Environmental economics Books

Book SynopsisThis Open Access Brief presents the KAPSARC Global Energy Macroeconometric Model (KGEMM). KGEMM is a policy analysis tool for examining the impacts of domestic policy measures and global economic and energy shocks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The model has eight blocks (real sector, fiscal, monetary, external sector, price, labor and wages, energy, population, and age cohorts) that interact with each other to represent the Kingdom’s macroeconomy and energy linkages. It captures New Keynesian demand-side features anchored to medium-run equilibrium and long-run aggregate supply. It applies a cointegration and equilibrium correction modeling (ECM) methodology to time series data to estimate the model’s behavioral equations in the framework of Autometrics, a general-to-specific econometric modeling strategy. Hence, the model combines ‘theory-driven’ approach with ‘data-driven’ approach. The Brief begins with an introduction to the theoretical framework of the model and the KGEMM methodology and then walks the reader through the structure of the model and its behavioral equations. The book closes with simulations showing the application of the model. Providing a detailed introduction to a cutting-edge, robust predictive model, this Brief will be of great use to researchers and policymakers interested in macroeconomics, energy economics, econometrics, and more specifically, the economy of Saudi Arabia.Table of Contents1. Executive Summary.- 2. Literature Review.- 3. Theoretical Framework and Stylized Facts.- 4. KGEMM Methodology.- 5. Database.- 6. A Brief History and Structure of KGEMM.- 7. KGEMM Behavioral Equations and Identities.- 8. KGEMM Simulations.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool for international environmental protection. The book seeks to address this by exploring what is needed in terms of legislative action and identifying options for judicial pliability, thereby providing an important legal contribution in furthering the development of an effective international and transnational environmental liability law regime.Table of Contents- Part I International Perspectives of Corporate Environmental Liability. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Functions and Objectives of Corporate Liability for Transboundary Environmental Harm. - 3. States Responsibility and Liability for Transboundary Environmental Harm. - 4. Liability of Private Actors in International Law. - 5. International Standards for National Environmental Liability Regimes. - Part II Tackling Transboundary Environmental Damage in the National Arena. - 6. National Civil Liability and Transboundary Environmental Damage. - 7. Environmental Due Diligence Obligations in Home State Law with Regard to Transnational Value Chains. - Part III Key Sectors and Synthesis. - 8. Climate Change Litigation: A Reference Area for Liability. - 9. Geoengineering: Methods, Associated Risks and International Liability. - 10. Synthesis. Part IV Annex: Selected Environment Treaties with Liability Elements. - 11. Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects. - 12. Liability Annex to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. - 13. Liability Under Part XI UNCLOS (Deep Seabed Mining). - 14. The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. - 15. Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. - 16. Paris Agreement.

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Book SynopsisEvery society aspires to be prosperous. It also endeavors to minimize the side effects of economic growth. This book entitled The Economics of Optimal Growth Pathways addresses numerous trade-offs faced by society to achieve prosperity and explores the best possible growth pathways. The theories explored in this book serve as a springboard to better understand key challenges and aspects of the economy, including food security, land use, forest and resource management, capital markets and interest rates, oil and gas extraction, fish and marine resources, saving and investment, and climate change.This book elucidates the concept of optimal economic growth pathways while addressing the challenges faced in natural resources and life on the planet. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in resource and environmental economics.Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Introduction to the Economics of Optimal Growth PathwaysChapter 2 Ricardo’s RentChapter 3 Von Thunen’s Spatial Land Use: Grasslands and CitiesChapter 4 Faustmann’s Forest Harvest RotationChapter 5 Hotelling’s Fossil Fuel EconomicsChapter 6 Fisheries Bioeconomics under Open AccessChapter 7 Irving Fisher’s Capital and InterestChapter 8 Frank Ramsey’s Optimal SavingsChapter 9 Robert Solow’s Modern Economic GrowthChapter 10 Tjalling Koopmans’s Optimal Economic GrowthChapter 11 William Nordhaus’s Optimal Carbon Tax TrajectoryChapter 12 The Economics of Optimal Growth Pathways with Managing Natural ResourcesChapter 13 Tendencies for Sub-optimal or Post-growth Pathways

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Book SynopsisNet Zero is not enough. We have dithered so long about climate change that, by now, we would need to go to negative-emissions territory, well before 2050, to keep global warming under the iconic 1.5°C target. The national commitments made so far fall short of what is needed, and so do the investments envisioned. But even with the best of intentions, it is hard for policymakers and potential investors to discern where, in the profusion of initiatives and technologies, it would make sense to focus their attention and resources. This is where this book comes in. It offers a clear-eyed view of how far along the decarbonization path six key sectors of the economy are—namely energy, utilities, transportation, industry, buildings, and agriculture—and which areas and technologies within each sector are promising in terms of investments to advance the cause. Furthermore, a special chapter on Africa spotlights a continent that is simultaneously one of the worst affected by climate change, the most likely to see its greenhouse gas emissions increase—and the one with the greatest potential for solving the West's, and the world’s, energy transition and economic growth conundrum. As such, the book serves as a concise guide both to the state of the battle against global warming, and for investors, professionals, and policymakers to find their way through the maze of options.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Watts Next? The Energy Pathway.- Chapter 3. The EU Utility Transition: Electrifying Times.- Chapter 4. Transportation: The Long and Winding Road.- Chapter 5. Greendustry.- Chapter 6. Construction and Buildings: Green Blueprints.- Chapter 7. Forestry, Agriculture, Food Chain, and Land Use: Greener Pastures.- Chapter 8. Africa Unbound.

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Book SynopsisThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a framework established by the Kyoto Protocol that aims to connect the carbon market with sustainable development goals in developing countries. As a result, carbon that is sequestered has become a globally traded commodity with the potential to provide significant economic benefits to land managers. Unlike traditional development models, which rely on deferred and diffuse benefit streams, the new carbon market model offers an opportunity to directly link land management and natural resource conservation with specific and immediate market incentives. Analysis has shown that carbon markets can serve as a catalyst for increased tree planting and improved forest management, thereby realizing the multiple benefits of forestry and agroforestry systems. In recent years, participation in carbon credit trading markets has increased significantly. The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) now boasts over six million trades per month. According to a recent summary of the State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006 prepared for the World Banks BioCarbon Fund, corporate participation in the carbon market has rapidly increased. This book examines the concept of CDM and other forestry-based carbon finance mechanisms introduced by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and their impact on carbon markets. Additionally, it provides a brief analysis of the growth of the carbon market in India, including its current status and potential for future growth. The book also includes a detailed account of Afforestation and Reforestation CDM Projects, including the A/R Project Design Document by the UNFCCC, in a simplified yet comprehensive manner for better understanding of the procedure as a reference guide.

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Book SynopsisThis book has been put together with the aim of catering to the needs of individuals engaged in small-scale businesses, and its language and style have been intentionally simplified to effectively reach a wide range of interest groups. It is important to note that the majority of the materials in this book have been gathered from a combination of field surveys, focus group discussions, interviews, questionnaires, and literature reviews on the relevant topics. The field of economics is vast and complex, with many different areas of focus. While there are numerous texts and publications on economics, books that focus on applying economic principles to the entrepreneurship system are relatively rare. As a result, entrepreneurs, government officials, students of economics and business management, and others often struggle to adapt economic principles to the world of business. This book, along with its predecessors, aims to bridge this gap by providing an in-depth exploration of entrepreneurship principles and small-scale business practices. To achieve this goal, the books structure has been designed to present a comprehensive overview of these topics.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an attempt to acknowledge the discipline ‘wetland science’ and to consolidate research findings, reviews and synthesis articles on different aspects of the wetlands in South Asia. The book presents 30 chapters by an international mix of experts in the field, who highlight and discuss diverse issues concerning wetlands in South Asia as case studies. The chapters are divided into different themes that represent broad issues of concern in a systematic manner keeping in mind students, researchers and general readers at large. The book introduces readers to the basics and theory of wetland science, supplemented by case studies and examples from the region. It also offers a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in allied fields such as environmental studies, limnology, wildlife biology, aquatic biology, marine biology, and landscape ecology.To date the interdisciplinary field ‘wetland science’ is still rarely treated as a distinct discipline in its own right. Further, courses on wetland science aren’t taught at any of the world’s most prestigious universities; instead, the topics falling under this discipline are generally handled under the disciplines ‘ecology’ or under the extremely broad heading of ‘environmental studies’. It is high time that ‘Wetland Science’ be acknowledged as an interdisciplinary sub-discipline, which calls for an attempt to consolidate its various subtopics and present them comprehensively. Thus, this book also serves as a reference base on wetlands and facilitates further discussions on specific issues involved in safeguarding a sustainable future for the wetland habitats of this region.Table of Contents1. Wetlands Introductory.- i. Wetlands: origin and typology.- ii. Wetlands: forms and distribution.- 2. Bio-geochemical issues, Limnology and Hydrology.- i. Water chemistry.- ii. Sediment quality.- Biomass and Productivity.- iii. Decomposition and Mineralization.- iv. Water discharge and sediment loading.- v. Wetlands and Groundwater.- vi. Water Budgeting.- 3. Wetland biodiversity.- i. Biodiversity in Indian inland wetlands.- ii. Biodiversity in Indian coastal wetlands.- iii. Intertidal fauna and their role in coastal wetlands.- iv. Role of mangroves in coastal wetland protection.- 4. Current issues and Climate change.- i. Urbanization and wetlands.- ii. Industrialization and wetlands.- iii. Constructed wetlands.- iv. Carrying capacity.- v.Carbon stock and sequestration potential of wetlands in India.- vi. Methane and other GHG emissions from wetlands.- 5.Ecosystem Goods and Services.- i. People’s dependency on wetlands.- ii. Role of wetlands in economy of adjoining areas.- iii. Agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry.- iv. Services and valuation of wetlands.- 6. Mapping of wetlands with respect to: .- i. Wildlife.- ii. Nutrient availability and transport.- iii. Carbon stock.- iv. Resource use and dependency: Socio-economics.- v. Ecosystem goods and services.- 7. Modeling and simulation.- i. Modeling wetland systems and processes.- ii. Mass balance model of chemical fate in wetlands.- iii. Modeling of chemical speciation of trace metals in wetlands.- 8. Wetland restoration.- i. Tools and techniques of wetland restoration.- ii. Species re-introduction and restoration.- iii. Seed-bank: implications for restoration.- 9.Wetlands in India: Legislation and Policy framework.- i. Legal aspects and provisions for wetland management.- ii. Policy framework and issues concerning wetlands.- iii. Institutional framework for wetland conservation and management.- 10. Wetland Science in India: Gaps and Futuristic.- i. Wetland Science: The Indian Experience.- ii. Research Matrix for Wetland studies in India.- iii. Gaps and Futuristic.

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Book SynopsisThis Practical Guide on Alternative Development and the Environment brings together best practices and common success factors that could be used to inform the design, planning and implementation of alternative development and broader sustainable livelihood interventions. It offers guidance, not perfect solutions or success models. The best practices and success factors included are neither panaceas nor one-size-fits-all solutions that will be guaranteed to work everywhere. Instead, the usefulness of these guidelines and best practices will need to be assessed locally and, where relevant, they will need to be tailored to the local context and conditions. The guide covers four main thematic areas: Environmentally sustainable practices and approaches: A broad range of approaches and instruments that attempt to balance productivity, profitability and environmental protection and sustainability. Forest conservation: A range of approaches to preserve forests, water sources, biodiversity and ecosystems in general. Carbon credit schemes: Instruments to preserve forests and initiate other activities that help maintain, capture, secure and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Payments for Environmental Services: An instrument to provide some additional income (or in kind compensation) to farmers and communities in exchange for services that benefit various aspects of the environment

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Book SynopsisThe 2011 Energy Statistics Yearbook is the fifty-fifth issue in a series of annual compilations of internationally comparable statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for 224 countries and areas for the period 2008 to 2011 are presented on production, trade and consumption of energy: solids, liquids, gaseous fuels and electricity. In addition, per capita consumption series are also provided for all energy products. Graphs are included to illustrate historic trends and/or changes in composition of production and/or consumption of major energy products. Special tables of interest include: international trade tables for coal, crude petroleum and natural gas by partner countries - providing information on direction of trade; selected series of statistics on renewables and wastes; refinery distillation capacity; and a table on selected energy resources.

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Book SynopsisAs the world looks for solutions to address climate change amid growing concerns regarding negative environmental impacts caused by human habits, the problem of plastics is gaining momentum. There is a sober awareness that pollution caused by plastics needs a more aggressive approach while designing policies to prevent future plastic dependency and mismanagement. Nevertheless, plastics are here to stay as they provide some important functions for today's societal needs. Therefore, plastic substitutes are not a solution to be implemented overnight without a carefully designed and informed set of policies, as well as a system that would incentivise such substitution and prevent any further potential harm to the environment and human health. For plastic substitutes to become a viable solution in the mid and long-term, decisive global action is needed today. Moving away from silo policies and towards coherence and coordination between measures to address plastic pollution across the plastic life cycle and in favor of circular economies is an important initial step

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Book SynopsisAll undergraduate and postgraduate students of science and engineering faculties will be benefited by this book. It is meant for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering science faculty and geology irrespective of their specializations. This book is based mainly on a course of lectures prepared to cover the syllabus of engineering geology course in Universities all over the country. The book will be useful for Civil Engineering students of other universities also. The engineering geology portion of the book also covers the engineering geology included in the B.Sc, M. Sc and M. Tech courses in geology and the book will meet the requirements of students of geology as far as engineering geology is concerned like practicing engineers who need a simple introduction to the principles of geology which are important from the point of view of engineering will get them in this book."Table of ContentsSection 1. Introduction Section 2. Physical geology Section 3. Mineralogy Section 4. Peterology Section 5. Structural geology Section 6. Tectonics Section 7. Engineering geology

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Book SynopsisThe Clean Development Mechanism CDM, a framework created by the Kyoto Protocol, was an attempt to link the carbon market and sustainable development objectives in developing countries. Consequently, sequestered carbon is now a globally traded commodity with a huge potential to provide economic returns to land manager. Unlike traditional development models based on deferred and diffused benefit streams, the new carbon-market model offers an opportunity to directly link land management and natural resource conservation with specific and immediate market incentives. Analysis shows that carbon markets can serve a catalytic function in stimulating increased tree planting and improved forest management, thus helping to realize the multiple benefits of forestry and agro-forestry systems. In recent years opportunities for participation in carbon credit trading markets have been growing. The Chicago Climate Exchange CCX now boasts more than six million trades per month. A recent summary of the "State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006" prepared for the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund, reports a rapid increase in corporate participation in the carbon market. This book focuses on the concept of CDM and other forestry based Carbon finance mechanisms introduced by UNFCCC and its impact on carbon markets. It also presents a brief analysis of the growth of carbon market in India, its present status and prospects in future. It provides a detailed account of Afforestation and Reforestation CDM Projects including the A/R Project Designed Document by UNFCCC in a simplified yet compact manner for better understanding of the procedure as a reference guide.Table of Contents: 1. CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Project : 2. A Sequential Approach to Develop CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Project : 3. The Global Carbon Market and Financing of forestation/Reforestation Projects : 4. India's Response to the Carbon Market : Policy and Challenges : 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisGreen is the colour of the nature. When we Go Green we use only green house products that are healthy for the environment and include no toxins, recycle to help save and fills, and do everything possible to live healthy and reduce the impact on our earth. By living green and going green can reduce any negative impact on the planet in all possible ways. Many green products are packaged in recycled packaging, are biodegradable, and contain no phosphates, chlorine, artificial fragrances, or artificial colouThe main goal of green cleaning is to use eco-friendly cleaning solutions, recycle, using organic when possible, and promote methods that keep our environment healthy. This valuable publication entitled 'Technologies for Sustainable Green Environment and I sure, this will be incredibly handy for the scientists, teachers, students and everyone in the dwelling motherland.Table of Contents01. Green Energy 02. Sustainable Landscape 03. Solid Waste Management 04. Green Business 05. Green Tourism 06. Greenscaping 07. Urban Forest 08. Mitigation of Pollution - The Plant way

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Book SynopsisGovernment subsidized crop insurance has been used by a number of developed countries as a mechanism to reduce farm income instability by reducing yield risks. This book provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of government provided crop insurance in developed countries. The book is organized into three sections: Part one presents background material on crop insurance programs in the U.S., Canada and selected other countries. Part two provides some analytical models of multiple peril crop insurance which suggest the possibility of modification of design which could improve performance and which explores theoretical linkages between crop insurance decisions and other producer decisions previously not analyzed. The main part of the book is Part three, where the results of a series of empirical studies using databases particularly designed to answer crop insurance questions are presented. This part of the book tests a number of the hypotheses which were raised in Parts one and two regarding reasons for the view widely held by economists that crop insurance has not functioned well. Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview; D.L. Hueth, W.H. Furtan. I: Historical Prospectives and Overall Performance. 2. Crop Insurance in U.S. Farm Policy; B. Gardner. 3. An Aggregate Analysis of Canadian Crop Insurance Policy; D. Sigurdson, R. Sin. 4. All-Risk Crop Insurance: Lessons from Theory and Experience; B.D. Wright, J.A. Hewitt. II: Conceptual Issues. 5. The Optimal Design of Crop Insurance; J. Quiggin. 6. Agricultural Insurance, Production and the Environment; R. Innes, S. Ardila. 7. Crop Insurance in the Context of Canadian and U.S. Farms Programs; A. Schmitz, R.E. Just, W.H. Furtan. III: Applications and Policy Studies. 8. An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Participation in Crop Insurance; R. Just, L. Calvin. 9. Crop Insurance and Crop Production: an Empirical Study of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection; J. Quiggin, G. Karagiannis, J. Stanton. 10. Crop Insurance Decisions and Financial Characteristics of Farms; H. Leathers. 11. Risk Reduction from Diversification and Crop Insurance in Saskatchewan; R.A. Schoney, J.S. Taylor, K. Hayward. 12. Crop Insurance and Agricultural Chemical Use; J. Horowitz, E. Lichtenberg. 13. Crop Insurance: its Influence on Land and Input Use Decisions in Saskatchewan; W. Weisensel, W.H. Furtan, A. Schmitz. 14. Providing Catastrophic Yield Protection through a Target Revenue Program; J. Glauber, M. Miranda. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to make the best use of fine-grained smart meter data to process and translate them into actual information and incorporated into consumer behavior modeling and distribution system operations. It begins with an overview of recent developments in smart meter data analytics. Since data management is the basis of further smart meter data analytics and its applications, three issues on data management, i.e., data compression, anomaly detection, and data generation, are subsequently studied. The following works try to model complex consumer behavior. Specific works include load profiling, pattern recognition, personalized price design, socio-demographic information identification, and household behavior coding. On this basis, the book extends consumer behavior in spatial and temporal scale. Works such as consumer aggregation, individual load forecasting, and aggregated load forecasting are introduced. We hope this book can inspire readers to define new problems, apply novel methods, and obtain interesting results with massive smart meter data or even other monitoring data in the power systems.Table of ContentsOverview for Smart Meter Data Analytics.- Smart Meter Data Compression Based on Load Feature Identification.- A Combined Data-Driven Approach for Electricity Theft Detection.- GAN-based Model for Residential Load Generation.- Ensemble Clustering for Individual Electricity Consumption Patterns Extraction.- Sparse and Redundant Representation-Based Partial Usage Pattern Extraction.- Data-Driven Personalized Price Design in Retail Market Using Smart Meter Data.- Deep Learning-Based Socio-demographic Information Identification.- Cross-domain Feature Selection and Coding for Household Energy Behavior.- Clustering of Electricity Consumption Behavior Dynamics Toward Big Data Applications.- Enhancing Short-term Probabilistic Residential Load Forecasting with Quantile LSTM.- An Ensemble Forecasting Method for the Aggregated Load With Subprofiles.- Prospects of Future Research Issues on Smart Meter Data Analytics.

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the capacity of the rural populace in terms of their ability to perceive a change in climatic variables and, if so, how they react to these changes in order to minimize the adverse effect of climate change. It evaluates the role of education and exposure to change in physiological variables like temperature, precipitation, etc., in forming the right perception of climate change. While analysing livelihood diversification as a strategy to cope with climate change concerns across geography (districts), caste, education and the primary occupation of the households, the book also considers factors affecting diversification. One important aspect of well-being is consumption; thus, by focusing on consumption changes over time and relating it to livelihood diversification, the book makes an in-depth analysis of the coping mechanisms. Diversification adopted in the face of compulsion and in a situation of stagnancy may result in a range of low productivity activities, whereas diversification as an attempt to explore newer pathways in a vibrant context to reduce income risks and smooth consumption can be highly beneficial. The book, thus, focuses on job profile and occupational diversification of the sample households, the extent of instability in occupations and the distribution of households in terms of consumption pattern, the inter-temporal changes in it and the determinants. The book is useful for researchers, students in environmental studies, policy-makers, NGOs and also the common reader who wants to understand climate change, its effects on livelihoods and ways to overcome the shocks. It reflects on effective policies which can create awareness and empower people to explore opportunities for livelihood creation so that the overall is sustained if not improved.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Climate change impact on livelihood and well-being of rural poor.Chapter 2. Primary and Secondary Information.Chapter 3. Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies.Chapter 4. Livelihood Diversification in Odisha.Chapter 5. Climate Change, Diversification Strategy and Its Effectiveness: Assessing Wellbeing from Inter-temporal Changes in Consumption Outcomes.Chapter 6. Policy Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book.The subject of this book is to provide down-to-earth information on what kind of actions are being taken by the Government, Local community, Businesses, Researchers, NGOs on the energy transition in this region. It gives an updated picture of the energy transition in the East Asian countries, where the economic growth, as well as CO2 emission growth, is significant.This book focuses not only on the technological perspective of the energy transition but also on the relationship between democracy and energy transition. Readers of this book can understand what kind of international support and pressure is needed to promote the energy transition in this region.Since energy transition is needed not only for combatting climate change but also for the Green Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing this book is very helpful to promote the Green Recovery and the Green New Deal world-widely.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Challenging the Transition of Civilization – Theory and Practice of “Energy Democracy.- Chapter 2. Global Trend - How to overcome a combination of crises?.- Chapter 3. Energy Democracy for Energy Transition in South Korea?: Focusing on Politicization of Media.- Chapter 4. China’s Energy Transition: How to Overcome Financial, Societal, and Institutional Challenges in the Long Term.- Chapter 5. Energy Democracy and Energy Transition in Taiwan.- Chapter 6. Japanese Green New Deal to Bring Happiness and Prosperity.- Chapter 7. Transboundary cooperative governance toward energy transition in East Asia, A review of historical development and future perspective.

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Book SynopsisThis book first provides a comprehensive guideline for future disaster-resistant city planning in large cities in disaster-prone countries such as Japan. It is a compilation of knowledge and know-how obtained through the author’s work in the national government for one and half years in the Earthquake Reconstruction Headquarters, right after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on 17 January 1995. The author has carefully examined the various ad hoc measures taken just after the earthquake, which were criticized because they did not work as well as expected. Additionally, he has examined the later revisions in disaster and risk management systems made at the levels of local and national governments through experience in the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, to which the author had long been committed. The author argues that the rescue activities, rehabilitation, and reconstruction plans for disaster countermeasures implemented once a disaster has occurred and the city planning established in ordinary times should be extremely tightly connected with each other. City planning that subsumes rescue activities, rehabilitation, and reconstruction plans against what ought to have happened would critically improve the capability of crisis management and, consequently, protect life and property once a disaster has occurred. Such city planning eventually creates disaster-resistant cities. This book assumes readers to be graduate students who study city planning. It is also beneficial for practitioners and policy makers who are in charge of the construction of disaster-resistant cities at the national and local levels of governments, especially in disaster-prone countries. Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Initial Response Systems used for Major Earthquakes and Disaster-resistant City Planning.- Chapter 2. Theory of Spare City Planning: for Temporary Use in Case of Emergency.- Chapter 3. Reconstruction Plans.- Chapter 4. Summary and Issues That Need to Be Considered.- Chapter 5. Conclusion: How to embrace lessons learnt from previous earthquake disasters.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Subdued mountains of Central Europe 3. Cover beds with interbedded/intercalated loess-like slope deposits 4. Influence of cover beds on soils 5. Influence of cover beds on slope hydrology 6. Geotechnical properties of periglacial cover beds 7. Transferring the concept of cover beds 8. Laser granulometry of cover beds and separating process regimes by end-member modelling 9. Relative dating with cover beds 10. Provenance of cover-bed eolian matter using U-Pb dating of detrital zircons 11. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisNatural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions provides a new approach to the study of environmental and natural resource economics. It augments current contributions from the fields of public choice, law, and economics, and the burgeoning field of what used to be called the New Institutional Economics, to describe, explain, and interpret how these new developments have been applied to better understand the economics of natural resources and the environment. This textbook takes a multi-disciplinary approach, which is essential for understanding complex environmental problems, and examines the issue from not only an economic perspective, but also taking into account law, politics, and institutions. In doing so, it provides students with a realistic understanding of how environmental policy is created and presents a comprehensive examination of real-world environmental policy. The book provides a comprehensive coverage of key issues, Trade ReviewClimate Change, Biodiversity, Population Growth, Endangered Species, Depleted Fisheries, Overharvest of Tropical Forests. These are the environmental and resource issues of the day, but confronting them typically is presented in a far too simplistic and often moralistic manner. The problems are far more complex. Mark Kanazawa provides an important and critically-needed overview of key issues that must be understood, Trade Offs. All policies, even good ones, involve trade offs and something must be given up to accomplish environmental objectives. Incentives. Unless there are proper incentives to reduce pollution or protect biodiversity, it will not happen. How do we get such incentives? Institutions, such as property rights--private, communal, or the opposite, open access, determine the long-term incentives people face in resource use. Public Choice. Government policies are designed and implemented by lobby groups, politicians, bureaucrats. When do they act to provide environmental public goods in a least cost manner? There is really no other volume that addresses these points and ties them together effectively for a more positive understanding of the choices faced and the responses provided. Mark Kanazawa has provided a valuable service in "Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions". — Gary Libecap, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Corporate Environmental Management, UC Santa Barbara Kanazawa masterfully uses the concepts from the social sciences and law to tackle the problems that we face in managing natural resources and the environment. Both students and scholars will benefit from the analysis demonstrating that as a society we face economic and political trade-offs which is why solving our environmental problems is so difficult. — Lee J. Alston, Professor of Economics, Indiana University, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic ResearchI’ve been searching for a textbook that studies environmental issues with an approach that blends neoclassical economics with institutional analysis and public choice. This is it! Dr. Kanazawa’s book is an excellent and accessible guide for understanding the pressing management and conservation challenges of today. — Dominic Parker, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThis text develops a synthetic conceptual perspective from microeconomics, institutional analysis, and public choice, and then uses this paradigm to help readers understand topical environmental and natural resource policy issues. The text is well organized; the presentational style, lucid and engaging. The pedagogical craftsmanship, unique perspective, and topical range make this work an outstanding contribution. — Kerry Krutilla, Professor of Public Policy, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental AffairsThe title Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions accurately encompasses the ambitious goal of this book, namely integrating sound economic analysis with a wide range of approaches and concerns. Kanazawa pulls it off in a superb fashion, explaining well the analytical tools of economics and then using those tools to shed important insights on a variety of environmental issues. The result is a textbook that, because of its range of coverage and analytical rigor, can be used for a wide variety of classes. — P. J. Hill, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois“Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Growth, Endangered Species, Depleted Fisheries, Overharvest of Tropical Forests. These are the environmental and resource issues of the day, but confronting them typically is presented in a far too simplistic and often moralistic manner. The problems are far more complex. Mark Kanazawa provides an important and critically-needed overview of key issues that must be understood, Trade Offs. All policies, even good ones, involve trade offs and something must be given up to accomplish environmental objectives. Incentives. Unless there are proper incentives to reduce pollution or protect biodiversity, it will not happen. How do we get such incentives? Institutions, such as property rights – private, communal, or the opposite, open access, determine the long-term incentives people face in resource use. Public Choice. Government policies are designed and implemented by lobby groups, politicians, bureaucrats. When do they act to provide environmental public goods in a least cost manner? There is really no other volume that addresses these points and ties them together effectively for a more positive understanding of the choices faced and the responses provided. Mark Kanazawa has provided a valuable service in Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions.”Gary Libecap, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Corporate Environmental Management, UC Santa Barbara“Kanazawa masterfully uses the concepts from the social sciences and law to tackle the problems that we face in managing natural resources and the environment. Both students and scholars will benefit from the analysis demonstrating that as a society we face economic and political tradeoffs which is why solving our environmental problems is so difficult.”Lee J. Alston, Professor of Economics, Indiana University, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research“I’ve been searching for a textbook that studies environmental issues with an approach that blends neoclassical economics with institutional analysis and public choice. This is it! Dr. Kanazawa’s book is an excellent and accessible guide for understanding the pressing management and conservation challenges of today.”Dominic Parker, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison“This text develops a synthetic conceptual perspective from microeconomics, institutional analysis, and public choice, and then uses this paradigm to help readers understand topical environmental and natural resource policy issues. The text is well organized; the presentational style, lucid and engaging. The pedagogical craftsmanship, unique perspective, and topical range make this work an outstanding contribution.”Kerry Krutilla, Professor of Public Policy, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs“The title Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions accurately encompasses the ambitious goal of this book, namely integrating sound economic analysis with a wide range of approaches and concerns. Kanazawa pulls it off in a superb fashion, explaining well the analytical tools of economics and then using those tools to shed important insights on a variety of environmental issues. The result is a textbook that, because of its range of coverage and analytical rigor, can be used for a wide variety of classes.”P. J. Hill, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IllinoisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. A mini-course in basic economic theory 3. Valuation 4. Institutions, property rights, and transaction costs 5. Common-pool resources 6. Public choice and the politics of environmental policy 7. Population 8. Fossil fuel energy 9. Climate change 10. Air and water quality 11. Energy conservation and energy efficiency 12. Renewable energy 13. Agriculture 14. Water resources 15. Fisheries 16. Forests and deforestation 17. Wildlife, endangered species, and biodiversity 18. Conclusion: Institutional environmental economics

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