Environmental economics Books

Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require. This book redresses the balance.The authors highlight how various indicators and aggregate measures can be included in models that are used for decision-making support and sustainability assessment. They also demonstrate the importance of identifying practical means to assess whether policy proposals, specific decisions or targeted scenarios are sustainable.With discussions of basic concepts relevant to understanding applied sustainability analysis, such as definitions of costs and revenue recycling, this book provides policy-makers, researchers and graduate students with feasible and effective principles for measuring sustainable development.Trade Review'. . . the book is interesting for those who would like to know more about the economic energy and climate change models used in the EU and for those who are specialist builders and/or users of such models. . . [it] contains some interesting discussions on highly relevant issues in the modelling of environment-energy-economy systems. . .' -- Erik Mathijs, European Review of Agricultural Economics'This book offers valuable analysis, insights and pragmatic guidelines from a group of leading researchers who have ample experience with sustainability indicators and their use in applied economic models. It is an important contribution to the growing literature on making development more sustainable, and nicely complements recent work on the sustainomics framework that focuses on balancing the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.' -- Mohan Munasinghe, University of Manchester, UK, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Sri Lanka and Co-winner, 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace (Vice Chair, IPCC-AR4)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword: Challenges of Sustainability to Economics Ger Klaassen Introduction: Modelling Sustainability – The TranSust Project Valentina Bosetti, Reyer Gerlagh and Stefan P. Schleicher PART I: DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY 1. Economic Models for Sustainable Development Richard S.J. Tol 2. Designing Sustainability Policy Barbara K. Buchner 3. An American View of Sustainability Ray Kopp PART II: ISSUES IN MODELLING SUSTAINABILITY 4. Implementing the EU Sustainability Indicators Christoph Böhringer and Andreas Löschel 5. Interpreting Environmental Policy Cost Measures Jean-Charles Hourcade and Frédéric Ghersi 6. Technical Progress in TranSust Models Valentina Bosetti and Marzio Galeotti 7. Revenue Recycling and Labour Markets: Effects on Costs of Policies for Sustainability Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon and Hector Pollitt 8. Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Supporting Sustainable Energy Systems Bob van der Zwaan PART III: MODEL DESCRIPTIONS 9. Market Allocation Model (MARKAL) at ECN Koen Smekens, Gerard Martinus and Bob van der Zwaan 10. A Hybrid Model: DEMETER Reyer Gerlagh and Bob van der Zwaan 11. Impact Assessment of Climate Policies (IMACLIM-S) Frédéric Ghersi 12. The Energy–Environment–Economy Model for Europe (E3ME) Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon and Hector Pollitt 13. An Endogenous Technical Change Model: FEEM-RICE Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro and Marzio Galeotti 14. Policy Analysis Based on Computable Equilibrium (PACE) Christoph Böhringer, Andreas Löschel and Thomas F. Rutherford PART IV: SYNTHESIS OF TRANSUST 15. Economic Impacts of GHG Emission Reductions: An Overview of Multiple Model Calculations Reyer Gerlagh, Stefan P. Schleicher, Walter Hyll and Gregor Thenius 16. Transition to Sustainability: Some Preliminary Conclusions Valentina Bosetti and Carlo Carraro Index

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the structure of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. It explains why, instead of the expected bilateral structure where a company from an industrialized country invests in a project in a developing country and receives the emission reduction credits in return, a unilateral structure prevails whereby a company from a developing country finances the emission reduction project itself and sells the emission reduction credits. The book arrives at three fundamental, interconnected, conclusions: CDM is logically a unilaterally driven investment activity; CDM investment is an irrelevant compliance instrument for companies from industrialised countries and that this state of affairs is unlikely to change post 2012; and CDM thrives in less equal and less ambitious post-2012 climate regimes.Unique in its analysis of corporate views on investment in CDM projects, this book will find widespread appeal amongst climate policy analysts, company representatives involved in developing CDM acquisition strategies and climate policymakers. It will also be of interest to anyone involved in the study of climate change, emissions reduction and trading and carbon markets.Trade Review'This work provides a thoughtful and well-considered analysis of the emergence of the Clean Development Mechanism, its current status, and ways in which it may evolve. . . The authors do a superb job. . . Corporate Strategies and the Clean Development Mechanism is a timely and carefully crafted work. It deserves to be read by anyone interested in the past or possible futures for the CDM, and how it may link with a future international climate change regime.' -- Greg Picker, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Hans Jürgen Stehr Introduction 1. Introduction to Global Climate Policy 2. The Clean Development Mechanism’s Role in Global Climate Policy 3. Corporate Strategic Responses to Emissions Reduction 4. A Unilateral Future for the CDM? 5. Perspectives for CDM Post 2012 – Will it Survive? References Index

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

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

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Book SynopsisClimate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity nationally and worldwide. This book addresses the differential vulnerability of people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and global scales.The chapters in the first section set the stage by focusing on the relationship between climate change and disasters and by broadly exploring their economic and social aftermaths. Further chapters explore particular impacts of climate change, including the social, political and even military conflicts that may arise over scarce natural resources, as well as the effects on biodiversity and thus the natural environment. Chapters in the last section discuss responses to climate change in terms of information sharing and preparedness, adaptation and mitigation - particularly the relevance of improving the role of markets, through investment and insurance, to face these challenges. Researchers and policymakers involved in the study of climate change and disaster prevention will find this comprehensive volume of great interest.Trade Review'The papers produced in this book make a good start at examining this complex topic.' -- Natural Hazards Observer'Readers who want more than just the results will find themselves perusing the copious references lists for each section. The interdisciplinary nature of these essays makes this volume highly accessible and worthwhile for economics as well as environmental studies courses.' -- B.J. Peterson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Mario Molina PART I: BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Distributional Effects of Climate Change – Social and Economic Implications Matthias Ruth and María E. Ibarrarán 2. Vulnerability, Sensitivity and Coping/Adapting Capacity Worldwide Elizabeth Malone and Antoinette Brenkert 3. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Economic and Distributional Impacts María E. Ibarrarán and Matthias Ruth PART II: DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS 4. Health Impact of Heat: Present Realities and Potential Impacts of a Climate Change Laurence Kalkstein, Christina Koppe, Simone Orlandini, Scott Sheridan, and Karen Smoyer-Tomic 5. Gender and Climate Change Vulnerability: What’s the Problem, What’s the Solution? Anthony G. Patt, Angie Dazé and Pablo Suarez 6. Income Distribution Effects of Policies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases: The Case of Mexico Roy Boyd and María E. Ibarrarán 7. Climate Change and Cities: Differential Impacts and Adaptation Options in Industrialized Countries Matthias Ruth, Paul H. Kirshen and Dana Coelho 8. Climate Information, Equity and Vulnerability Reduction Pablo Suarez, Jesse C. Ribot and Anthony G. Patt 9. The Security Challenges of Climate Change: Who is at Risk and Why? Timothy Gulden 10. Distributional Effects and Change of Risk Management Regimes: Explaining Different Types of Adaptation in Germany and Indonesia Hellmuth Lange, Heiko Garrelts, Winfried Osthorst and Farid Selmi 11. Conclusions María E. Ibarrarán and Matthias Ruth Index

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Book SynopsisEconomics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and modeling, and three case studies. Specific attention is given to how complex ecosystem dynamics, such as thresholds or irreversible responses, influence ecosystem management options. The case studies focus on the ecosystem dynamics and ecosystem services supply in a hypothetical forest ecosystem, a Dutch wetland ecosystem, and a rangeland in the Western Sahel. Integrating ecology and economics, this informative book will appeal to postgraduate students in environmental sciences and environmental economics as well as ecosystem managers.Trade Review‘This is a book that sparks ideas. . . It will be useful for teaching: I will be recommending it to my ‘Economics for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ class. . . The book is successful because it provides, not a framework, but something better: a path for the novice to follow; something that brings together the relevant considerations when judging environmental management options and policies.’ -- S.J. Ramsden, Experimental Agriculture‘A central issue in economics is the optimal allocation of scarce resources. Is efficient allocation indeed optimal and does it lead to sustainable solutions? Lars Hein contributes to this discussion at the interface of ecology and economics, and provides interesting case studies to test various theoretical approaches. The book is a must for both economists with an interest in ecology and for ecologists with an interest in economics!’ -- Ekko van Ierland, Wageningen University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Ecological–Economic Concepts 3. A Quantitative Ecological–Economic Assessment Approach 4. Modelling the Efficiency and Sustainability of Forest Management 5. Case Study: Eutrophication Control in the De Wieden Wetland, The Netherlands 6. Case Study: Rangeland Management in the Ferlo, Senegal 7. Applying the Framework in Support of Environmental Management References Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together over a dozen post-Keynesian experts on the issues of employment, growth, development and exchange rates, this book breaks new ground by offering interesting and innovative insights into the problems faced today in both developed and developing countries. This topical book addresses unemployment in Europe, the wrong-headed reliance on NAIRU to formulate policy, distributional conflicts and financial factors, as well as problems faced in developing countries with respect to exchange rate policy, central banking, challenges to growth, and international financial flows. In the first part of the book the chapters deal with issues related to employment policies, economic growth and development while the second part is dedicated to development and growth issues in open-economy developing countries. Employment, Growth and Development offers an interesting analysis of the current economic issues from a post-Keynesian perspective that will appeal to academics and graduate students interested in development and economics. Contributors: M. Aslam, R. Bellofiore, M. Ben Guirat, F.J. Cardim de Carvalho, T. Chaiechi, M. Clevenot, E. Correa, C. Gnos, Y. Guy, J. Halevi, D. Lang, N. Levy Orlik, J. Lopez, W.C. Marshall, E. Ortiz Cruz, C. Pastoret, L.-P. Rochon, M. Setterfield, E. Stockhammer, D. Tropeano, V. VernayTrade Review’The editors of this volume have brought together an invaluable set of essays on each of these issues. The overall post-Keynesian message, of course - one that comes through very clearly - is that employment, growth and development are not at all separate topics, but each depend on the appropriate choice of macroeconomic policies for a monetary production economy’- John Smithin, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Post-Keynesian Economic Policy – a Post-crisis View Claude Gnos, Louis-Philippe Rochon and Domenica Tropeano PART I: LABOR, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND DISTRIBUTION 1. Deconstructing Labor: A Marxian–Kaleckian Perspective on What is ‘New’ in Contemporary Capitalism and Economic Policies Riccardo Bellofiore and Joseph Halevi 2. Breaking the Economic Dependence of Developing Countries to Promote Economic Development and Full Employment: The Case of the Maghreb Countries Mehdi Ben Guirat and Corinne Pastoret 3. The Redistribution Conflict in the ‘Patrimonial Regime’ through a Stock–Flow Consistent Model Mickaël Clévenot and Yann Guy 4. Income Distribution, Growth and Financialization: The Italian Case Domenica Tropeano 5. Faith-based Macroeconomics: A Critique of Recent Developments in NAIRU Estimation Dany Lang and Mark Setterfield 6. Still Unemployed, After All These Wage Cuts. Labor in Europe Engelbert Stockhammer 7. Labor Market and Monetary Macroeconomics Vincent Vernay PART II: GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXCHANGE RATES 8. Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries: The East Asian Experience Mohamed Aslam 9. A Keynesian–Structuralist Growth Strategy for Latin America Julio López and Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho 10. Financial Development and Economic Growth through a Post-Keynesian Lens: Hong Kong Case Study Taha Chaiechi 11. Money and Institutions: The Long Path of the Latin American Financial Reforms Eugenia Correa 12. The Effect of Interest Rates in Developing Countries: Can Central Bank Monetary Policy Instruments Modify Economic Growth? Noemi Levy Orlik 13. International Capital Flows and Latin America: Making Sense of Disappointing Results Wesley C. Marshall 14. Inflation Targeting by the ‘Tyrannical Auctioneer’: The Predominance of a Normative Approach in Monetary Policy Etelberto Ortiz Cruz Index

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Book Synopsis'The Economics of Pollution Control is a seminal contribution that is strongly recommended as a core addition to professional, governmental, and academic library "environmental studies" reference collections and supplemental reading lists.'- The Midwest Book ReviewThis volume includes a series of previously published papers that both illustrate basic principles in the economics of pollution control and represent recent advances in the field over the last fifteen years. This authoritative collection includes seminal papers, written by leading scholars in the field, which relate to the overarching issue of designing pollution control policies to reduce environmental threats. The editor successfully covers a wide range of contemporary contexts and issues and includes both theoretical papers and empirical analyses of the impacts of pollution control policies. This volume will serve as an excellent source of reference for researchers, advanced students and practicing economists interested in a contemporary overview of the field. Trade Review‘The Economics of Pollution Control is a seminal contribution that is strongly recommended as a core addition to professional, governmental, and academic library “environmental studies” reference collections and supplemental reading lists.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Kathleen Segerson PART I OVERVIEW 1. Robert W. Hahn, Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘Environmental Regulation in the 1990s: A Retrospective Analysis’ 2. Lawrence H. Goulder and Ian W.H. Parry (2008), ‘Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy’ 3. Tom Tietenberg (2003), ‘The Tradable-Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: Lessons for Climate Change’ 4. Don Fullerton (2001), ‘A Framework to Compare Environmental Policies’ PART II THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF POLLUTION CONTROL A. Economic Approaches to Internalizing Pollution Externalities 5. Avinash Dixit and Mancur Olson (2000), ‘Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?’ 6. Ian W.H. Parry and Kenneth A. Small (2005), ‘Does Britain or the United States Have the Right Gasoline Tax?’ 7. Janusz R. Mrozek and Andrew G. Keeler (2004), ‘Pooling of Uncertainty: Enforcing Tradable Permits Regulation When Emissions are Stochastic’ 8. François Cochard, Marc Willinger, and Anastasios Xepapadeas (2005), ‘Efficiency of Nonpoint Source Pollution Instruments: An Experimental Study’ 9. Matthieu Glachant (2007), ‘Non-binding Voluntary Agreements’ B. Issues in Policy Choice / Design 10. Tracy R. Lewis (1996), ‘Protecting the Environment when Costs and Benefits are Privately Known’ 11. Charles D. Kolstad (1996), ‘Fundamental Irreversibilities in Stock Externalities’ 12. Juan-Pablo Montero (2002), ‘Permits, Standards, and Technology Innovation’ 13. A. Lans Bovenberg, Lawrence H. Goulder and Derek J. Gurney (2005), ‘Efficiency Costs of Meeting Industry-distributional Constraints Under Environmental Permits and Taxes’ 14. Anthony Heyes (2000), ‘Implementing Environmental Regulation: Enforcement and Compliance’ 15. Martin Nell and Andreas Richter (2003), ‘The Design of Liability Rules for Highly Risky Activities – Is Strict Liability Superior when Risk Allocation Matters?’ 16. Brian R. Copeland and M. Scott Taylor (2005), ‘Free Trade and Global Warming: A Trade Theory View of the Kyoto Protocol’ PART III FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE A. Industry Impacts of Pollution Control Policies 17. Eli Berman and Linda T.M. Bui (2001), ‘Environmental Regulation and Productivity: Evidence from Oil Refineries’ 18. Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper and Karen L. Palmer (2000), ‘Sulfur Dioxide Control by Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade?’ 19. Daan P. van Soest, John A. List and Tim Jeppesen (2006), ‘Shadow Prices, Environmental Stringency, and International Competitiveness’ 20. John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Per G. Fredriksson and W. Warren McHone (2003), ‘Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator’ 21. Michael Greenstone (2002), ‘The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 and 1977 Clear Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures’ 22. Josh Ederington, Arik Levinson and Jenny Minier (2005), ‘Footloose and Pollution-Free’ B. Environmental Impacts of Pollution Control Policies 23. Janet Currie and Matthew Neidell (2005), ‘Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn from California’s Recent Experience?’ 24. Maximilian Auffhammer, Antonio M. Bento and Scott E. Lowe (2009), ‘Measuring the Effects of the Clean Air Act Amendments on Ambient PM10 Concentrations: The Critical Importance of a Spatially Disaggregated Analysis’ 25. Robert Innes and Abdoul G. Sam (2008), ‘Voluntary Pollution Reductions and the Enforcement of Environmental Law: An Empirical Study of the 33/50 Program’ 26. Hilary Sigman (2001), ‘The Pace of Progress at Superfund Sites: Policy Goals and Interest Group Influence’

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Book SynopsisThis important collection embodies the author's pioneering and on-going efforts to incorporate equity and efficiency principles into the economics of climate change policy. It represents a valuable compendium of work, both previously published and original, the range of which is not otherwise readily accessible. Adam Rose was one of the first both to identify the central role of equity among nations and regions in addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and to quantify many equity principles so that they could be incorporated into formal models. Comprising classic explorations into GHG emission trading design with respect to burden-sharing, borrowing and banking, and political constraints, the papers contained in this volume provide guidance on coalition choices for individual states of the US and partnership choices for developing countries involved in the Clean Development Mechanism today and in emission allowance trading in the future. The impacts of mitigation policy across industries and socioeconomic groups are also analysed, using computable general equilibrium models to examine the economic implications of carbon taxes, fuel taxes, tradable emission permits, and strict regulation. In addition, the book establishes a firm grounding for policy analysis by providing a basic understanding of the carbon cycle, drivers of GHG emissions, and some economic impacts of climate change. The Economics of Climate Change Policy will be of great interest and value to academics and students of environmental economics and policy and will be welcomed by environmental policy-makers involved in climate change issues at the local, regional, national and international level.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: A Personal, Professional and Policy Odyssey PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. ‘Introduction: Nature of the Issue and Policy Options’ 2. ‘What Are the Options that Could Significantly Affect the North American Carbon Cycle?’ 3. ‘An International System of Tradeable CO2 Entitlements: Implications for Economic Development’ 4. ‘Global Warming Policy: Who Decides What is Fair?’ 5. ‘Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Action Planning: An Overview’ PART II: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE IMPACTS 6. ‘A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Pennsylvania’ 7. ‘Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the US Economy: A Structural Decomposition Analysis’ 8. ‘Characterizing Regional Economic Impacts and Responses to Climate Change’ 9. ‘Simulating the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Mid-Atlantic Region’ 10. ‘Global Climate Change and the Value of Solar Energy in US Agriculture’ PART III: EFFICIENCY CONSIDERATIONS IN POLICY DESIGN 11. ‘The Efficiency and Equity of Marketable Permits for CO2 Emissions’ 12. ‘Regrets or No Regrets – That is the Question: Is Conservation a Costless CO2 Mitigation Strategy?’ 13. ‘The Changing Role of Transaction Costs in the Evolution of Joint Implementation’ 14. ‘An Economic Analysis of Flexible Permit Trading in the Kyoto Protocol’ 15. ‘A Dynamic Analysis of the Marketable Permits Approach to Global Warming Policy: A Comparison of Spatial and Temporal Flexibility’ PART IV: INTERNATIONAL EQUITY AND GLOBAL COOPERATION 16. ‘Reducing Conflict in Global Warming Policy: The Potential of Equity as a Unifying Principle’ 17. ‘Equity in Environmental Policy with an Application to Global Warming’ 18. ‘Long-Run Implications for Developing Countries of Joint Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation’ 19. ‘International Equity and Differentiation in Global Warming Policy’ 20. ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Among Pacific Rim Countries: An Analysis of Policies to Bring Developing Countries to the Bargaining Table’ PART V: NATIONAL IMPACTS OF MITIGATION POLICY 21. ‘Motor-Fuel Taxes and Household Welfare: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis’ 22. ‘Global Warming Policy, Energy, and the Chinese Economy’ 23. ‘Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in the United States: Identifying Winners and Losers in an Expanded Permit Trading System’ 24. ‘Interregional Burden-Sharing of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the United States’ 25. ‘Regional Carbon Dioxide Permit Trading in the United States: Coalition Choices for Pennsylvania’ PART VI: REGIONAL IMPACTS OF MITIGATION POLICY 26. ‘Global Warming Policy and the Pennsylvania Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis’ 27. ‘The Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Susquehanna River Basin Economy’ 28. ‘Assessing the Impacts of Carbon Emission Reduction Policies on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Economy: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis’ 29. ‘Income Distribution Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the Susquehanna River Basin Economy’ 30. ‘Climate Change Policy Formation in Minnesota: The Case for a Regional Approach’ Index

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Book SynopsisThe economic approach to environmental law and policy has become the dominant framework for analyzing pollution, resource management and many other environmental challenges throughout the world. This two-volume set presents essential articles from both the leading edge of methodological innovation in environmental law and economics and the bedrock of theory upon which all such innovations are built. The editors' extensive introduction contextualizes the selected papers, highlighting the central theoretical and empirical challenges facing future advancement of this discipline. An impressive collection that is indispensable to policymakers, scholars and those with an interest in the developments in this ever-important field.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Theoretical Foundations Acknowledgements Introduction Richard Brooks, Nathaniel O. Keohane and Douglas A. Kysar PART I ROLE OF LAW 1. R.H. Coase (1960), ‘The Problem of Social Cost’ 2. Harold Demsetz (1967), ‘Toward a Theory of Property Rights’ 3. Garrett Hardin (1968), ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ 4. Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed (1972), ‘Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral’ 5. Robert C. Ellickson (1986), ‘Of Coase and Cattle: Dispute Resolution Among Neighbors in Shasta County’ 6. Carol M. Rose (1991), ‘Rethinking Environmental Controls: Management Strategies for Common Resources’ PART II INSTRUMENT CHOICE 7. William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates (1971), ‘The Use of Standards and Prices for Protection of the Environment’ 8. W. David Montgomery (1972), ‘Markets in Licenses and Efficient Pollution Control Programs’ 9. Martin L. Weitzman (1974), ‘Prices vs. Quantities’ 10. A. Mitchell Polinsky (1980), ‘Resolving Nuisance Disputes: The Simple Economics of Injunctive and Damage Remedies’ 11. Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1996), ‘Property Rules Versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis’ 12. Richard R.W. Brooks (2002), ‘The Relative Burden of Determining Property Rules and Liability Rules: Broken Elevators in the Cathedral’ PART III IS THE ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL? 13. Kenneth E. Boulding (1966), ‘The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth’ 14. John V. Krutilla (1967), ‘Conservation Reconsidered’ 15. Kenneth J. Arrow and Anthony C. Fisher (1974), ‘Environmental Preservation, Uncertainty, and Irreversibility’ 16. Laurence H. Tribe (1974), ‘Ways Not to Think About Plastic Trees: New Foundations for Environmental Law’ 17. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’ 18. Richard C. Bishop (1978), ‘Endangered Species and Uncertainty: The Economics of a Safe Minimum Standard’ 19. Robert Solow (1993), ‘An Almost Practical Step Toward Sustainability’ 20. Richard L. Revesz (1999), ‘Environmental Regulation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the Discounting of Human Lives’ Name Index Volume II: Issues and Applications Acknowledgements An introduction by the editors to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I POLICY DESIGN 1. Daniel H. Cole and Peter Z. Grossman (1999), ‘When is Command-and-Control Efficient? Institutions, Technology, and the Comparative Efficiency of Alternative Regulatory Regimes for Environmental Protection’ 2. Lawrence H. Goulder, Ian W.H. Parry, Roberton C. Williams III and Dallas Burtraw (1999), ‘The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting’ 3. Carolyn Fischer, Ian W.H. Parry and William A. Pizer (2003), ‘Instrument Choice for Environmental Protection when Technological Innovation is Endogenous’ 4. Juan-Pablo Montero (2005), ‘Pollution Markets with Imperfectly Observed Emissions’ 5. Robert N. Stavins (2006), ‘Vintage-Differentiated Environmental Regulation’ PART II PERFORMANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 6. Robert N. Stavins and Adam B. Jaffe (1990), ‘Unintended Impacts of Public Investments on Private Decisions: The Depletion of Forested Wetlands’ 7. Don Fullerton and Thomas C. Kinnaman (1996), ‘Household Responses to Pricing Garbage by the Bag’ 8. Lisa Heinzerling (1998), ‘Regulatory Costs of Mythic Proportions’ 9. Juan-Pablo Montero (1999), ‘Voluntary Compliance with Market-Based Environmental Policy: Evidence from the U.S. Acid Rain Program’ 10. Michael Greenstone (2004), ‘Did the Clean Air Act Cause the Remarkable Decline in Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations? PART III ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 11. Richard B. Stewart (1993), ‘Environmental Regulation and International Competitiveness’ 12. Adam B. Jaffe, Steven R. Peterson, Paul R. Portney and Robert N. Stavins (1995), ‘Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?’ 13. Vicki Been and Francis Gupta (1997), ‘Coming to the Nuisance or Going to the Barrios? A Longitudinal Analysis of Environmental Justice Claims’ 14. John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Per G. Fredriksson and W. Warren McHone (2003), ‘Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator’ 15. Meghan R. Busse and Nathaniel O. Keohane (2007), ‘Market Effects of Environmental Regulation: Coal, Railroads, and the 1990 Clean Air Act’ PART IV VALUATION AND COMPARISON OF COSTS AND BENEFITS 16. W. Kip Viscusi (2000), ‘The Value of Life in Legal Contexts: Survey and Critique’ 17. John A. List, Robert P. Berrens, Alok K. Bohara and Joe Kerkvliet (2004), ‘Examining the Role of Social Isolation on Stated Preferences’ 18. Gideon Parchomovsky and Peter Siegelman (2004), ‘Selling Mayberry: Communities and Individuals in Law and Economics’ 19. Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone (2005), ‘Does Air Quality Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market’ 20. Martin L. Weitzman (2007), ‘A Review of The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. Economic theory suggests that there should be a link between future wellbeing and current wealth. This book explores this linkage under a variety of headings: population growth, technological change, deforestation and natural resource trade. While the relevant theory is presented briefly, the chief emphasis is on empirical measurement of the change in real wealth: this measure of net or 'genuine' saving is a key indicator of sustainable development. The methodological and empirical work is bolstered by tests of the predictive power of genuine saving in explaining future consumption and economic growth. Just as importantly, the authors show that many resource-abundant countries would be considerably wealthier today had they managed to save and invest the profits from natural resource exploitation in the past.Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability will be of great interest to environmental and resource economists, specialists in 'sustainability' indicators from other disciplines and also development and growth economists.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Wealth and Social Welfare 3. Population Growth and Sustainability 4. Testing Genuine Saving 5. Resources, Growth and the ‘Paradox of Plenty’ 6. A Hartwick Rule Counterfactual 7. Deforestation: Accounting for a Multiple-Use Resource 8. Accounting for Technological Change 9. Resource Price Trends and Prospects for Development 10. International Flows of Resource Rents 11. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of globalization and transport has witnessed a surge in interest over the past two decades with scholars questioning the reasoning behind its growth, its impact on the environment and trade as well as its effect on the development of cities and supply chain logistics. The editors have selected seminal works from leading academics to address these issues and outline the diverse and controversial nature of this subject.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Kenneth Button and Henry Vega PART I PRIOR PHASES OF GLOBALIZATION 1. David S. Jacks (2006), ‘What Drove 19th Century Commodity Market Integration?’ 2. David S. Jacks, Christopher M. Meissner and Dennis Novy (2010), ‘Trade Costs in the First Wave of Globalization’ 3. Robert M. Schwartz (2010), ‘Rail Transport, Agrarian Crisis, and the Restructuring of Agriculture: France and Great Britain Confront Globalization, 1860–1900’ 4. Antoni Estevadeordal, Brian Frantz and Alan M. Taylor (2003), ‘The Rise and Fall of World Trade, 1870–1939’ 5. A.M. Ramsay (1925), ‘The Speed of the Roman Imperial Post’ PART II THE ROLE OF TRANSPORT IN EMPIRE BUILDING 6. Paul Krugman and Anthony J. Venables (1995), ‘Globalization and the Inequality of Nations’ 7. Richard D. Knowles (2006), ‘Transport Shaping Space: Differential Collapse in Time-Space’ PART III TRANSPORT AND TRADE IN RECENT GLOBALIZATION 8. Anthony J. Venables (1999), ‘Fragmentation and Multinational Production’ 9. David Hummels (2007), ‘Transportation Costs and International Trade in the Second Era of Globalization’ 10. Robert J. McCalla, Brian Slack and Claude Comtois (2004), ‘Dealing with Globalisation at the Regional and Local Level: The Case of Contemporary Containerization’ 11. Cristina Capineri and Thomas R. Leinbach (2004), ‘Globalization, E-economy and Trade’ 12. Joseph Szyliowicz and Paul Viotti (1997), ‘Dilemmas of Transportation Security’ PART IV THE ROLE OF THE SUPPLY-CHAIN LOGISTICS 13. Antje Burmeister and Kristian Colletis-Wahl (1997), ‘Proximity in Production Networks: The Circulatory Dimension’ 14. Christian Geisler Asmussen, Torben Pedersen and Charles Dhanaraj (2009), ‘Host-Country Environment and Subsidiary Competence: Extending the Diamond Network Model’ 15. Markus Hesse (2007), ‘The System of Flows and the Restructuring of Space Elements of a Geography of Distribution’ 16. Paul Ciccantell and David A. Smith (2009), ‘Rethinking Global Commodity Chains: Integrating Extraction, Transport, and Manufacturing’ PART V GLOBALIZATION, TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17. Daniëlle B. van Veen-Groot and Peter Nijkamp (1999), ‘Globalisation, Transport and the Environment: New Perspectives for Ecological Economics’ 18. Peter Nijkamp (2003), ‘Globalization, International Transport and the Global Environment: A Research and Policy Challenge’ 19. A.A.J. Nederveen, J.W. Konings and J.A. Stoop (2003), ‘Globalization, International Transport and the Global Environment: Technological Innovation, Policy Making and the Reduction of Transportation Emissions’ 20. Xander Olsthoorn (2003), ‘Implications of Globalization for CO2 Emissions from Transport’ PART VI MARKET LIBERALIZATION AND “OPEN SKIES” IN THE AIR 21. Keith G. Debbage (1994), ‘The International Airline Industry: Globalization, Regulation and Strategic Alliances’ 22. Peter Adey, Lucy Budd and Phil Hubbard (2007), ‘Flying Lessons: Exploring the Social and Cultural Geographies of Global Air Travel’ 23. Alex Cosmas, Peter Belobaba and William Swelbar (2010), ‘The Effects of Open Skies Agreements on Transatlantic Air Service Levels’ 24. Robert Humbertson and Agam Sinha (2009), ‘Realising the Global Next-Generation Air Transportation System’ 25. A. Elek, C. Findlay, P. Hooper and T. Warren (1999), ‘“Open Skies” or Open Clubs? New Issues for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation’ 26. Andrew R. Goetz and Brian Graham (2004), ‘Air Transport Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainability: Post-2001 Policy Dynamics in the United States and Europe’ PART VII TRANSPORT AND GLOBAL CITIES 27. Sung-Woo Lee, Dong-Wook Song and César Ducruet (2008), ‘A Tale of Asia’s World Ports: The Spatial Evolution in Global Hub Port Cities’ 28. Germà Bel and Xavier Fageda (2008), ‘Getting There Fast: Globalization, Intercontinental Flights and Location of Headquarters’ 29. Julie Cidell (2006), ‘Air Transportation, Airports, and the Discourses and Practices of Globalization’ 30. Yefang Huang (2009), ‘The Growth of Global Hub Port Cities Under Globalisation: The Case of Shanghai International Shipping Centre’ 31. Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox (2007), ‘Comparing Airline Passenger Destinations with Global Service Connectivities: A Worldwide Empirical Study of 214 Cities’ 32. S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil (2006), ‘Global Cities and the Spread of Infectious Disease: The Case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada’ PART VIIIGLOBALIZATION AND MULTINATIONAL TRANSPORT 33. Dimitrios A. Tsamboulas (2007), ‘A Tool for Prioritizing Multinational Transport Infrastructure Investments’ 34. Harry T. Dimitriou and Oliver Trueb (2005), ‘Transportation Megaprojects, Globalization, and Place-making in Hong Kong and South China’ PART IX GLOBAL TRANSPORT INSTITUTIONS 35. Antoine Fremont (2007), ‘Global Maritime Networks: The Case of Maersk’ 36. Peter Turnbull (2006), ‘The War on Europe’s Waterfront – Repertoires of Power in the Port Transport Industry’ 37. Ruth Barton and Peter Fairbrother (2009), ‘The Local is Now Global: Building a Union Coalition in the International Transport and Logistics Sector’ PART X TRANSPORT AND FACTOR MOBILITY 38. Kenneth John Button and Henry Vega (2008), ‘The Effects of Air Transportation on the Movement of Labour’ 39. Stephen S. Gloub, Ronald W. Jones and Henry K. Kierzkowski (2007), ‘Globalization and Country-Specific Service Links’

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Book SynopsisClimate Change and Growth in Asia is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues of climate change and global warming and their possible impacts on the growth of major Asian economies. The book addresses the climate change crisis in Asia within the context of three major challenges to growth: population, poverty and greenhouse gas emissions.The contributors of the book argue that, like globalisation, the effects of climate change are all-encompassing and recognise no national boundaries. Therefore, the issues emanating from this looming challenge must also be examined beyond the national boundaries and debated at global, regional and national levels simultaneously. The authors investigate the opportunities created by globalisation via trade, knowledge and the information economy, but climate change ? induced by increased greenhouse gas emissions ? risks restricting the opportunities created thereof. For those who follow Asian economies ? especially graduate students of Asian studies, international business, the environment and economic development of Asia ? this book is an invaluable resource. Furthermore, with its multidimensional focus and cross-cultural practical examples, it is an essential read for policymakers, including the Asian governments and international agencies such as the United Nations.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Moazzem Hossain PART I: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROWTH ISSUES 1. Population, Poverty and CO2 Emissions in Asia: An Overview Moazzem Hossain and Eliyathamby Selvanathan 2. The Production of Biofuels: Welfare and Environmental Consequences for Asia Clem Tisdell 3. Climate Change and Freshwater Resources of Bangladesh Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad 4. Analyses of Livelihoods in the Bay of Bengal Delta Moazzem Hossain, A.H.M. Ali and Eliyathamby Selvanathan PART II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION ISSUES 5. Greenhouse Gas Abatement in Asia: Imperatives, Incentives and Equity Colin Hunt 6. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Bangladesh M.H. Rahman, M.A. Noor and A. Ahmed 7. Climate Change, Vulnerabilities and South Asia: Issues, Challenges and Options M. Adil Khan 8. ‘Harmony’ in China’s Climate Change Policy Paul Howard PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHALLENGES 9. Managing Businesses in Uncertain Times: Sustainable Development and an Ensemble Leadership Repertoire Vikram Murthy 10. Climate Change and Human Security Issues in the Asia–Pacific Region Malcolm McIntosh and Tapan Sarker 11. Media Framing of Public Discourse on Climate Change and Sea-level Rise: Social Amplification of Global Warming versus Climate Justice for Global Warming Impacts Harun Rashid Index

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Book SynopsisThis major volume focuses on the role of policy entrepreneurs in revolutionizing water management worldwide. Adopting an international comparative perspective, the authors explore the changes taking place in water policy across fifteen countries, at both the global level and within the European Union. Their analysis highlights the importance of groups and individuals in stimulating progress and reveals the crucial part played by policy entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs use various strategies to initiate and implement change, including the framing and reframing of issues, the assembly of coalitions, venue shopping and the exploitation of windows of opportunity. In showcasing the role of entrepreneurs in achieving transitions and explaining their approach, this groundbreaking book presents an optimistic message for those who desire improvements in the way water is managed. This book will not only make a unique contribution to the current literature on transition management, but will also prove an invaluable tool for those keen to influence water policy management at the regional, national and international level. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of water resources and environmental management and governance, as well as practitioners in the fields of water and climate policy.Trade Review'What readers can expect to find in this book is an analysis that highlights the importance of environmentally sustainable water policy. The book does an excellent job of bringing "policy science" applications and water management together. We found the illustrative maps, pictures and diagrams beneficial as they helped to provide some context and added an additional layer of clarity. This book would be of interest to students and practitioners interested in water resources, environmental resource management and public policy. It makes contributions to the study of policy dynamics through a comparative analysis of policy change and is successful insofar as it provides a broad overview of international water policy challenges.' -- Mohammed H.I. Dore and Geoff Black, Science and Public Policy'Unsurpassed in the scope of its coverage, this book explores like no other the roles of policy entrepreneurs and the causes of policy change across diverse political systems ranging from the developing world to the largest western democracies. The studies show how entrepreneurs work with outside donors, take advantage of windows of political opportunity, create those windows, and push the policy process in the direction they hope. They also show the limits to these strategies, and strategies that tend to fail. The book dramatically advances our understanding not only of change and stability in water policy, but of the policy process more generally.' -- Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, US'This book is a theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of one of the world's most pressing problems: the management of water resources. The editors have assembled a remarkable collection of authors with a truly global outlook and an excellent grasp of contemporary water issues as well as modern theories of public policy and decision-making. The volume also demonstrates excellent applications of policy theory to current and pressing matters. It is a must-read for students and practitioners in water resources and will be influential to water policy and in environmental resource management and policy for years to come.' -- Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University, US'This volume is a major achievement. It advances our knowledge of stability and change in water policy through case studies from around the world. Its focus on "transitions" - instances of really major shifts in policy - is particularly welcome at a time when challenges such as climate change force water policy makers to reconsider the very foundations of their regulatory frameworks and infrastructural policies. The volume goes beyond water policy, however. It makes a major contribution to the study of policy dynamics in general by offering an empirically grounded comparative analysis of policy entrepreneurs as change agents in policy networks. There has been much loose talk about policy entrepreneurs in the fields of public administration and public policy, but a dearth of empirical work underpinning the various claims made. This volume goes a long way towards filling that gap. Highly recommended - for water experts and policy scientists alike.' -- Paul 't Hart, Australian National University, Australia and Utrecht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Transitions in Water Management: Positioning this Book Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink 2. Understanding and Managing Water Policy Transitions: A Policy Science Perspective Sander Meijerink and Dave Huitema 3. Driving Forces in Global Freshwater Governance Joyeeta Gupta PART II: THE AMERICAS 4. Transitions: Transcending Multiple Ways of Knowing Water Resources in the United States Helen Ingram and Raul Lejano 5. Political and Economic Apertures and the Shifting State–Citizen Relationship: Reforming Mexico’s National Water Policy Margaret Wilder PART III: AUSTRALASIA 6. Implementing Integrated River Basin Management in China Dorri te Boekhorst, Toine Smits, Yu Xiubo, Li Lifeng, Lei Gang and Zhang Chen 7. Where Does Policy Change Come From? And Where Does it End Up? Establishing Water User Associations in Large-Scale Canal Irrigation Systems in India Vishal Narain 8. Averted Crises, Contested Transitions: Water Management in the Upper Ping River Basin, Northern Thailand Louis Lebel, Po Garden, Nutthawat Subsin and Sakkarin Na Nan 9. Transitions in Indonesian Water Policy: Policy Windows through Crisis, Response through Implementation Anjali Bhat and Peter P. Mollinga 10. The Contribution of Actors to Achieving Sustainability in Australia through Water Policy Transitions Sara Hughes and Jennifer McKay PART IV: AFRICA 11. South African Water and Mining Policy: A Study of Strategies for Transition Management Anthony Richard Turton 12. Past, Present and Future Landscapes of Water Policy in Tanzania Jaqui Goldin and Deusdedit Kibassa PART V: EUROPE 13. European Union Water Policy: To Transition or Not to Transition? Coalitions as Key Lena Partzsch 14. The Introduction of Floodplain Rehabilitation and Rural Development into the Water Policy for the Tisza River in Hungary Saskia E. Werners, Zsuzsanna Flachner and Piotr Matczak 15. Spanish Water Management in Transition: Transition Management Watered Down? Nuria Font and Joan Subirats 16. Neoliberal Transitions in Hydropower and Irrigation Water Management in Turkey: Main Actors and Opposition Groups Aysegül Kibaroglu, Argun Baskan and Sezin Alp 17. Transitions to Adaptive Approaches to Water Management and Governance in Sweden Per Olsson and Victor Galaz 18. Germany: Transitions in Flood Management in the Rhine Basin Gert Becker 19. Policy Dynamics in Dutch Water Management: Analysing the Contribution of Policy Entrepreneurs to Policy Change Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink PART VI: CONCLUSIONS 20. Water Transitions, Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons Learned Sander Meijerink and Dave Huitema Index

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Book SynopsisWhile some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate that neither interpretation is universally correct, given how much depends on specific policies and institutions that determine ‘on-the-ground’ outcomes. Drawing on research from six countries around the developing world, the book also presents the unique perspectives of researchers at both the world’s largest development organization (The World Bank) and the world’s largest conservation organization (World Wildlife Fund) on the debate over trade liberalization and its effects on poverty and the environment. The authors trace international trade rules and events down through national development contexts to investigate on-the-ground outcomes for real people and places. The studies underscore the importance of evaluating trade from a perspective that pays attention to environmental and social vulnerability and understands the linkages between poverty reduction and environmental protection. The lessons drawn provide a critical first step in developing the appropriate response options needed to ensure that trade plays a positive role in promoting truly sustainable development. Academics and students in environmental economics, development economics and agriculture, as well as policymakers and those in development institutions will appreciate this groundbreaking work.Trade Review‘. . . the case studies and subsequent summarizing discussions provide interesting insights on the many interactions of trade, poverty and the environment. . . digestible also for those without an academic background in economics.’ -- Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Preface Warren Evans and David Reed 1. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment Jonathan A. Cook, Owen Cylke, Donald F. Larson, John D. Nash and Pamela Stedman-Edwards 2. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of the Forest and Salmon Sectors in Chile Raúl O’Ryan, with Mario Niklitschek, Edwin Niklitschek, Andrés Ulloa and Nicolo Gligo 3. The Impacts of Trade Liberalization in Pingbian, China He Daming and Liu Jiang, with Bobby Cochran 4. Shrimp Exports, Environment and Human Well-being in the Sunderbans, West Bengal Kanchan Chopra, with Pushpam Kumar and Preeti Kapuria 5. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: Two Studies of Agricultural Exports in Madagascar Bart Minten, with Philippe Méral, Lalaina Randrianarison and Johan Swinnen 6. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of Sugarcane Production in the Incomati River Basin in Mpumalanga, South Africa Jo Lorentzen, Anton Cartwright and Charles Meth 7. Expansion of Shrimp Farming in Ca Mau, Vietnam Mai Trong Thong, with Hoang Xuan Thanh, Ha Thi Phuong Tien, Nguyen Thu Huong, Tran Tuyet Hanh, Ngo Van Hai, Vu Ngoc Huyen, Le Dang Trung, Le Phu Cuong, Le Van Hung, Cao Chi Hung, Tham Thi Ngoc Diep and Jacques Marcille 8. Lessons from the Case Studies: 1 Pamela Stedman-Edwards, Jonathan A. Cook and Owen Cylke 9. Lessons from the Case Studies: 2 John D. Nash and Donald F. Larson 10. Beyond Trade: Economic Transition in the Globalization Era and Prospects for Poverty and Environment Bruno Losch Index

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Book SynopsisThis book reports and rationalizes the state-of-the-art concerning the social costs of electricity generation. Social costs are assessed by adding to the private generation costs, the external costs associated with damages to human health, the environment, crops, materials, and those related to the consequences of climate change. The authors consider the evolution of these costs up to 2030 for major electricity generating technologies and, using these estimates, evaluate policy options for external cost internalization, providing quantitative scenarios by country and primary fuel for 2010, 2020 and 2030. While mainly focusing on European countries, the book also examines the situation in key emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and Turkey.With an analysis of the policies for external costs internalization, this invaluable book will appeal to energy policymakers, research institutions focusing on energy, environmental and energy NGOs and trade associations, as well as energy companies.Trade Review‘The Social Cost of Electricity stands out for its ambitious effort to model and quantify the external costs of electric-power generation. . . Without doubt, the data presented in this volume will be of great interest to policymakers and researchers and will challenge future debates on energy policy.’ -- Jim Rossi, Climate Law‘This book is an excellent report on a very thorough analysis of the full-cycle costs of different sources of electric power, with due regard for externalities. It is a great credit to Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.’ -- Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Roberto Porchia PART I: COST ASSESSMENT 1. External Costs Luke Brander, El Hadji Fall, Rainer Friedrich, Stefan Hirschberg, Onno Kuik, Kristin Magnussen, Ståle Navrud, Philipp Preiss, Ari Rabl and Bob Van der Zwaan 2. Electricity Supply Externalities: Energy Security Steven Arnold, Arno Behrens, Christian Egenhofer, Alistair Hunt, Anil Markandya, Adriaan van der Welle and Bob van der Zwaan 3. Private Costs Markus Blesl and Steffen Wissel 4. Social Costs of Electricity in the EU Roberto Porchia 5. Methodology and Results in Non-EU Countries Xianli Zhu, Lars Rosendahl Appelquist and Kirsten Halsnæs PART II: POLICY EVALUATION 6. Policy Instruments Gesine Bökenkamp, Wan-Jung Chou, Olav Hohmeyer, Alistair Hunt, Anil Markandya and Wouter Nijs 7. Assessment of Policy Instruments and Electricity Generation Technologies Gesine Bökenkamp, Danae Diakoulaki, Olav Hohmeyer, Wouter Nijs and Christos Tourkolias PART III: ELECTRICITY SCENARIOS 8. Electricity Scenarios in EU Countries Houda Allal, Ole Løfsnes, Thomas Niesor, Berit Tennbakk and Matteo Urbani Index

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Book SynopsisThe integration of environmental concerns into other policy areas is widely recognized as a key element to achieve sustainable development. It also represents a challenge for the environmental community, requiring not only a new approach to policy-making but also changes to existing policies and their implementation. This essential book presents a diverse set of perspectives and experiences on how to support sustainable development through the integration of environmental issues into various policy sectors.The authors examine existing research on environmental policy integration (EPI) at three levels of policy-making: the national level, both in relation to strategic and sectoral decision-making; the regional level, where both supra-national and sub-national regional entities are discussed; and the local level, where strategies available to municipalities or individuals for furthering environmental policy integration are presented. New and innovative approaches to the study of EPI at these levels of governance are proposed. They also demonstrate how the effectiveness of EPI depends on factors such as national, legal and administrative structures and culture, the stage of the policy cycle to which EPI measures are applied, and the level of integration among various modes of governance and instruments. Academics, graduate and postgraduate students in social, political and environmental sciences will find much of interest in this unique book. NGOs and representatives of public and private institutions working on environmental policy issues will also find this book an invaluable resource.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Carlo Carraro Introduction 1. Insights from Environmental Economics in the Integration of Environmental Policy into Decision-Making Frank J. Convery 2. Environmental Policy Integration and the Nation State: What Can We Learn from Current Practices? Alessandra Sgobbi 3. Environmental Policy Integration at the Regional and Local Levels: Setting the Problem into Context Michela Catenacci 4. The Transformations of Regional and Local Governments: Implications for Environmental Policy Integration Bruno Dente 5. Sustainability and Environmental Policy Integration: Local Level Sustainability through Knowledge Involvement and New Governance Arrangements Georgios Terizakis 6. From G-FORS to EPIGOV: Which Governance Modes for EPI? The Case of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Spatial Planning Carolina Pacchi and Davide Zanoni 7. A Systems Theoretical Perspective on Greening EU Regional Policy Philipp Schepelmann 8. Environmental Policy Integration in the UK Duncan Russel and Andrew Jordan 9. The Case of EPI in Central and Eastern Europe Keti Medarova-Bergström, Tamara Steger and Adam Paulsen 10. EPI and Regional Governance in Spain Josu Mezo and Kenneth Hanf Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses a paradigm shift for dealing with the internalization of external costs in transport. Crucial to the analysis is the insight that the polluters are not the only cost drivers; both pollutees and the state can also contribute to reducing social costs. The authors show that applying the Cheapest Cost Avoider Principle (CCAP) instead of the Polluter Pays Principle (PPP) can lead to substantial welfare improvements.This book develops the foundations for the CCAP, which is shown to be superior to the PPP, both methodologically and practically, in identifying the most appropriate policy for dealing with external effects in transport. The PPP neglects the fact that external costs are jointly caused by all involved parties and that the externality problem is of a reciprocal nature: to avoid harm to a pollutee necessarily inflicts harm on the polluter. The real problem for welfare maximization - addressed by the CCAP - is to avoid the most serious harm. The CCAP guarantees efficiency, fair competition and equity. Its use of some form of cost-benefit analysis also helps to avoid regulatory failure. The CCAP incorporates 'polluter pays' as one possible outcome; however, this is not a foregone conclusion. Two case studies - showing that the methodology of the CCAP can be applied in practice - and a critical assessment of the European greening transport policy complete this volume.Discussing the relevance of the economic analysis of law for transport policy, this book will appeal to academics in the fields of law and economics, environmental policy and regulatory impact assessment, and European transport policy. Policymakers and civil servants concerned with transport policy, environmental policy and regulatory impact assessment will also find this book valuable.Trade Review'As a lawyer who has for many years been working on the interface between law and economics, I have observed with impatience the increasing divergence between academic economics and governmental policy-making. Too often economists are too obsessed with the mathematical modelling of their ideas and insufficiently concerned with the applications. This book constitutes a major and refreshing exception to that trend. Dieter Schmidtchen and his colleagues at Saarbrucken have addressed some issues of European transport policy by re-examining the fundamental ideas on which current analysis appears to be based and finding them wanting because they take too narrow a view on the options available.' -- From the foreword by Anthony Ogus, University of Manchester, UK'An excellent and comprehensive book of both theory and application for the Cheapest Cost Avoider principle (CCAP), being better for the society's welfare than the commonly applied Polluters Pay Principle for dealing with transport external impacts. It is easily readable although scientifically rigorous with useful examples. The relation to the European Transport Policy is quite valuable. The book deserves a prominent place in the literature of applied transport economics, and I highly recommend it for students following these disciplines.' -- Dimitrios A. Tsamboulas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece'This book discusses for the first time the relevance of the economic analysis of law for transport policy. The difference between applying the polluter-pays-principle and Calabresi's notion of the cheapest cost avoider are clearly explained and distributional consequences are also considered. Moreover, in addition to a brilliant economic analysis, the book also discusses important cases and the consequences of their analysis for European transport policy. It is a must-read for anyone interested either in law and economics generally or transport policy in particular.' -- Michael Faure, Maastricht University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Anthony Ogus 1. Introduction 2. The Pigovian Tradition and the Polluter Pays Principle 3. The Coasian Revolution 4. Reaching Efficiency: Coase versus Pigou 5. Replacing the Polluter Pays Principle with the Cheapest Cost Avoider Principle 6. Beyond Efficiency: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Principles 7. Case Studies 8. The Cheapest Cost Avoider Principle and the European Transport Policy 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisNon-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of increased growth in both application and development as a result of increasing recognition of the role of economics in environmental policy issues. Against this backdrop, The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation brings together world leaders in the field to advance the development and application of NMEV as a tool for policy-making. The expert contributors provide insights into the state of the art across the spectrum of both revealed and stated preference methods and highlight new directions being taken. A sequence of topical applications demonstrate various techniques and illustrate what can be achieved using NMEV: deliberately diverse case studies are drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia with valuation targets ranging across use and non-use values of the environment. A number of reviews of cutting-edge issues are also presented. This outstanding resource will enable those interested in environmental valuation from theoretical, practical or policy perspectives to bring themselves to the forefront of developments and practice. As such, this Handbook will prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics, researchers, students, practitioners and consultants involved in environmental economics and NMEV.Contributors: S. Bain, I.J. Bateman, J. Bennett, E.Y. Besedin, M.C.J. Bliemer, R. Brouwer, R.T. Carson, J. Champ, J. Cheesman, S. Colombo, J. Downing, J. Englin, S. Garcia, M. Giergiczny, A. González-Cabán, T. Groves, N. Hanley, J.A. Herriges, S. Hess, T. Holmes, Y. Jeon, R.J. Johnston, H.A. Klaiber, C.L. Kling, Y. Liu, J. Loomis, P.-A. Mahieu, K.E. McConnell, S. Navrud, A. Pang, G.L. Poe, P. Riera, J. Rolfe, J.M. Rose, E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, V.K. Smith, J. Strand, P.J. Thomassin, D. Tinch, P. van Beukering, C.A. Vossler, X. WangTrade ReviewThe International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation consists of a series of essays within chapters about the development and application of non-market environmental valuation on the international level due to the role of economics in environmental policy issues, written by experts in the field, primarily faculty from universities throughout the world. . . It offers a unique perspective on the study of non-market environmental valuation and a basis for further study of specific countries and/or specific issues.' --Lucy Heckman, American Reference Books Annual 2012'The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation provides a valuable summation of the current landscape of nonmarket environmental valuation (NMEV). The contributors provide empirical case studies of a range of techniques as well as some of the most up-to-date discussions of solutions to some of the key theoretical and methodological issues facing the area. . . the Handbook provides a detailed and thorough survey of the landscape of NMEV, from interesting and accessible case studies to in-depth discussions of its theoretical underpinning. The aim of appealing to policymakers and academia alike is a challenge that many similar publications attempt, but this is often fraught with difficulties. The Handbook makes a good attempt at meeting this challenge. . . likely to provide a valuable resource to dip in and out of as required - and is worth having on the shelf!' --Tim Laing, Environment and Planning CTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Rise and Rise of Non-market Environmental Valuation Jeff Bennett 2. Using Hedonic Pricing for Estimating Compensation Payments for Noise and Other Externalities from New Roads Ståle Navrud and Jon Strand 3. A Hedonic Price Model of Coral Reef Quality in Hawaii Roy Brouwer, Sebastiaan Hess, Yi Liu, Pieter van Beukering and Sonia Garcia 4. Applying the Travel Cost Method to Minorca Beaches: Some Policy Results Pere Riera, Kenneth E. McConnell, Marek Giergiczny and Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu 5. The Role of Water Quality Perceptions in Modelling Lake Recreation Demand Yongsik Jeon, Joseph A. Herriges, Catherine L. Kling and John Downing 6. Testing the Robustness of Contingent Valuation Estimates of WTP to Survey Mode and Treatment of Protest Responses John Loomis, Armando González-Cabán and Joseph Champ 7. Consequentiality and Contingent Values: An Emerging Paradigm Gregory L. Poe and Christian A. Vossler 8. Decision versus Experiences Utility: An Investigation Using the Choice Experiment Method Dugald Tinch, Sergio Colombo and Nick Hanley 9. Bioindicator-based Stated Preference Valuation for Aquatic Habitat and Ecosystem Service Restoration Robert J. Johnston, Eric T. Schultz, Kathleen Segerson and Elena Y. Besedin 10. Efficiency versus Bias: The Role of Distributional Parameters in Count Contingent Behaviour Models Jeffrey Englin, Arwin Pang and Thomas Holmes 11. Estimation of Household Water Demand with Merged Revealed and Stated Preference Data Jeremy Cheesman and Jeff Bennett 12. Preference Heterogeneity and Non-market Benefits: The Roles of Structural Hedonic and Sorting Models H. Allen Klaiber and V. Kerry Smith 13. Dealing with Scale and Scope Issues in Stated Preference Experiments John Rolfe and Xuehong Wang 14. Experimental Design Strategies for Stated Preference Studies Dealing with Non-market Goods John M. Rose, Stuart Bain and Michiel C.J. Bliemer 15. Incentive and Information Properties of Preference Questions: Commentary and Extensions Richard T. Carson and Theodore Groves 16. Valid Value Estimates and Value Estimate Validation: Better Methods and Better Testing for Stated Preference Research Ian J. Bateman 17. Evaluating Benefit Transfer for Canadian Water Quality Improvements Using US/Canada Metadata: An Application of International Meta-analysis Paul J. Thomassin and Robert J. Johnston Index

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Book SynopsisCost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is one of the most useful tools of applied economics for the social appraisal of public projects and government policies. Nick Hanley and Edward Barbier show how CBA can be applied to environmental policy choice and environmental resource management. They cover the conceptual underpinnings of CBA, practical methods for applying CBA, and a wide range of case study applications from Europe, North America and developing countries. Issues such as the value of ecosystem services and the special problems posed for CBA by environmental management are brought into close focus. The textbook is aimed at students on inter-disciplinary courses as well as those studying environmental economics, welfare economics and public policy. It will also be of interest to people in the policy community, NGOs and consultancy sectors.Trade Review'An impressive piece of work that deserves to be on every European agricultural economist's bookshelf.' -- Jean-Christophe Bureau, European Review of Agricultural Economics'This is an excellent text that could be used in specialist academic courses in environmental and natural resource economics, ecological economics and cost-benefit analysis, as well as in interdisciplinary courses in public policy, planning and environmental management.' -- David James, Australasian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: The Tools 2. The Theoretical Foundations of CBA 3. Stated Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation 4. Revealed Preference Methods (1): The Travel Cost Model 5. Revealed Preference Methods (2): Hedonic Pricing 6. Valuing the Environment: Production Function Approaches 7. Discounting and the Discount Rate 8. CBA in Developing Countries: What’s Different? Part II: Case Studies 9. Valuing Ecosystem Services 10. Costs and Benefits of Water Quality Improvements 11. Valuing Habitat Protection 12. Cost–Benefit Analysis and Renewable Energy 13. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Environmental CBA Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity interact with economic growth and development. The contributors provide valuable insight into how diverse cities should best be governed and made sustainable, and explore the concept of diversity in relation to sustainability. Building on segregation, assimilation and integration policies, the book indicates the need to develop policies that can govern diversity in a dynamic, nonlinear and spatio-temporal complex way. Case studies of eight culturally diverse cities (Stockholm, Baroda, Banska Bystrica, Chicago, London, Dortmund, Rome and Antwerp) clearly illustrate the relationship between diversity and development, identifying the conditions under which diversity leads to economic performance. These studies are underpinned by an econometric analysis of the relationship between diversity and development across European regions.This unique book will prove a fascinating read to both academics and policymakers with a specific interest in public policy, regional and urban studies, and more generally in economics, the environment and ecology.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: SUSTAINABLE DIVERCITIES 1. Sustainable DiverCities Patrizia Zanoni and Maddy Janssens 2. Facilitating Intercultural Encounters within a Global Context: Towards Processual Conditions Maddy Janssens and Patrizia Zanoni 3. Diversity, Cities and Economic Development Elena Bellini, Dino Pinelli and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano PART II: CASE STUDIES Introduction to Part II 4. Constructing Cultural Identity for the ‘Good’ Life: The Case of Blin Culture Community in Stockholm Kiflemariam Hamde 5. Cultural Diversity and Conflict in Multicultural Cities: The Case of Baroda Alaknanda Patel 6. Post-Socialist City on the Way to Diversity: The Case of Banská- Bystrica Alexandra Bitusiková 7. Chicago: A Story of Diversity Richard C. Longworth 8. London. Demonstrating ‘Good’ Diversity: Option and Choice in the Local System Sandra Wallman 9. Diversity, Deprivation and Space: A Comparison of Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Germany, Denmark and Britain David M. May 10. Rome. Electing Foreign Representatives to the City Government: Governance Strategies Raffaele Bracalenti and Kristine M. Crane 11. Integration of Non-natives into the Regular Labour Market: The Paradox Project in the City of Antwerp Dafne C. Reymen 12. Coordinating Diversities for Prospering DiverCities Dafne C. Reymen Index

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering book provides a comprehensive, rigorous and in-depth analysis of China's energy and environmental policy for the transition towards a low-carbon economy. This unique book focuses on concrete, constructive and realistic solutions to China's unprecedented environmental pollution and rising greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and energy security as a result of steeply rising oil imports. It provides an up-to-date factual analysis of China's efforts and commitments to improve energy efficiency, to cut pollutants and to increase the use of renewable energy to create a low-carbon economy. The author explores many of the policies and measures that China has put in place to save energy and reduce emissions, as well as examines new policies and measures in order for China to be successful. Energy and Environmental Policy in China will prove to be of great value to practitioners and policy makers, as well as to academies and students in the areas of economics, environmental studies, Asian studies, regional and urban studies, law, political science and sociology.Trade Review‘. . . this book provides a well-informed and accessible account of the constraints on and the possibilities for carbon emissions reduction in China.’ -- Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence‘Energy and Environmental Policy in China represents the culmination of Zhang’s ideas on the subject over the last decade. This book’s main goal is to create a policy time line for China’s future carbon emission reductions by the middle of the 21st century. In addition, Zhang wishes to document the considerable strides in increasing energy efficiency made by China in the past several decades. The book does answer crucial questions relating to China’s carbon policies and presents a reasoned way forward for China in international negotiations.’ -- Richard Louis Edmonds, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Effective Environmental Protection in the Context of Government Decentralization 3. Is it Fair to Treat China as a Christmas Tree to Hang Everybody’s Complaints? Putting its Own Energy Saving into Perspective 4. Assessing China’s Carbon Intensity Pledge for 2020: Stringency and Credibility Issues and their Implications 5. In What Format and Under What Time Frame Would China Take on Climate Commitments? A Roadmap to 2050 6. The US Proposed Carbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China’s Responses 7. Conclusions: China in the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy References Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides an economic analysis of the significant environmental and energy problems facing China in the 21st century.Chinese Economic Development and the Environment measures productivity, taking into account energy resources and environmental attributes that are central to sustaining economies. Applying an integrated model of energy production, transformation and consumption processes, the authors investigate the underlying driving forces behind trends in CO2 emissions in relation to the total primary energy supply. Exploring the history and development of China's economic, energy and environmental policy, this book will strongly appeal to postgraduate students in economics and environmental studies. It will also be beneficial for practitioners and policy-makers interested in understanding how successful market and environmental policies can contribute to efficiency by encouraging, rather than inhibiting, technological innovation.Trade Review'. . . the book represents a considerable effort to shed light on China's environmental crisis and its relationship to the rapid economic growth of the country. It is empirically driven, methodologically innovative, and well worth reading.' -- Bryan Tilt, Environment and Planning C'The authors are to be congratulated for a book that provides a comprehensive and vigorous analysis of many pressing environmental issues which China faces now and will face in the future. The book will be of interest to a broad audience, and is a must-read for and should be on the book shelf of anyone concerned about and attempting to understand environmental issues related to agriculture, water, industry, energy production and use, investment and development in China.' -- Zhongxiang Zhang, The China JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Economic Growth and the Environment 2. Environmental Kuznets Curve 3. Efficiency in Environment Management 4. Wastewater, Waste Gas and Solid Waste 5. Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Policies 6. Increasing Returns to Pollution Abatement 7. Causal Direction Between Pollution Abatement and Environmental Efficiency 8. Water and Agriculture 9. Iron and Steel Industry 10. Stagnancy of Energy-Related CO2 Emissions 11. Energy Supply-Side and Demand-Side Effects 12. Experts’ Judgment on the Future Perspective 13. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisConcerns about natural resource scarcity, together with the increased awareness of environmental problems, has led to widespread interest in green accounting, which attempts to extend the standard national accounts to include the yields from natural and environmental resources. For this volume, Professors Lofgren and Li have selected the classic articles in this rapidly growing area, with particular reference to sustainability. They have also written an authoritative new introduction which offers a comprehensive overview of the literature both from a historical and a formal theoretical perspective. This volume will be an invaluable reference source for scholars and practitioners seeking an in-depth understanding of the main issues in this important field.Trade Review‘Green National Accounting and Sustainability is an impressive body of work and the result of painstaking, peer reviewed research making it a mandatory and core addition to professional and academic library economics reference collections and supplemental economics curriculum reading lists.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Karl-Gustaf Löfgren and Chuan-Zhong Li PART I GENERAL GROWTH AND ACCOUNTING 1. Irving Fisher ([1906] 1965), ‘Income’ 2. Erik Lindahl (1933), ‘The Concept of Income’ 3. J.R. Hicks (1939), ‘Income’ 4. Paul A. Samuelson (1961), ‘The Evaluation of “Social Income”: Capital Formation and Wealth’ 5. William D. Nordhaus and James Tobin (1972), ‘Is Growth Obsolete?’ 6. Martin L. Weitzman (1976), ‘On the Welfare Significance of National Product in a Dynamic Economy’ 7. David W. Pearce and Giles D. Atkinson (1993), ‘Capital Theory and the Measurement of Sustainable Development: An Indicator of “Weak” Sustainability’ 8. Robert Solow (1993), ‘An Almost Practical Step Toward Sustainability’ 9. Thomas Aronsson and Karl-Gustaf Löfgren (1995), ‘National Product Related Welfare Measures in the Presence of Technological Change: Externalities and Uncertainty’ 10. Geir B. Asheim (1994), ‘Net National Product as an Indicator of Sustainability’ 11. Martin L. Weitzman (2001), ‘A Contribution to the Theory of Welfare Accounting’ 12. Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler (2003), ‘Evaluating Projects and Assessing Sustainable Development in Imperfect Economies’ PART II GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING NATURAL RESOURCES 13. Lewis Cecil Gray (1914), ‘Rent Under the Assumption of Exhaustibility’ 14. Harold Hotelling (1931), ‘The Economics of Exhaustible Resources’ 15. Colin W. Clark (1973), ‘Profit Maximization and the Extinction of Animal Species’ 16. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources’ 17. M.L. Cropper (1976), ‘Regulating Activities with Catastrophic Environmental Effects’ 18. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’ 19. P.S. Dasgupta and G.M. Heal (1979), ‘The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’ 20. William A. Brock (1977), ‘A Polluted Golden Age’ 21. William D. Nordhaus (1993), ‘Rolling the “DICE”: An Optimal Transition Path for Controlling Greenhouse Gases’ 22. Olli Tahvonen and Jari Kuuluvainen (1993), ‘Economic Growth, Pollution, and Renewable Resources’ 23. Graciela Chichilnisky (1996), ‘An Axiomatic Approach to Sustainable Development’ 24. Chuan-Zhong Li and Karl-Gustaf Löfgren (2000), ‘Renewable Resources and Economic Sustainability: A Dynamic Analysis under Heterogeneous Time Preferences’ PART III NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING 25. Wassily Leontief (1970), ‘Environmental Repercussions and the Economic Structure: An Input–Output Approach’ 26. Robert Repetto, William Magrath, Michael Wells, Christine Beer and Fabrizio Rossini (1992), ‘Wasting Assets: Natural Resources in the National Income Accounts’ 27. Robert Eisner (1996), ‘Expansion of Boundaries and Satellite Accounts’ 28. Salah El Serafy (1989), ‘The Proper Calculation of Income from Depletable Natural Resources’ 29. John M. Hartwick (1990), ‘Natural Resources, National Accounting and Economic Depreciation’ 30. Karl-Goran Mäler (1991), ‘National Accounts and Environmental Resources’ 31. Lars Hultkrantz (1992), ‘National Account of Timber and Forest Environmental Resources in Sweden’ 32. Thomas Aronsson (1998), ‘Welfare Measurement, Green Accounting and Distortionary Taxes’ 33. Kirk Hamilton and Michael Clemens (1999), ‘Genuine Savings Rates in Developing Countries’ 34. Rashid M. Hassan (2000), ‘Improved Measure of the Contribution of Cultivated Forests to National Income and Wealth in South Africa’ 35. Eric Neumayer (2000), ‘Resource Accounting in Measures of Unsustainability: Challenging the World Bank’s Conclusions’ 36. Jeffrey R. Vincent (2002), ‘Genuine Savings and Long-Run Competitiveness in Latin America’

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Book SynopsisDeforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over conservation of natural habitats and biological diversity capturing both scientific and public attention. More recently, the debate over tropical forest conservation has radically shifted to the approximately fifteen percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by deforestation and forest degradation, and to the potential synergies from integrating forest management with climate change policies. The goal of this book is to shed light on some of the major concerns, issues and challenges related to the inclusion of forest carbon in international climate policies, as well as to illustrate some of the potential solutions and paths forward. In addition, the book describes the status of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in international climate policy negotiations, providing an historical perspective and highlighting the current positions of key international players that will frame the future debate at the national, regional and international level. This study will find a broad readership among researchers and policymakers interested in the environment, climate change and resource management.Trade Review’. . . the chapters make up a book of high value as the most up-to-date compilation on this hot topic, designed to be a reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the environmental and forest-resource management at the national, regional and international levels.’ -- Ramón Elena-Rosselló and Santiago Saura, European Review of Agricultural Economics‘Deforestation and Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of the state of play in international regimes, programs and proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. . . the book brings together a collection of papers canvassing some very important topics, cleverly crafted by the editors to flow rationally from general observations to quite technical evaluation of methods and approaches. It caters for a range of audiences who may have a little knowledge of climate change policy development.’ -- Matt McIntyre, Australian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Deforestation and Emerging Greenhouse Gas Compliance Regimes: Toward a Global Environmental Law of Forests, Carbon and Climate Governance William Boyd 2. From The Hague to Copenhagen: Why it Failed Then and Why it Could be Different Federica Bietta 3. The European Union’s Position on REDD Financing Pedro Piris-Cabezas 4. International Forest Carbon in the US Congress: A Survey of Key Congressional Staff Lou Leonard, Raymond Kopp and Nigel Purvis 5. Preparing for REDD: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Benoît Bosquet, Stefano Pagiola and André Aquino 6. Incentives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation: A Stock-Flow Approach with Target Reductions Andrea Cattaneo 7. Towards a Sound REDD: Ensuring Globally Consistent Reference Scenarios and Safeguarding Sustainability Co-Benefits Michael Obersteiner, Ewald Rametsteiner, Florian Kraxner, Ian McCallum, Kentaro Aoki, Hannes Boettcher, Steffen Fritz, Mykola Gusti, Petr Havlik, Georg Kindermann and Belinda Reyers 8. Financing Global Forests: The Eliasch Review Graham Floater and Duncan Stone 9. REDD and the Global Carbon Market: The Role of Banking Pedro Piris-Cabezas 10. Options on REDD as a Hedging Tool for Post-Kyoto Climate Policy Alexander Golub 11. Epilogue: REDD Past, Present, and Future Valentina Bosetti and Ruben Lubowski Index

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Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index

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Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index

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Book SynopsisNature-based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics, environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature-based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites, Antarctic, subtropical and tropical national park-based tourism and an NGO's conservation efforts modeled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.Trade ReviewThis book tackles the two edge sword of non consumptive wildlife tourism: on net does it add to or detract from species conservation? The book does so with a treasure trove of original survey research on the supply and demand for wildlife tourism on both public and private lands from Antarctica to rainforests to marine wildlife. The economic analysis is one of the first to apply new behavioral economics to analyzing tourists' choices. - John Loomis, Colorado State University, US Does nature-based tourism help or hinder biodiversity conservation? The answer provided by this authoritative volume is that it depends on context and type of tourism and is no easy panacea. Indeed it can result in an under supply of nature conservation from an economic point of view. This book provides an excellent synthesis, supported by case studies, of the tourism - conservation trade off problem, it will appeal to both academic and practitioner audiences. - R. Kerry Turner, CBE, University of East Anglia, UK This book encapsulates a lifetime's scholarly work between the authors. It sets out the platform upon which nature-based tourism may be discussed and debated, which it then enriches by a series of case examples, mostly drawn from personal experience. In doing so it performs a valuable service to all interested in this field by capturing those detailed insights into nature-based tourism that are often only acquired by experience. - Stephen Wanhill, Editor, Tourism Economics In today's world, even nature seems to have to pay its own way. Nature-based Tourism and Conservation provides detailed real-life examples of how this is working in various parts of the world, from rainforests to Antarctica, and how the tradeoffs can best be measured. Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson provide a unique economic perspective to the various issues involved, providing practical illustrations of how others can incorporate the various ways of considering costs and benefits when deciding how to define the role nature-based tourism when planning conservation measures. This book will be useful to a wide range of audiences, from national protected area agencies to private land-owners who are establishing their own nature-based tourism enterprises. - --Jeffrey McNeely, International Union for Conservation of Nature, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Background 1. An Overview of Nature-based Tourism and Conservation 2. The Growing Importance of Nature-based Tourism: Its Evolution and Significant Policy Issues 3. The User-Pays Principle and Conservation in National Parks: Review and Australian Case Study Part II: Tourism, Protected Areas and Nature Conservation 4. World Heritage Listing of Australian Natural Sites: Effects on Tourism, Economic Value and Conservation 5. Antarctic Tourism: Environmental Concerns and the Importance of Antarctica’s Natural Attractions for Tourists 6. Rainforest Tourists: Wildlife and Other Features Attracting Visitors to Lamington National Park, Australia 7. Are Tourists Rational? Destination Decisions and Other Results from a Survey of Visitors to a North Queensland Natural Site – Jourama Falls 8. A Case Study of an NGO’s Ecotourism Efforts: Findings Based on a Survey of Visitors to its Tropical Nature Reserve Part III: Particular Wildlife Species or Groups of Species as Tourist Attractions 9. Tourism as a Force for Conserving Sea Turtles Under Natural Conditions 10. The Role of Open-cycle Hatcheries Relying on Tourism in Sea Turtle Conservation: A Blessing or a Threat? 11. Whale-Watching as a Tourism Resource and as an Impetus for the Conservation of Whales 12. Little Penguins and Other Seabirds as Tourist Drawcards 13. Yellow-eyed Penguins and Royal Albatross as Valuable Tourist Attractions 14. Glow-worms and Other Insects Entice Tourists 15. Tree-Kangaroos, Tourism and Conservation: A Study of a Little-known Species Part IV: This Study in Retrospect 16. General Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisCan new modes of governance, such as public-private partnerships, stakeholder consultations and networks, promote effective environmental policy performance as well as increased deliberative and participatory quality? This book argues that in academic inquiry and policy practice there has been a deliberative turn, manifested in a revitalized interest in deliberative democracy coupled with calls for novel forms of public-private governance. By linking theory and practice, the contributors critically examine the legitimacy and effectiveness of new modes of governance, using a range of case studies on climate, forestry, water and food safety policies from local to global levels.>Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy will appeal to scholars, both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as researchers of environmental politics, international relations, environmental studies and political science. It will also interest practitioners involved in the actual design and implementation of new governance modes in areas of sustainable development, food safety, forestry and climate change.Trade Review'This book offers a rare, critical examination of the ''promise'' that new modes of governance - soft, flexible and collaborative - will counteract deficits in governance, legitimacy and implementation. The book is frames by a careful and scholarly review across three intersecting disciplines: green politics; deliberative democracy; and governance theory. . . . The book is clearly argued, usefully interdisciplinary and accessible without too much jargon. The case studies are interesting and relvant to the theory. . . The book provides a fascinating challenge to the normative view of the value of deliberation and new modes of governance in environmental and sustainability policy development and implementation. Scholars might like to read it in conjunction with the range of cases that provide stronger empirical evidence in support of the ''promise''.' --Laura Stocker, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management'This important new book provides an excellent critical evaluation of new modes of governance in environmental and sustainability policy. The multidisciplinary team of contributors combine fresh insights from all levels of governance all around a carefully crafted conceptual framework to advance our understanding of the effectiveness and legitimacy of new types of steering, including networks, public private partnerships, and multi-stakeholder dialogues. This is a crucial contribution to the field.' --Frank Biermann, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THEORIZING THE PROMISE OF NEW MODES OF GOVERNANCE 1. The Promise of New Modes of Environmental Governance Karin Bäckstrand, Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell and Eva Lövbrand 2. Rationalities and Forms of Governance: A Framework for Analysing the Legitimacy of New Modes of Governance Annica Kronsell and Karin Bäckstrand 3. The Deliberative Turn in Green Political Theory Eva Lövbrand and Jamil Khan PART II: GLOBAL AND SUPRANATIONAL GOVERNANCE 4. Weberian Climate Policy: Administrative Rationality Organized as a Market Johannes Stripple 5. The Legitimacy of Global Public–Private Partnerships on Climate and Sustainable Development Karin Bäckstrand 6. Stakeholder Participation in the EU Governance of GMO in the Food Chain Beatrice Bengtsson and Mikael Klintman 7. Participation under Administrative Rationality: Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in Forestry Lovisa Hagberg PART III: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE 8. The Deliberative Turn in Swedish Sustainability Governance: Participation from Below or Governing from Above? Roger Hildingsson 9. Old and New Forms of Governance of Food Technologies in Mid-20th Century Sweden Gustav Holmberg 10. Regulatory Challenges and Forest Governance in Sweden Peter Schlyter and Ingrid Stjernquist 11. Local Climate Mitigation and Network Governance: Progressive Policy Innovation or Status Quo in Disguise? Jamil Khan PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 12. Environmental Politics after the Deliberative Turn Karin Bäckstrand, Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell and Eva Lövbrand Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Environmental Taxation captures the state of the art of research on environmental taxation. Written by 36 specialists in environmental taxation from 16 countries, it takes an interdisciplinary and international approach, focusing on issues that are universal to using taxation to achieve environmental goals.The Handbook explores the conceptual foundations of environmental taxation, essential elements for designing environmental tax measures, factors that influence the acceptance of environmental taxation, the variety of ways to implement environmental taxes, their environmental and economic impact and, finally, the larger question of the role of taxation among other policy approaches to environmental protection. Intermixing theory with case studies, the Handbook offers readers lessons that can be applied around the world. It identifies key bodies of research for people who are already working in the field or entering the field and highlights issues that call for more research in the future.With systematic analysis of key issues in environmental taxation, this book will appeal to researchers, governments, think tanks, NGOs, and academics in law, economics, political science and public finance, as well as students specializing in environmental taxation and other market-based instruments.Contributors include: M.S. Andersen, H. Ashiabor, J.-P. Barde, N.A. Braathen, N.J. Chalifour, P. Ekins, M.G. Faure, O. Godard, P.M. Herrera, M. Jaccard, W.K. Jaeger, Å. Löfgren, M. Mehling, J.E. Milne, A. Muller, H.Ø. Nielsen, B.E. Olsen, T. Palmer-Tous, J. Pavel, P. Preiss, A. Riera-Font, M. Rodi, M.A.G. Ruiz, R. Sairinen, K. Schlegelmilch, C.D. Soares, S. Speck, T. Sterner, P. Thalmann, E. Traversa, L. Vitek, H. Vollebergh, H. Vos, S.E. Weishaar, Y. XuTrade Review‘Ingeniously organized in a life cycle format, the Handbook covers environmental taxation concepts, design, acceptance, implementation, and impact. The universal themes discussed in each area will appeal to a broad range of readers.’ -- Larry Kreiser, Cleveland State University, US‘This book is a smart and useful reader’s guide providing analytical tools for a full comprehension of environmental taxes, with an interdisciplinary approach that looks at all the different phases of environmental taxation: from the design to the implementation, the political acceptance and the impact on the economy. The authors’ effort is very successful in endowing academicians, policy makers and the general public with an excellent proof of the effectiveness of environmental taxes and green tax reforms.’ -- Alberto Majocchi, University of Pavia, Italy‘Putting the words “environment” next to “taxation” might not always be the flavour of the month, but no modern society can ignore the value of the natural environment and the need to maintain its good quality and no competitive economy can prosper without the necessary tax revenues to function. Environmental taxation offers the prospect of moving towards a more resource-efficient economy, where preference is given to tax more what we burn, less what we earn. I welcome this contribution to the literature.’ -- Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, European Commission‘The Milne and Andersen volume provides a splendid treatment of environmental taxation that encompasses the basic conceptual issues, problems of tax design and implementation, and several insightful case studies that show how environmental taxes actually work in practice. It is the best overall treatment of environmental taxation available: comprehensive, rigorous, and readable.’ -- Wallace Oates, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. This Book’s Approach to Environmental Taxation Janet E. Milne PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Introduction to Environmental Taxation Concepts and Research Janet E. Milne and Mikael Skou Andersen 3. Economic Principles of Environmental Fiscal Reform Jean-Philippe Barde and Olivier Godard 4. Legal Authority to Enact Environmental Taxes Michael Rodi and Hope Ashiabor PART II: DESIGN 5. Design Options and their Rationales Pedro M. Herrera Molina 6. Earmarking Revenues from Environmentally Related Taxes Claudia Dias Soares 7. Designing Environmental Taxes in Countries in Transition: A Case Study of Vietnam Michael Rodi, Kai Schlegelmilch and Michael Mehling 8. Externality Research Philipp Preiss PART III: ACCEPTANCE 9. Regressivity of Environmental Taxation: Myth or Reality? Katri Kosonen 10. The Political Acceptability of Carbon Taxes: Lessons from British Columbia Mark Jaccard 11. Gaining Intergovernmental Acceptance: Legal Rules Protecting Trade Birgitte Egelund Olsen 12. The Double Dividend Debate William K. Jaeger 13. The Political Economy of Environmental Taxation Nils Axel Braathen PART IV: IMPLEMENTATION 14. Multilevel Governance: The Implications of Legal Competences to Collect, Administer and Regulate Environmental Tax Instruments Nathalie Chalifour, María Amparo Grau-Ruiz and Edoardo Traversa 15. Transaction Costs of Environmental Taxation: The Administrative Burden Jan Pavel and Leoš Vítek 16. Structuring Road Transport Taxes to Capture Externalities: A Critical Analysis of Approaches Teresa Palmer-Tous and Antoni Riera-Font 17. Environmental Taxation in China: The Greening of an Emerging Economy Yan Xu 18. A Review of Selected Databases on Market-based Instruments Hans Vos PART V: IMPACT 19. Decoupling: Is There a Separate Contribution from Environmental Taxation? Adrian Muller, Åsa Löfgren and Thomas Sterner 20. The Role of Environmental Taxation in Spurring Technological Change Herman Vollebergh 21. Impacts on Competitiveness: What do we know from Modeling? Paul Ekins and Stefan Speck PART VI: POLICY MIX 22. The Role of Environmental Taxation: Economics and the Law Michael G. Faure and Stefan E. Weishaar 23. Regulatory Reform and Development of Environmental Taxation: The Case of Carbon Taxation and Ecological Tax Reform in Finland Rauno Sairinen 24. Bounded Rationality in an Imperfect World of Regulations: What if Individuals are Not Optimizing? Helle Ørsted Nielsen 25. Global Environmental Taxes Philippe Thalmann PART VII: CONCLUSION 26. The Future Agenda for Environmental Taxation Research Mikael Skou Andersen and Janet E. Milne Index

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Book SynopsisEffective means of transport are critical under both normal and extreme conditions, but modern transport systems are subject to many diverse demands. This path-breaking book uniquely draws together the typically conflicting arenas of transport, the environment and security, and provides collective solutions to their respective issues and challenges. From a primarily urban perspective, the author illustrates that the fields of transportation, environment (with an emphasis on climate change) and security (for both natural hazards and terrorism) and their interconnections remain robust areas for policy and planning. Synthesizing existing data, new analyses, and a rich set of case studies, the book uses transportation networks as a framework to explore transportation in conjunction with environment, security, and interdependencies with other infrastructure sectors. The US rail transit system, ecological corridors, cyber security, planning mechanisms and the effectiveness of technologies are among the topics explored in detail. Case studies of severe and potential impacts of natural hazards, accidents, and security breaches on transportation are presented. These cases support the analyses of the forces on transportation, land use and patterns of population change that connect, disconnect and reconnect people from their environment and security. The book will prove a fascinating and insightful read for academics, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields including: transport, environmental economics, environmental management, urban planning, public policy, and terrorism and security.Trade Review‘Well-written and data-intensive, the book is persuasive on the necessity and benefits of an integrative approach towards transportation, environmental, ad security issues. It offers a high-level discussion of why such integration is imperative. Transport, the Environment and Security is a good introductory book for those who are interested in cross-cutting topics at the intersection of transportation, environment, and security.’ -- Yingling Fan, Journal of Planning Education and Research‘This book is a tremendous information resource, and Dr. Zimmerman is a true data “guru”. Informed by her unique combination of interests, Transport, the Environment and Security represents a giant leap forward in understanding this previously understudied confluence of forces, encompassing topics as diverse as how transportation affects the environment and how security problems can affect transportation.’ -- Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US‘Zimmerman’s book is a much needed addition to our scientific understanding of the nexus between environment and security within a transportation context. Transportation networks (rail and road) are the quintessential American lifeline and disruptions through episodic natural hazards, terrorist activities, or longer term climate changes will have profound changes on society – presently and in the future. Zimmerman illustrates the synergies between environment, transport networks, security, social justice and urban places in a masterful and thoughtful synthesis that underscores the interdependencies within the transportation infrastructure, the nation’s vulnerability to transport disruptions, and offers ideas for increasing the resilience of the transportation infrastructure. It will become a standard reference as we re-imagine transport in the 21st century under changing climate, security, environment, and living conditions.’ -- Susan L. Cutter, University of South Carolina, US‘Transportation planning and policy making have followed a particular model for more than fifty years. Rae Zimmerman begins with the premise that we are in a rut and that the old ways of thinking need to be replaced. An enormous amount of evidence is presented that together argues a strong case for the systematic integration of planning for transportation, the environment, and security. While the book does not get us to an integrated process, it points us to one and starts us down a creative path. A great introduction to the complexities of these relationships.’ -- Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Rail and Road Networks 3. The Climate Connection 4. Planning, Technology and Behavior 5. Environmental Networks and Transport: Air, Water and Ecosystems 6. Natural Hazards and Accidents that Disrupt Transportation Networks 7. Security 8. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book provides a balanced and comprehensive coverage of current research and practice on the role of evaluation in supporting governance for sustainable development and learning. This accessible study draws lessons from how evaluation studies and evaluation systems forward the agendas of sustainable development and good governance, by opening up decision-making processes to stakeholders, supporting evidence-based, coherent and transparent decision making, integrating concerns of the three domains of sustainable development into decision making and supporting learning and capacity building. It assesses how political-administrative realities affect the design and use of evaluation studies as well as the institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation systems. The contributors expertly review recent European experience with evaluation at the EU, national, regional and local levels which will appeal to researchers specializing in regional, political and sustainability sciences and practitioners in the area of policy/program evaluation and sustainable development. Contributors: U. Bechtold, I. Celebicic, S. Deprez, J. Franz, S. Grafakos, K. Hogl, K. Hollaender, R. Hummelbrunner, C. Kirkpatrick, I. Leal Riesco, A. Martinuzzi, J. Molander, S. Nicholson, M. Nilsson, R. Nordbeck, V. Oikonomou, A.J. Olearius, G. Ozerol, S. Powell, M. Pregernig, M. Sedlacko, F. Stokman, E. Stormer, M. Strele, B. Truffer, H. Wilfing, D. ZevgolisTrade Review‘. . . the book is well edited and contains an instructive collection of cases on organizational learning. . . it is recommended reading for researchers interested in the sometimes arduous task of institutionalizing organizational learning.’ -- Martin Petrick, Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance for Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Learning: An Introduction Michal Sedlacko and André Martinuzzi PART I: LEARNING THROUGH EVALUATION 2. The Politics of Sustainability Evaluation: Analysis of Three Austrian Strategies for Sustainable Development Michael Pregernig, Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck 3. Tools for Learning-oriented Environmental Appraisal Måns Nilsson PART II: INSTITUTIONALISING SD CONCERNS IN EUROPEAN POLICY MAKING 4. Integrating Sustainable Development into Impact Assessment: How Effective is the European Commission? Jennifer Franz and Colin Kirkpatrick 5. Monitoring the Expected Impacts of the 7th EU Framework Programme on Sustainable Development – a Case Study on Governance by Evaluation André Martinuzzi 6. From a European Court of Auditors’ Report to a Learning Process? The Challenge to Integrate the Environment into the European Community’s Development Assistance Axel Johannes Olearius, Iola Leal Riesco and Sally Nicholson PART III: DEALING WITH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONTEXTS 7. Evaluation of Public Participation Towards Sustainable Water Management: An Institutional Perspective Gül Özerol 8. Dynamic Decision Analysis for Monitoring and Facilitating the Dutch Costa Due Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Energy Kirsten Hollaender and Frans Stokman 9. Participatory Livelihoods System Appraisal: A Learning-oriented Methodology for Impact Assessment Martin Strele 10. Towards a Process for Eliciting Criteria Weights and Enhancing Capacity of Stakeholders in Ex Ante Evaluation of Climate Policies Stelios Grafakos, Dimitrios Zevgolis and Vlasis Oikonomou PART IV: DEVELOPING LEARNING CAPACITY IN ORGANISATIONS 11. Assessment of Outcome Mapping as a Tool for Evaluating and Monitoring Support to Civil Society Organisations Steve Powell, Joakim Molander and Ivona Čelebičić 12. Development of a Learning-oriented Monitoring System for Sustainable Agriculture Chain Development in Eastern Indonesia Steff Deprez 13. Process Monitoring of Impacts and its Application in Structural Fund Programmes Richard Hummelbrunner 14. Participatory Ex Ante Evaluation of Long-term Infrastructure Plans as a Policy-learning Process Eckhard Störmer and Bernhard Truffer PART V: REFLECTING EVALUATION TOOLS: PERSPECTIVES AND PITFALLS 15. The Role of Visualisation Within Sustainability Evaluation Processes Harald Wilfing and Ulrike Bechtold Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including carbon trading, revenue recycling, and reorientation of private and social investment are analyzed, providing insight into new paths for economic development with flat or negative carbon emissions. These issues will be crucial to macroeconomic and development policies in the twenty-first century.What are the likely economic effects of climate change? What are the costs of substantial action to avert climate change? What economic policies can be effective in responding to climate change? The debate has broad implications for public policy. However, it also raises fundamental questions about economic analysis itself, and moves issues of environmental policy from the microeconomic to the macroeconomic level. Taking global climate change seriously requires a re-examination of macroeconomic goals. Economic growth has been closely linked to expanded use of energy, primarily fossil fuels. The assumption of continuing economic growth, in turn, leads economists to discount future costs, including the generational impacts of climate change. Challenging conventional concepts of growth implies different development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to address these issues. Scholars, researchers and students of economics and development studies along with policymakers and non-governmental organizations will find this insightful book of great interest.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin PART I: THE SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGE 1. Understanding the Challenge of Global Warming Lloyd J. Dumas 2. The New Climate Economics: The Stern Review versus its Critics Frank Ackerman 3. Economics and Climate Change: Resilience, Equity, and Sustainability Neva R. Goodwin 4. The Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World Paul Baer, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha PART II: MACROECONOMIC THEORY PERSPECTIVES 5. The Economic Fundamentals of Global Warming Duncan K. Foley 6. Energy Productivity, Labor Productivity, and Global Warming Lance Taylor 7. Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development: Applying the Sustainomics Framework Mohan Munasinghe 8. Ecological Macroeconomics: Consumption, Investment and Climate Change Jonathan M. Harris PART III: POLICY OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE 9. Cap and Dividend: How to Curb Global Warming While Promoting Income Equity James K. Boyce and Matthew Riddle 10. Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change Brian Roach 11. The New EU Emissions Trading Scheme: A Blueprint for the Global Carbon Market? Christian Egenhofer 12. Implementation of Sustainable Development in Poland Andrzej Kassenberg 13. Climate Change from the Investor’s Perspective Adam Seitchik Index

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Book Synopsishe urgent need to enhance sustainable development in developing countries has never been greater: poverty levels are growing, land conversions are uncontrolled, and there is rapid loss of biodiversity through land use change. This timely book highlights the need for integrated assessment tools for developing countries, considering the long-term impacts of decisions taken today. The success of land use policies has in the past often been hampered by the fact that we simply do not know enough about their impact on sustainable development across developing countries. This book contributes to bridging this knowledge gap while facilitating the successful design and implementation of land use policies. The challenge of land use changes in response to changes in the policy environment - macro policy, agricultural and forest policy, environmental policy - is explored with a focus on the South. Detailed case studies encompassing seven countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America are presented via a common framework of analysis. In each case, sustainable development concerns are identified from environmental, economic and social perspectives. The interrelated causes of these problems are analyzed by identifying key drivers and relevant land use policies, and the potential impact of prioritized land use policies are then discussed. This important book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers, postgraduate students and policy makers concerned with land-use planning, sustainable development and environmental studies. Contributors: A.M. Arbi, I. Bezlepkina, M. Bonin, F. Brouwer, M. Bursztyn, L. Chen, Y. Cisse, E. Coudel, S.A. Dalimunthe, N. Debortoli, N.I.S. Dewi, S. Feng, L.N. Gachimbi, P. Gicheru, H. Jeder, S. Kashyap, H. Konig, D. Lindoso, X. Ma, D. McNeill, S.N. Makokha, I. Nesheim, N. Novira, N. Ounalli, S. Patil, S. Purushothaman, F. Qu, T.S. Rahayu, P. Reidsma, S. Rodrigues-Filho, J. Schuler, M. Sghaier, X. Shi, J.-P. Tonneau, R. Verburg, J. Von Braun, J.W. Wamuongo, A.P. WicaksonoTrade Review‘I would recommend the text for both policy makers and postgraduate students concerned with land use planning as it provides a useful framework for policy analysis alongside the case studies by way of illustration of implementation.’ -- Alison Bailey, Experimental Agriculture‘The ever increasing competition for land, and the environmental pressures being placed on this most fundamental resource, call for a new approach to its governance. Based on case studies from around the world this book provides a comprehensive and unique insight into the development of sustainable land use policies in developing countries and heralds the need to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations for effective and sustainable governance.’ -- Lisa Emberson, University of York, UK‘Despite rapidly growing natural resource scarcity, land use policy remains an under-studied subject. This book provides a valuable resource on both methodologies and case studies on land use policy assessment for developing countries, where change is most rapid.’ -- Claudia Ringler, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Floor Brouwer, Ingrid Nesheim and Desmond McNeill PART I: INTRODUCTION 2. Agriculture and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries in a Changed Global Context Joachim von Braun 3. Institutional Context for Sustainable Development Desmond McNeill, René Verburg and Marcel Bursztyn 4. Integrated Assessment Approach Pytrik Reidsma, Hannes König and Irina Bezlepkina PART II: CASE STUDIES 5. Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution in Taihu Lake Basin, China Shuyi Feng, Xiaoping Shi, Pytrik Reidsma, Xianlei Ma and Futian Qu 6. Land Degradation in the Arid Jeffara Region, Tunisia Mongi Sghaier, Abdeladhim Mohamed Arbi, Jean-Philippe Tonneau, Nadia Ounalli, Houcine Jeder and Muriel Bonin 7. Land Degradation and Irrigation Practices in the Office du Niger, Mali Youssouf Cissé, Muriel Bonin, Ingrid Nesheim, Jean-Philippe Tonneau and René Verburg 8. Pressure on Land in the Yogyakarta Region, Indonesia Nina Novira, Syarifah Aini Dalimunthe, Nur Indah Sari Dewi, Triana Sefti Rahayu, Aditya Pandu Wicaksono, Hannes König and Johannes Schuler 9. Land Subdivision and Degradation in Narok, Kenya Patrick Gicheru, Stella Nabwile Makokha, Le Chen, Louis N. Gachimbi and Jane W. Wamuongo 10. Agrarian Crisis and Policy Links: A Framework for Karnataka, India Seema Purushothaman, Sheetal Patil and Sham Kashyap 11. Road Development and Deforestation in Amazonia, Brazil Saulo Rodrigues-Filho, Marcel Bursztyn, Diego Lindoso, Nathan Debortoli, Ingrid Nesheim and René Verburg PART III: CONCLUSION 12. Lessons from a Comparative Analysis of Case Studies Ingrid Nesheim, Desmond McNeill, Irina Bezlepkina, Floor Brouwer, Youssouf Cissé, Shuyi Feng, Patrick Gicheru, Nina Novira, Seema Purushothaman, Saulo Rodrigues-Filho and Mongi Sghaier 13. Critical Analysis of Land Use Policies Muriel Bonin, Emilie Coudel, Youssouf Cissé, Shuyi Feng, Patrick Gicheru, Nina Novira, Nadia Ounalli, Seema Purushothaman, Saulo Rodrigues-Filho, Mongi Sghaier, Xiaoping Shi and Jean-Philippe Tonneau 14. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Floor Brouwer, Desmond McNeill and Ingrid Nesheim Index

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

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Book SynopsisCurrent systems thinking in urban and environmental planning provides ways to consider hidden forces behind both planned and consequential changes, in order that we can express, check, and clarify our mental models of the structure and function of these systems.In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an 'extended mental model'. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditions, objectives, action) in a visual form which both stimulates and clearly communicates reasoning. As a result, concerns, defined objectives, and corresponding actions are uniquely linked. He goes on to illustrate how the structural and functional organization of the target system extends naturally into the planning process, and how decision-making therefore becomes based on systems learning.This challenging book will enhance the ability of spatial planners of all levels, especially students and newly qualified professionals, to prepare effective plan proposals. Strategy consultants will also find it a useful tool in preparing improved plan proposals and communicating more effectively with clients. Additionally, the book will assist government bodies to focus on the crux of development problems and reach balanced decisions more quickly. The enhanced problem formulation method presented in this volume is sure to prove an invaluable tool for researchers, students, and consultants in related fields including: operations research, system dynamics, business management, impact assessment, landscape architecture and environmental engineering.Trade Review’Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning constitutes an excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the planning literature that goes well beyond the classical systems theory. Anastassios Perdicoulis' book is enjoyable to read, the technical language, blended with numerous examples and case studies, is well adapted to readers with different backgrounds and experiences, from planning students to professional urban and environmental planners, and the main message is clearly presented. The current non-explicit style of planning practice brings about a number of important weaknesses to the whole planning process. Against this background, the author rightly argues that appropriate actions, the rational behind these actions and the on the ground outcomes have to be disclosed, clearly explained and verified to enable more effective communication and participation of the different stakeholders in decision making.’ --Paulo Pinho, Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, Portugal\'Perdicoúlis's book will serve well as an introductory text in fields of engineering, management and operations research, although not written as a textbook.' --Tridib Banerjee, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Systems Thinking 3. Decision Making 4. Diagramming Techniques 5. New Plans 6. Existing Plans 7. Simulations Epilogue Index

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

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Resource Rich Economies discusses the problems and benefits of economies rich in natural resources. After a brief look at some historical aspects, it explores the concept known as the 'Dutch Disease' and offers empirical and theoretical insights into the effects of rich natural resources on economic growth. It investigates the political economy of natural resources, issues of conflict and natural resources and a variety of policies and strategies for managing the revenue from natural resources. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables PART I NATURAL RESOURCES IN HISTORY 1. Paul A. David and Gavin Wright (1997), ‘Increasing Returns and the Genesis of American Resource Abundance’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 6 (2), March, 203–45 2. Gary D. Libecap (1978), ‘Economic Variables and the Development of the Law: The Case of Western Mineral Rights’, Journal of Economic History, 38 (2), June, 338–62 3. Christopher Blattman, Jason Hwang and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2007), ‘Winners and Losers in the Commodity Lottery: The Impact of Terms of Trade Growth and Volatility in the Periphery 1870–1939’, Journal of Development Economics, 82 (1), January, 156–79 PART II DUTCH DISEASE 4. W. Max Corden and J. Peter Neary (1982), ‘Booming Sector and De-Industrialisation in a Small Open Economy’, Economic Journal, 92 (368), December, 825–48 5. Peter Neary (1988), ‘Determinants of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate’, American Economic Review, 78 (1), March, 210–15 6. R.K. Eastwood and A.J. Venables (1982), ‘The Macroeconomic Implications of a Resource Discovery in an Open Economy’, Economic Journal, 92 (366), June, 285–99 7. Sweder van Wijnbergen (1984), ‘The “Dutch Disease”: A Disease After All?’, Economic Journal, 94 (373), March, 41–55 8. Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables (2013), ‘Absorbing a Windfall of Foreign Exchange: Dutch Disease Dynamics’, Journal of Development Economics, 103, July, 229–43 PART III RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 9. Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner (2001), ‘The Curse of Natural Resources’, European Economic Review, 45 (4–6), May, 827–38 10. Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis (2012), ’Commodity Prices and Growth: An Empirical Investigation’, European Economic Review, 56 (6), August, 1241–60 11. Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene and Ragnar Torvik (2006), ‘Institutions and the Resource Curse’, Economic Journal, 116 (508), January, 1–20 12. Anne D. Boschini, Jan Pettersson and Jesper Roine (2007), ‘Resource Curse or Not: A Question of Appropriability’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109 (3), September, 593–617 13. Frederick van der Ploeg and Steven Poelhekke (2009), ‘Volatility and the Natural Resource Curse’, Oxford Economic Papers, 61 (4), October, 727–60 14. Benedikt Goderis and Samuel W. Malone (2011), ‘Natural Resource Booms and Inequality: Theory and Evidence’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113 (2), June, 388–417 ‘Erratum’, in Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113 (3), September, 754 15. Pedro C. Vicente (2010), ‘Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa’, Journal of Development Economics, 92 (1), May, 28–38 16. Fernando M. Aragón and Juan Pablo Rud (2013), ‘Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (2), May, 1–25 PART IV POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 17. Jørgen Juel Andersen and Silje Aslaksen (2008), ‘Constitutions and the Resource Curse’, Journal of Development Economics, 87 (2), October, 227–46 18. Jean-Marie Baland and Patrick Francois (2000), ‘Rent-seeking and Resource Booms’, Journal of Development Economics, 61 (2), April, 527–42 19. Erwin H. Bulte, Richard Damania and Robert T. Deacon (2005), ‘Resource Intensity, Institutions, and Development’, World Development, 33 (7), July, 1029–44 20. Roland Hodler (2006), ‘The Curse of Natural Resources in Fractionalized Countries’, European Economic Review, 50 (6), August, 1367–86 21. James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik and Thierry Verdier (2006), ‘Political Foundations of the Resource Curse’, Journal of Development Economics, 79 (2), April, 447–68 22. Aaron Tornell and Philip R. Lane (1999), ‘The Voracity Effect’, American Economic Review, 89 (1), March, 22–46 23. Ragnar Torvik (2002), ‘Natural Resources, Rent Seeking and Welfare’, Journal of Development Economics, 67 (2), April, 455–70 24. Francesco Caselli and Tom Cunningham (2009), ‘Leader Behaviour and the Natural Resource Curse’, Oxford Economic Papers, 61 (4), October, 628–50 PART V CONFLICT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 25. Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler (2004), ‘Greed and Grievance in Civil War’, Oxford Economic Papers, 56 (4), October, 563–95 26. James D. Fearon (2005), ‘Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49 (4), August, 483–507 27. Joshua D. Angrist and Adriana D. Kugler (2008), ‘Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia’, Review of Economics and Statistics, XC (2), May, 191–215 28. Ernesto Dal Bó and Pedro Dal Bó (2011), ‘Workers, Warriors, and Criminals: Social Conflict in General Equilibrium’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 9 (4), August, 646–77 29. Oeindrila Dube and Juan F. Vargas (2013), ‘Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia’, Review of Economic Studies, 80 (4), October, 1384–421 30. Frederick van der Ploeg and Dominic Rohner (2012), ‘War and Natural Resource Exploitation’, European Economic Review, 56 (8), November, 1714–29 PART VI RESOURCE REVENUE MANAGEMENT 31. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’, American Economic Review, 67 (5), December, 972–4 32. Avinash Dixit, Peter Hammond and Michael Hoel (1980), ‘On Hartwick’s Rule for Regular Maximin Paths of Capital Accumulation and Resource Depletion’, Review of Economic Studies, XLVII (3), April, 551–6 33. Kenneth J. Arrow, Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler (2003), ‘The Genuine Savings Criterion and the Value of Population’, Economic Theory, 21 (2–3), March, 217–25 34. J.A Sefton and M.R. Weale (2006), ‘The Concept of Income in a General Equilibrium’, Review of Economic Studies, 73 (1), January, 219–49 35. Frederick van der Ploeg and Anthony J. Venables (2011), ‘Harnessing Windfall Revenues: Optimal Policies for Resource-Rich Developing Economies‘, Economic Journal, 121 (551), March, 1–30 36. Ton S. van den Bremer and Frederick van der Ploeg (2013), ‘Managing and Harnessing Volatile Oil Windfalls’, IMF Economic Review, 61 (1), 130–67 37. Frederick van der Ploeg (2010), ‘Voracious Transformation of a Common Natural Resource into Productive Capital’, International Economic Review, 51 (2), May, 365–81 Index

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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