Environmental management Books

Book SynopsisWhile planning involves seeking ways of influencing future behavior, it is important to have at the outset an abstraction of the world upon which to base an assessment of outcomes. The papers in this collection represent some of the major works in the field of planning models, with land use planning as a core theme. The collection is divided into several parts:Part 1 focuses on location models and embraces a series of classic survey papers as well as a number of more specific contributions covering such topics as the distribution of residential activities. This is followed in part 2 by papers concerned with spatial interaction and, in particular the gravity model. Part 3 of the collection contains papers on micro-macro models that look at ways of moving from individual to collective behavior, whilst part 4 is concerned with dynamic models. Part 5 of the volume reflects an increasing interest in the role of various networks in the formulation of plans, and finally part 6 completes the volume with a selection of policy-planning models.Trade Review'This book deftly mixes acknowledged classics with new and important work to provide a balanced portrayal of the ways in which modelling has both informed and redefined the practices of planning. It is the indispensable guide to this indispensable area.' -- Nigel Thrift, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Series Preface Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp Introduction Planning Models: Scoping the Scene Aura Reggiani, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp PART I LOCATION MODELS 1. John D. Herbert and Benjamin H. Stevens (1960), ‘A Model of the Distribution of Residential Activity in Urban Areas’ 2. Douglass B. Lee, Jr (1973), ‘Requiem for Large-scale Models’ 3. John Roy, Börje Johansson and Giorgio Leonardi (1985), ‘Some Spatial Equilibria in Facility Investment under Uncertain Demand’ 4. Britton Harris (1985), ‘Urban Simulation Models in Regional Science’ 5. Michael Wegener (1994), ‘Operational Urban Models: State of the Art’ 6. M.E. O’Kelly (2004), ‘Isard’s Contribution to Spatial Interaction Modelling’ PART II SPATIAL INTERACTION MODELS 7. Peter Nijkamp (1975), ‘Reflections on Gravity and Entropy Models’ 8. Eric S. Sheppard (1978), ‘Theoretical Underpinnings of the Gravity Hypothesis’ 9. Ashish Sen and Siim Sööt (1981), ‘Selected Procedures for Calibrating the Generalized Gravity Model’ 10. A. Stewart Fotheringham and Tony Dignan (1984), ‘Futher Contributions to a General Theory of Movement’ 11. John R. Roy and Jean-Claude Thill (2004), ‘Spatial Interaction Modelling’ PART III MICRO-MACRO MODELS 12. Daniel McFadden and Fred Reid (1975), ‘Aggregate Travel Demand Forecasting from Disaggregated Behavioral Models’ 13. Andre De Palma and Claude Lefevre (1983), ‘Individual Decision-Making in Dynamic Collective Systems’ 14. Günter Haag and Wolfgang Weidlich (1984), ‘A Stochastic Theory of Interregional Migration’ 15. Manfred M. Fischer (1985), ‘Changing Modes of Reasoning in Spatial Choice Analysis’ 16. Peter Nijkamp and Aura Reggiani (1988), ‘Entropy, Spatial Interaction Models and Discrete Choice Analysis: Static and Dynamic Analogies’ 17. Bryan Raney, Nurhan Cetin, Andreas Völlmy, Milenko Vrtic, Kay Axhausen and Kai Nagel (2003), ‘An Agent-Based Microsimulation Model of Swiss Travel: First Results’ PART IV DYNAMIC MODELS 18. P.M. Allen and M. Sanglier (1981), ‘A Dynamic Model of a Central Place System – II’ 19. Demitrios S. Dendrinos and Michael Sonis (1986), ‘Variational Principles and Conservation Conditions in Volterra’s Ecology and in Relative Urban Relative Dynamics’ 20. Michael Batty and Paul A. Longley (1987), ‘Urban Shapes as Fractals’ 21. Peter Nijkamp and Aura Reggiani (1995), ‘Non-linear Evolution of Dynamic Spatial Systems: The Relevance of Chaos and Ecologically-based Models’ 22. Jean-Claude Thill and Aaron K. Wheeler (1995), ‘On Chaos, Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Models of Spatial Systems Dynamics’ 23. Kieran P. Donaghy (2002), ‘The “Green Book” Twenty Years On: A New Look at the Research Program of Isard and Liossatos “Spatial Dynamics and Optimal Space-Time Development”’ PART V NETWORK MODELS 24. Roberto Camagni, Lidia Diappi and Giorgio Leonardi (1986), ‘Urban Growth and Decline in a Hierarchical System: A Supply-orientated Dynamic Approach’ 25. Paul Krugman (1994), ‘Complex Landscapes in Economic Geography’ 26. John R. Roy (1999), ‘Areas, Nodes and Networks: Some Analytical Considerations’ 27. Albert-László Barabási and Réka Albert (1999), ‘Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks’ 28. Manfred M. Fischer, Martin Reismann and Katerina Hlavackova-Schindler (2003), ‘Neural Network Modeling of Constrained Spatial Interaction Flows: Design, Estimation and Performance Issues’ PART VI POLICY-PLANNING MODELS 29. P. Nijkamp and P. Rietveld (1976), ‘Multiobjective Programming Models: New Ways in Regional Decision-Making’ 30. Folke Snickars and Jörgen W. Weibull (1977), ‘A Minimum Information Principle: Theory and Practice’ 31. Tschangho John Kim, David E. Boyce and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (1983), ‘Combined Input-Output and Commodity Flow Models for Interregional Development Planning: Insights from a Korean Application’ 32. Sergio J. Rey (2000), ‘Integrated Regional Econometric+Input-Output Modeling: Issues and Opportunities’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisWhile many rural areas continue to experience depopulation and economic decline, others are facing rapid in-migration, as well as employment and income growth. Much of this growth is due to the presence and use of amenity resources, broadly defined as qualities of a region that make it an attractive place to live and work. Rather than extracting natural resources for external markets, these communities have begun to build economies based on promoting environmental quality. Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions. Amenity-based growth can lead to several paths, based largely on proximity to urban areas and the type of development that occurs, whether it be seasonal residents, retirees, or tourism. The distributional implications of amenity-led development are an important consideration for policy, both within and between communities and regions. The contributors conclude that public policy needs to focus on maximizing complementary and supplementary uses while minimizing antagonistic uses of amenities. Scholars and policymakers concerned with economic development and natural resource management will find this comprehensive volume of great interest.Trade Review'Overall, the book offers something for both academics and policy makers seeking to understand the complex issues of social change and governance facing amenity-rich areas. Its primary value for researchers is its account of the many challenges to empirical work in this area. Decision makers will see their own situations reflected in the case studies, and gain a greater understanding of the forces driving the different types of amenity-led development.' -- Gary Taylor, Journal of the American Planning Association'Scholars looking for an introduction to the relationship between amenities and rural development as a research topic will find this volume indispensable. The chapters cover the topic with considerable breadth, and the combined bibliographies provide the single most thorough resource on amenity-related research to date. The varied methodologies utilized for the empirical chapters in the volume will provide scholars with emerging interests in amenity-related development with a broad suite of approaches to employ in their work.' -- Peter B. Nelson, Growth & Change'This is a well-edited volume from Edward Elgar's New Horizons in Environmental Economics series> . . . One of the strengths of this book is its multidisciplinary focus with work by economists, sociologists, planners and geographers. It is also clear that, for the most part, the authors are well read across all of these disciplines . . . If you are interested in natural amenities and rural development, you should make this book a part of your permanent library.' -- Matthew Shumway, Papers in Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Supply of Natural Amenities: Moving from Empirical Anecdotes to a Theoretical Basis 3. Rural Amenities Policies: Future Stakes 4. Equity within Institutional Arrangements for the Supply of Rural Amenities 5. The Supply and Demand for Natural Amenities: An Overview of Theory and Concepts 6. Out-Migration from the Northeast US: The Relative Roles of Economic and Amenity Differentials 7. Amenities and Change in the Well-Being of Nonmetropolitan Localities 8. The Role of Wilderness and Public Land Amenities in Explaining Migration and Rural Development in the American Northwest 9. Regional Economic Growth with a Focus on Amenities 10. Impact of Outdoor Recreation Facilities on Remote Rural Income Growth 11. Recreation, Amenity Migration and Urban Proximity 12. Resident-Employed Photography as a Tool for Understanding Attachment to High-Amenity Places 13. Seasonal Residents: Members of Community or Part of the Scenery? 14. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Land-Use Planning Policies in Rapidly Growing High-Amenity Communities in the Rocky Mountain States 15. Managing Growth and Development in a Natural-Amenity-Rich Landscape: Landowner Attitudes Toward Planning in Northwestern Wisconsin 16. Raising the Gangplank: A Defense of Localism Aimed at Resource Protection 17. Amenity-Led Development of Rural Areas: The Example of the Regional Action Pilot Programme in Germany 18. Rural Policy Issues 19. Amenities and Rural Development: Policy Implications and Directions for the Future Index

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Book SynopsisThe extensive destruction of wetlands across Europe represents a significant loss of biodiversity along with its related economic, cultural, ethical and scientific benefits. This volume addresses the critical issues surrounding this environmental change process, employing a range of analytical methods drawn from a variety of disciplines which bridge the social and natural science divide. The authors begin by exploring the various methodological approaches to the analysis of the causes and consequences of wetland loss in Europe. The findings reveal that a formal decision-support process can be defined which can assist in the search for a more sustainable approach to wetland management. The methods and tools advocated are interdisciplinary and require co-ordinated action by experts from a variety of different fields. The authors move on to present a series of case studies from which a number of general conclusions can be drawn. In particular, they identify conflicts concerning use, value and interest groups to be the most common in the context of wetland management versus development. Consequently, they argue that scientific analysis requires support from the social sciences in order to better understand and implement more participatory approaches to environmental management.Given the ongoing depletion of wetland ecosystems throughout the world, this novel interdisciplinary approach to their sustainable management is a timely and valuable exercise. Students, researchers and scholars of environmental economics, environmental science, ecology, geography and environmental politics will find this book to be a useful addition to the literature. It will also help policymakers, international agencies and NGOs to preserve these valuable environmental resources.Trade Review'This book makes a welcome, and very practical, addition to the existing literature on wetland management, and economic aspects of wetlands. It provides a useful and easily comprehensible overview of the ecological economic approach, how to apply it in the context of wetland and water management, and how to use its findings to support decision-making and influence policy across a wide range of wetland management situations and issues. Although containing a level of methodological and theoretical rigour, which will clearly appeal to an academic audience, both the clarity with which the book expresses quite complex tools and methods and its firm grounding in political and social reality mean that it has wide relevance and utility to the practitioners, managers and policymakers from a range of disciplines who are engaged in wetland management and decision-making.' -- Lucy Emerton, Impact Assessment and Project AppraisalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Methodological Issues and Wetland Ecosystem Management 2. Integrated Assessment as a Decision Support Tool 3. Environmental Indicators and Sustainable Wetland Management 4. The Economics of Wetland Management 5. A Meta-Analysis of Wetland Ecosystem Valuation Studies 6. Social and Deliberative Approaches to Support Wetland Management Part II: Case Studies of Ecological–Economic Approaches to Wetland Ecosystem Management 7. Environmental and Economic Assessment of the Location of Wetland Buffers in the Landscape for Nutrient Removal from Agricultural Runoff 8. Ecological and Socio-Economic Evaluation of Wetland Conservation Scenarios 9. Wetland Creation: Socio-Economic and Institutional Conditions for Collective Action 10. Management of a Multi-Purpose, Open Access Wetland: The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, UK 11. Spatial Hydro-Ecological and Economic Modelling of Land Use Changes in Wetlands 12. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides evolutionary and institutional perspectives on the reform of infrastructure industries, tracing the development of this process in a number of sectors and countries.The contributors contend that infrastructure based industries such as telecommunications, public transport, water management and energy have been increasingly exposed to the dynamism of the market since becoming privatized, and have therefore been stimulated into short-term efficiency and long-term innovation. Drawing on institutional economic theory backed up with case studies such as the California energy crisis, the Dutch gas industry, oil and electricity companies in Spain and the privatization of Schipol airport in Amsterdam, the book focuses on process, driving forces, and actors' roles to explain how new balances are established between competing institutions. The degree to which the processes of institutional change are predictable and the effects of deliberate strategic interventions of governments or private actors are explored. Specific technical and sector aspects and their influence on institutional change in various infrastructures are also discussed.This book will strongly appeal to academics and practitioners in politics or industry with an interest in industrial, evolutionary institutional or public sector economics.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Process and Outcomes of the Infrastructure Reform: An Evolutionary Perspective John P.M. Groenewegen and Rolf W. Künneke Part I: Process 2. Deregulation: Design, Learning and Legitimacy Atle Midttun 3. Competition Policy, Networks, and the ‘New Economy’ Erik J. Kloosterhuis and Peter A.G. van Bergeijk 4. The California Electricity Crisis: A Unique Combination of Circumstances or Symptom of a Structural Flaw Laurens J. de Vries 5. Dilemmas in Network Regulation: The Dutch Gas Industry Aad F. Correljé Part II: Outcomes 6. Regulated Mixed Firms: Does Continued State Ownership Bias Regulation? The Case of European Telecommunications Johannes M. Bauer 7. Limits of Law as Planning Mechanism in Infrastructure Industries Tony Prosser 8. The Economic Regulation of the Essential Facilities in the Oil and Electricity Industries in Spain Pablo Arocena Garro and Ignacio Contín Pilart 9. Privatization of Amsterdam Airport: Schiphol and the Public Interest Jacco R. Hakfoort Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on theory and practice in Australia. Policymakers are striving to strike a balance between the pros and cons of a property rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government regulation. The current movement in Australia is toward the use of markets, and numerous reforms are either underway or under consideration in that direction. This provides an ideal opportunity to observe the factors at play in determining the balance and hence the mix of policy instruments at work. The distinguished contributors offer a range of perspectives - economic, legal, environmental - and combine conceptual analysis with evidence from real policy decisions.Policymakers and governmental advisers will find this book timely and extremely relevant to making decisions on what is arguably the world's most critical natural resource. The Evolution of Markets for Water will also be of great interest to academics and students with an interest in natural resource economics, law and management.Table of ContentsContents: Preface by Alan Moran 1. Markets and Government – An Evolving Balance 2. Principles and Issues for Effective Australian Water Markets 3. The Historical Variation in Water Rights 4. State Administration versus Private Innovation: The Evolution of Property Rights to Water in Victoria, Australia 5. A Property Framework for Water Markets: The Role of Law 6. Registration of Water Titles: Key Issues in Developing Systems to Underpin Market Development 7. Accounting for Water Flows: Are Entitlements to Water Complete and Defensible and Does this Matter? 8. Potential Efficiency Gains from Water Trading in Queensland 9. Water Trading Instruments in Australia: Some Thoughts on Future Development of Australian Water Markets 10. Realising Environmental Demands in Water Markets Index

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book examines the broad and complex conceptual issues that must be addressed in order to achieve sustainable development. It begins with several case studies that reflect innovative policy and strategic initiatives within the corporate and public sectors, followed by a sector-by-sector analysis of specific opportunities and challenges within the critical resource domains of energy and global climate, human health, fisheries, agriculture, biodiversity, and forestry. It concludes by discussing how to measure and assess national economic and corporate activity, and whether humanity is itself capable of making the changes necessary to guarantee its own survival.The contributors illustrate, on the one hand, the spark of human ingenuity and invention which holds out a promise of success, but expose, on the other hand, the mindsets, myths and new conventional wisdom which characterize the emerging domain of sustainable development and which pose a daunting and potentially insurmountable challenge to its achievement. They determine that nothing short of a revolution in the way we produce goods and services, structure corporate decision making, and view our relationship with the natural environment will guarantee sustainable development. Central to this conclusion is a realization that many of the reigning beliefs that guide our actions today must be critically re-examined and, if necessary, rejected and replaced. A challenge to the tenets of current conventional wisdom, Sustainable Resource Management will be of great interest to students and scholars of business, resource and environmental economics, and resource management.Trade Review'This collection by an important group of practitioners and scholars ultimately provides an accessible introduction to a range of approaches for addressing critical problems in environmental and resource management.' -- J. Booker, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Introduction PART II: SOME SUCCESSES ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY Introduction 1. Emissions Trading: US Experience Implementing Multi-State Cap and Trade Programs Brian J. McLean 2. Green Tax Reforms in OECD Countries: An Overview Jean-Philippe Barde and Nils Axel Braathen 3. Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise Ray Anderson PART III: CHALLENGES WITHIN SPECIFIC RESOURCE DOMAINS Introduction SECTION A. ENERGY AND GLOBAL CLIMATE 4. Reconciling Global Warming and Increasing Energy Demand Burton Richter SECTION B. HUMAN HEALTH 5. Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health Clyde Hertzman SECTION C. FISHERIES 6. Fisheries and Coastal Ecosystems: The Need for Integrated Management Daniel Pauly and Ratana Chuenpagdee SECTION D. AGRICULTURE 7. Fatal Harvest: Old and New Dimensions of the Ecological Tragedy of Modern Agriculture Miguel A. Altieri SECTION E. BIODIVERSITY 8. Is Conservation a Lost Cause? Anthony R.E. Sinclair SECTION F. FORESTRY 9. The Myth, Reality and Social Process of Sustainable Forest Management Jane Lister 10. Sustainability: A Focus on Forests and Forestry J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins 11. Tropical Forest Management Systems as Economic and Sustainable Roger A. Sedjo PART IV: THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES Introduction 12. Accounting for the Environment: Can Industrial Ecology Pay Double Dividends for Business? W.G.B. Smith 13. Better Financial Disclosure Protects Investors and the Environment Robert Repetto 14. The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line David T. Suzuki 15. Is Humanity Fatally Successful? William E. Rees 16. Measuring Genuine Progress Ronald Colman CONCLUDING COMMENTS Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable housing, healthy urban designs, and marketing smarter growth. The concept of smart growth has gained in popularity in many countries around the world. From Europe to Asia to North America, planners, citizens, and policy makers have come to realize that patterns of urban development not only matter, but can affect the quality of life of every urban and rural resident. Comparing the approaches and results of policies in different locations is a logical way to assess policy success. While similarities and differences provide the foundation for trans-Atlantic comparisons, the contributions in this book focus on three central themes: smart growth, the role of states and nation-states, and the use of incentives, regulations and plans.Incentives, Regulations and Plans will find an audience in the United States, Canada and Europe, especially from those interested in architecture, planning, engineering, urban studies, agriculture and public policy.Trade Review'The book will be useful to planners engaged in smart growth efforts on both sides of the Atlantic. Its strength is in the inclusion of a variety of topics and case studies relevant to growth management programs and highlighting key direct and indirect impacts of these efforts in a variety of contexts.' -- Lucie Laurian, Growth and ChangeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Why Explore Smart Growth from a Trans-Atlantic Perspective? Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Huibert A. Haccoû PART I: URBAN CONTAINMENT 1. Urban Containment: European Experience of Planning for the Compact City Cliff Hague 2. Containing Sprawl Chang-Hee Christine Bae PART II: MIXED USE 3. Encouraging Mixed Use in Practice Jill Grant 4. Mixed Land Use in Germany: Opportunities, Benefits, and Constraints Claus-Christian Wiegandt PART III: AFFORDABLE HOUSING 5. Smart Growth: Opportunity or Threat to Affordable Housing? Charles Connerly 6. Affordable Housing, Housing Strategies and Growth Management in Flanders (Belgium): Facts, Policy and Discourses Jef E.J. Van den Broeck and Han Verschure PART IV: TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 7. Transit-oriented Development in the US: Contemporary Practices, Impacts and Policy Directions Robert Cervero 8. Transit-oriented Urban Environments Reduce Travel – A Fairytale? Harry Timmermans PART V: HEALTHY URBAN DESIGN 9. Healthy Urban Planning: The Anatomy of a WHO Healthy Cities Project Hugh Barton 10. Healthy Urban Design: Maryland’s Smart Codes and the Pedestrian Environment Kelly J. Clifton, Andréa Livi Smith and Rodney Harrell PART VI: SMART GROWTH IMPLEMENTATION 11. Smart Growth Strategies as a Challenge for Dutch Developmental Planning Policies Leonie B. Janssen-Jansen 12. State Plan and Smart Growth Implementation: The New Jersey Case Martin A. Bierbaum Conclusion: A Retrospective and a Call for More Trans-Atlantic Research Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Huibert A. Haccoû Index

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Book SynopsisThis book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to private initiative and investors.The authors and the editor of this book explore whether or not market forces offer a sustainable future for electricity generation. They employ economic theory and method to answer questions such as: Will the market be able to ensure adequacy of generation capacity and security of supply? Can price signals from future electricity markets lead to an acceptable level of investment for society? How can market and public intervention combine to deliver the right signal to invest in expanding and reinforcing the grid? How can two complementary investments such as the building of power plants and the expansion of the network be coordinated successfully?With a focus on the EU and US liberalised electricity markets, these questions, and others, are answered by leading thinkers in the field, and offer a much-needed assessment of the long-term consequences of liberalisation.Trade Review'This book delivers its aim of providing a coherent and integrated treatment of a closely inter-related set of investment problems, elegantly, concisely, and with the right blend of theory and evidence that will make the book a standard reference in the field for many years to come.' -- Competition and Regulation in Network Industries'Pre-reform electricity markets had monopoly generation and transmission companies that were well placed to coordinate investment in generation and transmission, financed by captive customers. Reforms to create competitive electricity markets and regulated transmission grids have transformed the investment problem, raising concerns that the new actors will be unable to deliver timely, coordinated least-cost investments while retaining the virtues of workably competitive markets. This book brings together a distinguished set of experts who set out how a liberalized electricity industry could function, and confront the theory with evidence. The three parts cover investment in generation, in transmission, and how they may be coordinated. Its clarity and coverage make it an essential primer for policymakers, industry investors, and students of this fascinating reform experiment.' -- David Newbery, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface by Jean Syrota 1. Investments in Competitive Electricity Markets: An Overview François Lévêque PART I: INVESTMENT IN GENERATION 2. Investment and Generation Capacity Richard Green 3. Generation Technology Mix in Competitive Electricity Markets Jean-Michel Glachant PART II: INVESTMENT IN TRANSMISSION 4. Problems of Transmission Investment in a Deregulated Power Market Steven Stoft 5. Patterns of Transmission Investments Paul Joskow PART III: COORDINATION BETWEEN INVESTMENTS IN GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 6. Long-Term Locational Prices and Investment Incentives in the Transmission of Electricity Yves Smeers 7. Compatibility of Investment Signals in Distribution, Transmission and Generation Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga and Luis Olmos Index

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Book SynopsisChina's rapid economic development is having profound implications for energy resources. China has always been exceptionally reliant on its abundant coal, but consumption of oil and gas have grown rapidly since reform began in the 1980s. In spite of vigorous domestic development - most recently in the Tarim Basin - China is now consuming approximately 8 per cent of the world's oil output but producing only 4 per cent. China's emergence as an energy importer has given rise to concerns that it is a major contributor to recent turmoil in energy markets. This book examines China's record of oil and gas development, its refining capacity, and energy prospects. The authors conclude that there are no fundamental reasons for anxiety about China's demands on the world energy economy, but they emphasize that its energy future will depend critically on a continuation of reform and internationalization. China and the Global Energy Crisis is a concise but detailed study of these issues. This book will appeal not only to readers concerned with China and energy issues, but also to a wider readership seeking to understand China's development and its global meaning.Trade Review'. . . a very detailed and fascinating description of the development of China's oil and natural gas industry and an assessment of its prospects. . . certainly a recommended read.' -- Anthony D. Owen, Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business'. . . this book should be a part of the library of anyone interested in the Chinese energy system.' -- New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies'This is a timely and important book to help enhance understanding of China's petroleum industry and to assess China's energy policy in a more sensible way.' -- Janet Xuanli Liao, The China Journal'This is a timely volume. Understanding the oil and gas industry that China has at home is an essential prerequisite to understanding Chinese foreign policy and the future role of China in world oil and gas markets. It is certain to be a major one.' -- From the preface by Ron Oxburgh, Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool, (Climate Change Capital)Table of ContentsContents: Preface by Ron Oxburgh, Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool, (Climate Change Capital) Introduction 1. The Origins and Modern Development of China’s Oil and Gas Industry 2. The Geological Basis of the Onshore Oil and Gas Industry 3. Oil and Gas Administration and the Evolution of Exploration and Development 4. Natural Gas: China’s New Energy Source 5. The Tarim Basin: Solution or Problem? 6. Refining and Distribution 7. Summing Up and Looking Ahead Appendix: The Background to China’s Energy Planning Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLandscape today is no longer just a cultural aspect, intended as an elitist phenomenon, but emerges as an essential element in the definition and the application of a modern approach in sustainable development. Historical locally adapted distinctive and ingenious combinations of management practices have contributed and continue to contribute tremendously to the biodiversity of the world, resulting not only in outstanding aesthetic beauty, but, in the sustained provision of multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security and quality of life. The development of policies to preserve and manage landscape resources, has to face both the degradation of cultural landscape due to socio-economic development and the need to develop appropriate methods and approaches. This book presents different methodologies developed to analyse, manage and plan landscape resources. It reports recent research findings and case studies from Europe and North America, suggesting also the revision of some orientations and views of the current policies concerning forestry, rural development and nature conservation, often contributing to degrade cultural landscapes.Table of ContentsI: Introduction: Framing the Issue – a Trans-disciplinary Reflection on Cultural Landscapes Part I: Analysis 1: The Development of a Historical and Cultural Evaluation Approach in Landscape Assessment: the Dynamic of Tuscan Landscape between 1832 and 2004 2: Cultural Landscapes in Northern Forests – Time, Space and Affiliation to the Land 3: Energy Balance and Land Use: the Making of an Agrarian Landscape from the Vantage Point of Social Metabolism (the Catalan Vallès County in 1860/1870) 4: Earth Observation Techniques and Geographic Information Systems as Tools for Assessing Land Use/Cover Changes in a Landscape Context Part II: Management 5: The Project for the Rural Landscape Park in Moscheta (Tuscany, Italy) 6: Long-term Vegetation Dynamics in Southern Scandinavia and Their Use in Managing Landscapes for Biodiversity 7: Mountain Landscape, Pastoral Management and Traditional Practices in the Northern Pyrenees (France) 8: Maintaining Cultural and Natural Biodiversity in Europe’s Economic Centre and Periphery 9: Rethinking Traditional Preservation Approaches for Managing a Forested Cultural Landscape: the Case of Marsh–Billings–Rockefeller National Historical Park’s Mount Tom Forest 10: Working Forest Landscapes: Two Case Studies from North Carolina 11: Restoration in the American National Forests: Ecological Processes and Cultural Landscapes 12: Land-use and Landscape Histories: the Role of History in Current Environmental Decisions 13: Cultural Landscape Management in Europe and Germany 14: The Restoration of Forest Landscapes through Farmland Afforestation Measures in Spain Part III: Case studies 15: Historic Landscape Restoration: Case Studies of Site Recovery in Post-industrial South Yorkshire, England 16: Comparative International Research on Agricultural Land-use History and Forest Management Practices: the Tuscan Estate of Castello di Spannocchia and Vermont’s Marsh–Billings–Rockefeller National Historical Park 17: Shaping the Landscape: Long-term Effects of the Historical Controversy about the Viennese Forest (Wienerwald) 18: Recovery and Valorization of a Historical Fruit Orchard: the Kolymbetra in the Temple Valley, Sicily

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Book SynopsisIn the context of forest sustainability, this book presents the issues related to both global climate change and conservation of biodiversity. It highlights four methodologies and shows how they contribute in overcoming the ecological challenges facing our world. The practical experience presented can be applied to the implementation of successful sustainable forestry policies.Table of Contents1: Overview KM Reynolds, M Köhl, K Rennolls, M Shannon, A Thomson, and D Ray Section 1: Science and policy Chapter 1: Science is endogenous to sustainable forestry - implications for scientists and policy makers MA Shannon, G Buttoud, and R Päivinen Chapter 2: Will linking science to policy lead to sustainable forestry? Lessons from the federal forests of the United States KN Johnson Chapter 3: Participation as a new mode of governance? Scientists and policy makers linked in a double spiral I Kouplevatskaya Chapter 4: The European Union sustainable forest management and climate change mitigation policies from a transition countries perspective M Nijnik and L Bizikova Chapter 5: Abee Chapter 6: Indicators for biodiversity of tropical forests: problems and solutions K Rennolls and KM Reynolds Chapter 7: Science-policy consultation as boundary spanning: The interaction of science and politics in two US bioregional assessments M Pregernig Chapter 8: Cluster organization in forestry: Supporting information and knowledge transfer in the practice, science and policy of sustainable forest management T Mrosek and A Schulte Chapter 9: Modelling public support for wildland fire policy JD Absher and JJ Vaske Chapter 10: Analysing institutions and public perspectives to identify the future of British forests M Nijnik and A Mather Chapter 11: Economic conservation - Hill Holt Wood: The three legs of sustainability in practiceN Lowthrop Section 2: Inventory and monitoring Chapter 12: Measuring sustainability using the US Forest Inventory and Analysis Program CT Scott and WH McWilliams Chapter 13: Vegetation diversity assessment in southern Belgium's permanent forest inventory C Sanchez, H Claessens, T Puissant, HLecomte and JRondeux Chapter 14: PractiSFM - An operational multi-resource inventory protocol for sustainable forest management F Barrett, M Nieuwenhuis and MJ Somers Chapter 15: The Importance of forest stand-level inventory to sustain multiple forest values in the presence of endangered species DL Johnson, KN Johnson and DW Hann Chapter 16: Forest land change assessment by continuous inventory P Corona, E Pompei and G Scarascia Mugnozza Chapter 17: A study on tree colonization of abandoned land in the Italian Alps: extent and some characteristics of new forest stands in Trentino F De Natale, P Gasparini and A Carriero Chapter 18: Using spatial statistics to improve the primary forestry supply chain JD Hamann and K Boston Chapter 19: Evaluation of commercial airborne LiDAR and SAR products to estimate top height and associated parameters in production forests in Britain E D Wallington and JC Suárez Section 3: Statistics and modelling Chapter 20: Potential contributions of statistics and modelling to sustainable forest management: review and synthesis K Rennolls, M Tomé, RE McRoberts, JK Vanclay, V LeMay, BT Guan and GZ Gertner Chapter 21: Modelling forest ecosystems: the Edinburgh Forest ModelJHM Thornley Section 4: Information and knowledge management Chapter 22: Information and knowledge management for sustainable forestryAJ Thomson, HM Rauscher, DL Schmoldt and H Vacik Chapter 23: Integrating the DPSIR approach and the analytic network process for the assessment of forest management strategies H Vacik, B Wolfslehner, R Seidl and MJ Lexer Chapter 24: Establishment Management Information System [EMIS]: delivering good practice advice on tree establishment in the uplands of Britain MP Perks, AJ Harrison and SJ Bathgate Chapter 25: On chatbots and avatars - the Virtual Forester as a guide to knowledge about sustainable forest management A Reinbolz and M Hanewinkel Chapter 26: Information and knowledge management in support of sustainable forestry: a review HM Rauscher, DL Schmoldt and H Vacik Chapter 27: How should we manage knowledge ecosystems? Using adaptive knowledge management!AJ Thomson Chapter 28: An information retrieval system to support management of Habitats and Rare Priority and Protected Species (HaRPPS) in Britain D Ray and AC Broome Chapter 29: Decision support for sustainable forestry: enhancing the basic rational model HR Ekbia and KM Reynolds

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. With investors beginning to request the impact of their investments in this research, a review was needed on the economic, social and environmental effects of these projects. Stemming from an effort to address these concerns, this collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world. Both micro and macro projects are examined to consider the results of these agricultural and development programs at the farm level as well as on a regional scale.Table of Contents1: Why Natural Resource Management Research? 2: The History of NRM Research in the CGIAR 3: Productivity Enhancement and NRM, NRM Case Studies: What do they tell us? 4: Overview of the Case Studies 5: CIMMYT. Assessing the Impact of NRMR: The Case of Zero Tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems 6: CIAT. Impact of Participatory NRMR in Cassava-Based Cropping Systems in Vietnam and Thailand 7: WorldFish Centre. Impact of the Development and Dissemination of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture Technologies in Malawi 8: World Agroforestry Centre. Impacts of Improved Tree Fallow Technology in Zambia 9: ICARDA. Ex Post-impact Assessment of NRM Technologies in Crop-Livestock Systems in Dry Areas of Morocco and Tunisia 10: IWMI. Assessing the Outcome of IWMI's Research and Interventions on Irrigation Management Transfer 11: CIFOR. The Sustainability of Forest Management: Assessing the Impact of CIFOR Criteria and Indicators Research : Lessons learned and the Way ahead 12: The Major Lessons from the Case Studies 13: The Way ahead: Impact Assessment of NRM Research

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Book SynopsisThe lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in user participation and the formalized legal systems of the public sector, water management regimes will be more able to reach their goals.Table of Contents1: Community-Based Water Law and Water Resources Management Reform in Developing Countries: Rationale, Contents and Key Messages 2: Understanding Legal Pluralism in Water and Land Rights: Lessons from Africa and Asia 3: Community Priorities for Water Rights: Some Conjectures on Assumptions, Principles and Programmes 4: Dispossession at the Interface of Community-Based Water Law and Permit Systems 5: Issues in Reforming Informal Water Economies of Low-Income Countries: Examples from India and Elsewhere 6: Legal Pluralism and the Politics of Inclusion, Recognition and Contestation of Local Water Rights in the Andes 7: Water Rights and Rules, and Management in Spate Irrigation Systems in Eritrea, Yemen and Pakistan 8: Local Institutions for Wetland Management in Ethiopia: Sustainability and State Intervention 9: Indigenous Systems of Conflict Resolution in Oromia, Ethiopia 10: Kenya's New Water Law: An Analysis of the Implications of Kenya's Water Act, 2002 for the Rural Poor 11: Coping with History and Hydrology: How Kenya's Settlement and Land Tenure Patterns Shape Contemporary Water Rights and Gender Relations in Water 12: Irrigation Management and Poverty Dynamics: Case Study of the Nyando Basin in Western Kenya 13: If Government Failed, How Are We to Succeed? The Importance of History and Context in Present-Day Irrigation Reform in Malawi 14: A Legal-Infrastructural Framework for Catchment Apportionment 15: Intersections of Law, Human Rights and Water Management in Zimbabwe: Implications for Rural Livelihoods

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Book SynopsisExamining the relationship between sustainability and farmland management in diffeing tempoarla spatial and production contexts - this book considers famrland multifuctionality, systems and sytemic thinking, the debates over information, knowledge and ethical aspects.Table of Contents1: Sustainability and Farmland Management 2: Infomation and Knowledge for Sustainable Farmland Management 3: Ethical Production and Protection 4: Multifunctionality and Sustainable Farmland Management 5: Systems for Sustainable Farmland Management 6: Scales of Sustainable Farmland Management

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Book SynopsisThe degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.Table of ContentsPart 1: Land and Water Degradation: Assessment and Issues 1.1: Learning from bright spots to enhance food security and to combat degradation of water and land resources. 1.2: Land degradation and water productivity in agricultural landscapes. 1.3: Land Degradation, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder farmers in Makanya catachment, Tanzania. 1.4: Political ecologies of bright spots 1.5: Large scale fluxes of crop nutrients in food cause environmental problems at the sources and at sinks 1.6: Carbon sequestration, land degradation and water Part 2: Towards Better Land and Water Management 2.1: Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management 2.2: Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa 2.3: Safeguarding water resources by making the land greener: knowledge management through WOCAT 2.4: Bright basins - do many bright spots make a basin shine? 2.5: The influence of plant cover structures on water fluxes in agricultural landscapes 2.6: Investments in collective capacity and social capital Part 3: ‘ Bright Spots’ 3.1: ‘Bright spots’: Pathways to ensuring food security and environmental integrity 3.2: Ecosystem benefits of ‘Bright Spots’

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Book SynopsisThe extreme climate variability that characterizes China's arid rangelands can cause drought and degradation, resulting in dust storms, floods, animal losses, financial hardship and a decline in food availability. Addressing the issues of even greater climate extremes in the future, this book discusses both new approaches and past successes and failures in order to provide the necessary insight to develop sustainable rangeland management strategies, drawing on regional case studies and lessons learned from Australia, Canada and the USA.Table of ContentsA: Part 1. Introduction 1: The context for the study of rangeland degradation and recovery in China’s pastoral lands 2: Historical degradation episodes in China: socio-economic forces and their interaction with rangeland grazing systems since the 1950s B: Part 2. Mechanisms of rangeland degradation and recovery 3: An analysis of the effects of climate variability in northern China over the past five decades on people livestock and plants in the focus areas 4: Mechanisms of degradation in grazed rangelands 5: The mechanisms of soil erosion processes by wind and water in Chinese rangelands 6: Processes in rangeland degradation, rehabilitation and recovery C: Part 3. Case studies of degradation and recovery 7: Hulunbuir grassland, Inner Mongolia 8: Horqin sandy land, Inner Mongolia 9: Xilingole grassland, Inner Mongolia 10: Ordos plateau, Inner Mongolia 11: Hexi corridor, Gansu 12: Alashan Plateau, Inner Mongolia 13: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Rangelands 14: Northern Xinjiang D: Part 4. The Future - How to prevent the next major degradation episode 15: Land tenure arrangements, property rights and institutional arrangements in the cycles of rangeland degradation and recovery 16: Monitoring and Evaluation as Tools for Rangeland Management 17: How can the next degradation episode be prevented?

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Book SynopsisUsing a variety of case studies, this book provides an overview of how societies have gradually developed their water resources and furthers our understanding of how such resources can be managed successfully or unsuccessfully. Discussing how and why particular options are selected, and why a particular course of events eventually prevails, the book stresses the importance of context and a multidisciplinary approach in moving towards sustainable and equitable development.Table of Contents1: Conceptual and Substantive Introduction 2: The Jordan River Basin, Jordan 3: The Olifant River Basin, South Africa 4: The Lerma-Chapala River Basin, Mexico 5: The Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand 6: The Yellow River Basin, China 7: The Merguellil River Basin, Tunisia 8: The Ruaha/Rufiji River Basin, Tanzania 9: The Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran 10: The Bhavani River Basin, India 11: The Pungwe and Save River Basins, Zimbabwe and Mozambique 12: The Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia 13: Synthesis: Human-environment Interactions in a River Basin Context

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Book SynopsisTropical coastal deltas represent one of the most diverse and rapidly changing biophysical regions in the developing world. These deltas are home to large populated areas, are significant centres of agricultural production and industrial development, and contain fragile ecosystems that are now facing new threats as a result of expected sea-level rises associated with global warming. Focusing on the developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America, chapters explore the diverse livelihoods of people in these areas and the impact of land-water management on the environment. New techniques and methodologies are explored in land and water management to try and solve the conflicts between rice-based agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and the environment in tropical delta regions. Illustrating how to protect tropical deltaic systems in the face of serious future challenges, this will be essential reading for students, researchers, policy makers and natural resource managers in agriculture and aquaculture.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1: Policy, Planning and Management at the Land-Water Interface Part 2: Aquaculture and Fisheries 2: Aquatic Resources and Environmental Variability in Bac Lieu Province (Southern Vietnam). 3: Integrating Aquaculture in Coastal River Planning: The Case of Dagupan City, Philippines. 4: Evolution of Shrimp Aquaculture Systems in the Coastal Zones of Bangladesh and Vietnam: A Comparison. 5: Ecological Risk Assessment of an Alien Aquatic Species: A Case Study of Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp) Aquaculture in the Bangpakong River, Thailand. 6: Ability of Litopenaeus vannamei to Survive and Compete with Local Marine Shrimp Species in the Bangpakong River, Thailand 7: Improving the Productivity of Rice-Shrimp Systems in the Southwest Coastal Region of Bangladesh. 8: Zooplankton Dynamics and Appropriate Management Approach for Blue-swimming Crab in Kung Krabaen Bay, Thailand. 9: Rebuilding Resilient Shrimp Aquaculture in Southeast Asia: Disease Management, Coastal Ecology and Decision Making 10: Integrated Management of Aquatic Resources: A Bayesian Approach to Water Control and Trade-offs in Southern Vietnam. Part 3: Agriculture 11: Soil Characteristics of Saline and Non-saline Deltas of Bangladesh. 12: Designing Resilient Rice Varieties for Coastal Deltas Using Modern Breeding Tools. 13: The Right Rice in the Right Place: Systematic Exchange and Farmer-based Evaluation of Rice Germplasm for Salt-affected Areas 14: Rice Varieties and Cultural Management Practices for High and Sustained Productivity in the Coastal Wetlands of Southern Bangladesh 15: Boro Rice for Food Security in the Coastal West Bengal, India 16: Strategies for Improving and Stabilizing Rice Productivity in the Coastal Zones of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 17: Diversified Cropping Systems in a Coastal Province of The Mekong Delta, Vietnam: From Testing to Out-scaling 18: Improving Rice Productivity in Coastal Saline Soils of the Mahanadi Delta of India through Integrated Nutrient Management 19: Crop Diversification for Improving Water Productivity and Rural Livelihoods in Coastal Saline Soils of the Mahanadi Delta, India. 20: Water Supply and Demand for Dry Season Rice in the Coastal Polders of Bangladesh. Part 4: Communities and Governance 21: An Analysis of Environmental Policy Strategies for Coastal Land Conservation in Thailand 22: Conflicts and Governance: Perspectives on an Eastern and a Western Coastal Wetland in India 23: Farmers' Assessment of Resource Management and Farm Level Technological Interventions in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam 25: Participatory Management of Coastal Resources: A Case Study of Baganchra-Badurgacha Sub-project in the Southwest of Bangladesh 26: Learning to Build Resilient Coastal Communities: Post-tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka and Indonesia 27: Social Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards in Southeast Asia: A Synthesis of Research Insights Part 5: Coastal and Delta Environments 28: An Extended Hydrological Classification for Mangrove Rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study in Vietnam 29: Coastal Transects Analysis of Chao Phraya Delta, Thailand 30: Mangrove System Sustainability: Public Incentives and Local Strategies in West Africa 31: Assessing the Impact of Small Scale Coastal Embankment: A Case Study of an LGED Polder in Bangladesh 32: Dynamics of Livelihoods and Resource Use Strategies in Different Ecosystems of the Coastal Zones of Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam 33: Utilization of Aquatic Resources Along the North Brazilian Coast with Special Reference to Mangroves as Fish Nurseries

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Book SynopsisBased on research carried out within the farming community and academic studies, this book assesses and explains the core skills needed to become a successful farm manager. Observation, anticipation of plan outcomes, and risk management are identified as key requirements, and each of these categories is broken down into isolated skills such as problem definition and visual observation, which are in turn dissected and analysed. Practical methods for acquiring or improving each skill are covered in detail, with practice exercises to engage the reader in active participation. This book is an essential resource for farm managers and students.Table of Contents1: Observation 2: Anticipation 3: Risk management 4: Concluding comments 5: Assessments 6: Tests

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Book SynopsisIn today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life.Table of ContentsA: Foreword Part I: Growing Parks in the Fields of Belief 1: The Ecology of Belief - It's all in the Connections 2: The Power and Theory of Belief - The Real Limits of Preservation 3: The Ecology, Energy, and Dynamics of Belief 4: Norms, Ethics, and Beliefs in Our Parks 5: Organizational Beliefs - From Visionary to Functionary 6: Beliefs, as Values, Possessions, and Lenses Part II: Ploughing the Fertile Fields of Belief 7: Credibility, Authenticity, Believability, and Park Maintenance 8: Patterns of Thinking - Structures of Believing 9: The Nesting Habits of Beliefs - and the Belief Tree 10: The Symbolism of Beliefs: Signs, Symbols, Icons, and Omens 11: This I Believe - Discovering Your Belief System 12: Belief Bites - Truisms, Metaphors, Aphorisms, and the Wisdom of the Ages 13: Beliefs as Environmental Super Highways and Roadblocks Part III: Exploring the Far-Flung Fields of Belief 14: Belief-Based Science and Research Methods 15: From Beliefs to Science and Back Again 16: The Politics of Belief - Park Wildlife as a Case Study 17: Environmental Beliefs as Spiritual, Sacred, and Religious 18: Toward Environmental Sanity through the Ecology of Belief 19: Parks as Belief - Making Peace with Paradox 20: Afterword: The Human Need Maslow Rejected - The Need to Believe B: Appendix: A Kit of Belief-Based Tools for Interpreting Environmental Issues

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Book SynopsisWater issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed and find ways to moderate our growing collective thirst.The volume begins with an exploration of the opportunities, arguments, and mechanisms for transferring lessons between the American West and foreign nations. Succeeding chapters cover individual issues such as: water allocation and the relationship between market mechanisms and government-based approaches, the challenge of environmental protection, the protection of cultural values with a focus on indigenous water rights, the significance of international and interstate rivers in promoting regional conflict and cooperation, and the role of water management in sustainable development. A comprehensive look at one of our most pressing issues, In Search of Sustainable Water Management will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the areas of water management, law, policy studies, economics, planning and public administration.Trade Review'This edited volume adeptly analyzes some of the most salient challenges that face water managers and policy makers: balancing private and public sector roles in water allocation, protecting environmental values and indigenous rights to water, avoiding transboundary water conflicts, and integrating the concept of sustainable development within water policies. . . the chapters in this book are comprehensive and well balanced. . . Kenney and his colleagues have put forth an important contribution to western water policy scholarship. They offer concrete ideas for sustainable water management in the western US informed by international cases, while acknowledging the West's unique political and social context.' -- Tanya Heikkila, Journal of the American Water Resources Association'Collectively the papers provide concise, insightful coverage of critical water problems in the US and carefully integrate relevant lessons from international water management into these discussions. Highly recommended.' -- B.F. Hope, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Water Policy and Cultural Exchange: Transferring Lessons from Around the World to the Western United States James L. Wescoat Jr 2. Roles for the Public and Private Sectors in Water Allocation: Lessons from Around the World Charles W. Howe and Helen Ingram 3. Integrating Environmental and Other Public Values in Water Allocation and Management Decisions David H. Getches and Sarah B. Van de Wetering 4. Protecting Indigenous Rights and Interests in Water David H. Getches and Sarah B. Van de Wetering 5. Transboundary Water Conflicts and Cooperation Aaron T. Wolf 6. Sustainability and the Future of Western Water Law Lakshman Guruswamy and A. Dan Tarlock Index

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Book SynopsisHow are the economic values of water and water quality accounted for in policy and project appraisal? This important book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in water resources management throughout Europe and North America, along with an examination of current applications. The distinguished authors highlight problems and challenges encountered in the use of CBA in 15 country-specific case studies. Based on these case studies, the value and limits of CBA in water resources management are assessed and special attention is paid to the institutional and policy context in which CBA is carried out.Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management is written for both academics and policymakers interested in the use and usefulness of CBA in water resources management.Trade Review'Water is not just H2O, but has a socioeconomic value for many use and non-use purposes. This volume contains a varied set of very interesting evaluation studies on water resources management. The editors have served the scientific community and relevant policy bodies with a balanced collection of operational contributions to a solid cost-benefit perspective on water management. This book is certainly an eye-opener for anyone interested in the significance of cost-benefit analysis for water policy issues.' -- Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands'The book chapters are written to accommodate readers of various disciplines, using a descriptive analysis of complicated issues to be easily comprehended by non-technical readers. The coverage of the issues is also phenomenal, including application of CBA to flood control, river restoration, river basin management, water quality, ground water, and water allocation, to mention only a few. The group of contributing experts is also very impressive, including authoritative practitioners and academicians, all of whom display a high level of expertise and experience. In a world where water becomes a contested scarce resource, the appropriate use of economic tools in a policy context is a very important goal. This book with its authoritative guidance does contribute to achieving it.' -- Ariel Dinar, World Bank and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, US'This book provides a solid foundation in the theory and methods of cost-benefit analysis of water resources, along with a wide range of case studies that illustrate the practical aspects of applying cost-benefit analysis. There is much an aspiring cost-benefit practitioner and water resources planner can learn from this volume to improve the economic efficiency of water resource management.' -- John Loomis, Colorado State University, US'This book offers a unique and very coherent collection of ambitious CBA studies of water-related issues. It can be seen as a showcase of the potential, as well as a test on the limits, of cost-benefit analysis. Given the increasing importance of effective and efficient management of water - in response to water scarcity, water pollution and climate trends - the lessons from this book will be very useful to policymakers and social scientists alike.' -- Jeroen van den Bergh, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction R. Brouwer and D.W. Pearce 2. Economic Criteria for Water Allocation and Valuation R.A. Young 3. Water as an Economic Good J. Briscoe 4. Appraising Flood Control Investments in the UK D.W. Pearce and R. Smale 5. Cost–benefit Analysis and Flood Control Policy in the Netherlands R. Brouwer and J.M. Kind 6. Cost–benefit Analysis of River Restoration in Denmark A. Dubgaard, M.F. Kallesøe, J. Ladenburg and M.L. Petersen 7. Cost–benefit Analysis and Complex River Basin Management in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden P. Frykblom, H. Scharin, T. Söderqvist and A. Helgesson 8. The Costs and Benefits of Implementing the European Urban Waste Water Directive in Greece A. Kontogianni, M. Skourtos, B. Zanou and I.H. Langford 9. Cost–benefit Analysis of the Remedial Action Plan to Improve Water Quality in the Great Lakes in Canada D.P. Dupont and S. Renzetti 10. Benefit–cost Analysis of Regulations Affecting Surface Water Quality in the United States C. Griffiths and W. Wheeler 11. The Costs and Benefits of a Revised European Bathing Water Directive in the Netherlands R. Brouwer and R. Bronda 12. Cost–benefit Analysis of Improved Bathing Water Quality in the United Kingdom as a Result of a Revision of the European Bathing Water Directive S. Georgiou, I.J. Bateman and I.H. Langford 13. Cost–benefit Analysis of Large-Scale Groundwater Remediation in France J.-D. Rinaudo and S. Loubier 14. Cost–benefit Analysis and Efficient Water Allocation in Cyprus B. Groom, P. Koundouri and T. Swanson 15. Cost–benefit Analysis, Water Scarcity and Sustainable Water Use in Spain J. Maestu, P. Campos-Palacín and J. López-Linage 16. Cost–benefit Analysis of Urban Water Supply in Mexico City G. Soto Montes de Oca and I.J. Bateman Index

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Book SynopsisThis book asks under which conditions cooperation is in the interest of the riparian countries sharing international waters, and how institutions must be designed to realize potential gains of cooperation. The author, Ines Dombrowsky, develops a conceptual framework that draws upon different economic theories, including the theory of external effects, non-cooperative game theory and transaction costs economics. She distinguishes the different types of externality problems inherent in international water management and specifies the institutional prerequisites for cooperation. She argues that the respective problems differ with respect to the need to define property rights and to establish enforcement mechanisms. The book also explores the role of issue linkage and of international organizations to foster cooperation. The theoretic considerations are compared and contrasted with the findings of a global review of international water treaties and organizations.By taking hydrological and legal aspects into account, this book provides an interdisciplinary contribution at the interface of hydrology, law and economics. As such, it is addressed to scholars, practitioners and policy-makers, including economists, political scientists, international lawyers, natural scientists, and water resource managers.Trade Review'While I recommend this book as a whole, a couple of its chapters are especially fascinating. I found the review of international law to be comprehensive and well structured, and the chapter on the role of problem structure to be mind opening, especially for demonstration of strategic behavior in the field of international water. This book will benefit those interested in the conflict-cooperation discourse in the field of international water.' -- Ariel Dinar, Land Economics'. . . this book offers a good summary of the issues surrounding integrated water resource management as a tool for water resource management across national boundaries an some useful alternative views on the issues. It would provide a useful resource for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers including economists, political scientists, international lawyers, natural scientists, and water resource managers.' -- Adam Loch, Land Use Policy'This data collection offers a great opportunity for further research on international water management, and some suggestions in this respect are also made in the final chapter, where the main findings are summarized and policy implications and research opportunities are offered.' -- Marit Brochmann, Journal of Peace ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Foundations for the Analysis of International Water Management Institutions 2. Economic Conceptualization of International Water Management Problems 3. Legal Perspectives on Institutional Design 4. Empirical Evidence of International Water Management Institutions Part II: Economic Analysis of the Cooperation Problem and Institutions 5. The Role of the Problem Structure for Institutional Design and Cooperation 6. The Role of Issue Linkage for the Resolution of Unidirectional Externality Problems 7. The Role of Organizations for Cooperation 8. Synthesis and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation for a Low Carbon Economy analyses the interplay of technological, institutional, market and management factors in the dynamics of energy systems. The book aims to inform national and international policies to promote low carbon innovation.Featuring chapters by leading international experts, this book explores how innovation in energy systems will provide a core contribution to achieving national and international energy policy goals, including energy security and long-term reductions in CO2 emissions. The book elaborates approaches to understanding innovation from different disciplinary perspectives and illustrates these through case studies of national and sectoral energy systems. These cover a range of technologies including photovoltaics, wind power, fuel cells, microgeneration, combined heat and power, and efficiency standards, for both energy and transport services. It contributes to greater mutual learning between approaches as international academics from economic, institutional and management backgrounds share and analyse their respective approaches, knowledge and insights.The explicitly multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approach will appeal to academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in energy systems and policy. It will also be of interest to policymakers involved in promoting low carbon innovation, and strategic management thinkers in energy firms and consultancies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword 1. Innovation in Energy Systems: Learning from Economic, Institutional and Management Approaches Timothy Foxon, Jonathan Köhler and Karsten Neuhoff 2. A Cybernetic Perspective on Technology Learning Clas-Otto Wene 3. Demand-pull Energy Technology Policies, Diffusion and Improvements in California Wind Power Gregory Nemet 4. Functions in Innovation Systems: A Framework for Analysing Energy System Dynamics and Identifying Goals for System-building Activities by Entrepreneurs and Policymakers Anna Bergek, Marko Hekkert and Staffan Jacobsson 5. Firms, Markets and the Fuel Cell Technology Innovation System in an International Perspective Chris Hendry, James Brown and Paul Harborne 6. On the Dynamics of Microgeneration Diffusion in Germany and the UK Barbara Praetorius, Raphael Sauter and Jim Watson 7. Evolutionary Innovation Systems of Low Carbon Electricity: Insights about Institutional Change and Innovation in the Cases of CHP and Wind Energy Marianne van der Steen, John Groenewegen, Martijn Jonker, Rolf Künneke and Eeke Mast 8. Market Transformation: Innovation Theory and Practice Mark Hinnells and Brenda Boardman 9. Can Car Makers Save the Planet? Jonathan Köhler, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton Index

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Book SynopsisFaced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends. Among the policy instruments is the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFGP) that aims to change the pattern of agricultural land use in 25 provinces and autonomous regions across China. This book provides the most comprehensive assessment of the CCFGP undertaken to date. It allows the consideration of fundamental questions pertaining to the sustainability of the land use changes brought about by the CCFGP, its cost effectiveness and the prospects for policy evolution. Contributions from a wide range of economists and scientists in the book provide policymakers in the Chinese government with relevant information with which to pursue more effectively agro-environmental goals.Providing an economic assessment of land-use policy in China, this book will be of great interest to policymakers and government advisers in China, international donor agencies, and academics and students with an interest in land-use policy and environmental and natural resource economics and management.Trade Review'This is a useful book for those who are interested in institutional, economic and policy issues in China's ecosystem management, environmental protection and poverty alleviation. It is also a valuable reference book for university students who are studying environmental economics and development studies in general.' -- Yuelai Yu, Environmental Sciences'This book edited by Jeff Bennett, Xuehong Wang and Lei Zhang fills the gap in the literature admirably. . . this book will be of great interest to economists examining agro-environmental problems and solutions in China and elsewhere. The economic analyses in each of the chapters are insightful in their own right and in some cases (bioeconomic and choice modelling) employ highly innovative techniques. The success with which the economic analyses are drawn together is a testament to the well-designed research approach of the book and of the Australia-China collaborative research project on which it is based, and the study's market-based approach, the valuations and the recommendations will be useful to policymakers in China as they design and refine agro-environmental programs into the future. Of most interest will be the on-the-ground trials of the market-based instruments proposed by the authors.' -- Scott Waldron, The China JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Agriculture and the Environment Jeff Bennett 2. Land-Use Management in China Xuehong Wang, Hongyun Han and Jeff Bennett 3. The Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program Jeff Bennett, Lei Zhang, Guangcui Dai, Chen Xie, Jincheng Zhao, Dan Liang, Yongwei Liang and Xuehong Wang 4. Are Farmers Better Off? Chen Xie, Jincheng Zhao, Dan Liang, Jeff Bennett, Lei Zhang, Guangcui Dai and Xuehong Wang 5. Economic Efficiency Impacts Jeff Bennett, Guangcui Dai, Jincheng Zhao, Li Jiang, Zhitao Zhang, Dan Liang and Xuehong Wang 6. Valuing Run-off Reductions Jeff Bennett, Lei Zhang, Yangwen Jia, Zuhao Zhou, Yaqin Qiu, Xuehong Wang and Zhitao Zhang 7. Non-market Values of Environmental Changes Xuehong Wang, Jeff Bennett, Chen Xie, Zhitao Zhang 8. An Overall Assessment of the CCFGP and Policy Recommendations Xuehong Wang, Jeff Bennett, Lei Zhang and Chen Xie 9. The Way Ahead Jeff Bennett and Xuehong Wang Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a timely and comparative assessment of initiatives to promote renewable electricity sources (RES-E) in eight European countries. Carried out by the ProSus research programme at the University of Oslo in cooperation with leading research institutions in each country, the book focuses on the promotional schemes used to foster RES-E in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. The book is unique in that it monitors progress on implementing the EU RES-E Directive in relation to the impact of the 'dominant energy systems' in each country. Employing notions of 'path dependency/path creation', the analysis demonstrates that crucial lessons for promoting RES-E are to be found in the contextual conditions of national and regional settings; conditions that qualify the effects of more general, market-oriented schemes. The conclusions reached are of direct relevance for the ongoing debate as to the most effective policy instruments for achieving sustainable energy and climate policies in Europe.Promoting Sustainable Electricity in Europe will be of interest to academics and researchers involved in environmental management, energy studies, technology and sustainable development. Furthermore, it will be of interest to policymakers and bureaucrats both at the EU level and among EU/EEA member states concerned with climate change, renewable energy and sustainable development at large. The book should also be of relevance for business organizations and NGOs concerned with the promotion of sustainable electricity.Trade Review'. . . this book is a timely and significant read for anyone with an interest in the operation of the energy sector.' -- Karen Morrow, International Energy Law & Taxation ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Promoting Green Electricity in Europe: The Challenge of Integrating Contextual Factors William M. Lafferty and Audun Ruud 2. The Netherlands: Muddling Through in the Dutch Delta Maarten J. Arentsen 3. Denmark: Path-Creation Dynamics and Winds of Change Peter Karnøe and Adam Buchhorn 4. Ireland: Putting the Wind up the Political System Gerard Mullally and Jillian Murphy 5. Spain: Greening Electricity While Growing the Economy Carmen Navarro 6. Finland: Big is Beautiful – Promoting Bioenergy in Regional–Industrial Contexts Paula Kivimaa 7. Austria: An ‘Incidental Front-Runner’ Faces New Challenges Barbara Pflüglmayer, Christian Nopp, Volkmar Lauber and Michael Narodoslawsky 8. Sweden: Greening the Power Market in a Context of Liberalization and Nuclear Ambivalence Yong Chen and Francis X. Johnson 9. Norway: Trying to Maintain Maximal RES-E in a Petroleum-Driven Economy Jørgen Knudsen, Olav Mosvold Larsen and Audun Ruud 10. Conclusion: Energy Path Dependence and the Promotion of RES-E in Europe William M. Lafferty and Audun Ruud Index

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Book SynopsisThe realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods needed to achieve a single European energy market. The authors discuss the critical issues surrounding an internal European energy market including: market design, competition and market power, sustainable energy versus the market, regulation and harmonisation, benchmarking and indicators, modelling of competition, market prices and energy forecasts. They provide a multi-disciplinary assessment of the 'best way' to build the market base of a future European energy policy. Electricity Reform in Europe will be of great interest to decision makers and managers in the energy industry or business sector as they will be able to see the whole European energy policy 'picture' beyond their own corporate interests. The book will also appeal to national and European energy administrations, regulatory bodies and policy makers providing a synthesis of all relevant policy issues.Trade Review'. . . this volume comes across as one of the most profound sources on the specifics of European electricity market restructuring.' -- Christof Duthaler, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries'The SESSA study on the Internal Energy Market was an important and influential contribution towards the Commission's proposal for a third package of proposals, intending to bring more effective competition and better security of supply to Europe's energy markets. This volume, based on the results of the study is an important and welcome contribution to the ongoing debate on these proposals.' -- Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy at the European Commission'The chapters in this book are written by the leading European scholars who have studied the structure, behavior and performance of liberalised electricity markets in many European countries as well as in other regions of the world. Both the analyses and the policy recommendations contained in this volume are well worth careful consideration by policymakers in Europe, as well as by policymakers in other countries that are seeking to adopt successful electricity sector liberalisation programs.' -- From the foreword by Paul L. Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US'Dynamism or dissipation? Competition or national champions? Will enlargement promote or delay reform? Energy economists contemplate the challenges posed by the "restless and discontent" European Commission.' -- Stephen Littlechild, University of Birmingham and Judge Institute for Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: US vs EU Electricity Reforms Achievement Paul L. Joskow PART I: PROPOSALS FOR ACHIEVING THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTRICITY MARKET BY 2009 1. The Electricity Internal Market in the European Union: What to do Next? Jean-Michel Glachant and François Lévêque PART II: ASSESSMENT OF CORE ISSUES IN THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTRICITY MARKET 2. Refining Market Design David Newbery 3. Addressing Market Power and Industry Restructuring Lars Bergman 4. Harmonizing an Effective Regulation in Europe Einar Hope and Balbir Singh 5. Ensuring EU Enlargement to New Member States Christian Von Hirchhausen and Georg Zachmann 6. Investing for Sustainability Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga and Julián Barquín 7. Policy Assessment and Good Practices Richard Green, Arturo Lorenzoni, Yannick Pérez and Michael Pollitt PART III: IN-DEPTH STUDIES OF THREE CHALLENGES FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTRICITY MARKET (MEASURING MARKET POWER, CONVERGENCE OF WHOLESALE PRICES AND ENERGY POLICY) 8. How Well Can One Measure Market Power in Restructured Electricity Systems? Yves Smeers 9. The EU Integration of the New Member States’ Electricity Markets – Testing for Wholesale Price Convergence Using the Kalman Filter Georg Zachmann 10. Long-Term Scenarios for the Strategic Energy Policy of the EU Pantelis Capros and Leonidas Mantzos Postface: Design and Regulation of EU Energy Markets – Between Competition Policy and Common Energy Policy Jorge Vasconcelos Index

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Book SynopsisReforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides signposts for the way ahead in climate change policy and offers practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. Chapters on measuring carbon in plantations, their biodiversity benefits and potential for biofuel production complement the analysis. He also discusses the potential for forestry in climate change policy in the United States and other countries where policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have been foreshadowed. The author employs scientific and socio-economic analysis and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets. A review of the workings of carbon markets, based both on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a foundation from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is placed on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. The realization of forestry's potential in developed countries depends on the depth of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, together with in-country rules on forestry. An increase in funding for carbon retention in tropical forests is an immediate imperative, but complexities dictate that the sources of finance will likely be dedicated funds rather than carbon markets. This timely and comprehensive book will be of great value to any reader interested in climate change. Policy-makers within international agencies and governments, academics and students in the fields of geography, economics, science policy, forestry, development studies as well as carbon market participants and forest developers in the private sector will find it especially useful.Trade Review'The importance of this book lies in being one of the first comprehensive attempts to summarise major findings in the field of carbon sinks and climate change. . . The book also deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. . . This timely book is essential reading for policy decision-makers and foresters alike.' -- Wasantha Athukorala, Economic Analysis and PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction 1. The Making of Markets for Carbon and the Potential of Forestry Offsets 2. Forestry in the Kyoto Protocol 3. Forestry in Voluntary Carbon Markets 4. Biodiversity Benefits of Reforestation and Avoiding Deforestation 5. Measuring the Carbon in Forest Sinks 6. Forests as a Source of Biofuels 7. Forestry in the Climate Change Policies of Selected Developed Countries 8. Policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Index

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Book SynopsisMarine resources and their exploitation, recovery and economic networks they generate are here from the perspective now inevitable growing environmental constraints, policy management and technical innovation. The recent development of marine biotechnology , the discovery of a great pharmacopoeia especially in reef environments , the development of marine renewables , are examples which show that man can develop through these new technologies property and services of the ocean. But this development resources under pressure of global change requires not only taking into account technical, but also social and political. This is the price that the analysis of maritime activities will assess the sustainability and development of various economic sectors and coastal populations, faced with the objectives of a "blue growth" associated with a return to the "good state" of the marine environment.Table of ContentsFOREWORD xi CHAPTER 1. THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS AND THEIR USAGES 1 Harold LEVREL, Pedro CABRAL, Océane MARCONE and Rémi MONGRUEL 1.1. Marine ecosystem services 1 1.1.1. Ecosystem services 1 1.1.2. A historic balance leading to an inefficient exploitation of ecosystem services 4 1.1.3. Marine ecosystem services 6 1.2. The monetary evaluation of ecosystem services 11 1.2.1. The factors that motivate demands for monetary evaluation 11 1.2.2. Monetary evaluation methods and their limits 14 1.3. The monetary evaluation of ecosystem services: some results for marine ecosystems 20 1.4. The effective use of the assessment of benefits associated with ecosystem services 26 1.4.1. The expected uses of monetary evaluation 26 1.5. A complementary approach: assessing the cost of maintaining ecosystem services 29 1.5.1. The principles of assessment 29 1.5.2. Evaluation of the cost of the degradation of the environment in the directive framework “Strategy for the marine habitat” 30 1.6. Toward multifaceted evaluations of ecosystem services using a spatial approach 34 1.6.1. The integrated spatial evaluation of marine and coastal ecosystem services 34 1.6.2. The spatial integrated assessment of ES and the compromises associated with their development 37 1.6.3. Tools for spatial integrated assessment of ecosystem services 38 1.7. Conclusions 41 1.8. Bibliography 42 CHAPTER 2. FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SUSTAINABILITY 53 Sylvestre VOISIN and Pierre FRÉON 2.1. Sustainability and responsibility of provisioning: learning the lessions from overfishing 53 2.1.1. Introduction: challenges and summary of key points 54 2.1.2. The initial fisheries approach challenged by the complexity of the ocean ecosystem and the failures of fisheries regulation 59 2.1.3. Contributions of the new sciences on sustainability and responsibility 68 2.1.4. New accounting framework for sustainability and responsibility: integrating uncertainty and “uncontrollability” in fishery and aquaculture management 86 2.2. Sustainability evaluation methods: translation of scientific knowledge for a political debate 94 2.2.1. Classification and good use of the sustainability and responsibility evaluation methods 94 2.2.2. Sustainability analysis of fisheries and aquaculture supply chains: state of the art, trends of the new practices and case study 96 2.2.3. Relevance of the concepts of ecosystem-based fisheries management, bioeconomics, sustainable and responsible consumption of seafood products 118 2.3. Interpretations of the evaluations of sustainability/responsibility in global performance: scenarios of complex organization policies and strategies 121 2.3.1. Interpretation of the sustainability analysis and knowledge management 121 2.3.2. Large prospective scenarios on the organization of fisheries and marine aquaculture supply chains in a globalized context 124 2.3.3. Conclusion and perspective: toward an integrated sustainable and responsible approach to fishery and aquaculture management 131 2.4. Acknowledgments 134 2.5. Appendices 135 2.5.1. Appendix 1 135 2.5.2. Appendix 2 136 2.5.3. Appendix 3 137 2.6. Bibliography 138 CHAPTER 3. FISHERIES ECONOMICS 153 Christian CHABOUD 3.1. Outline of fisheries economics 153 3.1.1. Object of fisheries economics 153 3.1.2. Specific features and characteristics of fisheries economics 154 3.2. The bioeconomic approach of fisheries 160 3.2.1. Gordon–Schaefer’s model 161 3.2.2. Dynamic non-equilibrium model 187 3.2.3. The Clark Munro’s model: the golden rule of the intertemporal allocation of natural capital 193 3.2.4. The age-structured bioeconomic models 200 3.2.5. Toward more realistic and complex bioeconomic models 210 3.3. Contribution of economics to fisheries management 211 3.3.1. A negative view about the efficiency of public policies in the fishery sector 211 3.3.2. A classification attempt of the tools for fisheries management 214 3.3.3. An economic assessment of the relevance of the tools of fisheries management 215 3.4. Conclusion: the contributions of fisheries economics and its future evolution 222 3.5. Bibliography 224 CHAPTER 4. MARITIME ECONOMY: DEFINITION AND MAIN ASPECTS 233 Régis KALAYDJIAN 4.1. Overview of the European maritime economy 235 4.1.1. Marine resources 235 4.1.2. Maritime transport 240 4.1.3. Management of the marine environment 242 4.1.4. The diversity of the maritime economy 244 4.2. The European maritime policy and its economic information requirements 245 4.3. Sector-based approach to the maritime economy 250 4.4. Maritime economy coverage 253 4.5. Maritime economy: sector-based approach and methodology issues 256 4.6. Sector-based approach to the French maritime economy 258 4.7. From a sector-based approach to a maritime basins approach 261 4.7.1. Economic and social assessment of the MSFD: use of marine waters 262 4.7.2. The Atlantic maritime basin: a European project 267 4.8. Ecosystems and costs of degradation 267 4.8.1. Ecosystem approach to the costs of degradation 268 4.8.2. Practical application of the ecosystem approach 272 4.8.3. Direct approach to degradation costs 273 4.8.4. Combining the different approaches: the problem of local data 275 4.9. Conclusions 278 4.10. Appendices 280 4.11. Bibliography 284 LIST OF AUTHORS 291 INDEX 293

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a unique collection of important academic contributions made in the field of tourism and the environment in the last 30 years. Dr. Becken has carefully selected seminal articles which together represent a wide range of theoretical and applied pieces of research and offer detailed examples from different geographical areas. Any scholar or practitioner with an interest in the area of tourism's environmental impacts and interactions will find this excellent reference collection very useful.Trade Review‘. . . Tourism and the Environment provides a very useful compendium of seminal papers and an overview of the evolution and complexity of this field of study. The editor of the volume, Susanne Becken, is a well-established and highly regarded scholar in the field, and her expert knowledge in the selection of papers ensures a useful and highly informative volume. . . a very useful reference volume for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.’ -- Dianne Dredge, Australian Journal of Environmental Management‘Becken in this well designed book fills a major gap in the tourism studies literature. This book will be an essential reference for all who want to be informed about the evolution of thought involving the interrelationship between tourism and the environment.’ -- Clem Tisdell, University of Queensland, Australia‘Tourism activity and the natural environment are closely interrelated. This volume provides a timely selection of contributions to the literature pertaining to that relationship. It covers conceptual/theoretical insights as well as empirical and methodological research. The book will be valuable to a diverse readership including academic researchers, policymakers and practitioners.’ -- Twan Huybers, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction The Evolution of Research on Tourism and the Environment Susanne Becken PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORY 1. Gerardo Budowski (1976), ‘Tourism and Environmental Conservation: Conflict, Coexistence, or Symbiosis?’ 2. Erlet Cater (1995), ‘Environmental Contradictions in Sustainable Tourism’ 3. Helen Briassoulis (2002), ‘Sustainable Tourism and the Question of the Commons’ 4. Bryan Farrell and Louise Twining-Ward (2005), ‘Seven Steps Towards Sustainability: Tourism in the Context of New Knowledge’ PART II LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 5. John J. Pigram (1980), ‘Environmental Implications of Tourism Development’ 6. Debra J. Enzenbacher (1992), ‘Antarctic Tourism and Environmental Concerns’ 7. Paul Messerli (1987), ‘The Development of Tourism in the Swiss Alps: Economic, Social, and Environmental Effects. Experience and Recommendations From the Swiss MAB Programme’ 8. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (1999), ‘Climate Change, Coral Bleaching and the Future of the World’s Coral Reefs’ PART III GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 9. Geoffrey Wall and Catherine Badke (1994), ‘Tourism and Climate Change: An International Perspective’ 10. Alice Bows, Paul Upham and Kevin Anderson (2005), ‘Executive Summary’ 11. A. Walz, G.-P. Calonder, F. Hagedorn, C. Lardelli, C. Lundström and V. Stöckli (2008), ‘Regional CO2 Budget, Countermeasures and Reduction Aims for the Alpine Tourist Region of Davos, Switzerland’ PART IV BEHAVIOUR, VALUES AND ATTITUDES 12. Edgar L. Jackson (1986), ‘Outdoor Recreation Participation and Attitudes to the Environment’ 13. Brian Wheeller (1993), ‘Sustaining the Ego’ 14. Nagothu Udaya Sekhar (2003), ‘Local People’s Attitudes Towards Conservation and Wildlife Tourism Around Sariska Tiger Reserve, India’ 15. Graham Miller (2001), ‘Corporate Responsibility in the UK Tourism Industry’ PART V MARKETS AND PRODUCTS 16. Richard Butler (1992), ‘Alternative Tourism: The Thin Edge of the Wedge’ 17. R.S. de Groot (1983), ‘Tourism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands’ 18. James Higham and Michael Lück (2002), ‘Urban Ecotourism: A Contradiction in Terms?’ PART VI MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING 19. Edward Inskeep (1987), ‘Environmental Planning for Tourism’ 20. P.F.J Eagles and S.F. McCool (2004), ‘Management of Visitors in National Parks and Protected Areas’ 21. Xavier Font (2007), ‘Ecotourism Certification: Potential and Challenges’ 22. Mark B. Orams (1995), ‘Using Interpretation to Manage Nature-based Tourism’ PART VII POLICY AND ECONOMICS 23. John A. Dixon, Louise Fallon Scura and Tom van’t Hof (1993), ‘Meeting Ecological and Economic Goals: Marine Parks in the Caribbean’ 24. Shaul Krakover (1985), ‘Development of Tourism Resort Areas in Arid Regions’ 25. Paul Peeters, Stefan Gössling and Susanne Becken (2006), ‘Innovation Towards Tourism Sustainability: Climate Change and Aviation’ 26. Rosaleen Duffy (2006), ‘The Potential and Pitfalls of Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Transfrontier Conservation Areas in Southern Africa’ 27. Peter Forsyth, Larry Dwyer and Harry Clarke (1995), ‘Problems in Use of Economic Instruments to Reduce Adverse Environmental Impacts of Tourism’ PART VIII METHODS 28. Paolo Figini, Massimiliano Castellani and Laura Vici (2007), ‘The Externalities Between Tourists and Residents: A Study of Rimini Using Discrete Choice Models’ 29. Paul A. Walker, R. Greiner, D. McDonald and V. Lyne (1999), ‘The Tourism Futures Simulator: A Systems Thinking Approach’ 30. Tim Bahaire and Martin Elliott-White (1999), ‘The Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Sustainable Tourism Planning: A Review’ 31. Colin Hunter (2002), ‘Sustainable Tourism and the Touristic Ecological Footprint’ 32. Jozef W.M. van Doorn (1986), ‘Scenario Writing: A Method for Long-Term Tourism Forecasting?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisComparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for ocean management and coastal nations' increasing adoption of place-based governance regimes. The final section explores how these place-based management regimes intersect with climate change adaptation efforts, either accidentally or intentionally. It then offers suggestions for making place-based marine management even more flexible and responsive for the future. Environmental law scholars, legislators and policy makers, marine scientists, and all those concerned for the welfare of the world's oceans will find this book of great value.Trade Review'Craig, an environmental law scholar, reviews the history of managing and governing coastal and oceanic systems after providing an extended abstract on historical and current stresses to these areas. She concludes with an extended section detailing emerging management philosophy and practices. The author's writing style is clear and remarkably lively. . . the book is a good introduction to an emerging topic - managing natural systems as the climate changes.' --S.R. Fegley, Choice'This short book provides a fascinating window into a vast subject.' --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Ocean and the Threats to it 1. The Value of the Oceans 2. Non-Climate Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity 3. Climate Change and the Oceans Part II: Ocean Governance, International Law, and Place-based Protections for Marine Ecosystems 4. The International Legal Framework of Ocean Governance 5. Place-based Marine Governance: An Overview Part III: Adapting Place-based Marine Governance to Climate Change 6. ‘Accidental’ Adaptation: Climate Change and Existing Place-based Marine Management 7. Purposeful Climate Change Adaptation in Place-based Governance Systems 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Climate Change Dynamic Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a timely and comparative assessment of initiatives to promote renewable electricity sources (RES-E) in eight European countries. Carried out by the ProSus research programme at the University of Oslo in cooperation with leading research institutions in each country, the book focuses on the promotional schemes used to foster RES-E in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. The book is unique in that it monitors progress on implementing the EU RES-E Directive in relation to the impact of the 'dominant energy systems' in each country. Employing notions of 'path dependency/path creation', the analysis demonstrates that crucial lessons for promoting RES-E are to be found in the contextual conditions of national and regional settings; conditions that qualify the effects of more general, market-oriented schemes. The conclusions reached are of direct relevance for the ongoing debate as to the most effective policy instruments for achieving sustainable energy and climate policies in Europe.Promoting Sustainable Electricity in Europe will be of interest to academics and researchers involved in environmental management, energy studies, technology and sustainable development. Furthermore, it will be of interest to policymakers and bureaucrats both at the EU level and among EU/EEA member states concerned with climate change, renewable energy and sustainable development at large. The book should also be of relevance for business organizations and NGOs concerned with the promotion of sustainable electricity.Trade Review'. . . this book is a timely and significant read for anyone with an interest in the operation of the energy sector.' -- Karen Morrow, International Energy Law & Taxation ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Promoting Green Electricity in Europe: The Challenge of Integrating Contextual Factors William M. Lafferty and Audun Ruud 2. The Netherlands: Muddling Through in the Dutch Delta Maarten J. Arentsen 3. Denmark: Path-Creation Dynamics and Winds of Change Peter Karnøe and Adam Buchhorn 4. Ireland: Putting the Wind up the Political System Gerard Mullally and Jillian Murphy 5. Spain: Greening Electricity While Growing the Economy Carmen Navarro 6. Finland: Big is Beautiful – Promoting Bioenergy in Regional–Industrial Contexts Paula Kivimaa 7. Austria: An ‘Incidental Front-Runner’ Faces New Challenges Barbara Pflüglmayer, Christian Nopp, Volkmar Lauber and Michael Narodoslawsky 8. Sweden: Greening the Power Market in a Context of Liberalization and Nuclear Ambivalence Yong Chen and Francis X. Johnson 9. Norway: Trying to Maintain Maximal RES-E in a Petroleum-Driven Economy Jørgen Knudsen, Olav Mosvold Larsen and Audun Ruud 10. Conclusion: Energy Path Dependence and the Promotion of RES-E in Europe William M. Lafferty and Audun Ruud Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental policymaking has become an experimental field for new modes of governance. This timely book focuses on three prominent characteristics of new governance arrangements: the broad participation of non-state actors, the attempt to improve vertical and horizontal coordination, and the effort to integrate different types of expertise in an effective and democratically accountable way. Building on the analytical perspectives of legitimacy and effectiveness, which are seen as genuine acid test criteria for new governance, this book provides a critical assessment of current practices of participation, coordination and evidence-based policymaking in various case studies of environmental governance, in particular in the fields of biodiversity, climate and forest policy. The book provides insights from selected governance processes that go beyond consultancy-style best-practice examples but are embedded in a solid conceptual and theoretical discussion that will be invaluable to policymakers. It will also prove essential for scholars interested in environmental politics; policy studies; public policy; public administration; European politics; as well as science and technology studies. Contributors: S. Beck, M. Bocher, T.E. Boon, L. Giessen, K. Hogl, K. Kassioumis, M. Krott, E. Kvarda, D.H. Lund, I. Nathan, J. Newig, R. Nordbeck, K. Papageorgiou, M. Pregernig, S. Storch, M. Vakkas, S. WeilandTrade Review’An imaginative and stimulating collection of essays that makes an indispensable contribution to the literature on forest and environmental policy and governance.’- David Humphreys, The Open University, UK ’This is a very timely, relevant and interesting volume. Environmental problems are pertinent problems, as the book rightly states, so we need continuous attention and effort to analyse and apply environmental governance modes. Although urgently needed, their effectiveness and legitimacy are neither straight forward nor given. Therefore, a thorough in-depth analysis of these modes, their characteristics and their pros and cons is very helpful, both for academics and policy makers. This is exactly what this book offers.’- Bas Arts, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface INTRODUCTION 1. Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Governance – Concepts and Perspectives Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF PARTICIPATION 2. Participation in Environmental Governance: Legitimate and Effective? Jens Newig and Eva Kvarda 3. More Effective Natural Resource Management through Participatory Governance? Taking Stock of the Conceptual and Empirical Literature – and Moving Forward Jens Newig 4. Legitimacy and Policy Effectiveness of National Strategies for Sustainability in Austria Eva Kvarda and Ralf Nordbeck 5. The National Park Process in Denmark: A Network Governance Approach to Democratize Nature Policy-making? Tove E. Boon, Iben Nathan and Dorthe H. Lund PART II: THE CHALLENGE OF POLICY COORDINATION 6. The Challenge of Coordination: Bridging Horizontal and Vertical Boundaries Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck 7. The Shift from Hierarchy to Governance in National Park Management: Analysing Participation, Coordination and Political Commitment Kostas Papageorgiou, Kostas Kassioumis and Michael Vakkas 8. Temporary Governance and Persistent Government: Rural Policy Integration in Pilot and Mainstream Funding Programs Lukas Giessen 9. Reflexive Governance: A Way Forward for Coordinated Natural Resource Policy? Sabine Weiland PART III: THE CHALLENGES OF SCIENCE-POLICY INTEGRATION 10. Normative and Analytical Perspectives on the Role of Science and Expertise in Environmental Governance Michael Pregernig and Michael Böcher 11. From Truth to Trust: Lessons Learned from ‘Climategate’ Silke Beck 12. Scientific and Local Knowledge in the Danish National Park Process Dorthe H. Lund 13. Institutionalization of Accountability within Mission-oriented Research: The Example of the ‘Decision Support System Forest and Climate Change’ Sabine Storch, Max Krott and Michael Böcher CONCLUSIONS 14. Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Environmental Governance – Synopsis of Key Insights Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig Index

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Book SynopsisThe nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality and management of scarce and precious resources are at stake. This book contributes to the body of knowledge and understanding regarding water, energy, and the links between the two in the American West and beyond. The research and analyses presented by the authors shed new light on the choices that must be made in order to avoid unnecessary harm in the development and management of water and energy systems to meet public needs in an ever changing environmental and economic climate. Indeed, the book shows, thoughtfully designed new technologies and approaches can help restore damaged environments and provide a range of benefits. The focus is the American West, but many of the lessons are global in their applicability. After a broad, stage-setting introductory section, the volume looks first at the use of water for energy production and then follows with chapters on the role of energy in water projects. The final section looks at the way forward, providing cases and recommendations for better, more efficient linkages in the water-energy nexus. Students and researchers in economics, public policy, environmental studies and law along with planners and policy makers will find this accessible and very current volume invaluable. Contributors: K. Averyt, M.H. Benson, S.J. Burian, S.A. Conrad, H. Cooley, S. Eden, K.L. Guerra, J.H. Hoover, T. Iseman, M. Kassen, D.S. Kenney, M.L. Lamberton, S.G. Larsen, L.J. MacDonnell, S.B. Megdal, B. Miller, M.J. Pasqualetti, R.C. Pate, A. Schroeder, C.L. Schwartz, C.A. Scott, F. Spivy-Weber, S. Tellinghuisen, R. Wilkinson, J.E. WilliamsTrade Review... the book should prove to be a helpful reference for those evaluating the energy implications of water supply alternatives in the western USA ad beyond. - --Water Desalination ReportTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. The Water–Energy Nexus: Methodologies, Challenges and Opportunities Robert Wilkinson 2. Energy, Water and the Natural Environment Melinda Kassen and Jack E. Williams PART IIa: WATER FOR ENERGY Fossil Fuels 3. The Coal Conundrum Kristen Averyt 4. Oil Shale and Water Bart Miller 5. Managing Produced Water from Coalbed Methane Production Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Katherine L. Guerra PART IIb: WATER FOR ENERGY Water-Intensive Renewables 6. Concentrated Thermal Solar Power and the Value of Water for Electricity Cynthia L. Schwartz 7. The New Generation of Biofuels Ronald C. Pate PART IIIc: ENERGY FOR WATER Big Projects 8. Water–Energy Interdependencies and the Central Arizona Project Susanna Eden, Christopher A. Scott, Melissa L. Lamberton and Sharon B. Megdal 9. Energy-Intensive Water Supplies Stacy Tellinghuisen 10. The Energy Implications of Desalination Heather Cooley PART IIIb: ENERGY FOR WATER Select State Case Studies 11. Energy Requirements for Water Supply in Utah Sarah G. Larsen and Steven J. Burian 12. The Vital Role of Electrical Energy for Arizona Water Services Joseph H. Hoover PART IV: SOLUTIONS: EXAMPLES OF WAYS FORWARD 13. Adaptive Management as a Tool for Negotiating the Water–Energy Nexus Melinda Harm Benson 14. Decision-Support for the Water–Energy Nexus: Examining Decision-making in the American West Steve A. Conrad 15. Integrated Planning: Transmission, Generation and Water in the Western States Tom Iseman and Alex Schroeder 16. The Water Bargain of Solar and Wind Energy Martin J. Pasqualetti 17. Water–Energy Integration in California Frances Spivy-Weber Index

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

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Book SynopsisThese 27 articles on the economics of exhaustible resources date from 1931 to 1991.Trade Review’Heal’s collection demonstrates clearly that the study of exhaustible resources is a useful part of many fields of economics. . . . It would be a wise purchase for campuses where this field is studied. . .’ -- Philip B. Thompson, The Journal of EconomicsTable of ContentsCONTENTS PART 1 THE THEORY OF OPTIMAL DEPLETION 1. Robert M. Solow (1974), ‘The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics’ 2. Harold Hotelling (1931), ‘The Economics of Exhaustible Resources’ 3. Partha Dasgupta and Geoffrey Heal (1974), ‘The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’ 4. Geoffrey Heal (1976), ‘The Relationship Between Price and Extraction Cost for a Resource with a Backstop Technology’ 5. Partha Dasgupta, Geoffrey Heal and Mukul Majumdar (1976), ‘Resource Depletion and Research and Development’ 6. Shmuel S. Oren and Stephen G. Powell (1985), ‘Optimal Supply of a Depletable Resource with a Backstop Technology: Heal’s Theorem Revisited’ PART 2 DYNAMIC MODELS OF RESOURCE MARKETS 7. J. E.Stiglitz (1979), ‘A Neoclassical Analysis of the Economics of Natural Resources’ 8. Partha Dasgupta (1974), ‘Some Recent Theoretical Explorations in the Economics of Exhaustible Resources’ 9. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1976), ‘Monopoly and the Rate of Extraction of Exhaustible Resources’ 10. James L. Sweeney (1977), ‘Economics of Depletable Resources: Market Forces and Intertemporal Bias’ 11. Richard J. Gilbert (1978), ‘Dominant Firm Pricing Policy in a Market for an Exhaustible Resource’ 12. P. Dasgupta, G. M .Heal and J. E. Stiglitz (1980), ‘The Taxation of Exhaustible Resources’ PART 3 EMPIRICAL STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS 13. William D. Nordhaus (1973), ‘The Allocation of Energy Resources’ 14. Robert S. Pindyck (1978), ‘Gains to Producers from the Cartelization of Exhaustible Resources’ 15. Geoffrey Heal and Michael Barrow (1980), ‘The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Metal Price Movements’ 16. Geoffrey Heal and Michael Barrow (1981), ‘Empirical Investigation of the Long-Term Movement of Resource Prices: A Preliminary Report’ PART 4 17. G. Chichilnisky (1985), ‘International Trade in Resources: A General Equilibrium Analysis’ 18. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal (1983), ‘Energy-Capital Substitution: A General Equilibrium Analysis’ 19. William D. Nordhaus (1980), ‘Oil and Economic Performance in Industrial Countries’ 20. John Llewelwyn (1983), ‘Resource Prices and Macroeconomic Policies: Lessons from Two Oil Price Shocks’ PART 5 ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES 21. Jeffrey A .Krautkraemer (1985), ‘Optimal Growth, Resource Amenities and the Preservation of Natural Environments’ 22. G. M .Heal (1991), ‘Economy and Climate: A Preliminary Framework for Microeconomic Analysis’ 23. Michael J. Boskin and Richard J. Gilbert (1976), ‘The Economic Common Sense of Controlling Nuclear Power Development’ PART 6 GENERAL ISSUES 24. R. Stephen Berry, Peter Salamon and Geoffrey Heal (1978), ‘On a Relation Between Economic and Thermodynamic Optima’ 25. H.E .Goeller (1979), ‘The Age of Substitutability: A Scientific Appraisal of Natural Resource Adequacy’ 26. Donald A. Brobst (1979), ‘Fundamental Concepts for the Analysis of Resource Availability’ 27. V. Kerry Smith (1980), ‘The Evaluation of Natural Resource Adequacy: Elusive Quest or Frontier of Economic Analysis?’

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Book SynopsisThis important reference collection includes the seminal literature on the political economy of natural resources - broadly defined as not only minerals but also energy sources and agriculture. It includes key articles and papers on the politics of international markets in these resources, the effects of these markets on the world economy and on the domestic political economy as well as the domestic politics of policymaking on international resources.Trade Review'. . . for the economist wishing to take a quick dip into the international politics of what are, after all, widely regarded as important economic problems, this collection is a good place to start.' -- Wilfred Beckerman, The Economic Journal'These volumes provide an excellent reference point for anyone in research or in policymaking dealing with the international agenda.'– Jo Traill Thomson, Environmental PoliticsTable of Contents44 articles, dating from 1971 to 1992 Contents: Volume I: 1. Resource Power: Exporters Against ‘Political Targets’ 2. Resource Power: Exporters Against Importers (Cartels and International Commodity Agreements) 3. Resource Power: Foreign Investors and Host Investment States • Volume II: 1. Resource Scarcity, Conflict and Cooperation: General 2. Resource Scarcity, Conflict and Cooperation: Common Property Resources 3. Resource Scarcity, Conflict and Cooperation: Environmental Damage 4. Excess Supplies, Conflict and Cooperation: Protectionism

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Book SynopsisThis collection includes both classical and recent papers that explore the complex interrelationships between transport, land use and the spatial organization of metropolitan areas. Since land use planning and transportation planning play a major role in shaping these relationships, special attention is given to studies on planning issues and policies.Whilst one section of the collection features papers written in the tradition of urban economics, the main emphasis is on studies which examine the impact of various changes in transportation systems on land use.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Transport and Land Use in the New Urban Economies Part II: Transport and Land Use in the Urban Planning Field Part III: Impact of Transport Investment Part IV: Transport Infrastructure Pricing Policies Index

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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