Environmental economics Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Protecting The Environment, Privately
Book SynopsisMost volumes in the environmental economics literature consider the environment to be a public good and hence write out a role for the private sector in a source of supply. Yet there is ample evidence of the private sector being involved, driven both by profit and altruism. This book provides the necessary conceptual base for the inclusion of the private sector in the environmental protection supply equation and deliver an extensive set of examples in a wide range of contexts. In an economic climate where governments are attempting to reduce expenditures, the increased role for the private sector will be readily embraced by policy makers.The aim of the book is to establish the principles of markets in the provision of environmental protection and to provide an extensive experience-based set of contexts in which the private sector has acted to enhance the supply of environmental goods and services. These contexts include both pure-private sector initiatives in terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems and public-private sector ‘joint initiatives’ such as payment for environmental services (PES) schemes.Table of ContentsThe Principles and Practice of Protecting the Environment Privately (Jeff Bennett); Dynamic Ecology and Dynamic Markets: The Role of Environmental Entrepreneurs (Terry L Anderson & Lawrence R Watson); Protected Areas: Public, Private or Partnerships (Jeff Bennett); Promoting Green Growth in Fisheries (R Quentin Grafton, Kathleen Segerson and Dale Squires); Markets for Biodiversity (Michael 't Sas-Rolfes); Non-government Provision of Environmental Water: A Case from the Murray-Darling Basin (Sue O'Keefe & Lin Crase); Private Sector Protection of Cultural Heritage (Ken Willis); Can Food Markets Result in Environmental Benefits? (Wendy Umberger, Sven Anders & Ellen Goddard); Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes (Gabriela Scheufele); Exploring Private Roles in Environmental Watering in Australia and the US (Dustin Garrick & Erin O'Donnell); Additional Parties in Environmental Markets: Motivation, Operation and Future (Anthea Coggan); Using Auctions for Conservation: The Australian Experience (John Rolfe); Agri-environmental Schemes in Europe: Switching to Collective Action (Laure Kuhfuss, Philippe Le Coent, Raphaele Preget & Sophie Thoyer); The Role of Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation (Luca Tacconi); Mining Offsets in NSW (Robert Gillespie); Water Quality Trading (Suzie Greenhalgh & Mindy Selman);
£115.20
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Energy: Sources, Utilization, Legislation,
Book SynopsisThis 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state. This book presents various kinds of energy sources, ways to convert energy for end use, better use of energy towards conservation and energy- and environmental-sustainability. As a very proper model-state the authors chose the State of Illinois which has the largest overall fossil energy reserves, including the largest strippable bituminous coal reserves; the largest user of nuclear energy in USA and has also been investing in all kinds of renewable energies including wind energy, solar energy, biofuels, geothermal energy, and various energy storage options. In the authors' opinion, State of Illinois is a pioneer in legislations for proper development and use of all kinds of energy. Their motivation to do this project was to educate the public (including students, energy engineers and planers, as well as state- and country-wide policy makers) about all aspects of energy.In this book, the authors present various energy sources, conversions technologies, and conservation possibilities. In every case, the authors have presented various options available for a country, for a state, or for a community to achieve its goal of energy sufficiency, clean environment and as a result, sustainability. Variety of schemes related to each energy source and its related conversion technologies are presented and sustainability of renewable energy sources is discussed. All the possible energy sources including coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear, solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal energy are presented in this book, as well as energy storage options. The authors have also presented various ways of dealing with carbon dioxide, which is produced from fossil fuels combustion, including its collection, transportation, storage and sequestration. The energy storage systems presented in this book will facilitate reliable and full integration of renewable power to the grid.Table of ContentsEnergy Sources, Energy Conversions, Efficiencies, Conservation, Sustainability and Green Energy, Advanced and Nano Technologies to Achieve Sustainability; Characteristics of Coal, "Clean Air Act", Electric Power Using Clean Coal Technologies; Integrated & Hybrid Gasification Combined Cycle, Underground Coal Gasification, Environmental Concerns About Coal Technologies; Petroleum and Natural Gas Enhanced Recovery, Hydraulic Fracing, Exploration, Production, Transport, Refining, Consumption and Environmental Problems; Carbon Dioxide Emission, Capture, Sequestration and Utilization; Nuclear Energy Technologies, Fission, Fusion, Containment of Nuclear Waste, Reprocessing; Advances in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Generation Biofuels; Wind Energy, Onshore, Offshore, Small and Large Scales; Solar Energy, Photothermal and Photoelectric Technologies, Utility and Small Scales, Passive Utilization, Model Homes Experiences; Geothermal Energy Technologies for Power Generation, Heating and Air Conditioning; Energy Storage Systems for Variety of Energy (Electrical, Thermal, Hydro, Compressed Gas, Seasonal, Chemical; Sustainability Approaches, Legislation Methods for Making a Society to Save Energy;
£229.50
Penguin Random House SEA Sustainable Sustainability: Why ESG is Not Enough
Book SynopsisEighteenth-century economist Adam Smith propagated profit maximization as the incentive for businesses to create goods and services that society needs. He argued that free-market competition would ensure consumers get the best quality product at the cheapest price. Two hundered years later, Milton Friedman agreed in his seminal 1970 New York Times op-ed that the sole responsibility of business is to maximize profits ‘so long as it stays within the rules of the game’. Incentives coupled with some regulations were to henceforth safeguard societal interests. Instead, incentives created bad behaviour. Regulations were routinely bypassed with intelligent loopholes. Despite this—to encourage sustainability today—we are again using incentives and regulations. That’s predominantly what the ESG framework focuses on. And what do we see? Rampant greenwashing and box-ticking. To address today’s existential challenges, we need innovation of the highest order. Innovation can neither be legislated nor driven by extrinsic incentives alone.Table of Contents Part One: Stewardship and Steward Leadership Chapter 1: From ESG to ESL Chapter 2: A Higher Form of Personal Leadership Chapter 3: Enterprise-wide Steward Leadership Part Two: Steward Leadership in Action and Inaction Introduction to Part Two Chapter 4: Faber-Castell: More than 260 Years of Sustainability Enabled Profitable Growth Chapter 5: Doi Tung Development Project: Self-sustaining Community Stewardship Chapter 6: The Tata Group: A 155-Year Legacy Chapter 7: Mars, Incorporated: The Role of Corporate Values in Anchoring Purpose Chapter 8: Farm Fresh: Dairy, Just as Nature Intended Chapter 9: Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER): Finding Purpose in Adversity: An Asian Story Chapter 10: The Boeing 737 Max Twin Tragedies Chapter 11: Volkswagen: When the Mighty Stray Chapter 12: Theranos, the Unicorn: A Case of Purpose-washing? Part Three: Steward Leadership Measurement and Applications Introduction to Part Three Chapter 13: Is ESL Tangible and Measurable Enough? Chapter 14: Steward Leadership in Business Ecosystems Chapter 15: Steward Leadership and DEI: Leading Inclusively for Sustainable Growth
£17.05
Springer Consumer Perceptions and Food
Book SynopsisThe role and importance of consumer perception.- The effect of cultural and socioeconomic factors on consumer perception.- The impact of kosher and halal on consumers.- Perceptions of food safety and nutrition among different age groups of consumers.- Food legislation and the consumers: the EU perspective.- The food product quality harmonization with identified consumers' preferences.- A comparative review of the consumers' perspective on the safety, quality, and sensory attributes of alternative proteins.- Legal aspects of functional food and dietary supplements in medicinal foods around the world.- Consumer perception of edible insects.- Consumer perception of plant-based meat substitutes.- Consumer perception of plant-based milk and dairy products.- Consumer perception of algae and algae-based products.- Consumer perception of plant-based eggs.- Consumer perception of cultivated meat.- Consumer attitudes and vi
£189.99
World Scientific Publishing Company A Nonlinear Dynamic Theory of Economic Growth and
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£121.50
World Scientific Publishing Company Sustainable Growth And Green Policies Navigating
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£65.00
NUS Press Upland Transformations in Vietnam
Book SynopsisUpland Transformations considers the effects of economic development, authority formation and landscape change within Vietnam's political economy on the country's 'uplands.' The contributors position the uplands as an integral part of political, economic and cultural processes at the national and international level, an approach that shatters stereotypes of the uplands as a separate ethnic and biophysical realm and raises questions about the assumptions that have informed research on upland areas and post-socialist transitions, and government policy on these regions. Movements from customary to state authority or from a subsistence to a commoditized economy are neither automatic nor uniform. The case studies in this book show that the course of events in Vietnam's uplands reflects the country's cultures, organization and landscapes, and its particular history and larger political economy. Negotiations over authority and economy in the uplands recursively contribute to larger processes constituting the Vietnamese state and generating social inequalities. The Vietnamese experience thus provides valuable lessons applicable to research on upland regions and post-socialist transformations in other parts of the world. The book features work by young Vietnamese and foreign scholars deeplys engaged with research on upland livelihoods and ecosystems in Vietnam.
£30.71
Independently Published Deciding on Trails: 7 Practices of Healthy Trail Towns
£19.47
Academic Studies Press No More Fossils
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£25.95
