Rydin, J. Springer, D. Thomas, T.M. van RensburgTrade Review'This timely Handbook, offers fresh insights into a critical period of our planet's environmental history. The excellent choice of scholars, from various corners of environmental science, convincingly demonstrate using many differing environmental management examples of how the apparent controversy between maintaining environmental quality, and improving people's livelihoods can be solved in practice. In each case, the answer is found in a creative interaction and combination of perspectives and techniques from ecology and social science resulting in truly - and therefore effective - environmental management solutions, to urgent environmental problems.' --Leo de Haan, African Studies Centre Leiden, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Jon C. Lovett and David G. Ockwell 2. Global Biodiversity Conservation Priorities: An Expanded Review Thomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Justin Gerlach, Mike Hoffmann, John F. Lamoreux, Cristina G. Mittermeier, John D. Pilgrim and Ana S.L. Rodrigues 3. Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: A Positive Role for Forest Conservation in Topical Africa? Neil Burgess, David Thomas, Shakim Mhagama, Thomas Lehmberg, Jenny Springer and Jonathan Barnard 4. Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes Tom M. van Rensburg and Greig A. Mill 5. How do Institutions Affect the Management of Environmental Resources? Bhim Adhikari 6. Analysing Dominant Policy Perspectives – The Role of Discourse Analysis David G. Ockwell and Yvonne Rydin 7. Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Regime Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Mediterranean Action Plan Sofia Frantzi 8. The Price of Fish and the Value of Seagrass Beds: Socioeconomic Aspects of the Seagrass Fishery on Quirimba Island, Mozambique Fiona R. Gell 9. The Link between Ecological and Social Paradigms and the Sustainability of Environmental Management: A Case Study of Semi-arid Tanzania Claire H. Quinn and David G. Ockwell 10. Exploring Game Theory as a Tool for Mapping Strategic Interactions in Common Pool Resource Scenarios Vanessa Pérez-Cirera 11. Economic Valuation of Different Forms of Land-use in Semi-arid Tanzania Deborah Kirby 12. Economic Growth and the Environment Dalia El-Demellawy 13. Biodiesel as the Potential Alternative Vehicle Fuel: European Policy and Global Environmental Concern Mahesh Poudyal and Jon C. Lovett Index

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Book Synopsis`This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.' - Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US `If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.' - Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, US Written by leading international experts in the field, this book reveals the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. They describe actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. After the Copenhagen climate change summit, it was clear that there was a requirement for a comprehensive analysis of climate change policies - costs and benefits. Climate Change Policies is an eloquent insight into the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. It includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns and the international dimension. With an emphasis on the economic aspects associated with climate change policies, this book will be invaluable for academics and researchers of environment economics and climate change policy. Policymakers, journalists and scientists will also find much to interest them in this enlightening resource.Trade Review‘. . . this rigorous but accessible book offers valuable lessons from scholars with a wide range of expertise related to the economics of climate change and should be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in search for an overarching compendium about current views on climate change policies.’ -- Alessandro Tavoni, Environment and Planning C‘This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.’ -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US‘If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.’ -- Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preamble Teresa Ribera 1. Introduction and Main Messages Emilio Cerdá and Xavier Labandeira 2. The Impact of Climate Change: An Economic Perspective Michael Hanemann Discussion: María L. Loureiro 3. Issues on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Juan C. Ciscar, Daniele Paci and Lucia Vergano Discussion: Noemi Padrón 4. From Utopia to Common Sense: The Climate Mitigation Challenge Ottmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf and Gunnar Luderer Discussion: Xavier Labandeira 5. Climate Change Policies and New Technologies Pablo Del Río Discussion: Gregory C. Unruh 6. Competitiveness and Leakage Philippe Quirion Discussion: Pedro Linares 7. Distribution and Climate Change Policies Corbett A. Grainger and Charles D. Kolstad Discussion: Alberto Ansuategi 8. International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from Theory Carlo Carraro and Emanuele Massetti Discussion: Emilio Cerdá 9. Involving Developing Countries in Global Climate Policies Anil Markandya Discussion: Ibon Galarraga 10. The Future of the Clean Development Mechanism Axel Michaelowa Discussion: Francisco J. André 11A. Copenhagen and Beyond: Reflections on China’s Stance and Responses ZhongXiang Zhang 11B. Present and Future of Applied Climate Mitigation Policies: The European Union Antonio Soria and Bert Saveyn 11C. Climate Change and US Policy Vicki Arroyo Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book sheds light on the ways in which modern tools of welfare economics can be used to assess the benefits and costs of resource conflicts involving hydropower. The chapters highlight key methodological issues in this area; ranging from the intersection between cost benefit analysis and behavioral economics, to the value of load balancing services provided by hydropower. The inclusion of insights from expert contributors from both sides of the Atlantic brings a unique and interesting range of viewpoints to the work.Several factors suggest that resource conflicts involving moving water are likely to be even more difficult to resolve today than they have been in the past. The contributors, top scholars in resource economics, consider a variety of issues through the lens of cost benefit analysis. In the first part of the book, they address specific cases and issues from North America and Europe. The book closes with a more general look at the topic.Academics and students interested in applied welfare economics, especially cost benefit analysis and energy economics, along with government officials in the energy environment nexus and private sector analysts will all find much of interest and value in this volume.Contributors include: J. Duffield, F. Forsund, N. Hanley, L. Hjalmarsson, P.-O. Johansson, Y. Ju, B. Kristrom, J. Loomis, E.M. Moore, B. Ranneby, V.K. SmithTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Per-Olov Johansson and Bengt Kriström 2. Environmental Cost–Benefit Analysis and Water Quality Management Nick Hanley 3. Recreational Benefits of Removing Dams and Restoring Free-flowing Rivers: An Example Micro-Meta-Analysis of the Contingent Visitation Benefits of Removing Dams John Loomis 4. A Blueprint for a Cost–Benefit Analysis of a Water Use Conflict – Hydroelectricity versus Other Uses Per-Olov Johansson and Bengt Kriström 5. Estimation of WTP with Point and Self-selected Interval Responses Bo Ranneby and Jun Yu 6. Energy in a Bathtub: Electricity Trade between Countries with Different Generation Technologies Finn R. Førsund 7. Renewable Energy Expansion and the Value of Balance Regulation Power Finn R. Førsund and Lennart Hjalmarsson 8. The Political Economy of Hydropower and Fish in the Western US John W. Duffield 9. Does Behavioral Economics Have a Role in Cost–Benefit Analysis? V. Kerry Smith and Eric M. Moore Index

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Book SynopsisFirms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms. Drawing on insights from organization and management sciences and innovation studies, the author outlines an evolutionary framework enabling a deeper understanding of how firms shape ecological strategies and interact to create inertia or change at the level of systems of production and consumption. This framework is applied to the coffee and automobile production and consumption systems, yielding insight into the complex dynamics through which such systems evolve in dealing with ecological impact. The book advances theoretical insight into business strategies and the natural environment and illuminates the dynamics of production and consumption systems.Scholars, students and practitioners from organization and management sciences, innovation studies and industrial ecology interested in the relationship between business and the natural environment will find this book invaluable.Trade Review'Boons has produced a thoroughly well researched, informed and informative study on creating economic and ecological value. Written for those interested in business and sustainability whether they be academic faculty, students or business people who have both the interest and time, this book will repay some careful and close reading.' -- John Blewitt, Environmental Values'Creating Ecological Value is a timely contribution that matches recent trends in innovation economics suggesting that an evolutionary notion of system innovations and a sector-specific industrial dynamics perspective are a suitable analytical framework for the way in which firms address sustainability challenges through innovation.' -- Marcus Wagner, University of Wurzburg, Germany'We cannot expect to solve the environmental problems we face today by narrowing our focus on single firms. We need to think more systemically. In his book, Creating Ecological Value, Frank Boons takes on this challenge. While his research begins by exploring the diversity of environmental strategies adopted by companies, he moves his analysis next to the level of the production and consumption systems to understand how these strategies shape and alter them. His work considers how the diffusion of strategies and novel approaches can be facilitated but also finds that the systems into which these strategies are imposed are resilient and, at times, resistant to change. He offers plenty of ideas to ponder as we consider how the market system as a whole addresses environmental issues.' -- Andrew J. Hoffman, The University of Michigan, US'Humans as scientists and managers often draw on metaphors to help describe and understand the complex issues they observe or manage. As human activities begin to bump up against the constraints set by natural systems there is a tendency to search for metaphors from natural science - biomimicy or industrial ecology - have been around for some time now. In this book, Frank Boons explores the power of ideas from evolutionary science as metaphor to understand economic systems. This is complex work, but, he does it with skill; remembering that a metaphor is powerful not just in what it explains but even more in what it doesn't serve to explain.' -- Nigel Roome, Free University of Brussels, Belgium and TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. How do Firms Create Ecological Value? 2. Definitions of Ecological Value: Patches of History 3. Technological Change and Strategic Perspectives 4. Elements of Strategic Perspectives and the Internal Dynamics of Firms 5. Shaping Strategic Perspectives through Resource Networks 6. The Coffee PCS 7. The Automobile PCS 8. An Evolutionary Approach Towards the Strategic Perspectives of Firms 9. The Future of Creating Ecological Value Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book discusses the use of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for transport policy options from an ethical perspective.Each detailed chapter deals with issues such as; the use and ethical aspects of CBA in transport, social exclusion, the environment and long term sustainability, safety, ethics of research and modeling transport. It summarizes ethics-based critics on CBA and discusses their relevance for accessibility, the environment and safety. In addition it explores ethical dilemmas of doing CBAs and CBA related research. The book concludes with possible avenues for furthering exploring the links between transport and ethics.Transport and Ethics will appeal to researchers in the area of CBA for transport, postgraduate and undergraduate students in transport economics, transport policy, transport planning and transport geography, as well as policy makers in the area of transport.Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The Opinion of the Target Group; 3. How Suitable is CBA for the Ex-ante Evaluation of Transport Projects and Policies?; 4. Social Exclusion; 5. Long Term Sustainability and Transport Evaluation; 6. Safety: Indicators, Pricing Humans and Democracy; 7. The Ethics of Doing Transport Research; 8. The Use of Models; 9. Epilogue and Discussion; IndexTrade Review'Prof. van Wee draws on extensive research and nearly three decades of professional experience to shine a welcome spotlight on a neglected yet critical area of transportation research and practice: the role of ethics in the ex ante evaluation of infrastructure projects and transportation policies. Aiming more to raise questions and provoke thought than to provide answers, his balanced and systematic treatment of the subject makes the book an invaluable resource - one which should be on the shelves and (more importantly) in the minds of every transportation policymaker, planner, and modeler.' - Patricia L. Mokhtarian, University of California, Davis, US 'This book on transport ethics fills a clear gap in the literature. Many researchers and practitioners in the transport field are aware that transport policies have important ethical dimensions, but these have not been systematically explored in the literature. Bert van Wee did a great job by bringing transport and ethics together. His decision to focus on ex ante evaluations of transport policies works out very well, since it enables him to achieve considerable depth on a theme that might otherwise be too broad.' - Piet Rietveld, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Transport impacts on all aspects of our lives and businesses, but the inclusion of ethics is not seen as a central concern. This book fills a major gap in the literature, through its understanding of the many important dimensions of ethics and its treatment of a range of situations in transport, through asking about the why, what and how as it relates to ethics. The clear conclusion is reached that ethics should feature much more prominently in all transport decisions, but that it is also context specific in both time and space. The approach adopted is transparent and informative, and the author guides the reader through the main conceptual and theoretical issues, using examples to illustrate the range of important ethical choices raised in the evaluation of transport policies and practices.' --- David Banister, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Opinion of the Target Group 3. How Suitable is CBA for the Ex ante Evaluation of Transport Projects and Policies? 4. Social Exclusion 5. Long-term Sustainability and Transport Evaluation 6. Safety: Indicators, Pricing Humans and Democracy 7. The Ethics of Doing Transport Research 8. The Use of Models 9. Epilogue and Discussion Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental regulation and policy making are increasingly influenced by economic considerations. Over the past 30 years, Wallace E. Oates has been closely involved in the development of environmental economics as a distinct and vital field for theoretical study, applied research and policy prescription.Drawing key papers together in a systematic fashion, Professor Oates's collection begins with thoughtful overviews of the field and then continues with discussion of specific issues. Among the topics addressed are instruments for environmental regulation, the use of fees and taxes, emission permits, environmental federalism and global environmental management. The Economics of Environmental Regulation includes a specially written introduction in which Professor Oates discusses the dramatic changes in environmental regulation and enforcement since the 1960s and the growing recognition of the importance of market approaches in environmental policy making.Trade Review'The Economics of Environmental Regulation is an excellent book . . . provides the reader with copies of some of the most important papers in the field. Wallace Oates writes well and there is great scope to his interests (his flexibility as an economist is witnessed by the fact that an earlier volume in the Great Economists series collects his pioneering contributions in the field of local government finance). Everything he writes is underpinned by firm theoretical rigour.' -- Anthony Heyes, The Journal of Energy Literature'Most of the papers are written in a non-technical and straightforward manner and the collection would make an excellent background reader for courses on the analysis of pollution.' -- Rosemary Clarke, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Economics and Environmental Policy: An Overview Part II: Economic Instruments for Environmental Regulation: Theory and General Issues Part III: Taxes and Fees for Environmental Management Part IV: The Design of Systems of Tradable Emissions Permits Part V: Environmental Federalism Part VI: Open Economy Environmental Economics Part VII: A Survey of Environmental Economics Index

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Book SynopsisCalifornia has a worldwide reputation as a pioneer of innovative policies for the control of air pollution by motor vehicles. Autos, Smog and Pollution Control analyses the difficulties which have been encountered in developing and implementing these policies. Professor Grant uses an analytical framework drawn from the leading theories of public policy formation, such as policy communities, to address the issues raised by California's policy making experience. This study shows how an ambitious attempt to encourage the use of electrically powered vehicles has faced technological constraints, consumer resistance and political opposition. Other policies developed in the state such as dealing with 'gross emitters', trip reduction programmes and the construction of light rail and subway systems are also critically examined. The concluding chapter relates Californian experience to the developing debate in Britain and the European Union about air pollution from motor vehicles.Autos, Smog and Pollution Control will be welcomed for its critical analysis of California's air pollution control policies as well as for the light which it sheds on contemporary theories of policy formation and the changing forces affecting environmental policymaking.Trade Review'This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction Part II: The Air Pollution Problem Part III: The Policy Community Part IV: The Policy Framework Part V: Policy Solutions at a State Level Part VI: Commuter Rail Services in California Part VII: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisMarkets and the state are usually seen as opposed to each other as instruments of economic development. This important new book attempts to go beyond the state-market debate, which it sees as largely the intellectual legacy of neoclassical economics, and the related pendulum swings of opinion favouring one against the other. Arguing that development can be hindered and fostered by both the state and markets, the contributing authors suggest that the real challenge is not to choose between them but to find ways in which their virtues can be utilized jointly to further the goals of development. The first part provides some general perspectives which critically analyse mainstream neoclassical views on states and markets while also providing some alternative approaches. The contributors to the second part examine state-market interaction in Latin America, South Korea and India.Trade Review'Overall this volume is extremely interesting, well referenced and an excellent read for students and specialists in the area of economics and politics.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. The State, Markets and Development (The Editors) 2. International Competitiveness: the State and the Market (I.U. Haque) 3. State Intervention and the ‘Market-Friendly’ Approach to Development: a Critical Analysis of the World Bank Theses (A. Singh) 4. Public Enterprises, Private Enterprises and the State: Prospects under Post-Socialism (L. Taylor) 5. Sisyphus among the Neoliberals: on Privatization and Rolling back the Latin American State (D. Felix) 6. Market Reform and the Changing Role of the State in Mexico: a Historical Perspective (J.C. Moreno and J. Ros) 7. The Public–Private Interface: Brazil’s Business–Government Relations in Historical Perspective, 1950–90 (H. Shapiro) 8. Market Miracle and State Stagnation? The Development Experience of South Korea and India Compared (A.K. Dutt and K.S. Kim)

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Book SynopsisOver the last two decades economic analysis has begun to offer increasingly sophisticated and useful insights into environmental problems. Tom Tietenberg has had a significant impact on recent innovations which have enlarged the range of economic policy instruments at our disposal as well as transforming the roles of the various institutions responsible for implementation and enforcement.Economics and Environmental Policy includes Professor Tietenberg's most important essays on economics and environmental policy written over a 20 year period. It includes papers on the integration of economic incentives into pollution control which cover theoretical work and empirical studies as well as overviews of emission trading and emission charges. Later papers concentrate on the judicial role in environmental policy, including the perverse incentives created by specific legal doctrines, and environmental enforcement, which deals with issues such as creative penalty structures and the empowerment of nongovernmental organizations. The final papers deal with sustainable development and, in particular, the role of poverty, the need for technology and capital transfers, and the pricing of depletable resources.The essays in this collection address not only theoretical and practical matters associated with environmental policy, but also design and implementation issues. By improving access to Tom Tietenberg's many important contributions, this volume makes a significant addition to the literature on environmental theory and practice.Trade Review'This collection of writings of one of the leading environmental economists exemplifies the changing issues and methodologies of environmental economics and politics - highly recommended reading for anyone interested in the field.' -- Thomas Wagner, Kyklos'This is a wide-ranging volume incorporating a large number of studies with a clearly discernible theme. Perhaps this is what might be expected to emerge from part of the productive career of a gifted individual. Such a collection is extremely valuable in that it provides a coherent view of important issues in the interface between economic analysis and environmental policy. . . . a useful addition to the intellectual resources available to environmental economists, particularly as an easily available source of many important readings for graduate and undergraduate courses.' -- Noel P. Russell, The Manchester SchoolTable of ContentsPart 1 Introduction. Part 2 Pollution control policies: controlling pollution by price and standard systems - a general equilibrium analysis; specific taxes and the control of pollution - a general equilibrium analysis; derived decision rules for pollution control in a general equilibrium space economy; spatially differentiated air pollutant emission charges - an economic and legal analysis; transferable discharge permits and the control of stationary source air pollution - a survey and synthesis; the empirical properties of two classes of designs for transferable discharge permit markets; approaches for reaching ambient standards in nonattainment areas - financial burden and efficiency considerations; economic implications of emissions trading rules for local and regional pollutants; market failure in incentive-based regulation - the case of emissions trading; uncommon sense - the programme to reform pollution control policy; economic instruments for environmental regulation. Part 3 Environmental law: indivisible toxic torts - the economics of joint and several liability; the structure of penalties in environmental enforcement - an economic analysis; private enforcement of federal environmental law. Part 4 Sustainable development policies: the poverty connection to environmental policy; managing the transition - the potential role for economic policies; substitution bias in a depletable resource model with administered prices; an international system of tradeable CO2 entitlements - implications for economic development.

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Book SynopsisThis important volume features essays dealing with a wide range of theoretical, measurement and policy issues in environmental and resource economics. Anthony Fisher is an internationally acclaimed environmental economist whose work combines relevance with intellectual rigour.The integration of environmental considerations into decisions about extractive resource has been a central theme of Professor Fisher's work. The essays in this collection range from exercises in the pure theory of resource depletion to applications of theoretical and empirical techniques on the management of energy and water resources. Particular attention is given to uncertainty about environmental values and the irreversibility of certain kinds of resource depletion. Featuring work on a wide range of topics and adopting a breadth of approaches, Environmental and Resource Economics will be welcomed by researchers, practitioners and policymakers.Trade Review'Both students of environmental science and economics, and practitioners will find much of interest.' -- Aslib Book Guide'. . . the survey articles, deploy not merely technical expertise but also a very scholarly knowledge of previous related literature, a common-sense appreciation of the relationship between a theory and real-world environmental problems, and a willingness to provide intuitive explanations of the argument and the conclusions whenever these are appropriate.' -- Wilfred Beckerman, The Economic Journal'This is a superb book that brings together papers from the career of a really excellent economist. Fisher models interesting problems in novel ways and writes up his findings well. This volume deserves to be read: what greater praise could a book be given?' -- Anthony G. Heyes, The Journal of Energy Literature'Fisher has played, and still plays, a significant role in the environmental economics debate on natural resources and the economic value of reources. Therefore the reprinting of 24 of his most relevant articles should be welcomed. It should be read by all environmental scientists dealing with these types of problems.' -- Jan Van der Straaten, Environmental Politics'This collection of papers makes a valuable addition to one's library. The writing is succint, sticking to the substance of the economic issues. The economic models are well designed to meet their needs, neither skirting mathematical complexities where necessary for gaining purchase on slippery issues, nor pursuing mathematical models for their own sake. Insight, not generality, appears to be the advantage sought. One can get a sense of Fisher the economist, confronting economic problems and looking for the tools to solve them.' -- Kenneth E. McConnell, Journal of Agricultural Economics'Here is a collection of the writings of this acclaimed environmental economist, whose work combines relevance with intellectual rigor.' -- Business Horizons'Tony Fisher's very productive career vividly shows that neoclassical economic thought can be an asset rather than a hindrance to getting people to treat the natural environment as if it were an object of moral concern.' -- Thomas D. Crocker, Environmental Values'. . . a fundamental text for any devout resource or environmental economist.' -- Wendy Kenyon, Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsPart I Synthesis of a new field - environmental and resource economics. Part II Introduction of environmental values into benefit-cost analysis. Part III Irreversibility on economic processes. Part IV Uncertainty and irreversibility. Part V Social discounting and intergenerational transfers. Part VI The meaning and measurement of resource scarcity. Part VII The theory of exhaustible resource depletion and discovery. Part VIII Energy modelling and policy analysis. Part IX Something old and something new.

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of the Environment is a working collection of the leading papers in the field of environmental economics. It presents within the compass of a single volume the two central issues in environmental economics: the theory and practice of economic regulation and the valuation of environmental amenities. Wallace E. Oates has included both the classics, the seminal papers in the field, and some of the recent work that is making an important contribution to the economic analysis of environmental problems.Trade Review'Oates, a well-known environmental economist. . . . gathers together in this large volume 35 previously published classic articles in the fields of environmental economics. His choices are excellent. This book would be desirable for any library serving graduate programs in environmental economics.'Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I: Environmental Economics: An Overview R. U. Ayres and A. V. Kneese (1969), ‘Production, Consumption, and Externalities’ PART II: The Theory of Environmental Regulation W. J. Baumol (1972), ‘On Taxation and the Control of Externalities’ B. J. Spulber (1985), ‘Effluent Regulation and Long-Run Optimality’ W. J. Baumol and D. F. Bradford (1972), ‘Detrimental Externalities and Non-Convexity of the Production Set’ R. H. Coase (1960), ‘The Problem of Social Cost’ R. Turvey (1963), ‘On Divergences Between Social Cost and Private Cost’ M. L. Weitzman (1974), ‘Prices vs. Quantities’ Z. Adar and J.M.. Griffin (1976), ‘Uncertainty and the Choice of Pollution Control Instruments’ M. J. Roberts and M. Spence (1976), ‘Effluent Charges and Licenses Under Uncertainty’ PART III: The Deign and Implementation of Environmental Policy W. J. Baumol and W. E. Oates (1971), ‘The Use of Standards and Prices for Protection of the Environment’ J. H. Dale (1968), ‘Land, Water and Ownership’ D. W. Montgomery (1972), ‘Markets in licenses and Efficient Pollution Control Programs’ T. H. Tietenberg (1980), ‘Transferable Discharge Permits and the Control of Stationary Source Air Pollution: A Survey and Synthesis’ W. O’Neil, M. David, C. Moore and E. Joeres (1983), ‘Transferable Discharge Permits and Economic Efficiency: The Fox River’ E. P. Seskin, R. J. Anderson, Jr., and R. O. Reid (1983), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Economic Strategies for Controlling Air Pollution’ W. E. Oates and D. L. Strassman (1984), ‘Effluent Fees and Market Structure’ R. W. Hahn (1989), ‘Economic Prescriptions for Environmental Problems: How the Patient Followed the Doctor’s Orders’ PART IV: Measuring the Benefits and Costs of Environmental Amenities M. Clawson (1959), ‘Methods of ~Measuring the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation’ J. L. Knetsch and R. K. Davis (1966), ‘Comparisons of Methods for Recreation Evaluation’ K-G. Mäler (1971), ‘A Method of Estimating Social Benefits from Pollution Control’ R. G. Ridker and J. A. Henning (1967), ‘The Determinants of Residential Property Values with Special Reference to Air Pollution’ S. Rosen (1974), ‘Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition’ N. E. Bockstael and K. E. McConnell (1983), ‘Welfare Measurement in the Household Production Framework’ W. Harrington, A. . Krupnick and W. O. Spofford, Jr. (1989), ‘The Economic Losses of a Waterborne Disease Outbreak’ B. A. Weisbrod (1964), ‘Collective-consumption Services of Individual-consumption Goods’ A. Randall, B. Ives and C. Eastman (1974), ‘Bidding Games for Valuation of Aesthetic Environmental Improvements’ D. S. Brookshire, M. A. Thayer, W. D. Schulze, and R. C. D’Arge (1982), ‘Valuing Public Goods: A Comparison of Survey and Hedonic Approaches’ W. . Hanemann (1991), ‘Willingness to pay and Willingness to Accept: How Much Can They Differ?’ M. Hazilla, R. J. Kopp (1990), ‘Social Cost of Environmental Quality Regulations: A General Equilibrium Analysis’ PART V: The Enforcement of Environmental Policies P. B. Downing and W. D. Watson, Jr. (1974), ‘The Economics of Enforcing Air Pollution Controls’ J. D. Bradford (1978), ‘Firm Behavior Under Imperfectly Enforcable Pollution Standards and Taxes’ W. Harrington (1988), ‘Enforcement Leverage When Penalties are Restricted’ PART VI: The Economics of Conversation J. V. Krutilla (1967), ‘Conservation Reconsidered’ A. C. Fisher, J. V. Krutilla and C. . Cicchetti (1972), ‘The Economics of Environmental Preservation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis’ K. J. Arrow and A. C. Fisher (1974), ‘Environmental Preservation, Uncertainy and Irreversibility’

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Problems in the Shortage Economy is one of the first books to analyse environmental disruption under the Soviet economic system. Using original Soviet data the author shows that considerable damage has been done to the environment and that measures which were intended to protect it have been largely ineffective.A detailed account of environmental problems in the Soviet economy is followed by discussion of two specific problems: the ineffectiveness of measures to protect the environment and the general mismanagement of natural resource extraction. In order to explain these problems, a framework is adopted which views the former Soviet Union as a shortage economy with environmental problems as part of its general functioning. Further insight into the impact of the shortage economy on the management of natural resources is provided by a case study on the use of forestry resources. The book also includes an account of Soviet academic work in the field of environmental economics.This rigorous and authoritative assessment of the implications of Soviet environmental policy will be welcomed by environmental economists and political scientists concerned with the wider legacy of the Soviet Union and its economic policy.Trade Review’. . . a book which is well worth obtaining from the local library if from no other source.’- Talking Politics -- ’. . . the book provides a very clear example of the myopia that troubled the Soviet planning model until its demise in 1989.’– Paul Nunn, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Environmental Situation in the Former Soviet Union 3. Approaches to Economic Analyses of the Environment 4. A Shortage Economy Approach 5. Environmental Performance in the Shortage Economy 6. Prospects for the Environment in the Former Soviet Union 7. Central Forestry Policy 8. The Timber Procurement Industry 9. The Ineffectiveness of Priority Changes in the Forestry Sector 10. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis major new reference work includes a selection of the most important articles and papers on urban economic theory published during the last twenty years.Analytical Urban Economics focuses on a branch of urban economic theory that attempts to analyze economic behaviour in cities by referring to geographical space rather than dealing with a spaceless world. The contributing authors to this volume are drawn from some of the most prominent urban economists in the world and from leading economic journals, especially those focusing on urban economics.This volume, with a new introduction written by the editors, is divided into ten sections including ‘The Distribution of Income and Utility over Space’, ‘Dynamics’ and ‘Alternatives to Monocentric Models’.This book will be an essential reference text for urban economists and will be important background reading for graduate courses on urban economics.Trade Review’This book will be an essential reference text for urban economists and will be important background reading for graduate courses on urban economics.’- Public Administration, Development, and EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: The Location Theory of the Firm Part II: Household Location and Land Use Part III: Spatial Competition and Central Places Theories Index • Volume II: Part I: General Equilibrium in Space Part V: The Spatial Organization of Public Services Part VI: Operational Miodels of Location Index

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Book SynopsisEstimating Economic Values for Nature presents, in one volume, a collection of V. Kerry Smith's papers prepared over 25 years, dealing with the theory and practice of non-market valuation for environmental resources. Taken together, the papers explore the conceptual basis, the implementation process and empirical performance of all available methods of measuring economic values for the services of nature and how these values are constructed from people's choices. The issues discussed in this volume include travel cost, recreation demand, averting behaviour, household production, hedonic property value, hedonic wage and contingent valuation methods. These essays describe what has been learned from past benefit analysis, using meta-analysis, as well as the issues at the frontiers of current research in the area.This important volume will be welcomed by environmental and public economists, as well as practitioners of cost-benefit analysis, as an authoritative and comprehensive discussion of non-market valuation.Trade Review'The book, while demonstrating the evolution in theoretical thinking produced by a major contributor to the literature, also establishes the state-of-the-art for practitioners and scholars of non-market valuation generally. In this setting, this compilation is highly recommended as a valuable new reference book.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Setting the Stage Part II: Indirect Methods as Detective Work Section A: Travel Cost Recreation Demand Models Section B: Hedonic Models – Property and Labour Markets Section C: Household Production Models – Theory and Practice Part III: Direct Methods as Listening to ‘Data’ Part IV: New Horizons Index

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the possibility of adjusting traditional economic measures of income and welfare to account for natural resource extraction and environmental degradation.It presents and reviews the limitations of an operational method for measuring income from resource extraction in both open and closed economies. In addressing closed economies, the discussion centres on the relationship between income and global sustainability. The book also considers the measurement of social welfare in relation to environmental issues and resource extraction, especially changes over time and comparison between countries. Theoretical material is complemented by case studies on petroleum extraction in Norway and soil degradation in Tanzania, to which the pragmatic methods are applied. The author challenges the view that environmental degradation is best included in welfare measurement and argues that many of the proposals for adjusted welfare measurements are better interpreted as adjustments of national income.Economic Growth and the Environment will be indispensable to environmental accountants, environmental organizations interested in green accounting and students studying sustainability issues.Trade Review'This book presents and reviews the limitations of an operational method for measuring income from resource extraction in both open and closed economies. It will be useful to environmental accountants, environmental organizations and students of sustainability issues.' -- Public Administration, Development and EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. National Accounting, Environment and Resources 3. Income in Open Economies 4. Income in the Closed Economy 5. Welfare 6. Environmental Degradation 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNatural Resource Economics brings together in one accessible volume an outstanding selection of Allen V. Kneese's papers, published over the past 26 years, and ranging widely over natural resource economics including basic theory, empirical issues and policy analysis.Beginning with a broad overview of the field of natural resource economics, the first part includes papers dealing with ethics and environmental economics, efforts to develop a sustainable economy and optimal organization arrangements for environmental management. The second part explores the history of benefit-cost analysis and Dr Kneese's work on water allocation in arid areas, including the trading of water rights and water pricing. The final part focuses on environmental economics and policy, including the classic essay 'Production, Consumption and Externalities'.Dr Kneese accompanies these papers with an authoritative introduction in which he briefly discusses his career and his role in the development of the now thriving field of environmental economics.Trade Review'. . . the depth and clarity which the subject areas are dealt with reflect a considerable contribution to economic analysis of the environment.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Perspectives Part II: Water Resources and Cost–Benefit Analysis Part III: Environmental Economics and Policy Index

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Book SynopsisWhich level of government is most appropriate for environmental policy making in a confederal or federal system? How does the level of government at which policy is made and implemented affect the choice of policy instruments? This important new volume addresses these problems by comparing environmental policies and practices in the European Union and the United States.In Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration, a distinguished group of authors discusses how environmental policy in a federal or confederal system may differ both in theory and practice from that found in a unitary government system. After examining the framework for environmental policy in the EU and US, the authors present papers on their federal institutions, the economic forces affecting environmental governance, the choice of policy instruments, linkages between trade and environmental policy and environmental regulations within international trade negotiations. The final part brings together a series of case studies which sheds new light on the research questions formulated earlier in the book. Issues discussed include the regulation of agricultural pollution, global warming, ozone pollution and environmental security.In addition to its detailed discussion of environmental policy in the EU and the US, Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration will be essential reading for both scholars and policymakers concerned with designing and implementing regulations to protect the environment.Trade Review’This is a valuable collection of essays. Students of political and economic integration will definitely want to work through the contributions and there is a lot here for environmental economists dealing with trade and European issues.’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction (J.B. Braden, H. Folmer, T.S. Ulen) Part I: The Economic and Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Policy (C.W. Howe, E.T. Freyfogle) Part II: The Law and Economics of Authority in a Federal System (J.E. Pfander, P. Shapiro) Part III: The Political Economy of Instrument Choice (K. Segerson, R. Pethig) Part IV: International Trade and Environmental Policy (C. Ford Runge, A. Ulph) Part V: Case Studies of Comparative Environmental Policies Section A: Agricultural Pollution (W. Brussard, M.R. Grossman, J.S. Shortle) Section B: Global Warming (L. Bergman, C.D. Kolstad) Section C: Tropospheric Ozone Pollution (J.B. Braden, S. Proost) Section D: Environmental Dimensions of National and International Security (K.H. Butts, S. Dalby) Index

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Book SynopsisNational parks and game reserves are under threat from exploitation by tourists and by people living on their borders. Parks, although highly valued by conservationists, are not protected from unregulated economic behaviour within and outside their borders.In The Economics of Third World National Parks, Anup Shah argues that parks and reserves are worth preserving, rigorously analyses the problem and advocates solutions drawing on a wide range of sources. Issues discussed include the effects of economic activity on a national park, the tourist problem, valuing a national park and the use of cost-benefit decision making. Dr Shah uses economic analysis to explore institutional arrangements which would compensate for externalities resulting from exploitation and over-use by tourists and local communities. The price mechanism, he argues, is not a satisfactory tool with which to protect areas of rich bio-diversity. The Economics of Third World National Parks presents a clear and thoughtful application of economic thought, and especially the concept of externalities, to a key problem which current institutional structures seem unable to resolve.Trade Review'This book successfully brings basic concepts of economics to bear on the important problem of preserving and managing natural environments in developing countries for the benefit of people everywhere.' -- Anthony C. Fisher, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Atemporal Problem of the Buffer Area 3. The Intertemporal Problem of the Buffer Area 4. The Effects of Economic Activity in the Buffer Area on the National Park 5. The Tourist Problem: The Demand for Wildlife Viewing 6. The Supply of Wildlife-Viewing Services 7. Value of a National Park and Cost–Benefit Decision-Making 8. An Eco-development Plan for a Greater National Park 9. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisContaminated land policy is a key concern of governments and policy makers across the globe, yet discussion has traditionally focused on the particular experience of the United States. This major new book develops a framework for assessing laws and regulations regarding contaminated land and polluted properties, their clean up and reuse, and the assignment of costs and responsibilities for reclamation.In Contaminated Land, the authors, a European and two Americans, lay out a framework for cross- national comparisons of policy contexts as well as ways of examining the outcomes of different approaches to contaminated land and systematically compare approaches to this issue in both the EU and US. The use of this framework leads to a reassessment of specific policies, such as the polluter pays principle, which may be more successful in the EU than it has been in the US, and subsidiarity which, while problematic in Europe, may hold promise in a US application. Specific issues discussed include the nature and extent of the contaminated land problem, legal implications, regulation in the US, the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Liability, Compensation and Reclamation Act, European experience and EU environmental policy, integrated comparative analysis and some lessons for the future.Contaminated Land offers valuable insights on policy responses to the problem of badly polluted land from the perspectives of planning, economics and sociology. In particular, this volume offers frameworks for comparison of different national settings to help determine the preferred and most promising approaches to contaminated land in any social, economic and legal policy context.Trade Review'Contaminated Land fills an unserved niche in the literature. Few other books are available on this topic. The book is non-technical, and therefore very accessible. It should be successful in addressing its intended audience, which would include government regulators, people interested in the evolution of environmental issues, and scholars doing comparative analysis of policymaking. . . . this book is well worth reading and makes a substantial contribution to the debate and literature on brownfields redevelopment.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Contaminated Land Problem 2. Dimensions of National Contaminated Land Policy Contexts 3. The Emergence of Environmental Concern and Toxics Policy in the United States 4. The CERCLA Experience and Debates over Change 5. The European Context and European Union Environmental Policy 6. Contaminated Land Policy in the European Union and its Member-States 7. Comparisons and Contrasts: Integrated Comparative Analysis 8. Lessons for Future Contaminated Land Policy: Prospects and Pitfalls

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Book SynopsisModels of sustainable development are increasingly used to address large scale environmental problems ensuring that responses to present day needs do not compromise the prospects of future generations.In this new book a wide range of approaches to modelling sustainable development is examined, including neoclassical, evolutionary, ecological economics and neo-Ricardian models. Recognizing that the application of sustainable development requires the reorientation of economic analysis on several fundamental points, a distinguished group of authors re-examines such key issues as intra- and intergenerational equity, the treatment of the very long-term, the irreversibility of ecological change, fundamental uncertainty and system complexity, and processes of technological change. The achievements and limitations of different models of sustainable development are explored, with particular reference to their value in support of decision-making.Researchers and graduate students in environmental economics will welcome this volume's rigorous approach to environmental sustainability as well as its consideration of a wide range of different modelling approaches and, in particular, the assumptions which sustain them.Trade Review' . . . readers who are interested in learning more about formal approaches to the notion of sustainable development will find some material here that is of interest.' -- Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, KyklosTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Neoclassical Models Part II: Evolutionary Models Part III: Ecological Economic Models Part IV: Neo-Ricardian Models Index

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Book SynopsisThe strategic management of socio-economic systems is becoming increasingly difficult with traditional economic models which are unable to handle environmental and technological factors. In Evolutionary Dynamics and Sustainable Development, Norman Clark, Francisco Perez-Trejo and Peter Allen offer a new approach which emphasizes the evolutionary nature of socio-economic systems. This major book begins with a critical evaluation of conventional economic approaches to development planning and then explores how modern general systems theory can show economic development as a process of structural change. The discussion includes the use of decision tools which can simultaneously handle spatial and temporal evolution. The authors develop a model which they explore through case studies of both Senegal and Crete. The model is combined with risk analysis to show how it can be used in computer-based scenarios, before its properties as an aid to decision making are summarized in the last chapter.Defining development as a process of structural change in economic systems rather than in terms of economic output, this volume will be welcomed for its advocacy of non-linear models as decision tools and for its special reference to issues of economic development and environmental stability in Third World countries.Trade Review’The discussions in the book do an excellent job of explaining the type of interactive model that will be needed for sustainable development policy.’ -- R.V. O’Neill, Ecological Economics’This book provides a clear and insightful discussion of these issues and is important reading to those concerned with the complexity of cities.’– M. Batty, Environment and PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Modelling Sustainable Development 2. The Nature of Systems 3. Economic Systems 4. Spatial Modelling 5. The Model as a Decision Tool (A Crete Case Study) 6. An Agenda for the Future Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Pollution Control in the Asia Pacific adapts environmental economics to the special conditions of the Asia Pacific region, emphasizing the importance of local conditions and culture. Global warming, air pollution and water pollution are all addressed by a distinguished group of authors who rigorously apply economics to the analysis of pollution control in societies undergoing rapid industrialization. As this pioneering volume demonstrates, citizens of rapidly developing Taiwan and Korea are willing to pay substantial amounts for the protection and improvement of air and water quality, and face potentially huge losses from global climate change. A number of the papers also point to some cost effective alternatives for helping to reduce global greenhouse gas emission. As this major book reveals, the make-up of Asian politico-economic systems has a direct impact on environmental policies, from benefit estimation to instrument choice. As the authors argue, policymakers and researchers in the Asia Pacific cannot draw on European and American methods, arguments and conclusions without considerable modification for regional conditions.Trade Review'The coverage is balanced in terms of applied work, theoretical work and political economy. In the chapters devoted to theory, there are useful illustrations of modelling economic actors in the environmental scene. . . . A number of interesting and valuable insights can be obtained from reading the book. . . . In sum, this is a good collection of papers covering both theory and empirical work on environment economics with a strong focus on countries in East Asia. The book can be used by senior undergraduates or graduates taking an environmental economics course. It is highly recommended.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Asia Pacific Environmental Economics 2. The Impact of Global Warming on Pacific Rim Countries 3. The Framework Convention and Climate Change Policy in Asia 4. The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Taiwan 5. Acute Health Effects of Major Air Pollutants in Taiwan 6. What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? 7. Hedonic Housing Values and Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei 8. Estimation of the Benefit of Air Quality Improvement: An Application of Hedonic Price Technique in Seoul 9. Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei: A Comparison of Contingent Valuation Elicitation Techniques 10. Exploring the Value of Drinking Water Protection in Seoul, Korea 11. Demand for Environmental Quality: Comparing Models for Contingent Policy Referendum Experiments 12. Hierarchical Government, Environmental Regulations, Transfer Payments and Incomplete Enforcement 13. Political Economy and Pollution Regulation: Price Regulation in Open Lobbying Economies 14. Doubtful Merits of Equal-rate Pigovian Taxes and Tradeable Permits in Controlling Global Pollution 15. Difficulty in Enforcing Efficient Prices for Regulating Shiftable Externalities 16. Optimal Environmental Quality Improvement in a Multi-Goods R&D Growth Model Index

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Book SynopsisThe effectiveness and scope of operational analysis of sustainable development is explored in this major new book. Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development offers an integrated treatment of theory, methods and applications for economic-ecological analysis taking into consideration all the relevant interactions between economic, development and physical and biological processes.An overview of different theoretical perspectives, based on insights from economics, ecology and thermodynamics, is followed by discussion of the dimensions of sustainable development including ethics and intergenerational equity, sustainable and multiple use, and spatial sustainability. The second part of the book discusses methods for analysis, covering the choice of indicators, natural resource accounting, and integrated static, dynamic and spatial modelling, and evaluation, including multi-criteria and cost-benefit analysis. Attention is also given to decision support and the choice of policy instruments.Combinations of the various methods are applied in the final part of the book, using case studies which cover a range of ecosystems and regions, as well as a variety of issues and problems. These studies clearly show the potential of policy-oriented integrated economic-ecological analysis for sustainable development.Trade Review'This volume makes no excessive claims for the use of EE in its present form for informing environmental policy. It is refreshingly pragmatic and provides an excellent account of how EE is developing.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Concepts, Theories and Frameworks Part II: Methods for Analysis and Evaluation Part III: Application of Methods–Case Studies References Index

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Book SynopsisContingent valuation analysis is both a difficult and controversial means of environmental resource valuation. Yet many economists regard it as the only valid means of measuring values in environmental policy.This major new book contains a collection of papers that examine the current state-of-the-art in the valuation of environmental resources. In particular, they assess the meaningfulness of environmental resource values obtained through the contingent valuation method. An internationally prominent group of scholars develops a fuller understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology and discusses a research agenda to improve estimates of environmental resource values. Economic value and the ability to obtain it through the survey measurement of consumer preferences is central to their discussion. Issues covered include the need for a broad perspective in valuation research, support for replication studies, the relationship between survey structure and survey responses, the processes by which environmental resources affect individual well-being, specific issues regarding environmental goods in surveys, and better tests of internal and external validity.The current state-of-the-art is outlined in a series of core papers and then debated in discussion papers. This major book describes how practitioners, critics, and users of contingent valuation have framed the fundamental issues that must be solved if the approach is to gain wider acceptance.Trade Review'. . . the lead papers and the responses do a good job of addressing and advancing the methodological focus. One very nice feature is that the authors often go outside the domain of the "pure economics" literature.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction Part II: Economic Theory and the Contingent Valuation Method Part III: Structural Issues Concerning Contingent Valuation Surveys Part IV: Comparison of Revealed and Stated Preference Methods: Calibration and Comparisons with Choice in Real Markets Part V: Comparison of Revealed and Stated Preferences Methods: Insights from Comparison with Collective Choice Models Part VI: Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisAdvanced Principles in Environmental Policy clearly and systematically presents current developments in the economic theory of environmental policy. A key feature is the systematic exposition of the use of mathematical tools in environmental economics.Professor Xepapadeas builds on and extends the basic theoretical framework of environmental policy and pays special attention to the inter-relationships between environmental economics and other branches of economics. He considers dynamic investment theory, industrial organization, international economics and relaxes standard assumptions underlying his basic model. A key feature of this book is a systematic exposition of the use of mathematical tools in environmental economics. Important practical research topics in the theory of environmental policy are presented, including: emission taxes nonpoint source pollution transboundary pollution the link between international trade and environmental policy international environmental cooperation. Advanced Principles in Environmental Policy will provide stimulus for further research in the theory of environmental policy. It will prove essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in environmental economics as well as for professionals, researchers and policymakers seeking to understand the fundamentals of environmental policy.Trade Review'The books' comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in the field of environmental economics and its clear exposition make it a joy to read and a must for anyone interested in the field.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Basic Environmental Policy Framework 3. Stock Externalities, Dynamics and the Design of Environmental Policy 4. Informational Constraints and Nonpoint Source Pollution 5. Environmental Policy and Market Structure 6. The International Dimension of Environmental Policy 7. Mathematical Tools in Environmental Economics Index

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Book SynopsisTom Tietenberg, one of the leading economists working in the field of environmental economics has edited a collection of the most important articles and papers on global warming, which poses major challenges to our economic and political institutions. In this authoritative volume, leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meets them with pragmatic solutions.Specific topics include: modelling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the cost of control and damages from global warming, as well as deriving optimum solutions; debating the appropriate role for discounting; estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty; and examining the issues associated with the use of two prominent policy approaches carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Few challenges pose a greater threat to our economic and political institutions than global warming. Uncertainty about the consequences of continued greenhouse gas emissions, the temporal and geographic separation of costs and benefits, the potentially enormous cost of making the wrong choices, and the necessity for (and the difficulties of) international cooperation all contribute to the complexity and the significance of the issue. In this book leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meeting them with pragmatic solutions. Specific topics covered include: modeling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the costs of control and damages from discounting, estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty, and examining the issues associated with the use of the two most prominent policy approaches - carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Trade Review’. . . provides a thorough overview of the contribution of economic theory until 1995 to the debate on global warming. In summary, this book provides a helpful reference for economists working on global warming.’Table of ContentsContents: Part I: General Part II: Damages, Costs and the Search for an Optimal Response A: Damage Estimates B: Cost of Control Estimates C: Deriving Optimal Solutions Part III: The Choice of Instruments A: Carbon Taxes B: Tradeable Permits C: Hedging Strategies Part IV: Ethics and Intergenerational Discounting A: Defining Appropriate Discount Rates B: The Suitability of the Intergenerational Discounting Framework

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Book SynopsisThe complexity of a multi-layered system of government yields a wealth of issues concerning environmental policy making. This important book presents new original work on the problems that arise from the existence of more than one level of government, and discusses the responsibility of federal, state and local government policy making.This theme of government responsibilty for environmental regulation is expanded to consider the coordination of environmental policy across different levels of government. This is directly related to the question of which level of government should bear the costs of implementing environmental policy, if agreement can be reached between various levels of government. Furthermore the contributors discuss whether the policy targets for environmental quality should be uniform or regionally differentiated. They conclude that there is a role for both a federal government and for regional coordination in the design and application of environmental policies. Moreover, that economic integration through a federal system can result in better and more efficient environmental regulation.The Economic Theory of Environmental Policy in a Federal System will be an invaluable resource for academics, policymakers and government officials.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (J. Braden, E. Feinzaig, S. Proost) 2. The Economic Cycles of Federalism (T.S. Ulen) 3. Intergovernmental Transfers in a Federal System: an Economic Analysis of Unfunded Mandates (K. Segerson, T.J. Miceli, L.-C. Wen) 4. International Environmental Regulation when National Governments act Strategically 5. Environmental Tax Competition – A Simulation Study of Nonsymmetric Countries (K. Conrad) 6. The Welfare Economics of Environmental Regulatory Authority: Two Parables on State vs Federal Control (P. Shapio, J. Petchey) 7. Fiscal Competition and Cooperation in Natural Resource Markets (G.S. Amacher, R.J. Braxee) Index

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Book SynopsisThe majority of societies are facing a conflict between the increasing levels of road traffic congestion, especially during peak hours and in urban areas, and a decline in the social acceptability of road expansion. This has led governments as well as non-governmental organizations to consider other methods of reducing road traffic. This book examines the efficiency and feasibility of the regulation of road traffic congestion in theory and practice, and within the context of social and political feasibility.As long ago as the 1920s it was recognized that road pricing offered an efficient means of handling congested road traffic flows. Since then the severity of traffic congestion has increased so dramatically that it has turned the matter from an academic interest into one of the most serious problems affecting urbanized areas and transport arteries today. Increasing transport levels have other important external costs such as environmental effects, noise annoyance and accidents. As a result the need to find effective means of relieving congestion has become an important issue both at the national and local level. This book examines Pigouvian taxes, the most popular policy prescription among economists, as well as considering a variety of other policies which may be more politically and socially acceptable. The contributors discuss alternatives to Pigouvian taxes, as well as congestion and urban development, congestion pricing and road infrastructure investment, and road pricing and urban sustainability. This important and timely book will become an essential reference source for policymakers at the national and local level as well as academics and postgraduate students interested in transport economics and environmental economics.Trade Review'. . . I would recommend this book to those concerned with the field and stress the usefulness of the last section.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Theory and Practice before and after Pigou Part II: Efficiency Aspects and Second-Best Policies Part III: Political and Social Feasibility Index

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Book SynopsisThis major annual publication is an authoritative state-of-the-art survey of current issues in environmental and resource economics written by the leading academics in the field.The discipline of environmental and resource economics has undergone a rapid evolution over the past three decades with the early literature focusing mainly on valuation and the design of policy instruments to correct externalities and encourage optimal resource exploitation. In the past few years, the field has broadened its scope by making numerous links with other disciplines in economics as well as the natural and physical sciences. As a result there has been an explosion in the literature which has made it increasingly difficult to keep up with developments in the field.The aim of the Yearbook is to provide economists working in environmental and resource economics, as well as those who are interested in knowing more about the field, with a comprehensive overview of the main issues written by the leading international scholars.Trade Review'Most of the papers are relatively straightforward and offer an easy access to the various topics. Nevertheless, the essays are not restricted to a review of the standard literature, but cover a wide range of ideas and concepts. Thus the book might indeed provide new insights also to those readers who are familiar with the main topics within environmental economics. To summarise: the volume is an interesting and informative read for all those who are looking for a brief but competent overview on a number of current issues in environmental economics.' -- Wolfram Kagi, KyklosTable of ContentsContents: Property Regimes in Environmental Economics (D.W. Bromley) 2. Environmental Taxation in a Second-best World (L.H. Goulder) 3. National Wealth, Constant Consumption and Sustainable Development (J.M. Hartwick) 4. The Economics of Biodiversity (D. Moran and D. Pearce) 5. Nonpoint Pollution (J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler) 6. Pricing What is Priceless: A Status Report on Non-market Valuation of Environmental Resources (V. Kerry Smith) 7. International Trade and the Environment: A Survey of Recent Economic Analysis (A. Ulph) Index

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Book SynopsisThis major reference book comprises specially commissioned surveys in environmental and resource economics written by an international team of experts. Authoritative yet accessible, each entry provides a state-of-the-art summary of key areas that will be invaluable to researchers, practitioners and advanced students. The handbook contains 79 chapters distributed over 10 main sections: introduction economics of natural resources economics of environmental policy international aspects of environmental economics and policy space in environmental economics environmental macroeconomics• economic valuation and evaluation interdisciplinary issues methods and models in environmental and resource economics prospects Aside from being the most extensive survey of environmental and resource economics available today, the handbook contains several special and unique features. Five of the ten main sections cover topics that are addressed marginally or not at all in previous handbooks or other surveys. Moreover, in addition to overviews of the standard (neoclassical) approach, the book covers core elements of ecological economics in the section on interdisciplinary issues, with a separate chapter comparing neoclassical and ecological economics. The first section includes an introduction and summary of the handbook, as well as a chapter with a historical survey of environmental economics. The final section covers future areas of research from both monodisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives. At a chapter level the handbook addresses, in addition to standard topics, both less common and recent topics in environmental and resource economics. These include cartels in resource extraction, trade in resources, indicators of resource scarcity, endogenous risk, policy in imperfect markets, transaction costs, the double dividend of ecotaxation, distribution issues, ethics and policy, ethics and valuation, strategic trade, endogenous locations, endogenous growth theory, environmental Kuznets curves, sustainability and sustainable development, the meaning of thermodynamics, analysis of materials flows, the relevance of ecological theory, multi-criteria analysis, computable general equilibrium models, decomposition methods, and ecological economics. Traditional topics are surveyed as well, for instance, externalities, instrument choice, nonrenewable resource extraction, fishery economics, water use, the growth debate, valuation methods and cost-benefit analysis. A final main advantage of the handbook is that the extensive sub-divisions into topics means that the surveys offer an advanced treatment whilst being concise, authoritative and accessible.Trade Review'This is a splendid book. . . It is the ideal book for the indolent PhD student and academic alike. For the former, with a little creative and judicious re-packaging, it will yield at least half of the literature review of any thesis; for the latter, it will provide near instant erudition in fields far removed from ones own speciality. . . Because of its encyclopaedic character, it also tells us something about our profession as a whole and how we work. . . a word of appreciation to the editor of this volume. All of the 79 articles were commissioned pieces, written by 92 authors, each reviewed by 2 anonymous reviewers, revised and re-submitted. Any reader who has edited a commissioned volume will appreciate the majesty and miraculous nature of this achievement.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. An Overview of Environmental and Resource Economics (J.C.J.M. van den Bergh) 2. A Short History of Environmental and Resource Economics (T.D. Crocker) Part II: Economics of Natural Resources 3. Optimal Extraction of Non-Renewable Resources (C.Withagen) 4. Imperfect Competition in Natural Resource Markets (C.Withagen and A. de Zeeuw) 5. Economics of Mining Taxation (P.A. Neher) 6. International Trade and Natural Resources (N. Van Long) 7. Indicators of Natural Resource Scarcity: A Review and Synthesis (C.J. Cleveland and D.I. Stern) 8. Renewable Resources: Fisheries (C.W. Clark) 9. Renewable Resources: Forestry (T. Aronsson and K.-G. Löfgren) 10. The Economics of Water Use (D. Zilberman and L. Lipper) 11. Agriculture and the Environment (J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler) 12. Economics of Energy (J. Willem and E. Worrell) Part III: Economics of Environmental Policy 13. Externalities (E.T. Verhoef) 14. Endogenous Environmental Risk (T.D. Crocker and J.F. Shogren) 15. Standards versus Taxes in Pollution Control (G.E. Helfand) 16. Imperfect Markets, Technological Innovation and Environmental Policy Instruments (C. Carraro) 17. Environmental Policy and Transaction Costs (K. Krutilla) 18. Tradable Permits in Economist Theory (P. Koutstaal) 19. Lessons from Using Transferable Permits to Control Air Pollution in the United States (T. Tietenberg) 20. The Double Dividend of an Environmental Tax Reform (R.A. de Mooij) 21. Practical Considerations and Comparison of Instruments of Environmental Policy (C.S. Russell and P.T. Powell) 22. Public Economics and Environmental Policy (S. Proost) 23. Positive Analyses of Instrument Choice in Environmental Policies (F.J. Dietz and H.R.J. Vollebergh) 24. Equity in Environmental Policy: An Application to Global Warming (A. Rose and S. Kverndokk) 25. Distributional Issues: An Overview (J. Martinez-Alier and M. O’Connor) Part IV: International Aspects of Environment Economics and Policy 26. Environmental Policy in Open Economies (M. Rauscher) 27. Partial Equilibrium Models of Trade and the Environment (K. Krutilla) 28. General Models of Environmental Policy and Foreign Trade (K. Steininger) 29. Strategic Environmental Policy and Foreign Trade (A.M. Ulph) 30. Environment, International Trade and Development (H. Verbruggen) 31. Environmental Conflict, Bargaining and Cooperation (C. Carraro) 32. Transboundary Environmental Problems (M. Hoel) 33. Economic Analysis of Global Environmental Issues: Global Warming, Stratospheric Ozone and Biodiversity (D. Pearce) 34. Tax Instruments for Curbing Co2 Emissions (S. Smith) Part V: Space in Environmental Economics 35. Environmental and Regional Economics (P. Nijkamp) 36. Non-point Source Pollution Control (A. Xepapadeas) 37. Land Use and Environmental Quality (W.B. Meyer) 38. Urban Sustainability (D. Banister) 39. Location Choice, Environmental Quality and Public Policy (J.R. Markusen) 40. Transport and the Environment (K.J. Button and P. Rietveld) Part VI: Environmental Macroeconomics 41. Environment in Macroeconomic Modelling (E.C. van Ierland) 42. Endogenous Growth Theory and the Environment (S. Smulders) 43. A Pro-growth Perspective (W. Beckerman) 44. Steady-state Economics: Avoiding Uneconomic Growth (H.E. Daly) 45. An Assessment of the Growth Debate (J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and R.A. de Mooij) 46. The Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis (S.M. de Bruyn and R.J. Heintz) 47. Growth-oriented Economic Policies and their Environmental Impact (M. Munasinghe) 48. The Biophysical Basis of Environmental Sustainability (R. Goodland) 49. Indicators of Sustainable Development (O.J. Kuik and A.J. Gilbert) 50. Development, Poverty and Environment (E.B. Barbier) Part VII: Economic Valuation and Evaluation 51. Theory of Economic Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services (P.-O. Johansson) 52. Recreation Demand Models for Environmental Valuation (C.L. Kling and J.R. Crooker) 53. Hedonic Models (R.B. Palmquist) 54. Contingent Valuation (B. Kristöni) 55. Meta-analysis, Economic Valuation and Environmental Economics (J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and K.J. Button) 56. Valuation and Ethics in Environmental Economics (R.K. Blamey and M.S. Common) 57. Cost–benefit Analysis of Environmental Policy and Management (N. Hanley) 58. Multi-criteria Methods for Quantitative and Fuzzy Evaluation Problems (R. Janssen and G. Munda) Part VIII: Interdisciplinary Issues 59. Physical Principles and Environmental Economic Analysis (M. Ruth) 60. Materials, Economics and the Environment (R.U. Ayres) 61. Ecological Principles and Environmental Economic Analysis (R. Folke) 62. Industrial Metabolism and the Grand Nutrient Cycles (R.U. Ayres) 63. Indicators of Economic and Ecological Health (B. Hannon) 64. EMERGY, Value, Ecology and Economics (R.A. Herendeen) 65. Evolution, Environment and Economics (J.M. Gowdy) 66. Ethical Perspectives and Environmental Policy Analysis (H. Glasser) 67. Environmental and Ecological Economics Perspectives (R.K. Turner) Part IX: Methods and Models in Environmental and Resource Economics 68. Input–Output Analysis, Technology and the Environment (F. Duchin and A.E. Steenge) 69. Computable General Equilibrium Models for Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis (K. Conrad) 70. Game Theory in Environmental Policy Analysis (H. Folmer and A. de Zeeuw) 71. Optimal Control Theory in Environmental Economics (T. Feenstra, H. Cesar and P. Kort) 72. Economic Models of Sustainable Development (J.C.J.M. van den Bergh and M.W. Hofkes) 73. Energy–Economy–Environment Models (S. Faucheux and F. Levarlet) 74. Decomposition Methodology in Energy Demand and Environmental Analysis (B.W. Ang) 75. Input–Output Structural Decomposition Analysis of Energy and the Environment (A. Rose) 76. Experiments in Environmental Economics (J.F. Shogren and T.M. Hurley) 77. Natural Resource Accounting (S. El Serafy) Part X: Prospects 78. Impacts of Economic Theories on Environmental Economics: Prospects (D. Siniscalco) 79. Integration and Communication between Environmental Economics and other Disciplines (J.L.R. Proops) Index

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Book SynopsisThis major authoritative collection prepared by leading figures from North America and Europe presents a careful selection of the most important published articles and papers on ecological economics.Ecology and economics have developed as separate disciplines throughout their recent histories in the twentieth century. A signal contribution of this important collection is that it brings these different traditions together and successfully integrates the natural and social sciences in a volume that will be indispensable to anyone interested in ecological economics.This unique volume contains both classics in the field and contemporary research and gives a coherent picture of the development of the major threads in ecological economics.This collection is a "sampler" in the transdiciplinary field of ecological economics which paints a coherent picture of the development of some of the major threads in this new endeavour. It consists of a selection of both classics in the field and contemporary research, and is intended both for formal courses in ecological economics and for interested independent readers. The book contains 43 papers divided into six sections: 1. Historical Roots and Motivations; 2. Basic Organizing Principles of Ecological Economics; 3. Material and Energy Flows in Ecological and Economic Systems: Theory and Applications; 4. Accounting for Natural Capital, Ecological Limits, and Sustainable Scale; 5. Valuation of Ecological Services; and 6. Integrated Ecological Economic Modeling and Assessment.Trade Review' . . . by including a vast number of papers that are generally reflective of the historical and the current state of the subject, the editors have - for the most part - succeeded in providing a useful reference on the development of ecological economics. The acquisition of this book is likely to benefit libraries and active researchers in ecological economics the most.' -- Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, KyklosTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Historical Roots and Motivations 1. Kenneth E. Boulding (1966), 'The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth', in Henry Jarrett (ed.), Environmental Quality in a Growing Economy, Baltimore MD: Resources for the Future/Johns Hopkins University Press, 3-14. (12) 2. Herman E. Daly (1968), 'On Economics as a Life Science', Journal of Political Economy, 76, 392-406. (15) 3. C.W. Clark (1973), 'The Economics of Overexploitation', Science, 181, 630-34. (5) 4. Juan Martinez-Alier (1987), 'Introduction', in Ecological Economics: Energy, Environment, and Society, Chapter 1, Cambridge MA: Blackwell, 1-19. (19) 5. C.J. Cleveland (1987), 'Biophysical Economics: Historical Perspective and Current Research Trends', Ecological Modeling, 38, 47-74. (28) 6. Paul P. Christensen (1989), 'Historical Roots for Ecological Economics – Biophysical Versus Allocative Approaches', Ecological Economics, 1, 17-36. (20) Part II: Basic Organizing Principles of Ecological Economics 7. C.S. Holling (1986), 'The Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Local Surprise and Global Change', in William C. Clark and R.E. Munn (eds), Sustainable Development of the Biosphere, Chapter 10, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 292-317. (26) 8. John L.R. Proops (1989), 'Ecological Economics: Rationale and Problem Areas', Ecological Economics, 1, 59-76. (18) 9. Richard B. Norgaard (1989), 'The Case for Methodological Pluralism', Ecological Economics, 1, 37-57. (21) 10. Mick Common and Charles Perrings (1992), 'Towards an Ecological Economics of Sustainability', Ecological Economics, 6 (1), July, 7-34. (28) 11. Herman E. Daly (1992), 'Allocation, Distribution, and Scale: Towards an Economics that is Efficient, Just, and Sustainable', Ecological Economics, 6, 185-93. (9) 12. Robert Costanza, Lisa Wainger, Carl Folke and Karl-Göran Mäler (1993), 'Modeling Complex Ecological Economic Systems: Toward an Evolutionary, Dynamic Understanding of People and Nature', BioScience, 43 (8), September, 545-55. (11) Part III: Material and Energy Flows in Ecological and Economic Systems: Theory and Applications 13. H.T. Odum and R.C. Pinkerton (1955), 'Time's Speed Regulator: The Optimum Efficiency for Maximum Power Output in Physical and Biological Systems', American Scientist, 43, 334-43. (13) 14. N. Georgescu-Roegen (1973), 'The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem', in H.E. Daly (ed.), Economics, Ecology, Ethics: Essays Toward a Steady-State Economy, San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 49-60. (12) 15. Bruce Hannon (1973), 'The Structure of Ecosystems', Journal of Theoretical Biology, 41, 535-46. (12) 16. Robert U. Ayres (1978), 'Application of Physical Principles to Economics', in Resources, Environment, and Economics: Applications of the Materials/Energy Balance Principle, Chapter 3, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 37-71. (35) 17. C.J. Cleveland, R. Costanza, C.A.S. Hall and R. Kaufmann (1984), 'Energy and the United States Economy: A Biophysical Perspective', Science, 225, 890-97. (8) 18. Charles Perrings (1986), 'Conservation of Mass and Instability in a Dynamic Economy-Environment System', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 13, 199-211. (13) 19. C.J. Cleveland and R.K. Kaufmann (1991), 'Forecasting Ultimate Oil Recovery and its Rate of Production: Incorporating Economic Forces into the Models of M. King Hubbert', The Energy Journal, 12, 17-46. (30) 20. David I. Stern (1993), 'Energy and Economic Growth in the USA: A Multivariate Approach', Energy Economics, 15 (2), April, 137-50. (15) 21. Matthias Ruth (1995), 'Information, Order and Knowledge in Economic and Ecological Systems: Implications for Material and Energy Use', Ecological Economics, 13 (2), May, 99-114. (16) Part IV: Accounting for Natural Capital, Ecological Limits and Sustainable Scale 22. Peter Vitousek, Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich and Pamela A. Matson (1986), 'Human Appropriation of the Products of Photosynthesis', BioScience, 36 (6), June, 368-73. (6) 23. Herman E. Daly and John B. Cobb, Jr. (1990), 'Misplaced Concreteness: Measuring Economic Success', in For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, Chapter 3, London: Green Print, Merlin Press, 62-84. (23) 24. Salah El Serafy (1991), 'The Environment as Capital', in Robert Costanza (ed.), Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability, Chapter 12, New York: Columbia University Press, 168-75. (8) 25. Peter A. Victor (1991), 'Indicators of Sustainable Development: Some Lessons from Capital Theory', Ecological Economics, 4, 191-213. (23) 26. Karl-Göran Mäler (1991), 'National Accounts and Environmental Resources', Environmental and Resource Economics, 1 (1), 1-15. (15) 27. Robert Costanza and Herman E. Daly (1992), 'Natural Capital and Sustainable Development', Conservation Biology, 6 (1), March, 37-46. (10) 28. G. Daily and P.R. Ehrlich (1992), 'Population, Sustainability, and Earth's Carrying Capacity', BioScience, 42, 761-71. (11) 29. Robert K. Kaufmann (1995), 'The Economic Multiplier of Environmental Life Support: Can Capital Substitute for a Degraded Environment?', Ecological Economics, 12 (1), January, 67-79. (12) 30. Kenneth Arrow, Bert Bolin, Robert Costanza, Partha Dasgupta, Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Simon Levin, Karl-Göran Mäler, Charles Perrings and David Pimentel (1995), 'Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment', Science, 268, 28 April, 520-21. (2) Part V: Valuation of Ecological Services 31. Robert Costanza, Stephen C. Farber and Judith Maxwell (1989), 'Valuation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems', Ecological Economics, 1, 335-61. (27) 32. Rudolf S. de Groot (1994), 'Environmental Functions and the Economic Value of Natural Ecosystems', in Ann Mari Jansson, Monica Hammer, Carl Folke and Robert Costanza (eds), Investing in Natural Capital: The Ecological Economics Approach to Sustainability, Chapter 9, Washington DC: Island Press, 151-68. (18) 33. J. Larsson, C. Folke and N. Kautsky (1994), 'Ecological Limitations and Appropriation of Ecosystem Support by Shrimp Farming in Colombia', Environmental Management, 18, 663-76. (14) 34. Clive L. Spash and Nick Hanley (1995), 'Preferences, Information and Biodiversity Preservation', Ecological Economics, 12 (3), March, 191-208. (18) 35. Gail Bingham, Richard Bishop, Michael Brody, Daniel Bromley, Edwin (Toby) Clark, William Cooper, Robert Costanza, Thomas Hale, Gregory Hayden, Stephen Kellert, Richard Norgaard, Bryan Norton, John Payne, Clifford Russell and Glenn Suter (1995), 'Issues in Ecosystem Valuation: Improving Information for Decision Making', Ecological Economics, 14, 73-90. (18) Part VI: Integrated Ecological Economic Modeling and Assessment 36. L.C. Braat and W.F.J. van Lierop (1987), 'Integrated Economic-Ecological Modeling', in L.C. Braat and W.F.J. van Lierop (eds), Economic-Ecological Modeling, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 49-68. (20) 37. Robert Costanza, Fred H. Sklar and Mary L. White (1990), 'Modeling Coastal Landscape Dynamics: Process-based Dynamic Spatial Ecosystem Simulation can Examine Long-term Natural Changes and Human Impacts', BioScience, 40 (2), February, 91-107. (17) 38. Kimberly Anne Baker, M. Siobhan Fennessy and William J. Mitsch (1991), 'Designing Wetlands for Controlling Mine Drainage: An Ecologic-Economic Modelling Approach', Ecological Economics, 3, 1-24. (24) 39. C.A.S. Hall and M.H.P. Hall (1993), 'The Efficiency of Land and Energy Use in Tropical Economies and Agriculture', Agriculture, Ecosystems, and the Environment, 46, 1-30. (30) 40. Faye Duchin and Glenn-Marie Lange (1994), 'Strategies for Enviromentally Sound Economic Development', in Ann-Mari Jansson, Monica Hammer, Carl Folke and Robert Costanza (eds), Investing in Natural Capital: The Ecological Economics Approach to Sustainability, Chapter 15, Washington DC: Island Press, 250-65. (16) 41. H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1994), 'Modelling Economy-Ecology Linkages in Mangroves: Economic Evidence for Promoting Conservation in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia', Ecological Economics, 10 (3), 233-47. (15) 42. Jianguo Liu, Fred W. Cubbage and H. Ronald Pulliam (1994), 'Ecological and Economic Effects of Forest Landscape Structure and Rotation Length: Simulation Studies Using ECOLECON', Ecological Economics, 10 (3), 249-63. (15) 43. N. Bockstael, R. Costanza, I. Strand, W. Boynton, K. Bell and L. Wainger (1995), 'Ecological Economic Modeling and Valuation of Ecosystems', Ecological Economics, 14 (2), 143-59. (17)

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Book SynopsisAsian nations increasingly have to balance energy needs with environmental impacts and economic growth. These critical issues for the development of Asian nations and the quality of life of their citizens are extensively addressed in this major new volume which focuses on research and policy perspectives.A distinguished group of researchers from Asia, Europe and North America, focuses on Asian initiatives on global and regional environmental problems, the impact of energy and environment on development and international trade in Asia, the problems associated with siting major energy facilities, the Asian green movement and public reaction to environmental degradation, and the role of communities in achieving a balance between energy, environment and economics.Researchers and policymakers, public policy and management researchers and environmentalists will welcome this important book which addresses the key issue of balancing the conflicting objectives of energy planning, environmental management and economic development.Trade Review'This book is useful for those who want to better understand the complexity of development dilemmas in Asia. It can be used as a reference book for university students, researchers, industrial practitioners, and policymakers who are interested, or involved, in Asian development. . . Because of the extensive involvement of the local experts in the study, this book bears a unique value in telling the inside stories of energy, environment and economic interactions in Asia.' -- Lin Gan, IIASA, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Energy and Environment in International Perspective Part II: Balancing Economic Development and Environment Part III: The Public: Client or Decision-Maker? Part IV: Industry: Partner or Culprit? Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic Policy for the Environment and Natural Resources presents some of the most important recent work on the theory and application of environmental policy at both the national and international level. At the national level it focuses on instruments for pollution control. At the international level it discusses measures to promote international cooperation for the protection of the environment.This book covers a wide range of major issues including the legal aspects of environmental protection, environmental policy under oligopolistic conditions, voluntary agreements as a policy instrument, participation in international coalitions and environmental policy in dynamic trade models. In discussing the applications of environmental policy, it includes issues such as the profitability of emission saving techniques, water management and acid rain models.This book will be essential reading for both policymakers and professional economists who are concerned with environmental policy.Trade Review’. . . this book is a collection of several excellent essays.’- Environmental Conservation -- ’. . . the book is important and the analysis presented in the individual papers is cogent.’- Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Utah State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Environmental Protection, Producer Insolvency and Lender Liability (M. Boyer, J.-J. Laffont) 2. Environmental Feedbacks and Optimal Taxation in Oligopoly (C. Carraro, A. Soubeyran) 3. Environmental R&D, Spillovers and Optimal Policy Schemes Under Oligopoly (Y. Katsoulacos, A. Xepapadeas) 4. Voluntary Agreements in Environmental Policy: A Theoretical Appraisal (C. Carraro, D. Siniscalco) 5. Environmental Policy and the Choice of the Best Available Technology: An Empirical Assessment (M. Boetti, M. Botteon) 6. Managing Common Access Resources under Production Externalities (A. Xepapadeas) 7. Issue Linkage in Global Environmental Problems (H. Cesar, A. de Zeeuw) 8. Reflections on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (F. Stähler) 9. Standards Versus Taxes in a Dynamic Duopoly Model of Trade (T. Feenstra, P. Kort, P. Verheyen, A. de Zeeuw) 10. International Negotiations on Acid Rain in Northern Europe: A Discrete Time Iterative Process (M. Germain, P. Toint, H. Tulkens) Index

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Book SynopsisTowards Sustainable Project Development is an important new book which addresses the sustainability of development projects from an environmental as well as from a human resources perspective. It extends beyond the traditional concentration on economic issues, and is highly focused on practical experience, research, and operational analysis.In this book an outstanding group of international contributors explores sustainable project development in three main ways. It begins by considering environmental sustainability for development projects both methodologically and in practical policy terms, with emphasis on incorporating environmental policies more effectively into development programmes. The discussion develops to examine the success of projects in relation to approaches to human resource development and how the planning process is transformed into a manageable reality. Special emphasis is placed on managerial effectiveness as a key requirement for sustainable project initiatives. Finally the authors explore, with the aid of country case studies, the extent to which donors and recipients have developed their approaches to project and programme development and consider the opportunity for long term sustainability of development projects.This outstanding book will be invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, to project and programme planners and managers, officials of international organizations and government departments.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Environmental Sustainability Part II: Projects, People and Process Part III: Towards Sustainable Development - Perspectives and Practice Index

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Book SynopsisThe crisis of environmental degradation has createcharemd an immense volume of literature which focuses on controlling environmental problems. Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs goes one step further to extend and complement the current debates. Using property rights the book examines the causes and possible solutions to environmental and resource degradation. Written in a non-technical, reader-friendly style the book also offers: numerous examples and case studies an up-to-date list of world wide web sites relevant to the subject a detailed glossary of environmental and economic terms a guide to the literature at the end of every chapter Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs is an essential supplementary text for undergraduates and postgraduates studying environmental and natural resource management, environmental studies, ecology, environmental science, environmental economics, agricultural economics and geography.Trade Review'This is an excellent book, both clearly written and lively . . . We therefore wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone. . .'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Environmental Wrongs 2. Externalities and the Environment 3. Property Rights for Pollution 4. Property Rights for Natural Resources 5. Controlling Environmental Degradation without Property Rights 6. Property Rights for the Common Good References Index

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Book SynopsisControlling Pollution in Transition Economies examines and evaluates the recent experience of implementing pollution charges and the use of environmental permits in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.The book focuses on controlling point-source air and water pollution. It describes and analyses the experience of implementing pollution charges and fines, and the interactions of these fiscal instruments with systems of pollution permits. The ten country case studies have been written by specialists who have been or are actively involved with the development or revision of pollution charges. Based on the experience of these countries, general conclusions are drawn for implementing pollution charge systems in other contexts. This book will encourage new theoretical and empirical work on the problem of implementing economic instruments (pollution charges), in combination with 'command-and-control' instruments (pollution permits).Practitioners and policy analysts as well as graduate students, academics, researchers and environmental consultants will find this book an important contribution to the existing literature.Trade Review'The book is certainly a valuable read, and from both theoretical and practical sides it provides much background material and information useful for policymakers as well as scientific debate.'Table of ContentsContents: Environmental Policy in the Making: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union 1. Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Introduction to the Book and Overview of Economic Concepts (B.A. Larson and R. Bluffstone) 2. A Survey of Pollution Charge Systems and Key Issues in Policy Design (J. Vincent and S. Farrow) 3. Estonia’s Mixed System of Pollution Permits, Standards and Charges (L. Gornaja, E. Kraav, B.A. Larson and K. Türk) 4. Implementing Pollution Permits and Charges in Latvia (J. Brunenieks, A. Kozlovska and B.A. Larson) 5. The Lithuanian Pollution Charge System: Evaluation and Prospects for the Future (D. Semènienè, R. Bluffstone and L. Cekanavucius) 6. Pollutions Charges in Russia: The Experience of 1990–1995 (M. Kozeltsev and A. Markandya) 7. Integration of Pollution Charge Systems with strict Performance Standards: The Experience of the Czech Republic (Z. Stepanek) 8. Environmental Emission Charges ad Air Quality Protection in Hungary: Recent Practice and Future Prospects (G.E. Morris, J. Tiderenczl and P. Kovács) 9. Environmental Charges in Poland (G.D. Anderson and B. Fiedor) 10. Implementation of Pollution Charge Systems in a Transition Economy: The Case of Slovakia (T.H. Owen, J. Myjvec and D. Jassikova) 11. Implementation of Pollution Charges and Fines in Bulgaria (N. Matev and N.I. Novov 12. The Road to Creating an Integrated Pollution Charge and Permitting System in Romania (C.F. Zinnes) 13. Implementing Pollution Permit and Charge Systems in Transition Economies: A Possible Blueprint (R.Bluffstone and B.A. Larson) Index

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Book SynopsisContingent Valuation and Endangered Species provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the contingent valuation method as applied to the profound social problem of biodiversity conservation.The contingent valuation method allows the explicit identification and valuation of the non-use values of species in a way which has not been possible before. This new book offers a rigorous state-of-the-art evaluation of the theoretical and statistical issues central to the contingent valuation method as well as a hands-on account of the design, implementation and analysis of contingent valuation surveys of the benefits of species conservation. Contingent Valuation and Endangered Species includes a comprehensive account of efforts at endangered species protection in Australia and New Zealand as well as current developments in the United States.This comprehensive appraisal of the problems and economics of biodiversity conservation will be welcomed by researchers and practitioners as an explicit hands-on application of the contingent valuation method.Trade Review'The main strength of the book is the fact that not one but ten sub-surveys were conducted. . . . As a result, one can illustrate many of the important issues relating to contingent valuation techniques within a single study, a fact that has been appreciated by graduate students on courses where I have used the book.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword (M. Hanemann) Part I: Environmental Values: The Institutional and Biological Setting for Species Conservation 1. Introduction 2. The Institutional Setting: The Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 3. Endangered Species in Victoria Part II: Welfare Economic Principles of Species Conservation 4. Welfare Economic Principles and Issues 5. The Economics of Species Conservation Part III: The Contingent Valuation Method 6. The Contingent Valuation Method 7. Estimating Changes in Welfare from Discrete Choice Surveys Part IV: The Survey Application to Species Conservation 8. A Contingent Valuation Survey of Endangered Species in Victoria 9. Estimation of Willingness to Pay Part V: Conclusions 10. Conservation Value: Estimation and Methodological Inference 11. From Contingent Valuation to Species Conservation Policy References Subject Index

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Book SynopsisEconomics of Ecological Resources presents new or recently published work on ecological economies, sustainability, poverty, resource degradation and decision-making under uncertainty.The book explores the allocation of resources in jointly determined ecological-economic systems. An introductory chapter examines the work of other major contributors to the field of ecological economics and introduces Professor Perrings's work and the material in this volume. The first of three parts is concerned with the dynamics of joint systems and with the implications for the control and conservation of ecological resources. The second part focuses on the conditioning effect of the economic environment on private decisions in low income resource-dependent economies. The final part considers the way that decision makers handle the uncertainty that is an integral feature of the evolution of the ecological-economic system.Economics of Ecological Resources will be of interest to academics, researchers and students of ecological and environmental economics.Trade Review'Perrings' book is a well edited, and presented, integrated work based upon nine of his articles and book chapters published between 1989 and 1995.' -- Clive L. Spash, Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Control and Sustainablity of Ecological–Economic Systems Part II: The Economic Environment and Ecological Change Part III: Uncertainty, Innovation and Choice Postscript: Ecology, Economics and Ecological Economics Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the basic issues of accounting is to augment, or extend the conventional net national product measure so as to obtain a better indicator of welfare. This book extends the usual analysis of social accounting by including technological change, externalities and uncertainty.This important new book analyses welfare measurement, sustainability and 'green accounting' within general equilibrium models. A large part of the book is devoted to welfare measurement in the presence of technological change and external effects which complicate 'green accounting' to a considerable extent. In addition to environmental externalities, the authors also discuss external effects arising from investments in human capital and their implications for welfare measurement. Other areas examined are welfare measurement under uncertainty and examples of cost-benefit analyses of environmental and other policies.The book will be required reading for graduate students and professional economists interested in macroeconomics, environmental and resource economics.Trade Review'This is definitely a book for graduate students and researchers in the field, as a large number of different economic theories are drawn upon. . . . The book is well structured; the reader is led through the concepts, issues and theories in a logical order, with each chapter leading neatly on from and building upon the ideas presented in the previous chapters.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Introducing Dynamic Models and Welfare Indices 3. A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model 4. Welfare Measures under Technological Change and Externalities 5. Human Capital – A Recent Issue in ‘Practical’ National Accounting 6. Sustainable Development and its Relation to Welfare Measures 7. A Smörgasbord of Topics 8. Welfare Measurement under Uncertainty 9. Afterwords References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Environmental Degradation provides an institutional economics approach to analyse the underlying causes of continuing environmental degradation: poverty, population, poor policies and trade.After a critical, up-to-date survey of the most recent literature, the authors consider whether there is some common or deeper explanation of environmental degradation. They conclude that a problem results whenever human exploitation of the environment outruns the capacity of human institutions to adapt and to evolve methods for managing exploitation. Environmental degradation will persist because it is the static result of the ongoing dynamic contest between opportunistic individuals and institutional adaptation. The book assumes no prior knowledge of economics or the environment and will appeal to a wide readership of policymakers and students with a background in economics, geography, conservation biology, environmental studies and development studies.Trade Review'The multidisciplinary nature of environmental degradation and sustainable development is such that the volume may appeal to earth scientists and life scientists, and this review is directed towards this potential readership, which might be unfamiliar with the economists' perspectives. . . a useful volume for anyone wanting to understand more about how economists analyse the problems of environmental degradation and conceptualize associated policy issues.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Economics of Environmental Degradation: An Institutional Approach (T.M. Swanson) 2. Market Failure and Environmental Degradation (R. Mason) 3. Policy Failure and Resource Degradation (T.M. Swanson, R. Cervigni) 4. The Causes of Environmental Degradation: Population, Scarcity and Growth (R. Serra) 5. Poverty and Degradation (M. Rogers) 6. Societal Poverty: Indebtedness and Degradation (M. Rogers) 7. International Trade and Environmental Quality (N. Johnstone) Conclusion: Tragedy for the Commons? (T.M. Swanson) Index

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Book SynopsisTomasz Zylicz's book is an important contribution to the debate on how to finance sustainable development in transitional economies. Using Poland as an example, the author shows how sustainable development may be possible if the economic value of natural capital is accounted for.The book studies examples of natural capital in Poland, identifies the beneficiaries of these natural assets, and discusses ways to reimburse those who own, steward or live within these assets (such as the national parks). With its focus firmly on environmental assets, rather than disruption and crises in the Central and Eastern environment, the author reports on a number of nature protection studies including economic valuation surveys, species reintroduction projects, and the financing of national park services. Regional and international contexts of the local natural heritage are highlighted. Tomasz Zylicz uses the example of Poland to frame wider theories and conclusions on how to preserve and enhance the natural capital in transition economies.Political, environmental and natural resource economists and environmental scientists, as well as NGOs and policymakers will find this book illuminating reading.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Poland’s Natural Heritage 2. The Country’s System of Nature Protection 3. Winners and Losers in Nature Protection 4. Experimenting with Valuation Techniques 5. The Value of a Species 6. Whose Heritage is That? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis important new book is an extensive, yet concise overview which critically surveys the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries. The authors argue that economic valuation has just as important a role to play in the developing as in the developed world in valuing environmental resources and change. Additionally, the information which such techniques provide is invaluable when helping to devise sound environmental policies. The book demonstrates that economic valuation is of extreme importance in raising the profile of the environmental aspects of development initiatives and policies, and that the application of economic valuation is both widespread and successful in developing countries.This book will be essential reading for professional environmental economists, particularly those working in the developing world, project appraisal analysts, policymakers in development organizations and graduate students of development and environmental economics.Trade Review'This collection is an extensive, yet concise, overview that critically surveys the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic Valuation Methodology 3. Selected Case Studies in Economic Valuation 4. Guidelines for Economic Valuation 5. Problems with Applying Valuation Techniques in Developing Economies 6. Annotated Bibliography Index

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