Environmental economics Books

Book SynopsisAn introduction to the groundbreaking ideas of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for EconomicsTrade Review'Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals has given me food for thought and action' -- John McDonnell'A fascinating insight into the only woman to win the Nobel Prize for economics. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in alternatives to the neoliberal consensus' -- Caroline Lucas, Co-Leader of the Green Party'An astute interpretative overview of Ostrom's far-ranging scholarship on the commons: inspiration and guidance for a new generation of commons thinkers and activists' -- David Bollier, author of Think Like a Commoner, and Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics'The UK's vote to leave the EU and the election of Donald Trump as US President are both signs that working people are rejecting the global economy. This makes the work of Elinor Ostrom, with its focus on common ownership and political empowerment, very timely' -- Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for South West EnglandTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Rules for Radicals 1. Elinor Ostrom's Radical Life 2. The Commons: From Tragedy to Triumph 3. Climate Change, Ecology and Green Politics 4. Beyond Markets and States 5. Deep Democracy 6. Feminism and Intersectionality 7. Trust and Cooperation 8. Science for the People 9. Transforming Institutions 10. Conflict and Contestation Bibliography Resources for Change Index

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Book SynopsisIn a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses.Trade Review"Gavin Fridell�s insightful, well argued and up-to-date analysis of the world coffee economy demonstrates that the state�s role in coffee statecraft continues to be essential to creating a more just division of the earnings in the world of coffee. As well as providing a thorough guide to the economics and politics of one of the world�s most important commodities, this book will spark much needed debate about the nature of neoliberalism and market-based solutions to economic and social problems." Steven Topik, University of California Irvine"Gavin Fridell provides an invaluable, beautifully written and thoroughly engaging account of the contemporary global coffee market. I would recommend this work widely, not just for those interested in any aspect of the coffee economy but also for those interested in contemporary changes to the global economy or agrarian commodities."Economic GeographyTable of Contents1. The Global Market and Coffee Statecraft2. Making Coffee3. Pro-Poor Regulation4. Coffee Unleashed?5. Fair Trade and Corporate Power6. Coffee and the Non-Developmental State

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Book SynopsisThis book is a pioneering attempt to consider the concrete policy implications of the much discussed transition to sustainable forestry.Trade ReviewThe ideas are dazzling, imaginative, and innovative. The authors don't pretend to have all the answers to the dilemma of how to restructure BC's most important industry. They do make a major contribution to the discussion. -- Stephen Hume * The Vancouver Sun *The book contains 15 thoughtful essays on a wide range of forest policy topics, all taken from the viewpoint of foresters in British Columbia. A large part of each essay, however, has broad applicability. People more current with British Columbia than this reviewer may find the book somewhat outdated, but it remains a sophisticated and well-constructed overview for the rest of us. -- John C. Gordon, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University * Journal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 5, Number 1, 2001 *Recommended. -- B.D. Orr * Choice May 1999 *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Chris Tollefson 1. Economic Instruments for Promoting Sustainable Forestry:Opportunities and Constraints / Peter H. Pearse 2. Governing Instruments for Forest Policy in British Columbia: APositive and Normative Analysis / W.T. Stanbury and Ilan B.Vertinsky 3. Compliance and Constraint: Economic Instruments for AchievingObjectives of Public Forest Policy in British Columbia / DavidHaley and Martin K. Luckert 4. Living Communities in a Living Forest: Towards an Ecosystem-BasedStructure of Local Tenure and Management / Michael M’Gonigleand Brian L. Scarfe 5. Sustainable Practices? An Analysis of BC’s Forest PracticesCode / Tracey L. Cook 6. Priority-Use Zoning: Sustainable Solution or Symbolic Politics? /Jeremy Rayner 7. Sustained Yield: Why has it Failed to Achieve Sustainability? /Lois Dellert 8. The Pitfalls and Potential of Eco-Certification as a MarketIncentive for Sustainable Forest Management / Fred Gale and CheriBurda 9. Regulation, Takings, Compensation, and the Environment: AnEconomic Perspective / David Cohen and Brian Radnoff 10. Ecoforestry Bound: How International Trade Agreements Constrainthe Adoption of An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Forest Management /Fred Gale

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Book SynopsisForestry cannot be isolated from the forces that drive all economic activity. It involves using land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services from forests, while economics helps in understanding how this can be done in ways that will best meet the needs of people. Therefore, a firm grounding in economics is integral to sound forestry policies and practices.This book, a major revision and expansion of Peter H. Pearse's 1990 classic, provides this grounding. Updated and enhanced with advanced empirical presentation of materials, it covers the basic economic principles and concepts and their application to modern forest management and policy issues.Forest Economics draws on the strengths of two of the field's leading practitioners who have more than fifty years of combined experience in teaching forest economics in the United States and Canada. Its comprehensive and systematic analysis of forest issues makes it an indispensable resource for students andTrade ReviewPearse’s 1990 textbook has influenced a whole generation of forest economists in Canada. This new book by Zhang and Pearse holds the promise of serving as an important reference on forest economics in North America and elsewhere in the Englishspeaking world for many years to come. -- Dr. Sen Wang, Canadian Forest Service * Forest Chronicle *Table of ContentsForewordPrefacePart 1: Market, Government, and Forest Investment Analysis1 Forestry’s Economic Perspective2 Market Economy and the Role of Government3 Forest Investment AnalysisPart 2: The Forest Sector – Timber, Land, and Beyond4 Timber Supply, Demand, and Pricing5 Unpriced Forest Values6 Land Allocation and Multiple UsePart 3: Economics of Forest Management7 The Optimal Forest Rotation8 Regulating Harvests over Time9 Long-Term Trends in the Forest Sector and Silvicultural InvestmentPart 4: Economics of Forest Policy10 Property Rights11 Forest Taxes and Other ChargesPart 5: Forest Economics in a Global Perspective12 Forest Products Trade13 Global Forest Resources and the EnvironmentIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the face of growing anxiety about the environmental sustainability of the world, George Francis, a leading authority in the field of sustainability studies, examines initiatives undertaken in Canada over the past twenty-five years to protect some of our unique environments.Trade ReviewStriving for Environmental Sustainability in a Complex World … is an important and interesting look at various innovative ideas that have had varying degrees of success pertaining to living sustainably in Canada. -- Glenn Perrett * Simcoe.com *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Adopting Complexity to Guide Inquiries: Framework, Methods, and Rationale2 The Landscape Regions: Biosphere Reserves and Model Forests3 Governing Landscape Regions: Learning from Experience and Surprise4 Technologies and Innovations: Recent Origins and the Canadian Situation5 Innovations and Sustainability in the Landscape Regions: Looking Ahead, Looking Back6 Other Approaches toward Desirable Sustainability for Canadian Communities7 Where Next? Possibilities Being Explored8 Where Next for Complexity Thinking Itself?AppendicesNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis revealing analysis of Canada's electrical power co-operatives challenges our understanding of their history and shines a light on their potential within the nation's electricity sector.Trade ReviewEmpowering Electricity is an empirically-grounded contribution to the literature on citizen engagement and energy policy in Canada. In particular, it provides a fresh take on BC energy politics that gets beyond the entrenched public/private dichotomy to explore one possible middle ground. While MacArthur implies that electricity co-operatives have the potential to erode public power in BC, her suggestion of co-operatives partnering with municipalities and First Nations may actually offer a new, politically viable approach to public power develpment that is both more democratic and locally acceptable than the current model. -- Nichole Dusyk * BC Studies *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 A Climate for Change2 Governing Sustainability: From Crisis to Empowerment3 Co-operatives in Canadian Political Economy4 International Forces for Power-Sector Restructuring5 Continental, Private, and Green(er)? Canadian Electricity Restructuring6 Electricity Co-operatives: The Power of Public Policy7 Off the Ground and on the Grid: New Electricity Co-operative Development8 Co-operative Networks and the Politics of Community Power9 Empowering ElectricityAppendicesNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisSystematic study of the geography distribution of the wood-processing industry has received recent Soviet attention, yet the results have been disappointing. Soviet work has been descriptive and lacking in critical analysis of the location problem. In particular, there has been little, if any, attempt to assess the geographic distribution of the industry within the general context of location theory and to evaluate the role played by individual location factors. This monograph is a case study in the application of linear programming techniques to the analysis of transportation patterns within the wood-processing industry. It will add to North American studies not only a knowledge of the location of wood-processing industries but also a better understanding of the factors which have influenced the location of wood-processing in the Soviet Union.(University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Publications No. 4).

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Book SynopsisA framework is concisely presented for the economic analysis of pollution problems and for evaluating proposed solutions. The substantial recent literature on environmental economics is reviewed and related to Ontario environmental policy. Topics include the theory of externalities as an explanation of environmental problems, policy objectives, costs of information and monitoring, and the impact of these costs on control policy selection. Three case studies of specific pollution problems – sulphur dioxide from a smelter, lead from downtown factories, and urban automobile emissions – are given, and possible solutions explored.The authors' methodology is applicable not only to air and water pollution but also to noise, aesthetic degradation, and solid waste. This study will be welcomed by specialists, civil servants, and students trying to understand the economic aspects of environmental maintenance. 

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Book SynopsisAlways controversial, Thomas DeGregori has released another classic volume that is sure to inform, confound, and present new perspectives on todays environmental issues. This time he is taking on the environmentalists, naturalists, green consumerists, and those that hail the natural lifestyle as the healthy, politically correct thing to do. DeGregori examines the economics of green consumerism, the reality of saving the environment, how historical cultures may have influenced environmental damage, and how being ecologically correct may have a more damaging effect on our environment. Not just a regurgitation of theories; DeGregori offers real-time strategies and alternatives to enhance our natural resources and our environment in harmony with today's modern technology. This is the book everyone will be talking about for years to come.Trade Review"The book is thought-provoking and useful in evaluating our own values and ethics relative to ecologically sensitive issues." (CHOICE, S.A. Carlson, Humboldt State University)Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. Green Consumerism. 2. Racism, Elitism, and Environmentalism. 3. Life in the Bush. 4. Paradise in the Pacific? 5. The American Indian: The "Original Ecologist"? 6. Demystifying the Environment. 7. Technology and the "Primitive". 8. The Human Endeavor as a Creative Force. 9. Technology and the Promise of Modernity. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisGlobal interest in forest conservation, biodiversity preservation, and non-timber values has risen while pressures on the forest as a source of income and employment have also increased. These demands are often conflicting, making forest planning, allocation and policy formation very complex. This volume explores theoretical and applied issues surrounding forest resource allocation. The book is divided into three main subject areas: tropical forests - environment, economics and trade; non-timber valuation - theory and application; and ecosystem management. The first of these focuses on tropical forests, reflecting the fact that global environmental concerns surrounding these regions are often in conflict with local economic objectives. The second section examines non-timber values, which are important in planning and policy decisions, but are also very controversial. The third group of chapters consider ecosystem management, a concept that promotes the use of forest harvesting practiceTable of Contents1: Pluralism and Pragmatism in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development, E N Castle 2: Global Environmental Value and the Tropical Forests: Demonstration and Capture, D Pearce 3: Local Timber Production and Global Trade: The Environmental Implications of Forestry Trade, R A Sedjo 4: Can Tropical Forests be Saved by Harvesting Non-Timber Products? A Case Study for Ecuador, D Southgate, M Coles-Ritchie and P Salazar-Canelos 5: Conflicts between trade and sustainable forestry policies in the Philippines, H W Wisdom 6: Measuring general public preservation values for forest resources: evidence from contingent valuation surveys, J B Loomis 7: Citizens, consumers and contingent valuation: clarification and the expression of citizen values and issue-opinions, R K Blamey 8: Moral responsibility effects in valuation of WTA for public and private goods by the method of paired comparison, G L Peterson, T C Brown, D W McCollum, P A Bell, A A Birjulin and A Clarke 9: Integrating cognitive psychology into the contingent valuation method to explore the trade-offs between non-market costs and benefits of alternative afforestation programs in Ireland, W G Hutchinson and S M Chilton 10: Valuing tropical rainforest protection using the contingent valuation method, R A Kramer, E Mercer and N Sharme 11: The safe minimum standard approach: an alternative to measuring non-use values for environmental assets? R P Berrens 12: An economic-ecological model for ecosystem management, R Mendelsohn 13: Application of a bioeconomic strategic planning model to an industrial forest in Saskatchewan, B Stewart and M Martel 14: Incentives for managing landscapes to meet non-timber goals: lessons from the Washington landscape management project, B Lippke 15: Perspectives on educating forestry professionals in an environmentally conscious age, J C Nautiyal

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Book SynopsisThis book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, which themselves have far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governance and globalization, and rural responses to these.Table of Contents1: Rural Change and Sustainability: Key themes, A Gilg, S Essex and R Yarwood Part 1: Agriculture Responses 2: Fordism rampant: the model and reality, as applied to production,processing and distribution in the North American agro-food system, M Troughton, University of Western Ontario, Canada 3: Feed lot Growth in Southern Alberta: A Neo-Fordist Interpretation, I MacLachlan, University of Lethbridge, Canada 4: People and Hogs: Agricultural Restructuring and the Contested Countryside in Agro-Manitoba, D Ramsey, J Everitt and L Behm,Brandon University, Canada 5: Global Markets, Local Foods: the paradoxes of aquaculture,J Marshall, McGill School of Environment, Canada 6: Alternative or conventional? An examination of specialist livestock production systems in the Scottish-English borders, B Ilbery and D Maye,Coventry University, UK 7: Agritourism: Selling traditions of local food production, family,and rural Americana to maintain family farming heritage, D Che,G Veeck, and A Veeck, Western Michigan University, USA 8: Re-imaging agriculture: making the case for farming at the agricultural show, L Holloway, University of Hull, UK Part 2: Environmental Issues 9: Stewardship, 'Proper' Farming and Environmental Gain:Contrasting Experiences of Agri-Environmental Schemes inCanada and the EU, G M Robinson, Kingston University, UK 10: Stemming the urban tide: policy and attitudinal changes for savingthe Canadian countryside, H J Gayler, Brock University, Canada 11: Vulnerability and Sustainability Concerns for the U.S. High Plains,L M Butler Harrington, Kansas State University, USA 12: Environmental Ghost Towns, C Mayla, Eastern Michigan University, USA Part 3: Communities 13: Interpreting Family Farm Change and the Agricultural Importance of Rural Communities: Evidence from Ontario, Canada, J Smithers,University of Guelph, Canada 14: Engagement with the Land: Redemption of the Rural ResidenceFantasy? K V Cadieux, University of Toronto, Canada 15: Mammoth Cave National Park and Rural EconomicDevelopment, K Algeo, Western Kentucky University, USA 16: Assessing Variation in Rural America's Housing Stock: Case Studies from Growing and Declining Areas, H R Barcus, Morehead State University, USA 17: The Geography of Housing Needs of Low Income Persons inRural Canada, D Bruce, Mount Allison University, Canada 18: Social Change in Rural North Carolina, O J Furuseth, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Part 4: Governance 19: Finding the 'Region' in Rural Regional Governance, A K Deakin,State University of New York Fredonia, USA 20: Corporate-community relations in the tourism sector: A stake holder perspective, A M Gill and P W Williams, Simon Fraser University,Canada 21: Resource Town Transition: Debates After Closure, G Halseth,University of Northern British Columbia, Canada 22: Narratives of community-based resource management in the American West , R K Wilson, Gettysburg College, USA 23: Youth, Partnerships and Participation, C Corcoran, University of Birmingham, UK 24: Conclusion, J Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada and R Wilson,Gettysburg College, USA

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Book SynopsisThis book consists of selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina that brought together rural geographers from Canada, UK and USA, plus one representative from New Zealand. The papers included in the book are those that focus on agricultural restructuring and sustainability. This subject is of considerable current interest at a time when rural areas in developed market economies are undergoing considerable change. The chapters in the book examine, at various spatial scales, the broad processes and structural changes that are common to all rural systems in developed countries. Different geographical contexts are used to illustrate the uneven development of these processes and the implications for sustainable agriculture and rural systems. Authors provide both literature reviews and original research. The book is aimed at not only rural geographers but also agricultural economists, rural sociologists and policy-makers concerned with rural studies.Table of ContentsSECTION I: Conceptualizing Agricultural Restructuring and Sustainability 1.1: Sustainable Development: A Critical Review of Rural Land-use Policy in the UK, R Munton 1.2: Sustainability, Spatial Hierarchies and Land-based Production, C Cocklin, G Blunden and W Moran 1.3: Greening and Globalizing: Agriculture in ‘the New Times’, G Robinson SECTION II: Family Farming and Farming Culture 2.1: Sustainable Technologies, Sustainable Farms: Farms, Households and Structural Change, R Roberts and G Hollander 2.2: Environmental Change and Farm Restructuring in Britain: The Impact of the Farm Family Life Cycle, C Potter 2.3: The Construction of Environmental Meanings Within ‘Farming Culture' in the UK: The Implications for Agri- environmental Research, C Morris and C Andrews 2.4: Community-level Worldviews and the Sustainability of Agriculture, J M Curry-Roper SECTION III: Diversification and Alternative Agriculture 3.1: Rural Re-regulation and Institutional Sustainability: A Case Study of Alternative Farming Systems in England, G Clark, I Bowler, A Crockett, B Ilbery and A Shaw 3.2: On and Off-farm Business Diversification by Farm Households in England, B Ilbery, M Healey and J Higginbottom 3.3: Great Plains Agroecologies: The Continuum from Conventional to Alternative Agriculture in Colorado, L A Duram SECTION IV: Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Change 4.1: Agricultural System Response to Environmental Stress, J Smithers and B Smit 4.2: Adaptability of Agriculture Systems to Global Climate Change: A Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Pilot Study, M Brklacich, D McNabb, C Bryant and J Dumanski 4.3: Agricultural Response to Climate Change: A Preliminary Investigation of Farm-level Adaptation in Southern Alberta, Q Chiotti, T Johnston, B Smit and B Ebel SECTION V: Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Policy 5.1: Policy, Sustainability and Scale: The US Conservation Reserve Programme, D Nellis, L Harrington and J Sheeley 5.2: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue: The Marriage of Agriculture and Conservation in England, N Evans 5.3: Farmer Reaction to Agrienvironmental Schemes: A Study of Participants in South-West England and the Implications for Research and Policy Development, A W Gilg and M R J Battershill 5.4: Achieving Sustainability in Rural Land Management Through Landowner Involvement in Stewardship Programmes, S Hilts SECTION VI: Sustainability and Restructuring the Agricultural System 6.1: Scale Change, Discontinuity and Polarization in Canadian Farm-based Rural Systems, M Troughton 6.2: Sustainability Issues in the Industrialization of Hog Production in the United States, O J Furuseth 6.3: Sustainable Agriculture and Its Social Geographic Context in Ontario, G Walker 6.4: Restructuring for Rural Sustainability: Overcoming Scale Conflicts and Cultural Biases, D Napton

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Book SynopsisIn recent years landscape and wildlife conservation has attracted increased attention from environmentalists and policy-makers. There have been policies within the European Union aimed at conserving wildlife and landscape in Europe for more than a decade and appraisal of these policies is opportune. A workshop was therefore held at the University of Hohenheim in September 1996 to examine critical issues associated with these policies. This workshop was one of a series, each focusing on a key theme as part of the EU Concerted Action, Policy measures to control environmental impacts from agriculture. This book presents a selection of revised papers from this workshop. The overall perspective is an economic one, with several chapters reviewing analytical methods, economic valuation of the benefits of agricultural landscapes and the costs and benefits of wildlife conservation. These are set in the context of the Common Agricultural Policy and environmental policies in the EU. The book reprTable of Contents1: Policy Perspectives 2: Towards Sustainable Agriculture - The Perspectives of the Common Agricultural Policy in the European Union, P Billing, European Commission, Belgium 3: Analytical Positions 4: Appropriate Frameworks for Studying the Relationship between Agriculture and the Environment: A Question of Balance, J Whittaker, University of Exeter, UK 5: The Po Delta Park: One River, Two Policies, G Osti, University of Trieste, Italy 6: The Values of the Agricultural Landscape: a Discussion on Value Related Terms in Natural and Social Sciences and the Implications for the Contingent Valuation Method, F Holstein, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 7: Economic Valuation of Benefits of Agricultural Landscape 8: Economic Valuation of Recreational Benefits from Danish Forests, A Dubgaard, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark 9: Valuable Landscapes and Reliable Estimates, K Per Hasund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 10: Cost and Benefits of Wildlife Conservation 11: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Landscape Restoration: a Case-study in Western France, F Bonnieux, INRA, France and P le Goffe, School of Agriculture (ENSA), France 12: The Full Cost of Stewardship Policies, M Whitby, C Saunders, and C Ray, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 13: The Financial and Economic Consequences of a Wildlife Development and Conservation Plan: a case-study for the Ecological Main Structure in The Netherlands, A Oskam, and L Slangen, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands 14: Landscape Values in Farming and Forestry Environmental Accounting (Area Scale Versus Enterprise Approach), E Defrancesco and M Merlo, University of Padua, Italy 15: How Should we Organize Conservation by Farmers? 16: Private Provision of Public Environmental Goods: Policy Mechanisms for agriculture, R D Weaver, Pennyslvania State University, USA 17: Mechanisms for the Provision of Public Goods in the Countryside, U Latacz-Lohmann, Wye College, University of London, Kent, UK 18: Sociological and Economic factors Influencing Farmers’ Participation in Agri-Environmental Schemes, G Kazenwadel, Uni. of Hohenheim, Germany, B van der Ploeg, DLO Winand Staring Centre, Netherlands, P Baudoux & G Häring, Uni. of Hohenheim, Germany 19: Spatial Modelling Approach 20: Optimal Allocation of Wildlife Conservation Areas within Agricultural Land, A Wossink, C Jurgens and J van Wenum, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands 21: Impacts of the European Union Reform Policy After 1996 in North-east Germany: Landscape Change and Wildlife Conservation, H Piorr, Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research, Muncheberg, Germany et al. 22: Interdisciplinary Modelling of Agri-Environmental Problems: Lessons from NELUP, A Moxey, and B White, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 23: Integrating the Common Agricultural Policy 24: An Integrated Approach to Agricultural and Environmental Policies: a Case-study of the Spanish Cereal Sector, J Sumpsi, E Iglesias and A Garrido, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 25: Research Results and Policy Implications, S Dabbert, A Dubgaard, L Slangen and M Whitby

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Book SynopsisThis book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from a rich, decade-long collection of economic, social and environmental data on the Manupali upland watershed in the southern Philippines. Through this detailed case study the book documents forces leading to land use changes, in particular the potential impacts of institutional evolution and policy reforms, and highlights interrelationships between biological, economic, and social phenomena.Table of Contents1: Economic development and watershed degradation, 2: Agricultural development and institutional transitions, 3: Water quality changes in the Manupali River watershed, 4: How do national markets and price policies affect land use at the forest margin?, 5: How do relative price changes alter land use decisions? 6: Economic incentives and agricultural outcomes in upland settings, 7: Simulating soil erosion and sediment yield in small upland watersheds using the WEPP model, 8: Identifying soil erosion hotspots in the Manupali River watershed, 9: Alternatives to traditional annual crop agriculture in the uplands, 10: Linking economic policies and environmental outcomes at a watershed scale, 11: Using Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to assist in watershed management, 12: Conclusions and some directions for future research,

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Book SynopsisOver-exploitation of environment and natural resources is becoming increasingly widespread in the modern world.Trade Review‘. . . provides a readily accessible window into research and journals that may fall outside the normal scope of our daily work. . . clearly organises and displays the extent to which the economics profession has successfully dealt with one of its thorniest problems - the valuing of goods and services that are not normally priced in markets. Secondly, the volumes awaken in the reader an appreciation for the challenges that still lie ahead. As a result, Wills and Garrod deserve a valued place in every environmental and resource economist’s library.’ -- Richard F. Kazmierczak, Jr., American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsTable of ContentsContents Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Kenneth G. Willis and Guy D. Garrod PART I OPPORTUNITY COST 1. Michael Norton-Griffiths and Clive Southey (1995), ‘The Opportunity Costs of Biodiversity Conservation in Kenya’ 2. Richard T. Carson, Phoebe Koundouri and Céline Nauges (2011), ‘Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh: A Household Labor Market Approach’ 3. Claire A. Montgomery, Gardner M. Brown, Jr. and Darius M. Adams (1994), ‘The Marginal Costs of Species Preservation: The Northern Spotted Owl’ PART II TRAVEL-COST 4. KyeongAe Choe, Dale Whittington and Donald T. Lauria (1996), ‘The Economic Benefits of Surface Water Quality Improvements in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Davao, Philippines’ 5. Daniel M. Hellerstein (1991), ‘Using Count Data Models in Travel Cost Analysis with Aggregate Data’ 6. Nick Hanley, David Bell and Begona Alvarez-Farizo (2003), ‘Valuing the Benefits of Coastal Water Quality Improvements Using Contingent and Real Behaviour’ PART III HEDONIC PRICE 7. Maureen L. Cropper, Leland Deck, Nalin Kishor and Kenneth E. McConnell (1993), ‘Valuing Product Attributes Using Single Market Data: A Comparison of Hedonic and Discrete Choice Approaches’ 8. Iain R. Lake, Andrew A. Lovett, Ian J. Bateman and Brett Day (2000), ‘Using GIS and Large-Scale Digital Data to Implement Hedonic Pricing Studies’ 9. Brett Day, Ian Bateman and Iain Lake (2007), ‘Beyond Implicit Prices: Recovering Theoretically Consistent and Transferable Values for Noise Avoidance from a Hedonic Property Price Model’ PART IV CONTINGENT VALUATION 10. John P. Hoehn (1991), ‘Valuing the Multidimensional Impacts of Environmental Policy: Theory and Methods’ 11. Richard T. Carson, Nicholas E. Flores and Norman F. Meade (2001), ‘Contingent Valuation: Controversies and Evidence’ 12. Ian J. Bateman, Matthew Cole, Philip Cooper, Stavros Georgiou, David Hadley and Gregory L. Poe (2004), ‘On Visible Choice Sets and Scope Sensitivity’ 13. Nick Hanley, Felix Schläpfer and James Spurgeon (2003), ‘Aggregating the Benefits of Environmental Improvements: Distance-Decay Functions for Use and Non-Use Values’ 14. Mark Morrison and Thomas C. Brown (2009), ‘Testing the Effectiveness of Certainty Scales, Cheap Talk, and Dissonance-Minimization in Reducing Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation Studies’ 15. John A. List (2004), ‘Substitutability, Experience, and the Value Disparity: Evidence from the Market Place’ 16. Thomas Broberg (2010), ‘Income Treatment Effects in Contingent Valuation: The Case of the Swedish Predator Policy’ 17. Henrik Lindhjem and Ståle Navrud (2009), ‘Asking for Individual or Household Willingness to Pay for Environmental Goods? Implication for Aggregate Welfare Measures’ 18. Ian J. Bateman, Brett H. Day, Stavros Georgiou and Iain Lake (2006), ‘The Aggregation of Environmental Benefit Values: Welfare Measures, Distance Decay and Total WTP’ 19. Kent F. Kovacs and Douglas M. Larson (2008), ‘Identifying Individual Discount Rates and Valuing Public Open Space with Stated-Preference Models’ PART V CHOICE EXPERIMENTS 20. Kenneth E. Train (1998), ‘Recreation Demand Models with Taste Differences over People’ 21. Silvia Ferrini and Riccardo Scarpa (2007), ‘Designs with A-Priori Information for Nonmarket Valuation with Choice-Experiments: A Monte Carlo Study’ 22. J.R. DeShazo and German Fermo (2002), ‘Designing Choice Sets for Stated Preference Methods: The Effects of Complexity on Choice Consistency’ 23. Sebastián Caussade, Juan de Dios Ortuzar, Luis I. Rizzi and David A. Hensher (2005), ‘Assessing the Influence of Design Dimensions on Stated Choice Estimates’ 24. Ian J. Bateman, Alistair Munro and Gregory L. Poe (2008), ‘Decoy Effects in Choice Experiments and Contingent Valuation: Asymmetric Dominance’ 25. Jürgen Meyerhoff and Ulf Liebe (2009), ‘Status Quo Effect in Choice Experiments: Empirical Evidence on Attitudes and Choice Task Complexity’ 26. Joan Mogas, Pere Riera and Jeff Bennett (2006), ‘A Comparison of Contingent Valuation and Choice Modelling with Second-Order Interactions’ 27. Roy Brouwer, Julia Martin-Ortega and Julio Berbel (2010), ‘Spatial Preference Heterogeneity: A Choice Experiment’ 28. Joffre Swait, Wiktor Adamowicz and Martin van Bueren (2004), ‘Choice and Temporal Welfare Impacts: Incorporating History into Discrete Choice Models’ PART VI ANOMALIES, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND OTHER ISSUES 29. Jason F. Shogren and Laura O. Taylor (2008), ‘On Behavioral-Environmental Economics’ 30. Graham Loomes, Chris Starmer and Robert Sugden (2003), ‘Do Anomalies Disappear in Repeated Markets?’ 31. Charles R. Plott and Kathryn Zeiler (2005), ‘The Willingness to Pay-Willingness to Accept Gap, the “Endowment Effect”, Subject Misconceptions, and Experimental Procedures for Eliciting Valuations’ 32. John A. List (2002), ‘Preference Reversals of a Different Kind: The “More is Less” Phenomenon’ 33. Susan Chilton, Judith Covey, Lorraine Hopkins, Michael Jones-Lee, Graham Loomes, Nick Pidgeon and Anne Spencer (2002), ‘Public Perceptions of Risk and Preference-Based Values of Safety’ 34. Trudy Ann Cameron (2010), ‘Euthanizing the Value of a Statistical Life’ 35. Simon Dietz and Giles Atkinson (2010), ‘The Equity-Efficiency Trade-off in Environmental Policy: Evidence from Stated Preferences’ 36. John B. Loomis (2011), ‘Incorporating Distributional Issues into Benefit Cost Analysis: Why, How, and Two Empirical Examples Using Non-market Valuation’ 37. Sergio Colombo and Nick Hanley (2008), ‘How Can We Reduce the Errors from Benefits Transfer? An Investigation Using the Choice Experiment Method’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES 1. Alan Randall (2002), ‘Valuing the Outputs of Multifunctional Agriculture’ 2. Roy Brouwer and Louis H.G. Slangen (1998), ‘Contingent Valuation of the Public Benefits of Agricultural Wildlife Management: The Case of Dutch Peat Meadow Land’ 3. Riccardo Scarpa, Eric S.K. Ruto, Patti Kristjanson, Maren Radeny, Adam G. Drucker and John E.O. Rege (2003), ‘Valuing Indigenous Cattle Breeds in Kenya: An Empirical Comparison of Stated and Revealed Preference Value Estimates’ 4. Eric Ruto and Guy Garrod (2009), ‘Investigating Farmers’ Preferences for the Design of Agri-Enviroment Schemes: A Choice Experiment Approach’ PART II BIODIVERSITY 5. R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo and John W. Reid (1996), ‘Valuing Biodiversity for Use in Pharmaceutical Research’ 6. Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh (2001), ‘Economic Valuation of Biodiversity: Sense or Nonsense?’ 7. David Pearce (2007), ‘Do We Really Care About Biodiversity?’ PART III ECOSYSTEMS 8. Stephen C. Farber, Robert Costanza and Matthew A. Wilson (2002), ‘Economic and Ecological Concepts for Valuing Ecosystem Services’ 9. Fredrik Carlsson, Peter Frykblom and Carolina Liljenstolpe (2003), ‘Valuing Wetland Attributes: An Application of Choice Experiments’ 10. Luke M. Brander, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and Jan E. Vermaat (2006), ‘The Empirics of Wetland Valuation: A Comprehensive Summary and a Meta-Analysis of the Literature’ PART IV LANDSCAPE AND PARKS 11. Matías González and Carmelo J. León (2003), ‘Consumption Process and Multiple Valuation of Landscape Attributes’ 12. Danny Campbell (2007), ‘Willingness to Pay for Rural Landscape Improvements: Combining Mixed Logit and Random-Effects Models’ 13. K.G. Willis (2003), ‘Pricing Public Parks’ 14. Robin Naidoo and Wiktor L. Adamowicz (2005), ‘Biodiversity and Nature-Based Tourism at Forest Reserves in Uganda’ PART V CULTURE 15. John Rolfe and Jill Windle (2003), ‘Valuing the Protection of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Sites’ 16. Edward Morey and Kathleen Greer Rossmann (2003), ‘Using Stated-Preference Questions to Investigate Variations in Willingness to Pay for Preserving Marble Monuments: Classic Heterogeneity, Random Parameters, and Mixture Models’ 17. Peter V. Schaeffer and Cecily Ahern Millerick (1991), ‘The Impact of Historic District Designation on Property Values: An Empirical Study’ 18. David Maddison and Terry Foster (2003), ‘Valuing Congestion Costs in the British Museum’ PART VI AIR QUALITY 19. V. Kerry Smith and Ju-Chin Huang (1995), ‘Can Markets Value Air Quality? A Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Property Value Models’ 20. Neil A. Powe and Kenneth G. Willis (2004), ‘Mortality and Morbidity Benefits of Air Pollution (SO2 and PM10) Absorption Attributable to Woodland in Britain’ 21. Ari Rabl, Joseph V. Spadaro and Bob van der Zwaan (2005), ‘Uncertainty of Air Pollution Cost Estimates: To What Extent Does It Matter?’ PART VII WASTE DISPOSAL SITES 22. V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges (1986), ‘The Value of Avoiding a Lulu: Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites’ 23. Robin R. Jenkins, Kelly B. Maguire and Cynthia L. Morgan (2004), ‘Host Community Compensation and Municipal Solid Waste Landfills’ PART VIII CONTAMINATED LAND 24. Larry Dale, James C. Murdoch, Mark A. Thayer and Paul A. Waddell (1999), ‘Do Property Values Rebound from Environmental Stigmas? Evidence from Dallas’ 25. Joachim Zietz, Emily Norman Zietz and G. Stacy Sirmans (2008), ‘Determinants of House Prices: A Quantile Regression Approach’ 26. Arianto A. Patunru, John B. Braden and Sudip Chattopadhyay (2007), ‘Who Cares About Environmental Stigmas and Does it Matter? A Latent Segmentation Analysis of Stated Preferences for Real Estate’ 27. Andrey Kalugin, Satrou Komatsu, Shinji Kaneko and Olena Slozko (2010), ‘Citizens’ Perception of Past Environmental Damage and Liability in Countries with Transition: Evidence from Kemerovo, Russia’ 28. Anna Alberini, Stefania Tonin, Margherita Turvani and Aline Chiabai (2007), ‘Paying for Permanence: Public Preferences for Contaminated Site Cleanup’ PART IX ENERGY 29. David Revelt and Kenneth Train (1998), ‘Mixed Logit with Repeated Choices of Households’ Choices of Appliance Efficiency Level’ 30. Riccardo Scarpa and Ken Willis (2010), ‘Willingness-to-Pay for Renewable Energy: Primary and Discretionary Choice of British Households’ for Micro-Generation Technologies’ 31. David Pearce (2003), ‘The Social Cost of Carbon and its Policy Implications’ PART X MARINE 32. Sturla Furunes Kvamsdal and Leif Kristoffer Sandal (2008), ‘The Premium of Marine Protected Areas: A Simple Valuation Model’ 33. Timothy C. Haab, Marcia Hamilton and Kenneth E. McConnell (2008), ‘Small Boat Fishing in Hawaii: A Random Utility Model of Ramp and Ocean Destinations’ 34. Christopher G. Leggett and Nancy E. Bockstael (2000), ‘Evidence of the Effects of Water Quality on Residential Land Prices’ 35. Nesha Beharry-Borg, David A. Hensher and Riccardo Scarpa (2009), ‘An Analytical Framework for Joint vs Separate Decisions by Couples in Choice Experiments: The Case of Coastal Water Quality in Tobago’ PART XI WATER 36. R.A. Hope and G.D. Garrod (2004), ‘Household Preferences to Water Policy Interventions in Rural South Africa’ 37. Kenneth G. Willis, Riccardo Scarpa and Melinda Acutt (2005), ‘Assessing Water Company Customer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Service Improvements: A Stated Choice Analysis’ 38. Nick Hanley, Robert E. Wright and Begona Alvarez-Farizo (2006), ‘Estimating the Economic Value of Improvements in River Ecology Using Choice Experiments: An Application to the Water Framework Directive’ PART XII PLANNING 39. Kenneth G. Willis (2006), ‘Assessing Public Preferences: The Use of Stated-Preference Experiments to Assess the Impact of Varying Planning Conditions’ 40. Guy D. Garrod, Riccardo Scarpa and Kenneth G. Willis (2002), ‘Estimating the Benefits of Traffic Calming on Through Routes: A Choice Experiment Approach’ 41. Anna Alberini, Alberto Longo, Stefania Tonin, Francesco Trombetta and Margherita Turvani (2005), ‘The Role of Liability, Regulation and Economic Incentives in Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment: Evidence from Surveys of Developers’

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Book SynopsisThis concise Handbook examines welfare measurement problems in a dynamic economy, focusing on the welfare-economic foundations for social accounting.Trade Review‘In a world that is possibly threatened by catastrophic climate changes it is more important than ever to augment and modify current systems of national accounts so as to measure welfare in a dynamic context, i.e. move towards social accounting. This outstanding text written by leading names in the field covers all essential aspects of dynamic welfare theory and also goes beyond pure theory by providing discussion of how to go from theory to application.’ -- Per-Olov Johansson, Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. An Introduction to the Theory of Social Accounting Thomas Aronsson and Karl-Gustaf Löfgren 2. The Money Metrics Problem in Dynamic Welfare Analysis Karl-Gustaf Löfgren 3. Welfare Measurement, Hyperbolic Discounting and Paternalism Kenneth Backlund and Tomas Sjögren 4. Dynamic Endogenous Risk and Social Accounting Ram Ranjan and Jason F. Shogren 5. Welfare Measurement and Public Goods in a Second-best Economy Thomas Aronsson 6. How are Green National Accounts Produced in Practice? Eva Samakovlis 7. The Theory of Dynamic Cost–Benefit Analysis: Some Recent Advances Chuan-Zhong Li 8. Some Dynamic Economic Consequences of the Climate-Sensitivity Inference Dilemma Martin L. Weitzman 9. Sustainable Consumption Programs John M. Hartwick 10. The Relationship Between Welfare Measures and Indicators of Sustainable Development Geir B. Asheim 11. Genuine Saving, Social Welfare and Rules for Sustainability Kirk Hamilton Index

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Book SynopsisThis pathbreaking study illustrates and enhances the potential of cost–benefit analysis as a tool for decision-making. While the case study is focused on natural resource management and environmental policy, the conceptual and methodological advances illustrated by the authors are relevant and applicable to a wider array of policy deliberations.Trade ReviewHelen Scarborough and Jeff Bennett have produced a work that is genuinely path-breaking. As is often the case with path-breaking work, the idea is simple enough: if people can respond to choice experiments in ways that tell us a lot about what they value and how much they value it, why would they not be able to respond to choice experiments where the options offered have different distributional consequences? Such simple ideas evade implementation not because they are so hard to think up, but because it is so easy to dismiss them as unthinkable. All credit goes to Scarborough and Bennett for busting through this particular unthinkability barrier... [The authors] may be surprised by the magnitude and the nature of the impact this work eventually enjoys. - --From the foreword by Alan Randall, The University of Sydney, Australia and The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Distribution and Environmental Policy 2. Distributional Weighting and Cost–Benefit Analysis 3. Choice Modelling and Distributional Preferences 4. Case Study: Design of Intergenerational Distribution Choice Experiment 5. Case Study: Results of Intergenerational Distribution Choice Experiment 6. Choice Modelling and Distributional Preferences: Challenges and Opportunities Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis pathbreaking book contributes to the discourse of evidence-based policy-making. It does so by combining the two issues of policy evaluation and sustainable development linking both to the policy-cycle.Trade Review‘Compared to other collections in this ?eld, Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Policy-Making, Theory, Practise and Quality Assurance is straightforward in its style and writing. . . There are no strange hypotheses, no jargon, no digressions, and no endless dis-cussion. The quality of the argumentation deployed here is impressive: the notes, ?gures, and remarks about research results are detailed and carefully crafted.’ -- Yves Laberge, Science & Public Policy‘This thought-provoking and wide-ranging handbook covers a very wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable development and is a worthy addition to the bookshelf of those working in this area, whether they be evaluators, researchers, students or indeed the policy-makers themselves.’ -- Keith Dawson, Experimental AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Frieder Rubik, Anneke von Raggamby and Anna Hirschbeck PART I: PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS 1. Understanding Sustainability Evaluation and its Contributions to Policy-Making Reinhard Stockmann 2. How to Select Policy-Relevant Indicators for Sustainable Development Frank J. Dietz and Albert H. Hanemaaijer 3. Should Evaluation be Revisited for Sustainable Development? Wolfgang Meyer PART II: POLICY FORMATION: THE ROLE OF EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT 4. A Basic Roadmap for Sustainability Assessments: The SIMPLE Methodology Candice Stevens 5. Political Challenges in Policy-Level Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Case of Trade Policy Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick 6. Integrated Approaches for Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Tools: The Example of Land Use Katharina Helming, Ignacio de la Flor and Katharina Diehl 7. Politics of (Non-)Knowledge: Problems of Evaluation, Validity and Legitimacy Stefan Böschen PART III: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATION AREAS 8. How Informed Should Decisions Be? Stephen White and Jakub Koniecki 9. Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Continuation of Politics by Other Means? Anne C.M. Meuwese 10. Science-Policy Interface and the Role of Impact Assessments in the Case of Biofuels Bernd Hirschl, Timo Kaphengst, Anna Neumann and Katharina Umpfenbach PART IV: POLICY REFORMULATION: MONITORING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 11. Indicators as an Appraisal Technology: Framework for Analysing the Policy Influence of the UK Energy Sector Indicators Markku Lehtonen PART V: QUALITY AND EVALUATION 12. Quality Requirements for Sustainability Evaluations Anneke von Raggamby, Frieder Rubik, Doris Knoblauch and Rebecca Stecker 13. Bellagio SusTainability Assessment and Measurement Principles (BellagioSTAMP) – Significance and Examples from International Environmental Outlooks Jan Bakkes 14. Evaluation Quality in the Context of Sustainability Thomas Widmer 15. Developing and Mapping a Community for Evaluating Sustainable Development André Martinuzzi Index

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Book SynopsisConsisting primarily of empirical research efforts – although theoretical underpinnings are also explored thoroughly – the Handbook serves to further the understanding of the behaviors of waste generators and waste processors and the array of policies influencing these behaviors.Table of ContentsContents: 1. The History and Future of Municipal Solid Waste Characterization: New York City and the Study of Fortunes in Refuse Samantha MacBride PART I: BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 2. Is There a Social Norm to Recycle? Andrew Abbott, Shasikanta Nandeibam and Lucy O’Shea 3. Household Waste Management: Waste Generation, Recycling and Waste Prevention Isa Ferrara and Paul Missios 4. Environmental Volunteer Activities in Local Waste Management Shigeru Matsumoto 5. Household Preferences for Alternative Trash and Recycling Services in Small Towns: Is Single Stream the Future of Rural Recycling? Christopher Wright, John M. Halstead and Ju-Chin Huang PART II: FRONTIERS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 6. Does the NIMBY Strategy Really Promote a Self-interest? Evidence from England’s Waste Management Policy Masashi Yamamoto and Yuichiro Yoshida 7. Industrial Waste Shipments and Trade Restrictions Toshiaki Sasao 8. International Aspects of Waste Management: The Waste Haven Effect on Global Reuse Hide-Fumi Yokoo 9. An Initiative Towards Curbing the Usage of Plastic Bags in Supermarkets: A Case Study in Chennai, India Sukanya Das and Nethravathi Prasad 10. Waste Management Beyond the Italian North–South Divide: Spatial Analyses of Geographical, Economic and Institutional Dimensions Massimiliano Mazzanti and Anna Montini PART III: ADVANCES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 11. Waste Management in the Netherlands Elbert Dijkgraaf and Raymond Gradus 12. Do Not Miss the Opportunity! When to Introduce Monetary Incentives Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari and Marco Piovesan 13. Optimal Trade and Recycling Policies in Vertically Related Markets Hajime Sugeta and Takayoshi Shinkuma 14. Factors in Determining Demand for Reusable Glass Bottles Daisuke Numata 15. Double Asymmetry of Information in a Waste Treatment Contract Daisuke Ichinose and Eiji B. Hosoda 16. Size and Density Economies in Refuse Collection Graziano Abrate, Fabrizio Erbetta, Giovanni Fraquelli and Davide Vannoni Index

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Book SynopsisThis important collection provides a foundational understanding of the debates surrounding urban form and the ability of land use policy to deliver the preferred urban form. Professor Mulley has selected key published articles from disciplines at the interface of urban economics and transport economics.Trade Review‘This collection of seminal papers reflects on the long history of research on urban form and transport accessibility, and it includes contributions from many of the most influential thinkers in urban and regional science. Now they have all been assembled in a single volume that is accessible to all researchers – it provides an invaluable resource.’Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Corinne Mulley PART I THEORIES OF URBAN FORM AND HIERARCHIES OF CITY SIZE 1. Walter Christaller (1972), ‘How I Discovered the Theory of Central Places: A Report about the Origin of Central Places’ 2. August Lösch (1938), ‘The Nature of Economic Regions’ 3. Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman (1945), ‘The Nature of Cities’ 4. Brian J.L. Berry and William L. Garrison (1958), ‘Recent Developments of Central Place Theory’ 5. Martin J. Beckmann (1958), ‘City Hierarchies and the Distribution of City Size’ 6. J.V. Henderson (1974), ‘The Sizes and Types of Cities’ PART II CONTRIBUTION OF THE ‘NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY’ 7. Brian J.L. Berry (1964), ‘Cities as Systems within Systems of Cities’ 8. Paul Krugman (1991), ‘Increasing Returns and Economic Geography’ 9. Masahisa Fujita and Paul Krugman (1995), ‘When is the Economy Monocentric?: von Thünen and Chamberlin Unified’ 10. Masahisa Fujita and Tomoya Mori (1997), ‘Structural Stability and Evolution of Urban Systems’ 11. Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman and Tomoya Mori (1999), ‘On the Evolution of Hierarchical Urban Systems’ 12. Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse (2011), ‘A New Economic Geography Model of Central Places’ PART III INTRA-URBAN LOCATION 13. Harold Hotelling (1929), ‘Stability in Competition’ 14. William Alonso (1960), ‘A Theory of the Urban Land Market’ 15. Waltar Isard and Tony E. Smith (1967), ‘Location Gāmes: With Applications to Classic Location Problems’ 16. Michael A. Goldberg (1970), ‘Transportation, Urban Land Values, and Rents: A Synthesis’ 17. Robert H. Nelson (1973), ‘Accessibility and Rent: Applying Becker’s “Time Price” Concept to the Theory of Residential Location’ 18. Robert M. Solow (1972), ‘Congestion, Density and the Use of Land in Transportation’ 19. Edwin S. Mills (1972), ‘Markets and Efficient Resource Allocation in Urban Areas’ 20. Gerald S. Goldstein and Leon N. Moses (1973), ‘A Survey of Urban Economics’ 21. Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga (2000), ‘Diversity and Specialisation in Cities: Why, Where and When Does it Matter?’ 22. Antonio Ciccone and Robert E. Hall (1996), ‘Productivity and the Density of Economic Activity’ 23. J. Vernon Henderson (2003), ‘Marshall’s Scale Economies’ 24. Patricia C. Melo, Daniel J. Graham and Robert B. Noland (2009), ‘A Meta-analysis of Estimates of Urban Agglomeration Economies’ 25. Anthony J. Venables (2007), ‘Evaluating Urban Transport Improvements: Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Presence of Agglomeration and Income Taxation’ PART IV ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENT 26. Walter G. Hansen (1959), ‘How Accessibility Shapes Land Use’ 27. A.G. Wilson (1971), ‘A Family of Spatial Interaction Models, and Associated Developments’ 28. Chauncy D. Harris (1954), ‘The Market as a Factor in the Localization of Industry in the United States’ 29. C. Clark, F. Wilson and J. Bradley (1969), ‘Industrial Location and Economic Potential in Western Europe’ 30. J.M. Morris, P.L. Dumble and M.R. Wigan (1979), ‘Accessibility Indicators for Transport Planning’ 31. R.W. Vickerman (1974), ‘Accessibility, Attraction, and Potential: A Review of Some Concepts and their Use in Determining Mobility’ PART V THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE 32. P.M. Allen and M. Sanglier (1979), ‘A Dynamic Model of Growth in a Central Place System’ 33. Francesca Medda, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld (2003), ‘Urban Land Use for Transport Systems and City Shapes’ 34. Daniel J. Graham (2007), ‘Variable Returns to Agglomeration and the Effect of Road Traffic Congestion’

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Book SynopsisThe topics discussed in the Handbook on the Economics of Natural Resources are essential for those looking to understand how best to use and conserve the resources that form the foundation for human well-being.Trade Review'This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to know how the field of Natural Resource Economics - broadly defined - has progressed over the past 20 years, and where it is headed in the future. It is an excellent collection of papers on the subject.' --Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland, College Park and Resources for the Future'With contributions by leading scholars in the field, this book surveys key concepts, methodologies and results from the important field of natural resource economics. The chapters are rigorous and sophisticated, but at the same time accessible to anyone with some graduate-level training in economics. They include both theoretical presentations and real-world discussions that tie the theory to critical resource challenges facing the world today. I highly recommend this either as a textbook for a graduate class in natural resource economics or as a key resource for anyone wanting an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in this field.' --Kathleen Segerson, University of ConnecticutTable of ContentsContents: PART I NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES 1. Basic Economics of Nonrenewable Resource Use John M. Hartwick 2. The Hotelling Model with Multiple Demands Gérard Gaudet and Stephen W. Salant 3. Empirical Evidence on the Theory of Nonrenewable Resource Economics John Livernois and Henry Thille 4. The Taxation of Nonrenewable Natural Resources Gérard Gaudet and Pierre Lasserre 5. Rent Taxes and Royalties in Designing Fiscal Regimes for Nonrenewable Resources Robin Boadway and Michael Keen 6. The Political Basis of the Resource Curse Richard M. Auty PART II MODELING OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 7. Bioeconomics: Nature as Capital Eli P. Fenichel, Sathya Gopalakrishnan and Onon Bayasgalan 8. The Forest Harvesting Problem: Have We Reached the Limit of Our Understanding? Gregory S. Amacher 9. Biological Resistance Ramanan Laxminarayan and Markus Herrmann PART III CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 10. Structuring Rights and Privileges in Catch Share Systems Daniel Holland 11. Spatial Economics of Forest Conservation Heidi J. Albers and Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson 12. Ecosystem Services Edward B. Barbier 13. Conservation Prioritization Using Reserve Site Selection Methods Stephen C. Newbold and Juha Siikamaki PART IV WATER RESOURCES 14. Water Economics R. Quentin Grafton and Sarah Wheeler 15. Water Rate Policy: Prescription and Practice Ronald Griffin 16. Water Institutions and the Law of One Price Eric C. Edwards and Gary D. Libecap 17. Water Quality and Economics: Willingness to Pay, Efficiency, Cost-effectiveness, and New Research Frontiers Yusuke Kuwayama and Sheila Olmstead 18. Transboundary Water Issues Edward B. Barbier and Anik Bhaduri Index

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Book SynopsisFeaturing an original introduction by the editors, this important collection of essays explores the main issues surrounding the regulation of the environment. The articles highlight the fact that despite differences in the UK and the USA's regulatory styles, environmental regulation today has much in common with both traditions.Trade Review‘As editors of this wide-ranging and insightful volume, Professor John McEldowney and Sharron McEldowney have compiled an important collection of essays and leaned articles gleaned mainly from a selection of influential and authoritative academic journals from both sides of the Atlantic and worldwide as well. . . As part of the Elgar Research Collection, this is definitely a book for academics and scholars as well as environmental lawyers who will appreciate its comparative law orientation and emphasis. Also to be appreciated by researchers is the copious footnoting throughout, which contains a wealth of reference sources. In all, the book is a valuable and richly resourced contribution to the literature of environmental law.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Regulating the Environment: 21st Century Challenges John McEldowney and Sharron McEldowney PART I ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Daniel Barstow Magraw and Lisa D. Hawke (2007), ‘Sustainable Development’ 2. Daniel A. Farber (2011), ‘The Challenge of Climate Change Adaption: Learning from National Planning Efforts in Britain, China, and the USA’ PART II MODELS OF REGULATION, PRECAUTION AND RISK 3. David Vogel (1986), ‘Government Regulation in Great Britain and the United States’ 4. Neil Carter and Philip Lowe (1994), ‘Environmental Politics and Administrative Reform’ 5. Neil Gunningham (2009), ‘Environmental Law, Regulation and Governance: Shifting Architectures’ 6. Jonathan B. Wiener (2007), ‘Precaution’ 7. Priscilla Schwartz (2010), ‘The Polluter-Pays Principle’ 8. Elizabeth Fisher, Pasky Pascual and Wendy Wagner (2010), ‘Understanding Environmental Models in Their Legal and Regulatory Context’ 9. Jane Holder (2004), ‘Tracking Environmental Assessment’ PART III ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 10. Maria Carmen Lemos and Arun Agrawal (2006), ‘Environmental Governance’ 11. Steven Bernstein (2005), ‘Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance’ 12. Elizabeth A. Kirk and Kirsty L. Blackstock (2011), ‘Enhanced Decision Making: Balancing Public Participation against “Better Regulation” in British Environmental Permitting Regimes’ 13. Tony Prosser (2010), ‘The Environmental Agency’ 14. Richard Macrory (2012), ‘Environmental Regulation as an Instrument of Constitutional Change’ 15. Neil Gunningham (2011), ‘Enforcing Environmental Regulation’ 16. Michael G. Faure and Katarina Svatikova (2012), ‘Criminal or Administrative Law to Protect the Environment? Evidence from Western Europe’ 17. Benjamin J. Richardson (2009), ‘Climate Finance and its Governance: Moving to a Low Carbon Economy Through Socially Responsible Financing?’ PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ACROSS SECTORS 18. Veerle Heyvaert (2011), ‘Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk Regulation’ 19. Hans Vedder (2010), ‘The Treaty of Lisbon and European Environmental Law and Policy’ 20. Gerd Winter (2010), ‘The Climate is No Commodity: Taking Stock of the Emissions Trading System’ 21. William Howarth (2009), ‘Aspiration and Realities under the Water Framework Directive: Proceduralisation, Participation and Practicalities’ 22. Joanne Scott (2009), ‘REACH: Combining Harmonization and Dynamism in the Regulation of Chemicals’ 23. Jill Wakefield (2012), ‘Common Fisheries Policy Reform and Sustainability’ PART V REGULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS 24. Jan Hancock (2003), ‘The Human Right to Natural Resources’ 25. Ole W. Pedersen (2010), ‘Environmental Principles and Environmental Justice’, PART VI ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES 26. Roger Brownsword (2010), ‘The Age of Regulatory Governance and Nanotechnologies’ 27. Colin Scott (2007), ‘Rethinking Regulatory Governance for the Age of Biotechnology’ 28. Maria Lee (2008), ‘GMOs in the EU: The Scope of the Debate’ PART VII ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 29. Philippe Cullet (2010), ‘Environment and Development – The Missing Link’ 30. Jingchen Zhao (2012), ‘The Harmonious Society, Corporate Social Responsibility and Legal Responses to Ethical Norms in Chinese Company Law’ 31. V.K. Agarwal (2005), ‘Environmental Laws in India: Challenges for Enforcement’ 32. Rohan Mukherjee and David M. Malone (2011), ‘Global Responsibilities: India’s Approach’ PART VIII 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION 33. Elizabeth Fisher, Bettina Lange, Eloise Scotford and Cinnamon Carlarne (2009), ‘Maturity and Methodology: Starting a Debate about Environmental Law Scholarship’ 34. Julia Black (2012), ‘Paradoxes and Failures: “New Governance”, Techniques and the Financial Crisis’

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Book SynopsisThemes addressed include the theory of energy supply, demand and policy, empirical modelling of energy demand, holistic energy models, an analysis of coal, gas, electricity, oil and the `markets’ within which they operate, and a discussion of the current key energy policy issues.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Joanne Evans and Lester C Hunt 1. A Brief History of Energy Roger Fouquet 2. The Theory of Energy Economics: An Overview Thomas Weyman-Jones 3. The Economics of Energy Supply Kenneth B. Medlock III 4. The Theory and Practice of Energy Policy Richard L. Gordon 5. Energy Demand Theory Kenneth B. Medlock III 6. Empirical Modelling of Energy Demand David L. Ryan and André Plourde 7. Economics of Energy Efficiency Grant Allan, Michelle Gilmartin, Peter McGregor, J. Kim Swales and Karen Turner 8. Theoretical Foundations of the Rebound Effect Harry Saunders 9. The Rebound Effect: Definition and Estimation Steve Sorrell 10. Modelling Energy Savings and Environmental Benefits from Energy Policies and New Technologies David L. Ryan and Denise Young 11. Bottom-up Models of Energy: Across the Spectrum Lorna A. Greening and Chris Bataille 12. The Structure and Use of the UK MARKAL Model Ramachandran Kannan, Paul Ekins and Neil Strachan 13. Combining Top Down and Bottom Up in Energy Economy Models Mark Jaccard 14. Computable General Equilibrium Models for the Analysis of Energy and Climate Policies Ian Sue Wing 15. Energy–Economy–Environment Modelling: A Survey Claudia Kemfert and Truong Truong 16. The Oil Security Problem Hillard G. Huntington 17. Petroleum Taxation Carole Nakhle 18. The Behaviour of Petroleum Markets: Fundamentals and Psychologicals in Price Discovery and Formation Dalton Garis 19. The Prospects for Coal in the Twenty-first Century Richard L. Gordon 20. Natural Gas and Electricity Markets W.D. Walls 21. Incentive Regulation of Energy Networks Thomas Weyman-Jones 22. The Economics and Regulation of Power Transmission and Distribution: The Developed World Case Lullit Getachew and Mark N. Lowry 23. The Market Structure of the Power Transmission and Distribution Industry in the Developed World Lullit Getachew 24. Mechanisms for the Optimal Expansion of Electricity Transmission Networks Juan Rosellón 25. Efficiency Measurement in the Electricity and Gas Distribution Sectors Mehdi Farsi and Massimo Filippini 26. Wholesale Electricity Markets and Generators’ Incentives: An International Review Dmitri Perekhodtsev and Seth Blumsack 27. Security of Supply in Large Hydropower Systems: The Brazilian Case Luciano Losekann, Adilson de Oliveira and Getúlio Borges da Silveira 28. Electricity Retail Competition and Pricing: An International Review Seth Blumsack and Dmitri Perekhodtsev 29. Emissions Trading and the Convergence of Electricity and Transport Markets in Australia Luke J. Reedman and Paul W. Graham 30. International Energy Derivatives Markets Ronald D. Ripple 31. The Economics of Energy in Developing Countries Reinhard Madlener 33. Energy Vision to Address Energy Security and Climate Change Christoph W. Frei 33. Current Issues in the Design of Energy Policy Thomas Weyman-Jones Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook recognises the emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. With public climate discourse growing more urgent every year, this Handbook brings together international experts from different economic disciplines to answer critical climate policy questions.Trade Review'More fruitful interaction between economists and political scientists studying possible policy responses to climate change is long overdue. With this volume of 18 essays, co-editors Chichilnisky and Rezai, along with 32 other distinguished writers, do much to facilitate invaluable progress toward a virtuous circle of mutually reinforcing economic and political analyses.' --Peter J. Hammond, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Section I: The Political Economy of Climate Change and Climate Policy 1. Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent James K. Boyce 2. Evaluating Policies to Implement the Paris Agreement: A Toolkit with Application to China Ian Parry, Baoping Shang, Nate Vernon, Philippe Windeger and Tarun Narasimhan 3. Bargaining to Lose: A Permeability Approach to Post-Transition Resource Extraction Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal 4. Host-MNC Relations in Resource-Rich Countries Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Geoffrey M. Heal 5. Bargaining to Lose the Global Commons Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Graciela Chichilnisky Section II: Integrated Assessment Modelling 6.Integrated Assessment Models of climate change Chris Hope 7. Climate Change Policy under Spatial Heat Transport and Polar Amplification William Brock and Anastasios Xepapadeas 8. Progressive adaptation strategies in European coastal cities: a response to flood-risk under uncertainty Luis M. Abadie, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Ibon Galarraga and Anil Markandya 9. Economic Growth and the Social Cost of Carbon: Additive versus Multiplicative Damages Armon Rezai, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen 10. Optimal Global Climate Policy and Regional Carbon Prices Mark Budolfson and Francis Dennig 11. Tipping and Reference Points in Climate Change Games Alessandro Tavoni and Doruk Iris Section III: Climate Change and Sustainability 12. Climate Change, Malthus and Collapse Norman Schofield 13. Greenhouse Gas and Cyclical Growth Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley 14. Growth and Sustainability Robin Hahnel 15. Intergenerational altruism: A solution to the climate problem? Frikk Nesje and Geir Asheim 16. On Intertemporal Equity and Efficiency in a Model of Global Warming John Hartwick and Tapan Mitra 17. Transformational change: Parallels for addressing climate and development goals Penny Mealy and Cameron Hepburn 18. Less precision, more truth: Uncertainty in climate economics and macroprudential policy Cameron Hepburn and J. Doyne Farmer Index

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Book Synopsis* The first book to examine the issues underlying the sustainable use debate in a fully interdisciplinary manner. Both the theoretical section and the case studies approach the issues using methods from economics, ecology, anthropology and other fields.Trade Review"The book's coverage of ecological and economic theory of sustainable use, decision-making and practical considerations when applying the theory is beautifully done and very readable....... this fine volume is sure to be important and will set a standard for truly interdisciplinary work in conservation biology." Nature Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction to Biological Conservation and Sustainable Use. Part II: Theoretical Background. The Ecological and Economic Theory of Sustainable Harvesting. Harvesting and Ecological Realities. Decision-Making by Users of Natural Resources. Practical Considerations when Applying the Theory. Part III: Case Studies. Sustainable Use as a Conservation Tool in the Forests of South-East Asia (Kathy Mackinnon). Will Bigleaf Mahogany Be Conserved Through Sustainable Use? (R E Gullison). Cosiguina, Nicaragua: A Case Study in Community-Based Management of Wildlife (Vivienne Solis Rivera and Stephen R Edwards). Sustainability of the Falkland Islands Loligo Squid Fishery (Sophie des Clers). Recreational Use of Coral Reefs in the Maldives and Caribbean (Andrew R G Price, Callum M Roberts and Julie P Hawkins). A Century of Change in the Central Luangwa Valley of Zambia (Joel Freehling and Stuart A Marks). The Economics of Wildlife Conservation Policy in Kenya (M Norton-Griffiths). Gorilla Tourism: A Critical Look (Thomas M Butynski and Jan Kalina). Caribou and Muskox Harvesting in the Northwest Territories (Anne Gunn). Hunting of Game Mammals in the Soviet Union (Leonid M Baskin). Part IV: Making Conservation Work. Making Conservation Work. References. Glossary of Terms. Index.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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