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Book SynopsisThis timely and comprehensive Handbook addresses how Chinese cities govern the environmental changes generated by fast economic growth and urbanisation. Outlining the relationship between the state, market, and society, this Handbook provides a systematic understanding of urban environmental governance in China.Exploring the context of changing urban environmental policies in China, leading international scholars highlight the arts of governance and governmentality through experimentation and discourse. Chapters investigate the political ecologies of eco-cities and conservation, urban waste management, and governance and sustainability transitions, as well as focusing on low-carbon innovations and green buildings. With a territorial perspective grounded in Chinese cities, contributors interrogate changing and complex state–market–society dynamics in urbanisation and urban environmental governance.With a thorough and systematic analysis of new environmental initiatives, practices, and impacts, this Handbook provides scholars, students, and policy researchers of environmental studies, politics, and East Asian studies with an exemplary selection of contemporary research on China’s urban environmental governance.Trade Review‘Nuanced in both description and analysis, this rich Handbook is a welcome resource for students of urban and environmental developments in China during its push towards “ecological civilisation”. It is broad in its empirical reach, presenting cases across urban and rural environments at various scales, and breaks new ground in its conceptual and methodological dimensions.’ -- Roger Keil, York University, Canada‘This outstanding collection provides a unique insight on the practices, rationalities, and outcomes of current urban environmental governance in the “Middle Kingdom”. The book foregrounds the tensions that emerge from the implementation of government-led discourses, and also engages with the emergence of a new urban technological sublime in environmental policy, alongside more conventional strategies for institutional change. This book is destined to become a classic and will surely be essential reading for any researchers and students grappling with the complexity of urban development and climate politics in China.’ -- Vanesa Castan Broto, Sheffield University, UK‘This timely edited collection examines how the ideology of “ecological civilisation” is reshaping urban environmental governance in China. Bringing together insightful case studies of a range of contemporary urban environmental problems, the collection shows how the Chinese state’s attempts to manage the socio-ecological challenges of urban entrepreneurialism amount to little more than temporary “fixes”.’ -- Andrew E.G. Jonas, University of Hull, UK‘This Handbook is an essential resource for anyone interested in environmental governance in China. It provides insightful analysis that will help both students and practitioners better understand how there is a wide range of environmental governance practices and political ecologies in China today!’ -- Genia Kostka, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii 1 China’s urban environmental governance 1 Fangzhu Zhang, Fulong Wu and Yining Liu PART I CONTEXTS, PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY CHANGES 2 China’s eco dreams and green reality 26 Austin Williams 3 Indigenous literary perspectives on green governance grassland management policies in China 41 Robin Visser 4 When an entrepreneurial government hammers out a plan for sustainable growth: a sustainable urban experiment story in China? 54 Yang Fu and Xiaoling Zhang 5 Resilient city planning and practices in China 69 Guofang Zhai and Yuwen Lu 6 The applicability of environmental governance theories to China 93 Xidong Cao and Li Yu PART II GOVERNMENTALITY: EXPERIMENTS AND DISCOURSES 7 Farmland preservation and watershed management in China: a perspective of local entrepreneurial leadership in the party-state mechanism 115 Shiuh-Shen Chien 8 Carbon governmentality in Chinese cities 128 Le-Yin Zhang 9 The politics of climate experimentalism in China 144 Kevin Lo 10 Climate transformation through experimental governance: the case of the low-carbon city pilot program in China 156 Zhilin Liu, Jie Wang and Yunzhu Chen 11 Urban sustainability experiments in China: plural approaches for transformation 169 Linjun Xie, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Mengqi Shao, Yuxi Zhang and Faith Chan 12 Eco and low-carbon, smart and sponge: potential and delusion in realising environmental benefits from sustainable city branding 186 Martin de Jong and Li Sun 13 Greening Chinese cities? Denaturalizing the ‘good’ of environmental discourses in China’s urban planning system 201 Jiang Xu and Mengzhu Zhang PART III POLITICAL ECOLOGIES: ECO-CITIES AND CONSERVATION 14 Eco-cities in China: national initiatives, local implementation and livelihood transitions 227 I-Chun Catherine Chang 15 Political ecologies of urban–rural conservation planning and resettlement 243 Jesse Rodenbiker 16 Negotiating urban sustainability on the ground: China’s greenway development as land politics 257 Calvin King Lam Chung and Jingya Dai PART IV WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 17 China’s environmental governance transition: a new paradigm for waste management 272 Yuchen Yang, Will McDowall and Fangzhu Zhang 18 Towards an inclusive circular economy: wise-waste city network in China 291 Xin Tong 19 Sustainable waste management: the influences of government capacity in the greater China region 304 Natalie W.M. Wong, Lin Peng and Chin-chih Wang 20 From state entrepreneurialism to state-led ecological civilisation: changing dispositifs of governing e-waste metabolism and ‘cyborg’ urbanisation in China’s e-waste cities 323 Kun Wang, Junxi Qian and Shenjing He 21 Ecological civilization, anti-incineration activism and the rolling out of ‘compulsory waste-sorting’ programs in Chinese cities 340 Shih-yang Kao PART V LOW-CARBON ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION 22 Green industry development and urban sustainability transitions in China’s latecomer cities: the case of Dezhou 355 Zhen Yu and David Gibbs 23 Green building in China: governance and promotion of sustainability 369 Yu Zhou and Tianchen Zhou 24 Urban transition governance in China’s new era of ecological civilization: opportunities and challenges 387 Ping Huang, Linda Westman and Xiyan Mao 25 Integrated transit and sustainable urban development: case studies of metro and HSR stations 403 Yun Song and Biyue Wang Index 417

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Contingent Valuation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change. It examines econometric issues, conceptual underpinnings, implementation issues as well as alternatives to contingent valuation. Anna Alberini and James Kahn have compiled a comprehensive and original reference volume containing invaluable case studies that demonstrate the implementation of contingent valuation in a wide variety of applications. Chapters include those on the history of contingent valuation, a practical guide to its implementation, the use of experimental approaches, an ecological economics perspective on contingent valuation and approaches for developing nations.The Handbook also contains:<>P discussions of underlying theory both contingent valuation and conjoint analysis comparisons of real and hypothetical data using experimental approaches an examination of survey structure issues developing country focus critical essays concerning the ethical basis of contingent valuation. This new reference book will be warmly welcomed by academics in environmental economics, environmental professionals in government, consulting firms and NGOs. Graduate and undergraduate students in economics, environmental studies and environmental policy will also find this an ever valuable resource.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Anna Alberini and James R. Kahn PART I: CONTINGENT VALUATION AND ECONOMIC THEORY 2. Fifty Years of Contingent Valuation V. Kerry Smith 3. A Practitioner’s Primer on the Contingent Valuation Method John C. Whitehead 4. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Benefit–Cost Analysis John C. Whitehead and Glenn C. Blomquist 5. Hypothetical Preferences and Environmental Policy Gregory Cooper 6. Protest Bids, Commensurability, and Substitution: Contingent Valuation and Ecological Economics Brent Haddad and Richard Howarth PART II: ECONOMETRIC AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN CONTINGENT VALUATION 7. An Introduction to Choice Modeling for Non-market Valuation Steven Stewart and James R. Kahn 8. Experimental Methods for the Testing and Design of Contingent Valuation Laura O. Taylor 9. Designing a Contingent Valuation Study to Estimate the Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program on Grassland Bird Populations Mary Clare Ahearn, Kevin J. Boyle and Daniel R. Hellerstein 10. Modelling Behaviour in Dichotomous Choice with Bayesian Methods Carmelo J. León and Roberto León 11. Temporal Reliability in Contingent Valuation (with a Restrictive Research Budget) Paul M. Jakus, Becky Stephens and J. Mark Fly PART III: APPLICATIONS 12. Non-market Valuation on the Internet Hale W. Thurston 13. Use of Contingent Values of Wildlife and Habitat Preservation in Policy and Benefit–Cost Analyses John B. Loomis 14. Valuing Wildlife at Risk from Exotic Invaders in Yellowstone Lake Todd L. Cherry, Jason F. Shogren, Peter Frykblom and John A. List 15. The Demand for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets: Evidence from Africa Christine Poulos, Maureen Cropper, Julian Lampietti, Dale Whittington and Mitiku Haile 16. Choice Modeling of Farmer Preferences for Agroforestry Systems in Calakmul, Mexico James F. Casey 17. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Developing Countries: A Quantitative Analysis Dan Biller, Karoline Rogge and Giovanni Ruta 18. Combining Stated-Choice and Stated-Frequency Data with Observed Behavior to Value NRDA Compensable Damages: Green Bay, PCBs, and Fish Consumption Advisories William S. Breffle, Edward R. Morey, Robert D. Rowe and Donald M. Waldman 19. Public Preferences Toward Environmental Risks: The Case of Trihalomethanes Richard T. Carson and Robert Cameron Mitchell 20. Conclusions Anna Alberini and James R. Kahn Index

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Book SynopsisMajor advances have been made recently in environmental social science but the context and importance of this research has also changed. Social and natural science studies of the environment have begun to interact more closely with each other and many analysts now agree that an understanding of environmental problems often depends on an understanding of the attitudes and behaviour of people and organisations. Moreover, policy and public debates have also shown that many assumptions that underpin arguments about sustainable development need to be reconsidered and re-framed.This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping environmental policy and decisions; the development of institutional frameworks for governing natural resources; and the link between economic and technological change and the environment. The book begins with an overview essay examining how perspectives across environmental social science have shifted over the past decade and looking forward to the emergence of new research agendas.The book is essential reading for all students and scholars interested in social sciences and the environment.Trade Review'The ESRC/GEC programme has made a major contribution in terms of environmental social science research. The chapters in this book provide incisive, detailed and reflective critiques of the development of knowledge over the last ten years and provide powerful and important messages about the challenges presented by the complex relationship between environmental and social change. The book should be essential reading for all researchers and also for all policymakers who are grappling with questions about how to respond to environment/society controversies.' -- Judith Petts, Birmingham University, UK and Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution'Global environmental change will be with us forever. But how it happens in the future, and with what effect on the planet and its peoples depends to a large extent on how the international agreements, national politics and local actions play out. This collection provides the most comprehensive assessment yet of these critical interconnections, and reveals how social scientists are making an invaluable contribution to the creation of more science and just livelihoods in a future world.' -- Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK'An aphrodisiac to the tepid response of positivist social science. People are not merely actors, perpetrators and victims, in an environmental drama. The critical social theorists in this book constructively show us how people are improvising the stage and the script as we update our understanding of nature, what constitutes a good life, and our individual and collective options.' -- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US'Negotiating Environmental Change is a child of the ESRCs Global Environmental Change Programme, by far the biggest piece of work by social scientists in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century the balance sheet needs to be drawn up: what do our policies, insights and values owe to the collaborative efforts of social scientists? This book suggests that ideas and approaches that were conceived at a time when the "Ozone Hole", Global Warming and Biodiversity Losses were beginning to resonate in academic and policy circles have now entered the British and European psyche. The challenge of forward thinking in the twenty-first century, in which the environment is central to most of the issues that concern social science, is to demonstrate that the environment is not a "separate territory". Environmental thinking and practice affects us in various guises: governance and democracy, business and management, risk and everyday consumption: the substance of this book. Negotiating Environmental Change makes clear the contribution that new thinking is making to problems that were not looked upon as "environmental" a decade ago, but which we now see as being at the forefront of global research and policy agendas.' -- Michael Redclift, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Shifting Perspectives in Environmental Social Science 2. Risk, Uncertainty and Precaution: Some Instrumental Implications from the Social Sciences 3. Economics and Sustainable Development: What Have We Learnt, and What Do We Still Need to Learn? 4. Deliberative Democracy and Environmental Decision-Making 5. Governance and the Environment 6. After Seattle: What Next for Trade and the Environment? 7. Governing Natural Resources: Institutional Adaptation and Resilience 8. Sustainable Business Organizations? 9. Inducing, Shaping, Modulating: Perspectives on Technology and Environmental Policy 10. (Un) sustainable Consumption Index

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. At its centre is the concept of joint production. This captures the phenomenon whereby several effects necessarily emerge from one activity and whereby human action always entails unintended consequences. This, according to the authors, is the structural cause behind modern-day environmental problems. Combining concepts and methods from philosophy of science, systems theory, thermodynamics, economics and ethics in a truly interdisciplinary manner, the authors convincingly argue that the joint-production perspective has fundamental and far-reaching implications for the valuation of economic goods, the dynamic analysis of economy-environment interactions, and the accumulation of stocks in ecological-economic systems. Complementing the joint-production perspective with the ethical notion of responsibility, the authors develop principles of sustainable environmental policy, and give philosophical support to the precautionary principle. Four extensive case studies illustrate and deepen the approach.With a wide range of analysis and case studies, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in ecological economics, environmental and resource economics, environmental policy and regulation, environmental valuation, as well as environmental ethics and responsibility.Trade Review'The book makes a significant contribution to the integration of ethics and responsibility with the commonly sterile economic analysis of systems of production. . . this book will be of great interest to scholars of economic theory, environmental law, policy development and environmental ethics.' -- Sarah Burch, Environmental Politics'Baumgartner, Faber and Schiller provide a very comprehensive analysis of the thermodynamics of joint production; how joint production affects our understanding of factors of production, outputs, and markets; how economists have dealt with joint production historically; and its implications for a deeper ethics of responsibility. They also provide four very strong case studies (waste paper, chlorine, cement, and sulphuric acid production) to elaborate the general arguments made more conceptually. . . It is difficult to pick out the really strong chapters because they are all excellent. Whether reviewing joint production from a historical, conceptual, methodological, or mathematical perspective, the analysis is always clear and insightful. They break wholly new ground with their extensions to time, capital, and investment as well as to responsibility and ethics. The case studies are well developed and raise interesting questions on their own.' -- Richard Norgaard, Ecological Economics'. . . an ambitious and compelling book. . . provides a paradigmatic approach to ecological economics that - although based on familiar elements - is nonetheless fresh and original. . . It is a work that should be read by a diverse set of students and researchers interested in this field.' -- Richard B. Howarth, Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Joint Production and Ecological Economics with Harald Dyckhoff and John Proops PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Conceptualising Joint Production 3. Thermodynamics of Joint Production with John Proops and Jakob de Swaan Arons 4. Joint Production, Stocks, and Dynamics 5. Joint Production and the Dynamics of Environmental Problems PART II: ECONOMICS 6. Joint Production in the History of Economic Thought 7. Joint Production and the Philosophy of Economics 8. Ambivalence of Joint Outputs 9. The Investment Decision under Joint Production with John Proops 10. Structural Change under Joint Production with Ralph Winkler PART III: ETHICS 11. The Concept of Responsibility with Thomas Petersen 12. Joint Production, Knowledge, and Responsibility with Thomas Petersen 13. Individual and Collective Responsibility with Thomas Petersen 14. Responsibility in Politics and in the Economy with Thomas Petersen PART IV: CASE STUDIES 15.Waste Paper: Price Ambivalence with Ralph Winkler 16. Chlorine: Innovation and Industrial Evolution with Frank Jöst and Georg Müller-Fürstenberger 17. Cement: Stock Dynamics and Complexity with Eva Kiesele 18. Sulphuric Acid: Joint Externalities with Frank Jöst and Georg Müller-Fürstenberger 19. Conclusions and Perspectives References Index

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Book SynopsisTop European and American scholars contribute to this cutting-edge volume on little-researched areas of environmental and resource economics. Topics include spatial economics, poverty and development, experimental economics, large-scale risk and its management, organizational economics, technological innovation and diffusion and many more.The common thread is the language and methodology of economics, yet the work aims to reach an audience wider than academia; others such as researchers and policymakers, in the public sector, professional staff in research institutes and think tanks, and environmental consultants will all benefit from an awareness of these crucial issues which, if not considered now, will become the problems of the future.Trade Review'This is a book of uncompromising technical excellence, which does exactly what it promises to do: chart the cutting-edge frontiers of environmental and ecological economics, for the benefit of graduate students, professional academics, and policy making elites. The authors are mostly academic leaders in the field, the topics are hot . . . the contributors make the links between abstract theorizing and the concrete mental framing of issues that is a prerequisite for sound policy design . . . The papers in this collection exhibit rigorous and robust analytical frameworks, presented intuitively in clear words as well as mathematically, and harnessed to wide-ranging up-to-date bibliographies which quickly open the door into recent literature . . . this will be a book to keep on a convenient shelf for reference purposes . . . it is hard to imagine a graduate student reading this book and failing to spot opportunities to colonize new theoretical territory beyond the present frontier, or to explore empirically the areas outlined in these chapters.' -- Geoffrey Bertram, Papers in Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Green Accounting and Green Taxes in the Global Economy 2. The Environment and Economic Well-being 3. Spatial Economic Aspects of the Environment and Environmental Policy 4. Empowering the Community: Information Strategies for Pollution Control 5. To Whisper in the Ears of Princes: Laboratory Economic Experiments and Environmental Policy 6. The Firm, its Procedures and Win–Win Environmental Regulations 7. International Trade and the Environment: How to Handle Carbon Leakage 8. Poverty, Environment and Development 9. Industrial Ecology: Wealth, Depreciation and Waste 10. Ecosystems as Lotteries 11. Corporate Governance in the Presence of Major Technological Risks 12. Strategies for Dealing with Large-Scale Natural and Environmental Risks 13. Resilience and Sustainability 14. Environmental Technological Innovation and Diffusion 15. On the Future of Environmental Economics Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling techniques including: evolutionary modelling input-output modelling neo-Austrian modelling entropy in ecological economics thermodynamic models multi-criteria evaluation agent-based modelling the environmental Kuznets curve. In each of the specially commissioned chapters, the expert authors have tried to limit the level of complexity to create a unique and accessible resource. As such, this book should have a wide appeal amongst scholars, researchers and students with an interest in modelling techniques and their use in ecological and environmental economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. An Introduction to Modelling in Ecological Economics 2. Evolutionary Models 3. Input–Output Models 4. Neo-Austrian Models 5. Entropy in Ecological Economics 6. Thermodynamic Models 7. Multi-Criteria Evaluation 8. Agent-Based Models 9. The Environmental Kuznets Curve Index

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Book SynopsisThis important collection brings together Peter Nijkamp's work in the area of environmental and resource economics. The essays selected pay particular attention to theory and modelling, environmental analysis as well as policy issues and implications. The first part focuses on the economic management of environmental goods and scarce resources, the analysis of spatial-environmental externalities, the study of biodiversity from an economic perspective, the economics of water use and the implications of climate change for global economic policy. The second part focuses on environmental-economic modelling. It presents new advances in modelling and evaluation, dealing with the role of endogenous technology and trade in economic growth models, the design of second-best energy policies and the implications of environmental externalities in the aviation sector. The third part considers the relevance and applicability of evaluation studies for environmental management and the final part examines the scope of environmental policy analysis. This collection will be essential reading for scholars and students in both environmental and ecological economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: Theory and Overview 1. Environmental and Resource Management 2. Externalities in Urban Sustainability: Environmental versus Localization-type Agglomeration Externalities in a General Spatial Equilibrium Model of a Single-sector Monocentric Industrial City 3. Integration of Economic and Ecological Indicators of Biodiversity 4. The Economics of Urban Drinking Water Use 5. Global Trends and Climate Change Policies Part II: Modelling Experiments 6. New Advances in Economic Modelling and Evaluation of Environmental Issues 7. A Multiregional Perspective on Growth and Environment: The Role of Endogenous Technology and Trade 8. Second-best Energy Policies for Heterogeneous Firms 9. Environmental Externalities in Air Transport Markets Part III: Evaluation Studies 10. Environmental Decision Making: A Comparison between Cost–Benefit Analysis and Multicriteria Decision Aid 11. Sustainability Assessment of Development Scenarios: Methodology and Application to Thailand 12. A Multi-criteria Decision Support Model and Geographic Information System for Sustainable Development Planning of the Greek Islands 13. Success Factors for Sustainable Urban Brownfield Development: A Comparative Case Study Approach to Polluted Sites 14. Why do Aircraft Noise Value Estimates Differ? A Meta-analysis Part IV: Policy Analysis 15. Transboundary Environmental Problems in the European Union: Lessons from Air Pollution Policies 16. Open Windows of Europe 17. Sustainable Transport: New Research and Policy Challenge for the Next Millennium 18. Socio-economic Dynamics and Spatial Mobility: A Scenario Application to Environmental Strategies in Transport 19. Energy Saving by Firms: Decision-making, Barriers and Policies Index

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Book SynopsisResearch on consumption from an environmental perspective has exploded since the late 1990s. This important new volume cuts across disciplines to present the latest research in the field. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which addresses the problems of consumption both as a concept and as an economic and social force with high environmental impact. In the second part, the authors try to explain consumption as an attempt by individuals to satisfy different types of needs whilst simultaneously being embedded in certain lifestyles and constrained by time and daily routines. The final section looks at how change towards less environmentally damaging consumption patterns can be achieved through national sustainability and consumer policy measures, as well as through community building and individual action. In accordance with the transdisciplinary nature of ecological economics, the original contributions emanate from a variety of different perspectives to reflect the diversity of research in this growing field.By seriously exploring the role of consumption within ecological economics, this fine book will provide invaluable reading for students and researchers interested in sustainable consumption, ecological economics and consumer research.Trade Review'This new volume cuts across disciplines to present the latest research in the field. By seriously exploring the role of consumption within ecological economics, this fine book will provide invaluable reading for students and researchers interested in sustainable consumption, ecological economics and consumer research.' -- Management of Environmental Quality'Ecological economics, a rapidly growing field, has focused far more on production than consumption. This volume provides an important corrective to that emphasis, and should prove influential. The editors have assembled a distinguished group of scholars who both assess the present state of knowledge, and tackle important conceptual issues, such as "What exactly is consumption?" "Which consumer activities are most ecologically significant?" and "What strategies for changing consumer behaviour actually work?" This is an outstanding collection that deserves a wide readership.' -- Juliet Schor, Boston College, US'Lucia Reisch and Inge Ropke offer the best of academia: sophisticated and clear-sighted inquiries into a troubling issue.' -- Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany'Consumption is the driving force for economic growth, but it is also the driving force for unsustainable development. In The Ecological Economics of Consumption we learn how to cope with this challenge effectively and how to eventually reach a level of sustainable consumption.' -- Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker, Bundestag Environment Committee, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Place of Consumption in Ecological Economics Part I: Problematizing Consumption 2. Questionable Assumptions about Sustainable Consumption 3. The Society, its Products and the Environmental Role of Consumption 4. Work-related Consumption Drivers and Consumption at Work Part II: Explaining Consumption 5. Beyond Insatiability – Needs Theory, Consumption and Sustainability 6. Changing Human Behaviour and Lifestyle: A Challenge for Sustainable Consumption? 7. Domestic Electricity Consumption – Consumers and Appliances 8. Sustainability in Everyday Life – A Matter of Time? Part III: Changing Consumption 9. Sustainable Consumption as a Consumer Policy Issue 10. Lifestyle Approaches as a Sustainable Consumption Policy – A German Example 11. Community, Reflexivity and Sustainable Consumption 12. Macroeconomic Stability: Sustainable Development and Full Employment Index

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Book SynopsisWallace Oates is one of the most important scholars in both environmental economics and public finance and this new volume of his essays brings together his recent research in both these areas, covering theory, research and policy. The first half of the book includes papers on the political economy of environmental policy, the analysis of environmental regulation and environmental federalism. The second half deals with fiscal and regulatory competition, state and local government finance and fiscal federalism.This new collection will be essential reading for scholars and students in both environmental economics and public finance.Table of ContentsContents: Part I: The Political Economy of Environmental Policy Part II: The Analysis of Environmental Regulation Part III: Environmental Federalism Part IV: Fiscal and Regulatory Competition Part V: State and Local Government Finance Part VI: Fiscal Federalism Index

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Book SynopsisGame theory is one of the most powerful tools that economists can use to deal with complex economic and policy problems. At the same time, environmental issues are at the heart of many domestic and international policy processes, where interactions among different stakeholders play a crucial role. It is therefore natural to adopt game theory as one of the analytical instruments to enhance our understanding of the interrelations between the economy and the environment, and provide practical suggestions for policy interventions. This book summarises the latest achievements of researchers involved in the application of game theory to the analysis of environmental matters. It provides an overview of different methods and applications, and gives the reader new insights on the solutions to complex environmental problems. The authors investigate various game theoretic approaches, including cooperative and non-cooperative game theory, and analyse both dynamic and static games. They illustrate the application of these approaches to global and local environmental problems, and present novel but effective tools to support environmental policy making. In particular, they focus on three important issues; climate negotiations and policy, the sharing of environmental costs, and environmental management and pollution control.This book presents ground-breaking applications of game theory to deal with today's pressing environmental problems. It will become a valuable source of reference for academics and researchers interested in environmental economics and management, game theory and international relations.Trade Review'. . . the eleven chapters of the book improve the toolbox we have to deal with environmental issues, while at the same time providing some interesting applications and practical solutions to important problems of environmental policy.' -- J.N.R. Jeffers, Sustainable DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Climate Negotiations and Policy 1. Stable International Agreements on Transfrontier Pollution with Ratification Constraints 2. Can Equity Enhance Efficiency? Some Lessons from Climate Negotiations 3. Endogenous Strategic Issue Linkage in International Negotiations 4. Kyoto and Beyond Kyoto Climate Policy: Comparison of Open-Loop and Feedback Game Outcomes Part II: Sharing Environmental Costs 5. Cost Sharing in a Joint Project 6. A Model for Cooperative Inter-Municipal Waste Collection: Cost Evaluation Toward Fair Cost Allocation 7. Co-Insurance Games and Environmental Pollution Risk 8. Environmental Effects of Consumption: An Approach Using DEA and Cost Sharing Part III: Environmental Management and Pollution Control 9. Competition and Cooperation in Natural Resources Exploitation: An Evolutionary Game Approach 10. Greenhouse Gases, Quota Exchange and Oligopolistic Competition 11. A Conjectural Cooperative Equilibrium for Strategic Form Games Index

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Book SynopsisEcological economics is an increasingly important subject that addresses the current conflict between positive economic growth and negative environmental consequences. In this state-of-the-art two-volume set, the editors, both leading scholars in their field, have selected the most important recently published papers on the subject. This authoritative collection will be a vital resource for researchers and practitioners in ecological economics, human ecology, industrial ecology and environmental sciences.Trade Review‘An excellent source of reference for researchers and practitioners in ecological economics, human ecology, industrial ecology and environmental sciences, this publication will help its readers keep abreast of major recent developments in the field.’ -- The Environmentalist‘These volumes present a thorough and wide-ranging survey of the recent literature in ecological economics. They should serve as a valuable reference collection and as an excellent foundation for graduate seminars. They illustrate how ecological economics have converged and coalesced as a field.’ -- Richard B. Howarth, Dartmouth College, US‘By far the most complete and judiciously selected collection of recent contributions to ecological economics now available. Indispensable.’ -- Herman Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Joan Martinez-Alier and Inge Røpke PART I ROOTS 1. Inge Røpke (2004), ‘The Early History of Modern Ecological Economics’ 2. Inge Røpke (2005), ‘Trends in the Development of Ecological Economics from the Late 1980s to the Early 2000s’ 3. Carl Folke (2006), ‘Resilience: The Emergence of a Perspective for Social-Ecological Systems Analyses’ 4. Cutler J. Cleveland and Mathias Ruth (1997), ‘When, Where and by How Much do Biophysical Limits Constrain the Economic Process? A Survey of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s Contribution to Ecological Economics’ 5. Stefan Baumgärtner, Harald Dyckhoff, Malte Faber, John Proops and Johannes Schiller (2001), ‘The Concept of Joint Production and Ecological Economics’ 6. Robert U. Ayres (2004), ‘On the Life Cycle Metaphor: Where Ecology and Economics Diverge’ 7. John O’Neill (2004), ‘Ecological Economics and the Politics of Knowledge: The Debate Between Hayek and Neurath’ PART II RESILIENCE AND EVOLUTION IN SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 8. Simon A. Levin, Scott Barrett, Sara Aniyar, William Baumol and Christopher Bliss (1998), ‘Resilience in Natural and Socioeconomic Systems’ 9. Charles Perrings (1998), ‘Resilience in the Dynamics of Economy-Environment Systems’ 10. Carl Folke, Fikret Berkes and Johan Colding (1998), ‘Ecological Practices and Social Mechanisms for Building Resilience and Sustainability’ 11. Per Olsson, Carl Folke and Fikret Berkes (2004), ‘Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems’ 12. Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh and John M. Gowdy (2000), ‘Evolutionary Theories in Environmental and Resource Economics: Approaches and Applications’ PART III THE METABOLISM OF SOCIETY 13. Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich (2004), ‘The Tide of Population’ 14. Robert U. Ayres and Benjamin Warr (2005), ‘Accounting for Growth: The Role of Physical Work’ 15. Helga Weisz, Fridolin Krasumann, Christof Amann, Nina Eisenmenger, Karl-Heinz Erb, Klaus Hubacek and Marina Fischer-Kowalski (2006), ‘The Physical Economy of the European Union: Cross-Country Comparison and Determinants of Material Consumption’ 16. Helmut Haberl, Christoph Plutzar, Karl-Heinz Erb, Veronika Gaube, Martin Pollheimer and Niels B. Schulz (2005), ‘Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production as Determinant of Avifauna Diversity in Austria’ 17. Mathis Wackernagel, Larry Onisto, Patricia Bello, Alejandro Callejas Linares, Ina Susana López Falfán, Jesus Méndez García, Ana Isabel Suárez Guerrero and Ma. Guadalupe Suárez Guerrero (1999), ‘National Natural Capital Accounting with the Ecological Footprint Concept’ 18. Mathis Wackernagel, Justin Kitzes, Dan Moran, Steven Goldfinger and Mary Thomas (2006), ‘The Ecological Footprint of Cities and Regions: Comparing Resource Availability with Resource Demand’ 19. Jesus Ramos-Martin, Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi (2007), ‘On China’s Exosomatic Energy Metabolism: An Application of Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM)’ PART IV TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION 20. Stefan Giljum and Nina Eisenmenger (2004), ‘North-South Trade and the Distribution of Environmental Goods and Burdens: A Biophysical Perspective’ 21. Giovani Machado, Roberto Schaeffer and Ernst Worrell (2001), ‘Energy and Carbon Embodied in the International Trade of Brazil: An Input-Output Approach’ 22. Helga Weisz (2007), ‘Combining Social Metabolism and Input-Output Analyses to Account for Ecologically Unequal Trade’ 23. Alf Hornborg (2006), ‘Footprints in the Cotton Fields: The Industrial Revolution as Time-Space Appropriation and Environmental Load Displacement’ 24. Herman E. Daly (1999), ‘Globalization versus Internationalization – Some Implications’ 25. William E. Rees (2006), ‘Globalization, Trade and Migration: Undermining Sustainability’ 26. Juliet B. Schor (2005), ‘Prices and Quantities: Unsustainable Consumption and the Global Economy’ PART V INCOME GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 27. Richard B. Norgaard (1990), ‘Economic Indicators of Resource Scarcity: A Critical Essay’ 28. Herman E. Daly (1997), ‘Georgescu-Roegen versus Solow/Stiglitz’ 29. Robert M. Solow (1997), ‘Reply: Georgescu-Roegen versus Solow/Stiglitz’ 30. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1997), ‘Reply: Georgescu-Roegen versus Solow/Stiglitz’ 31. Herman E. Daly (1997), ‘Reply to Solow/Stiglitz’ 32. Dale S. Rothman (1998), ‘Environmental Kuznets Curves – Real Progress or Passing the Buck? A Case for Consumption-based Approaches’ 33. David I. Stern (2004), ‘The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve’ PART VI ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL WELFARE A The Critique of Weak Sustainability 34. Peter Victor, J. Edward Hanna and A. Kubursi (1998), ‘How Strong is Weak Sustainability?’ 35. Simon Dietz and Eric Neumayer (2006), ‘A Critical Appraisal of Genuine Savings as an Indicator of Sustainability’ 36. Daniel W. Bromley (1998), ‘Searching for Sustainability: The Poverty of Spontaneous Order’ B Alternative Social Welfare Measures 37. Reyer Gerlagh, Rob Dellink, Marjan Hofkes and Harmen Verbruggen (2002), ‘A Measure of Sustainable National Income for the Netherlands’ 38. Philip A. Lawn (2003), ‘A Theoretical Foundation to Support the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) and Other Related Indexes’ 39. Marilyn Waring (2003), ‘Counting for Something! Recognising Women’s Contribution to the Global Economy Through Alternative Accounting Systems’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I. PART I ISSUES IN VALUATION A Complexity, Conflicts and Languages of Valuation 1. Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz (1994), ‘The Worth of a Songbird: Ecological Economics as a Post-Normal Science’ 2. Joan Martinez-Alier, Giuseppe Munda and John O’Neill (1998), ‘Weak Comparability of Values as a Foundation for Ecological Economics’ 3. Joan Martinez-Alier (2001), ‘Ecological Conflicts and Valuation: Mangroves versus Shrimps in the Late 1990s’ 4. Federico Aguilera-Klink, Eduardo Pérez-Moriana and Juan Sánchez-García (2000), ‘The Social Construction of Scarcity. The Case of Water in Tenerife (Canary Islands)’ B Critique of Cost-Benefit Analysis 5. Arild Vatn and Daniel W. Bromley (1994), ‘Choices Without Prices Without Apologies’ 6. Christian Azar and Thomas Sterner (1996), ‘Discounting and Distributional Considerations in the Context of Global Warming’ 7. Clive L. Spash (2007), ‘The Economics of Climate Change Impacts à la Stern: Novel and Nuanced or Rhetorically Restricted?’ 8. Jack L. Knetsch (2005), ‘Gains, Losses, and the US-EPA Economic Analyses Guidelines: A Hazardous Product?’ C Multicriteria Evaluation and Participatory Methods 9. Clive L. Spash and Claudia Carter (2001), ‘Environmental Valuation in Europe: Findings from the Concerted Action’ 10. Giuseppe Munda (2004), ‘Social Multi-criteria Evaluation: Methodological Foundations and Operational Consequences’ 11. Wendy Proctor, Chris McQuade and Anne Dekker (2006), ‘Managing Environmental and Health Risks from a Lead and Zinc Smelter: An Application of Deliberative Multi-Criteria Evaluation’ PART II ECONOMIC VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 12. Rudolf S. de Groot, Matthew A. Wilson and Roelof M.J. Boumans (2002), ‘A Typology for the Classification, Description and Valuation of Ecosystem Functions, Goods and Services’ 13. R. Kerry Turner, Jouni Paavola, Philip Cooper, Stephen Farber, Valma Jessamy and Stavros Georgiou (2003), ‘Valuing Nature: Lessons Learned and Future Research Directions’ 14. Wanda Born, Felix Rauschmayer and Ingo Bräuer (2005), ‘Economic Evaluation of Biological Invasions – A Survey’ 15. Kanchan Chopra and Saroj Kumar Adhikari (2004), ‘Environment Development Linkages: Modelling a Wetland System for Ecological and Economic Value’ 16. Philip M. Fearnside (1997), ‘Environmental Services as a Strategy for Sustainable Development in Rural Amazonia’ 17. Stefan Gössling (1999), ‘Ecotourism: A Means to Safeguard Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions?’ PART III HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE 18. Herbert Gintis (2000), ‘Beyond Homo Economicus: Evidence from Experimental Economics’ 19. John Gowdy and Jon Erikson (2005), ‘Ecological Economics at a Crossroads’ 20. Susan S. Hanna (1997), ‘The New Frontier of American Fisheries Governance’ 21. Robert Costanza, Francisco Andrade, Paula Antunes, Marjan van den Belt, Dee Boersma, Donald F. Boesch, Fernando Catarino, Susan Hanna, Karin Limburg, Bobbi Low, Michael Molitor, João Gil Pereira, Steve Rayner, Rui Santos, James Wilson and Michael Young (1998), ‘Principles for Sustainable Governance of the Oceans’ 22. Marco A. Janssen and Elinor Ostrom (2007), ‘Adoption of a New Regulation for the Governance of Common-Pool Resources by a Heterogeneous Population’ 23. Bina Agarwal (2001), ‘Participatory Exclusions, Community Forestry and Gender: An Analysis for South Asia and a Conceptual Framework’ 24. Jouni Paavola and W. Neil Adger (2005), ‘Institutional Ecological Economics’ 25. Mikael Skou Andersen (2000), ‘Designing and Introducing Green Taxes: Institutional Dimensions’ 26. Arild Vatn (2000), ‘Efficiency and Fairness: The Norwegian Experience with Agri-environmental Taxation’ 27. Valérie Boisvert and Franck-Dominique Vivien (2005), ‘The Convention on Biological Diversity: A Conventionalist Approach’ PART IV TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION A Technological Change and Industrial Transformation 28. René Kemp (2002), ‘Environmental Protection through Technological Regime Shifts’ 29. René Kemp and Jan Rotmans (2004), ‘Managing the Transition to Sustainable Mobility’ 30. Reinhard Madlener and Sigrid Stagl (2005), ‘Sustainability-guided Promotion of Renewable Electricity Generation’ 31. Klaus Rennings, Andreas Ziegler, Kathrin Ankele and Esther Hoffman (2006), ‘The Influence of Different Characteristics of the EU Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme on Technical Environmental Innovations and Economic Performance’ B Sustainable Consumption 32. Tim Jackson, Wander Jager and Sigrid Stagl (2004), ‘Beyond Insatiability – Needs Theory Consumption and Sustainability’ 33. Inge Røpke (1999), ‘The Dynamics of Willingness to Consume’ 34. Faye Duchin (2005), ‘Sustainable Consumption of Food: A Framework for Analyzing Scenarios about Changes in Diets’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis memorial collection of papers authored and co-authored by Ian Langford represents some of the most thoughtful and innovative contributions to the literature regarding the holistic analysis of environmental and health risk issues. It provides important foundations for the development of a mixed methodological approach to addressing such issues. These carefully chosen papers span a number of disciplines, including statistics, environmental risk analysis, human geography and economics and represent the diversity, innovation and analytical rigour of Ian Langford's writing.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Part I: Human Health and Epidemiology Part II: Risk Perception and Social Psychology Part III: Environmental Valuation Part IV: Policy Analysis Index

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Book SynopsisIn this insightful book, Joseph Huber investigates the life cycle analysis of technological and environmental innovations (TEIs). TEIs are new technologies, products and practices which have benign environmental effects and which can increase eco-efficiency. More importantly, they can also improve 'metabolic consistency', thus laying the foundations for a sustainable industrial ecology. The author studies a large number of TEIs from a variety of diverse fields including energy, agriculture, chemistry, biotechnology, materials re/processing, construction, vehicles and consumer goods. He finds that TEIs can offer real and sustainable solutions to almost all of today's environmental problems. However, for this to happen the author calls for a paradigm shift from 'downstream' to 'upstream' in the manufacturing chain and technologies' life cycles, and a corresponding shift in environmental policy from command-and-control regulation to coordinated innovation.By combining the sustainability approaches of 'sufficiency' and 'eco-efficiency' with the concept of 'metabolic consistency', this book opens up new horizons for ecological modernisation. It will prove valuable reading for academics and students of the social and technical sciences with an interest in environmental technology. Researchers and practitioners of industrial innovation will also gain useful insights, as will policymakers and environmental analysts in government, businesses and NGOs.Trade Review'The book is written clearly and comprehensively, and even the detailed technological explanations are interesting and well written for non-technicians. . . For all scholars and students who are interested in the sustainability debate, the book is an inspiration because of its convincing reasoning regarding the central role of TEIs, some compelling arguments about metabolically consistency, and the numerous well-investigated examples. All readers who are interested in conceptional and strategic considerations on environmental policy will enjoy the book.' -- Markus Pasche, Journal of Evolutionary Economics'Largely academic and government-policy focused, this book will be most useful to research and development (R&D) professionals and inventors looking over the horizon for new opportunities. Business people . . . will be rewarded with an eye-opening discussion of global environmental problems and the extensive changes in society and business that are necessary to solve them. In addition, they can expect a well-written description of the pros and cons of many emerging environmental technologies that will likely reshape our lives and businesses in the coming decades.' -- Jacquelyn A. Ottman, Journal of Product Innovation Management'Joseph Huber's book contains a wealth of information on technological environmental innovations. The scrutiny of this material leads to powerful conclusions, with which scholars should concern themselves. Highly recommended.' -- Rene Kemp, Maastricht University, The Netherlands'This timely and impressive volume brings technology back into the centre of discussions and debates on environmental reform. In articulating an ecological modernisation perspective, Joseph Huber presents an inspiring, optimistic and at times provocative assessment of the potential and future role of radical technological innovations in greening production-consumption cycles.' -- Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Technological Environmental Innovations (TEIs) 1. Introduction: Upstreaming Environmental Action 2. TEIs in Discourse Context 3. Environmental Innovation Discussed in More Detail 4. Trends and Visions of TEIs 5. Conclusions: Upstreaming Environmental Policy Part II: Innovation Life Cycle Analysis 6. Innovation: Definitions and Distinctions 7. The Innovation Life Cycle 8. Selective Dynamics: Connectivity and Timeliness 9. Interactive Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition 10. Location Matters: Regional Clusters and National Innovation Systems Appendix: Systematcs of Technological Environmental Innovations References Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough there is a huge demand for accurate analysis of environmental policy outcomes in both the academic and policy-making communities, there is currently very little theoretical research on this issue. This ambitious book redresses the balance by constructing a new theoretical framework at the crossroads between economics and political science to account for the effectiveness of environmental governance. Drawing on insights from new institutional economics, environmental economics, collective action theory and social capital theory, the author analyses how policy outcomes are influenced by institutional factors that constrain and empower the target groups of environmental regulation. This is the first attempt towards a general theoretical treatise of voluntary environmental agreements, based on a dual institutionalist approach that allows for comparisons between environmental taxes and agreements. The author systematically compares the performance of the radically different CO2 policy strategies of Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands - non-intervention, earmarked CO2 taxes and energy agreements. From this unique cross-national study, it is concluded that CO2 taxes are generally more effective than voluntary energy agreements which, if practised in specific institutional settings, will outperform laissez-faire policy alternatives.This book will be required reading for environmental economists, political scientists and climate change researchers. It will also provide policymakers with useful empirical evidence and advice on how to design voluntary environmental agreements and green taxes to maximize environmental benefits.Trade Review'Martin Enevoldsen offers a thorough and thought-provoking exploration of the theoretical properties of the most contested policy instruments in environmental policy. His comparative econometric analysis of CO2 emissions and policies in three small European states underlines the superiority of the tax approach from an environmental perspective.' -- Mikael Skou Andersen, Professor, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark'Martin Enevoldsen's book is a pioneering work that compares the impacts of various non-regulatory environmental strategies in achieving measurable pollution reductions. Much has been written on the theoretical virtues and drawbacks of green taxation versus the adoption of voluntary agreements when it comes to effective implementation of environmental goals. In convincing detail, this book makes the case for the effectiveness of environmental taxation, its barriers being primarily political in nature rather than economic. Green taxes are highly controversial even in the most environmentally conscious nations, particularly when they are regarded as a purely fiscal instrument. The successful Danish CO2 taxation on industry, which this study proves to be much more effective than the Dutch system of voluntary agreements or the Austrian laissez-faire policies, relied not only on the inducement of the CO2 tax itself; all of the tax revenue was ploughed back into industry as subsidies for investments in advanced energy saving technologies. Martin Enevoldsen's book is simply a "must" for political scientists, environmental economists and environment policymakers.' -- Svend Auken, M.P. and former Danish Minister for Environment and EnergyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to Environmental Governance in Economics and Political Science 3. A Dual Institutionalist Approach 4. Voluntary Agreements and the Free-Rider Problem 5. Institutions, Social Capital, and Voluntary Environmental Agreements 6. On the Institutional Design and Effectiveness of Green Taxes 7. Comparative Analysis of CO2 Policies Towards the Industrial Sector 8. Indirect Regulation of Industrial CO2 Pollution in Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands 9. A Comparative Analysis of CO2 Policy Performance at the National Level 10. Econometric Analysis of Industrial CO2 Emissions Over the Period 1958–2000 11. The Micro-Level: Policy Stimulation of Cleaner Energy Technologies 12. Reflections on Theory and Policies Appendix 1: Statistical Data Sources Appendix 2: List of Interviewed Organizations References Index

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Book SynopsisEssays exploring interrelated strands of material ecologies, past and present British politics, and the act of writing, through a rich variety of case studies. Much as the complexities of climate change and the Anthropocene have queried the limits and exclusions of literary representation, so, too, have the challenges recently presented by climate activism and intersectional environmentalism, animal rights, and even the power of material forms, such as oil, plastic, and heavy metals. Social and protest movements have revived the question of whether there can be such a thing as an activist ecocriticism: can such an approach only concern itself with consciousness, or might it politicise literary criticism in a new way? Attempting to respond, this volume coalesces around three interrelated strands: material ecologies, past and present British politics, and the act of writing itself. Contributors consider the ways in which literary form has foregrounded the complexities of both matter (in essays on water, sugar, and land) and political economics (from empire and nationalism to environmental justice movements and local and regional communities). The volume asks how life writing, nature writing, creative nonfiction, and autobiography - although genres entrenched in capitalist political realities - can also confront these by reinserting personal experience. Can we bring a more sustainable planet into being by focusing on those literary forms which have the ability to imagine the conditions and systems needed to do so?Table of ContentsIntroduction - John Parham 1.Industry and Environmental Violence in the Early Victorian Novel: Pastoral Re-visions - Mark Frost 2.Floating Cities, Imperial Bodies: Reading Water in Timothy Mo's An Insular Possession (1986) and Xi Xi's 'Strange Tales from a Floating City' (1986) - Caitlin Vandertop 3.Sweet Food to Sweet Crude: Haunting Place through Planet Sam Solnick 4.Nonhuman Entanglements in Adam Roberts's Science Fiction: Bête (2014) and By Light Alone (2012) - Nora Castle 5.Sum deorc wyrd gathers: Dark Ecology, Brexit Ecocriticism, and the Far Right - Aidan Tynan 6.Literature, Literary Pedagogy, and Extinction Rebellion (XR): The Case of Tarka the Otter - Karín Lesnik-Oberstein 7.The View from the Field: Activist Ecocriticism and Land Workers' Voices - Pippa Marland 8.Nature Walking: Marching Against Privilege - Dominic Head 9.To Be a Witness in the World - Amanda Thomson Index

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Book SynopsisManaging natural resources sustainably is a complex task that demands the involvement of many different stakeholders. Network arrangements are increasingly used to try and achieve such sustainable management. This book assesses the practice of such networks using original research into case studies of landscape, habitat and water management from England, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Zimbabwe. Informed by institutionalist theory, the case studies explore the role of social capital and institutional capacity in successful networking. They demonstrate the importance of policy champions and of developing a common problem framework, often based on a common knowledge base. Norms of mutuality and reciprocity together with trust are shown to play a major role in implementing jointly developed strategies for managing natural resources. While highlighting the potential of networks, the research also identifies the limitations of such arrangements, suggesting a continuing need for national frameworks to provide financial incentives and regulate local action.This original and up-to-date research will appeal to scholars as well as undergraduates, graduates and practitioners interested in geography, environmental studies, planning studies and environmental politics.Trade Review'Given the original and insightful content of this volume, I would strongly recommend this book to students and researchers in the fields of human geography, environmental studies, environmental politics and resource management.' -- Duncan Russel, Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Fragmented Institutions: The Problem Facing Natural Resource Management Inger-Lise Sagile 2. Institutions and Networks: The Search for Conceptual Research Tools Yvonne Rydin 3. The New Forest, England: Cooperative Planning for a Commons Yvonne Rydin and Tove Måtar 4. Setesdal Vesthei-Ryfylkeheiane, Norway: Local Co-management in a Protected Area Eva Falleth 5. Cannock Chase, England: A Policy Champion for a Local Landscape Yvonne Rydin and Tove Måtar 6. The Rondane Region, Norway: Common Pool Management through Statutory Planning Hans Olav Bråtå 7. Mafungautsi Area, Zimbabwe: Decentralized Management of Forests Everisto Mapedza 8. The Morsa River Basin, Norway: Collective Action for Improving Water Quality Knut Bjørn Stokke 9. The Lake District, England: Participation in Managing Water Abstraction Yvonne Rydin and Tove Måtar 10. Castilla-La Mancha, Spain: Collective Action and Inaction in Groundwater Management Elena Lopez-Gunn 11. The Rönne and Em Rivers, Sweden: Resilience, Networks and Bargaining Power in Water Management Victor Galaz 12. Conclusion Yvonne Rydin Appendix – Methodology Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIntegrated assessments of the impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change and variability at urban and regional scales are presented in this comprehensive volume. Six thematically distinct yet methodologically related projects illustrate 'horizontal' integration, which focuses on impacts and responses across different sectors, and 'vertical' integration, which traces changes from the climate system through to the economy and society. Areas of application include water resource allocation, wildfire management, agriculture, public health and urban infrastructure in the United States. In its development of methodologies and their applications to individual regions, this book presents a rich set of insights and a set of guides for investment and policymaking. Each of the six studies focuses on a finer geographic scale than is customary in integrated assessment research. They introduce innovations for impact analysis and contribute to the knowledge of localized experiences of climate change - how it affects a variety of sectors, how different stakeholders perceive its implications and adapt to it, and how decision support systems can promote dialogues between researchers, stakeholders and policymakers. The contributors' conclusions will be of great interest to urban and regional planners, environmental scientists and engineers, physical and human geographers, ecologists, environmental and natural resource economists, public administrators, public service providers and utility managers, among others.Trade Review'. . . a welcome addition to both the climate change and regional science literature. . .a resource for researchers in the field who are working to bridge the gap between climate research and the needs of local and regional decision makers who will design adaptive strategies in response to climate change. . . having some of the best regional climate impacts work in one place is reason enough to have this book on the shelf.' -- James Neumann, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Joel Scheraga 1. Introduction M. Ruth, K. Donaghy and P. Kirshen 2. Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Allocation, Water Quality and Salmon Production in the San Joaquin River Basin H. Hidalgo, L. Brekke, N. Miller, N. Quinn, J. Keyantash and J. Dracup 3. Modeling Interactions Among Wildland Fire, Climate and Society in the Context of Climatic Variability and Change in the US Southwest B. Morehouse, G. Christopherson, M. Crimmins, B. Orr, J. Overpeck, T. Swetnam and S. Yool 4. An Integrated Assessment of Impacts of Predicted Climate Change on the Mackinaw River Basin K. Donaghy, J. Eheart, E. Herricks and B. Orland 5. Ecological and Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Agricultural Systems: An Integrated Assessment Approach J. Antle, S. Capalbo and K. Paustian 6. Assessing Potential Public Health Implications of Changing Climate and Land Uses: The New York Climate and Health Project P. Kinney, J. Rosenthal, C. Rosenzweig, C. Hogrefe, W. Solecki, K. Knowlton, C. Small, B. Lynn, K. Civerolo, J. Ku, R. Goldberg and C. Oliveri 7. Climate’s Long-term Impacts on Urban Infrastructures and Services: The Case of Metro Boston P. Kirshen, M. Ruth and W. Anderson 8. Conclusion: Assessing Impacts and Responses P. Kirshen, K. Donaghy and M. Ruth Index

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Book SynopsisTranslation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing policymakers in Europe and beyond. The chapters in this book contribute to the debate surrounding these challenges. By exploring the conceptual and methodological issues relating to the evaluation of sustainable development and analysing European practice and experience, this work provides a coherent and integrated contribution to our understanding of these issues. With contributions from a distinguished international group of authors, this book will be of interest to researchers, policy analysts and practitioners in the area of impact assessment and sustainable development.Trade Review'The book will be of interest to those in the Asia Pacific who research and practice in this area as European Union member countries have gone a long way in the implementation of sustainable development principles.' -- Andrew Edgar, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law'Impact assessment of various types is now a widely used policy tool. This volume helpfully brings together conceptual discussions and case-studies to illustrate how impact assessment can be used to address issues of sustainability. It should be of considerable interest both to academic researchers and to practitioners concerned with the implementation of policies to support sustainable development.' -- John Weiss, University of Bradford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development: An Introduction Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick PART I: EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND METHODS 2. The Long and Winding Road of Sustainable Development Evaluation Peter Hardi 3. Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Rio Model of Governance Martin Jänicke 4. Evaluation of Regional Network Governance: Capacity Building for Steering Sustainable Development Wolfgang Meyer and Sebastian Elbe 5. The Role of Evaluation in Regional Sustainable Development Joe Ravetz 6. Considering Environmental Aspects in Integrated Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead Klaus Jacob, Julia Hertin and Axel Volkery 7. The Contribution of Environmental Assessment to Sustainable Development: Toward a Richer Conceptual Understanding Matthew Cashmore 8. How Useful are Computable General Equilibrium Models for Sustainability Impact Assessment? Serban Scrieciu 9. Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE): A New European Project Paul Weaver, Jan Rotmans, John Turnpenny, Alex Haxeltine and Andrew Jordan 10. The Selection of Suitable Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment Marjan van Herwijnen and Wouter de Ridder PART II: IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 11. Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Environmental Policies in Europe Benjamin Görlach, Eduard Interwies, Jodi Newcombe and Helen Johns 12. Implementing a Monitoring System for the French National Strategy for Sustainable Development Benoit Simon and Jean-Pierre Sivignon 13. The Quality of Impact Assessment in Slovakia Katarína Staroňová 14. Challenges of Regulating Integrated Impact Assessment: The Case of Slovenia Mojca Golobic and Franc Zakrajšek 15. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Assessment in the Netherlands Geert P.J. Draaijers and Rob Verheem 16. Exploring the Feasibility of Sustainability Impact Assessment Procedures for Federal Policies in Belgium Tom Bauler, Marco Wäktare and Alessandro Bonifazi Index

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Book SynopsisEcological economics formally emerged in the late 1980s in response to the failure of mainstream economic paradigms to deal adequately with the interdependence of social, economic and ecological systems. Frontier Issues in Ecological Economics focuses on a range of cutting-edge issues in the field of ecological economics and outlines plausible measures to achieve a more sustainable, just, and efficient world for all.Covering a broad range of key subjects, this book deals with some of the frontier issues that have recently emerged in ecological economics and those that continue to remain a source of disagreement and debate. In doing so, the book highlights the importance of natural capital, the limits to growth and markets in achieving sustainable development, the policy-guiding value of sustainable development indicators, ecological tax reform considerations, environmental-macroeconomic issues such as the reconciliation of the ecological sustainability and full employment objectives, and measures to deal with growing globalisation concerns. The book concludes with the optimistic assessment that a transition to a steady-state economy - necessary to achieve sustainable development - is entirely compatible with a democratic-capitalist system.Philip Lawn's latest book will appeal to academics and researchers working in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, sustainable development, green national accounting, environmental management and development studies. Policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs will also appreciate this book.Trade Review'This is a rich and rewarding book both in terms of synthesizing familiar concepts and introducing new ideas. . . This is a well-written and entertaining book worth reading by all those interested in the frequently murky literature on sustainable development. It is likely to generate not only a lively discussion but also a body of empirical work that might help to resolve some of the major controversies in our field.' -- John Gowdy, Ecological EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE STEADY-STATE ECONOMY 1. Introduction 2. What is Sustainable Development? PART II: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL CAPITAL 3. Is Human-Made Capital an Adequate Long-run Substitute for Natural Capital? 4. The Potential Conflict Between Sustainability and Welfare Maximisation 5. Natural Resource Prices and Natural Resource Scarcity PART III: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 6. An Introduction to Sustainable Development Indicators 7. An Assessment of Various Measures of Sustainable Economic Welfare 8. Using a Fisherian Measure of Income to Guide a Nation’s Transition to a Steady-State Economy 9. Eco-Efficiency Indicators: Theory and Practice PART IV: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THEORETICAL AND POLICY ISSUES 10. On the Independence of the Sustainability, Distribution and Efficiency Goals 11. Ecological Tax Reform: Why and in What Form? 12. Does the Environmental Kuznets Curve Exist? A Theoretical Perspective 13. IS-LM-EE: Incorporating an Environmental Equilibrium Curve into the IS-LM Model 14. Reconciling the Policy Goals of Full Employment and Ecological Sustainability PART V: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 15. Keynes, International Governance Arrangements and Globalisation 16. Increasing Sustainable National Income by Restoring Comparative Advantage as the Principle Governing International Trade 17. The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development: Another Opportunity to Address the Scale and Globalisation Issues Gone Begging PART VI: CONCLUSION 18. Is a Steady-State Economy Compatible with a Democratic-Capitalist System? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences which can present many new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the critical effects of globalisation on environmental governance. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editors, the expert contributors analyse key concepts and recent developments in themes such as national regimes, types of environmental goods, trade rules and environmental policies, eco-innovation policy, government-business cooperation, the role of citizen-consumers in environmental politics, and governance in developing countries. They also present various societal perspectives, including the role of businesses and non-governmental organisations. Eight original case studies address global influences on domestic environmental policies and government participation in international and supranational fora. The Handbook concludes with innovative and challenging views on the future role of national governments in global environmental governance. Including contributions from leading authorities in academia, government, and business, this comprehensive new Handbook provides an insightful overview of the powerful effect of globalisation on national environmental policy. The depth and scope of the work will ensure a broad and varied readership, including academics, students, and policymakers in the fields of governance, environmental politics and law, international relations, and political science.Trade Review'This is undoubtedly a useful collection of essays for environmental policymakers and anyone interested in the relationship between national government and transnational forces. . . the collection brings together some interesting perspectives and should prove a useful complement to the existing political sociology of the environment.' -- International Sociology - Review of Books'The Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy is a very important book. More than 40 experienced authors, including some of the most important international thought leaders of our time, have confronted a crucial question: How can and should national governments come to grips with the need for global action on a wide range of increasingly urgent environmental challenges that exceed their authority and capability? Through close examination of numerous case studies, a balanced perspective that takes government, business and civil society into account, and fresh interdisciplinary thinking about a range of policy tools, the Handbook offers a treasure trove of new concepts and new perspectives. The authors conclude that by acknowledging the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty and accepting the growing need to work together in supranational forums, national governments can, in fact, increase their capacity to shape their own destiny.' -- Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US'In an increasingly interdependent world, global forces affect both the design and effectiveness of environmental policy. This Handbook provides an unusually creative and comprehensive guide, not only to the nature of these forces and their impacts, but also to how a better understanding of these forces can provide a foundation for improving the effectiveness of environmental policy.' -- Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: An Overview Kees Zoeteman, Frank Wijen and Jan Pieters PART I: CONCEPTS AND STATE OF AFFAIRS 2. Trade and Investment: Selected Links to Domestic Environmental Policy Tom Jones 3. Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems Alkuin Kölliker 4. Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges Pedro Conceição and Inge Kaul 5. National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules Marion Jansen and Alexander Keck 6. Towards an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting René Kemp, Luc Soete and Rifka Weehuizen 7. Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management Kees Zoeteman and Eric Harkink 8. Globalisation and the Role of Citizen-Consumers in Environmental Politics Gert Spaargaren and Susan Martens 9. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States David Vogel, Michael Toffel and Diahanna Post 10. Globalisation and Policies/Politics towards Sustainable Development in Developing Countries Hans Opschoor PART II: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 11. Drivers of Business Behaviour in the Realm of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network Björn Stigson and Britta Rendlen 12. Globalisation, Policy Utility Suppliers, and the Environmental Agenda Jan Hol 13. Unilever and Sustainable Development Chris Dutihl 14. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: The Influence of WWF, an International Non-Governmental Organisation Claude Martin 15. The Impact of European Non-Governmental Organisations on EU Environmental Regulation John Hontelez PART III: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES 16. National Room to Manoeuvre: The Dutch Position in EU Energy Policies Maarten Arentsen and Theo de Bruijn 17. Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging Saskia Ozinga and Nicole Gerard 18. Globalisation and Crop-Protection Policy Joost van Kasteren 19. Free Trade in Agricultural Products and the Environment Jan van Vliet PART IV: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS 20. Different Countries, Different Strategies: 'Green' Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy Sietske Veenman and Duncan Liefferink 21. The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Regulation Ludwig Krämer 22. Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD Rob Visser 23. Architecture of the Kyoto Protocol and Prospects for Public Climate Policy Frank Wijen and Kees Zoeteman PART V: NEW DIRECTIONS 24. Globalisation and Environmental Protection: A Global Governance Perspective Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova 25. Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy Charlotte Streck 26. Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design Konrad von Moltke 27. Effective Environmental Strategies for Small Countries in an Interconnected Global Setting Pieter Winsemius Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a framework for understanding the complex and multifaceted nature of the factors that affect destination competitiveness. It offers guidance on how to create successful destinations by developing and presenting a conceptual model of destination competitiveness that recognizes the importance of sustainability for long-term success. The book presents a strong theoretical background for managerial decision-making, giving destination managers a range of tools with which to analyse and increase the competitiveness of their areas.Trade Review"An important and welcome contribution to the literature of tourism studies. Highly recommended". S A Schulman, Choice "This book is an articulate and valuable contribution to the tourism literature... It is likely to become a standard reference for many years to come." Geoffrey Wall, Tourism Recreation Research"Table of Contents1: The Evolving Nature of Competition and Sustainability a: Destination Competitiveness: Its Nature and Its Evolution b: Components of the Competitive Universe c: The Dimensions of Tourism Competitiveness d: Economic Competitiveness e: Political Competitiveness f: The Renaissance of the City-State g: Socio-Cultural Competitiveness h: Technological Competitiveness j: Environmental Competitiveness k: Some General observations on how the Competitive Environment is evolving l: The Evolution of Travel Experience Demanded m: Demographics are Redefining the Foundations of Competitiveness n: Crisis and Renewal are Being Forced Upon Destinations as a Strategy forCompetitiveness Part I: The Competitive Tourism Destination 1.1: The Competitive Destination 1.2: Competitiveness: Theoretical and Managerial Dimensions 1.3: What is This Thing Called Competitiveness? 1.4: A Framework for Understanding Competition 1.5: Competitiveness in the Service Sector 1.6: The Nature of Comparative and Competitive Advantage in Tourism 1.7: Linking Destination Competitiveness to Performance 1.8: Tourism Markets 1.9: Target Market Strategy 1.10: Destination Performance 1.11: Summarizing the Steps to Destination Success 1.12: The Philosophy of Sustainable Competitiveness for Tourism Destination Development 1.13: Charting the Destination's Sustainable Course: Crafting a Vision and Establishing Goals 1.14: Tourism Planning in the Context of Overall Social and Economic Development 1.15: Allocating Resources: Tourism's Share Part II: The Sustainable Tourism Destination 2.1: The Birth and Evolution of Sustainable Tourism 2.2: Sustainable Tourism: a Comprehensive Examination 2.3: The Parallel Emergence of Ecotourism 2.4: WTO and Ecotourism 2.5: Some Concluding Observations 2.6: Managing Tourism from an ST Perspective 2.7: Ecological Sustainability 2.8: Economic Sustainability 2.9: Socio-Cultural Sustainability 2.10: Political Sustainability 2.11: Achieving Sustainable Tourism 2.12: Creating and Managing a Sustainable/Ecotourism Destination 2.13: In Conclusion Part II: A Model of Destination Competitiveness 3.1: The Origins of a Conceptual Model 3.2: An Overview of the Model 3.3: The Global (Macro) Environment 3.4: The Competitive (Micro) Environment 3.5: Core Resources and Attractors 3.6: Supporting Factors and Resources 3.7: Destination Policy, Planning and Development 3.8: Destination Management 3.9: Qualifying and Amplifying Determinants Part IV: The Macro Environment: Global Forces Shaping World Tourism 4.1: Global Forces: An Onion Skin Taxonomy 4.2: The Outer Layer 4.3: The Intermediate Layer 4.4: The Inner Layer 4.5: The Interdependence of Global Forces 4.6: Analyzing and Understanding Global Forces 4.7: Global Forces and Tourism Demand 4.8: Global Forces and Tourism Supply 4.9: Assessing the Impact of Global Forces on Destination Performance 4.10: Global Forces and Destination Policy 4.11: Global Forces and Destination Management 4.12: Global Forces and Destination Organization Part V: The Competitive (Micro) Environment: The Destination and the Tourism System 5.1: Suppliers 5.2: Tourism and Hospitality Enterprises 5.3: Marketing Intermediaries and Facilitators: the Industry's Lubricants 5.4: Customers: The Ultimate Driving Force 5.5: Related and Supporting Industries 5.6: Destination Management Organisations 5.7: Publics: Stakeholders and Watchdogs 5.8: The Destination: Internal Environment and Modus Operandi 5.9: Other Competing Destinations 5.10: The Tourism System: Integrative Impacts Part VI: Core Resources and Attractors: The Essence of Destination Appeal 6.1: Destination Physiography and Climate: the Natural Edge 6.2: Destination Culture: the Lure of Human Distinctiveness 6.3: The Elements of Culture 6.4: What is Culture? 6.5: Major Dimensions of Cultural Attractiveness 6.6: Forms of Culture 6.7: Culture and Consumption 6.8: Activities: The Nike 'JUST DO IT' Mentality of Travellers 6.9: Special Events: in Search of the Stroke of Genius That Creates Destination Uniqueness 6.10: From Local Insight & Entrepreneurship 6.11: Entertainment - the Show Must Go On! 6.12: Developing and Managing 'Entertainment Tourism' 6.13: Tourism Superstructure: 'If you build it, they will come!' 6.14: Market Ties: the Ties that Bind 6.15: Personal Ties 6.16: Organizational/Professional Ties Part VII: Supporting Factors and Resources: Elements Which Enhance Destination Appeal 7.1: Infrastructure: Providing a Foundation for Successful Tourism 7.2: Accessibility: Addressing the Curse or Blessing of Location 7.3: Facilitating Resources: Human, Knowledge, and Financial Capital 7.4: Hospitality: Resident Attitudes Towards Tourists and Tourism 7.5: Enterprise: the Generation of Human Energy 7.6: Political Will: is Tourism Part of the Political Landscape? Part VIII: Destination Policy, Planning and Development 8.1: The Nature of Tourism Policy, Planning, and Development 8.2: Distinguishing Between 'Destination Policy Planning and Development' (DPPD) andDestination Management (DM) 8.3: Tourism Policy: a Definition 8.4: Why is Tourism Policy Important? 8.5: Areas Addressed by Tourism Policy 8.6: Types and Levels of 'Tourism Destinations' 8.7: Tourism Policy: Context, Structure, Content, and Process 8.8: The Context of Tourism Policy 8.9: The Components of Tourism Policy 8.10: Destination Positioning/Branding 8.11: Destination Development 8.12: Destination Audit 8.13: Relating Policy to Strategy and the Development Process 8.14: Supply Development Strategies 8.15: Demand Development (Marketing) Strategies 8.16: Organizational and Development Policy Part IX: Destination Management: The Key to Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage 9.1: The Process of Destination Management 9.2: Marketing (Promotion?) 9.3: Identification of Strategic Markets for the Destination 9.4: Measuring Destination Awareness and Image 9.5: The Monitoring of Destination Awareness and Image 9.6: Assessing Destination Brand Effectiveness 9.7: Developing Logos, Themes, and Advertising Support 9.8: Managing the Quality of Visitor Service and the Visitor Experience 9.9: Management Implications of Adapting a Quality of Experience Framework 9.10: Managing Information/Research (I/R) 9.11: Managing Inward I/R Flows 9.12: Managing Outward I/R Flows 9.13: Human Resource Development 9.14: Visitor Services and Visitor Management 9.15: Services and the Experience Economy 9.16: Systems for Visitor Management 9.17: Stewardship - Taking Care of the Tourism Resource Base 9.18: Mechanisms to Deal with Crises 9.19: Organizational Systems 9.20: Destination Stakeholders 9.21: Crisis Management Scenarios Part X: Qualifying and Amplifying Determinants: Parameters Which Define Destination Potential 10.1: Destination Location: Blessing or Curse? 10.2: Destination Safety: Security of Threat? 10.3: Destination Cost Levels: Reality or Perception? 10.4: Destination Interdependencies: Synergy or Substitute? 10.5: Destination Image: Perceptions of People and Place 10.6: Carrying Capacity: Hard and Soft Constraints to Growth Part XI: The Destination Audit: Putting the Model to Work 11.1: The Philosophy of the Audit Concept 11.2: The Nature of a Destination Audit 11.3: Preparing for a Destination Audit 11.4: Implementing the Audit 11.5: Destination Diagnostics

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Book SynopsisThis important text develops an institutional response to the core issues raised in public policy making and develops a distinct understanding of the role of institutions, not least in the study of environmental problems. It questions: how are conflicting interests shaped and taken into account in policy making? How should they be accounted for? What motivates the behaviour of firms and individuals, and how is it possible to change these motivations to produce the favoured common outcomes?The author addresses these questions by integrating elements from classical institutional economics, neoclassical economics, sociology and ecological economics. He argues that public policy in general, and environmental policy in particular, are best examined from an institutional perspective. In this way the author presents a distinct and consistent alternative to standard neoclassical economics for students and scholars who are interested in an institutional understanding of environmental policy making. The book is written in a clear and accessible style with boxes and figures to help explain the issues and, as such, would be an ideal alternative or supplement to the standard environmental economics texts.Trade Review'Vatn has prepared a vast feast for his readers. Hopefully, this book will become one of the core textbooks both in institutional economics and in resource economics. As a political scientist, I can recommend it to social scientists more generally. I must confess, I enjoyed it all.' -- Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Laureate, Land Economics'Institutions and the Environment indeed serves as a first-rate starting point for students and researchers regardless of whether they are mainly interested in institutions in general or environmental governance and ecological economics in particular.' -- Charlotta Soderberg, Environmental Politics -- Jack Reardon, Journal of Economic Issues'Vatn's book addresses the urgent question of environmental policy and shows that an understanding of the role of institutions is vital in this area. It incorporates insights on institutions from both mainstream and heterodox traditions of thought. Magisterial and comprehensive, it is both a textbook and an inspiring, pioneering monograph.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Institutions: The Web of Human Life Part I: Understanding Institutions 2. Institutions: The Individual and the Society 3. Institutions: Coordination and Conflict 4. Institutional Economics: Different Positions Part II: From Institutions to Action 5. Rationality 6. Preferences and Values Part III: From Action to Institutions 7. Explaining Institutional Change 8. Evaluating Institutional Change: The Normative Aspect of Institutions Part IV: Institutions, Environment and Policy 9. The Environment 10. Resource Regimes 11. Valuing the Environment 12. Comparing Value Articulating Institutions 13. Policy and Policy Measures 14. Policies for a Sustainable Future References Index

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Book SynopsisThis major annual publication presents a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge issues in environmental and resource economics. The expert contributors address some of today's most pressing environmental concerns including: pollution control policies Graphical Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis disclosure strategies for pollution control environmental policy under imperfect competition transport and the environment optimal forest harvesting. The Yearbook is an essential resource for economists, scholars and practitioners working in environmental and resource economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer 1. The Incidence of Pollution Control Policies Ian W.H. Parry, Hilary Sigman, Margaret Walls and Robertson C. Williams III 2. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis in Resource and Environmental Economics Ian Bateman, Wanhong Yang and Peter Boxall 3. Disclosure Strategies for Pollution Control Susmita Dasgupta, Hua Wang and David Wheeler 4. Environmental Policy Under Imperfect Competition Till Requate 5. Transport and the Environment Piet Rietveld 6. The Faustmann Face of Optimal Forest Harvesting Richard J. Brazee Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental policy, focusing on the control of pollution and on over-exploitation, easily overlooks the extensive range of interconnections between economic activities and natural systems. In this timely book, a number of specialists examine how crucial aspects of complex environmental problems and policy can be dealt with in decentralized governmental systems. Bridging the gap between the conventional environmental federalism literature and advances in environmental and ecological economics that have been made over the last two decades, this innovative book explores alternative solutions to the problem of assigning powers over the environment. It deals with important issues in environmental governance including interjurisdictional contracting, discounting, risk management, eliciting compliance, and environmental accounting - in each case concentrating on the comparative advantage of governments at different jurisdictional levels in implementing optimal policies.Offering a comprehensive approach to environmental policy, this book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students in environmental economics, environmental politics, governance and decentralization. It will also benefit practitioners and policy-makers with responsibilities over the environment.Trade Review'This volume - the second by this editorial team - addresses many of the issues to be resolved if we are to manage environmental public goods efficiently and sustainably. What is the right scale of governance? What makes for effective public-private partnership? What makes governance systems effective? When do we need supranational governance? Given the complex nature of social-ecological systems these are hard questions. Breton and his collaborators answer them in ways that are both convincing and insightful. A very valuable contribution.' -- Charles Perrings, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone PART I: INSTITUTIONS: ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF ASSIGNING POWERS OVER THE ENVIRONMENT 2. Contracts in the Vertical Assignment of Powers Over the Environment Anthony Scott 3. Privatization and Environmental Governance Marcia Valiante 4. The Contribution of Community Institutions to Environmental Problem-Solving Elinor Ostrom 5. Bicameralism and Environmental Legislation Giorgio Brosio 6. Fashioning Entitlements: A Comparative Law and Economic Analysis of the Judicial Role in Environmental Centralization in the United States and Europe Jason Scott Johnston and Michael G. Faure 7. Compliance in Decentralized Environmental Governance Albert Breton and Pierre Salmon PART II: ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 8. Environmental Federalism with Regards to Accidental Pollution Klaas T. van ’t Veld and Jason F. Shogren 9. Losing the Lands of Plenty? Time Scale and Discounting in Environmental Governance Sarah Lumley 10. Environmental Accounting at Different Levels of Government: The State of the Art Silvana Dalmazzone and Alessandra La Notte Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines - economics, political science, environmental science and law - thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature.Providing a comprehensive and up to date analysis of environmental governance worldwide, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in environmental economics, environmental politics, governance and decentralisation. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers with responsibilities over the environment.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone PART I: FEDERAL AND SUPRANATIONAL SYSTEMS 2. Australia: Preserving Biodiversity and Managing Water Resources Jeffrey D. Petchey 3. Economic Growth and Environmental Protection in Brazil: An Unfavourable Trade-off Clóvis Cavalcanti 4. Interdependence and Coordination in the Canadian Environmental Policy Process Marcia Valiante 5. Ethiopia: Protecting Nature in a Developing Decentralized Country Gedion Asfaw, Kifle Lemma and Sebsebe Demissew 6. European Union: Shifting Environmental Governance to the Supranational Level Anthony R. Zito 7. Environmental Institutions in Germany: Leader or Laggard? Stefanie Engel and Melanie Zimmermann 8. Overlapping Fiscal Domains and the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy in India Subrata Mandal and M. Govinda Rao 9. Russia: The Difficult Transition to Stable Environmental Institutions Pavel V. Kasyanov and Aliona V. Stovpivskaya 10. The Political Economy of Environmental Governance in the United States Jason F. Shogren PART II: NON-FEDERAL COUNTRIES 11. Chile: The Development–Sustainability Dilemma Tommaso Chiamparino, Laura Piazza and Irene Venturello 12. China: Seeking Meaningful Decentralization to Achieve Sustainability Changhua Wu and Hua Wang 13. The Danish Communes: Capacities and Constraints in Environmental Management Mikael Skou Andersen 14. France: Forces Shaping Centralization and Decentralization in Environmental Policymaking Albert Breton and Pierre Salmon 15. Capacity Constraints on Local Government Environmental Policies in Ghana Felix Ankomah Asante 16. Italy: Towards Responsibility-sharing in Environmental Protection Ivana Capozza and Giovanna Garrone 17. The Netherlands: An Integrated, Participatory Approach to Environmental Policymaking Duncan Liefferink and Mark Wiering 18. United Kingdom: Environmental Policymaking in a Centralised, Market-driven System Stephen Smith 19. Trends in Environmental Governance: Evidence from Seventeen Countries and Sundry Reflections Thereon Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on environmental planning. Drawing on the most important works in the environmental and social sciences, this collection places special emphasis on spatial dimensions and pure planning and covers such topics as: regulatory instruments and institutions; policy under bounded rationality; urban environmental planning; regulation of diffuse sources and land; location and trade and ex-post evaluation planning. In addition to many classic papers, the editor has included some recent surveys and papers which offer an original viewpoint. The book will be an essential source of reference for scholars and practitioners alike.Trade Review'This volume combines the traditional classics in environmental and resource economics with more recent classics in ecological economics and related fields to define environmental planning in a modern light. It will help researchers judge for themselves how much the field has evolved over the past 40 years. Experts will benefit from having the many important works at their fingertips, while new scholars will benefit from having leading authorities in the field identify an excellent path toward understanding it.' -- Adam Rose, University of California, US'This unique collection of papers represents an excellent resource for both teachers and professionals in the environmental planning field.' -- R. Kerry Turner, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Series Preface Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp Introduction Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Kenneth J. Button and Peter Nijkamp PART I FOUNDATIONS 1. Ralph Turvey (1963), ‘On Divergences Between Social Cost and Private Cost’ 2. Colin W. Clark (1973), ‘The Economics of Overexploitation’ 3. Herman E. Daly (1992), ‘Allocation, Distribution, and Scale: Towards an Economics that is Efficient, Just, and Sustainable’ 4. Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz (1993), ‘Science for the Post-Normal Age’ 5. Dustin J. Penn (2003), ‘The Evolutionary Roots of our Environmental Problems: Towards a Darwinian Ecology’ 6. W.J. Mitsch and S.E. Jørgensen (2003), ‘Ecological Engineering: A Field Whose Time Has Come’ PART II REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS 7. J.H. Dales (1968), ‘Land, Water, and Ownership’ 8. William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates (1971), ‘The Use of Standards and Prices for Protection of the Environment’ 9. Michiel J.F. van Pelt, Arie Kuyvenhoven and Peter Nijkamp (1990), ‘Project Appraisal and Sustainability: Methodological Challenges’ 10. Jonathan M. Harris (1991), ‘Global Institutions and Ecological Crisis’ 11. Paul Slovic, James H. Flynn and Mark Layman (1991), ‘Perceived Risk, Trust, and the Politics of Nuclear Waste’ 12. Clifford S. Russell and Philip T. Powell (1999), ‘Practical Considerations and Comparison of Instruments of Environmental Policy’ 13. Adam Rose and Snorre Kverndokk (1999), ‘Equity in Environmental Policy with an Application to Global Warming’ 14. Adam B. Jaffe, Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2002), ‘Environmental Policy and Technological Change’ PART III POLICY UNDER BOUNDED RATIONALITY 15. Arild Vatn and Daniel W. Bromley (1994), ‘Choices Without Prices Without Apologies’ 16. Richard B. Howarth (1996), ‘Status Effects and Environmental Externalities’ 17. David I. Stern (1997), ‘Limits to Substitution and Irreversibility in Production and Consumption: A Neoclassical Interpretation of Ecological Economics’ 18. Elinor Ostrom (2000), ‘Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms’ 19. Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Giuseppe Munda (2000), ‘Alternative Models of Individual Behaviour and Implications for Environmental Policy’ PART IV URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING 20. K.G. Willis and M.C. Whitby (1985), ‘The Value of Green Belt Land’ 21. Ellen M. Brennan and Harry W. Richardson (1989), ‘Asian Megacity Characteristics, Problems, and Policies’, International Regional Science Review, 12 (2), 117-29 [13] 22. Scott Campbell (1996), ‘Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development’ 23. Stephen M. Wheeler (2000), ‘Planning for Metropolitan Sustainability’ PART V REGULATION OF DIFFUSE SOURCES AND LAND 24. David M. Newbery (1988), ‘Road User Charges in Britain’ 25. John B. Braden, Gary V. Johnson, Aziz Bouzaher and David Miltz (1989), ‘Optimal Spatial Management of Agricultural Pollution’ 26. Kenneth Button (1990), ‘Environmental Externalities and Transport Policy’ 27. Jeffrey P. Cohen and Cletus C. Coughlin (2005), ‘An Introduction to Two-Rate Taxation of Land and Buildings’ PART VI LOCATION AND TRADE 28. Herman Daly and Robert Goodland (1994), ‘An Ecological-Economic Assessment of Deregulation of International Commerce under GATT’ 29. Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh and Harmen Verbruggen (1999), ‘Spatial Sustainability, Trade and Indicators: An Evaluation of the “Ecological Footprint”’ 30. Smita B. Brunnermeier and Arik Levinson (2004), ‘Examining the Evidence on Environmental Regulations and Industry Location’ PART VII FRAGMENTATION, IRREVERSIBILITY AND RESILIENCE 31. John V. Krutilla (1967), ‘Conservation Reconsidered’ 32. Richard C. Bishop (1978), ‘Endangered Species and Uncertainty: The Economics of a Safe Minimum Standard’ 33. Janice M. Lord and David A. Norton (1990), ‘Scale and the Spatial Concept of Fragmentation’ 34. Simon A. Levin, Scott Barrett, Sara Aniyar, William Baumol, Christopher Bliss, Bert Bolin, Partha Dasgupta, Paul Ehrlich, Carl Folke, Ing-Marie Gren, C.S. Holling, Annmari Jansson, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Karl-Göran Mäler, Dan Martin, Charles Perrings and Eytan Sheshinski (1998), ‘Resilience in Natural and Socioeconomic Systems’ PART VIII EX POST EVALUATION OF PLANNING 35. Roger D. Congleton (1992), ‘Political Institutions and Pollution Control’ 36. James T. Hamilton (1995), ‘Testing for Environmental Racism – Prejudice, Profits, Political Power?’ 37. James Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi (1999), ‘Are Risk Regulators Rational? Evidence from Hazardous Waste Cleanup Decisions’ 38. Marcus B. Lane (2003), ‘Participation, Decentralization, and Civil Society: Indigenous Rights and Democracy in Environmental Planning’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised Handbook provides an assessment of the scope and content of environmental sociology, and sets out the intellectual and practical challenges posed by the urgent need for policy and action to address accelerating environmental change. More than a decade has passed since the first edition of the Handbook was published to considerable acclaim, and environmental sociology has since become firmly established as a critical social science discipline. This second edition is a major interdisciplinary reference work comprising more than 25 original essays authored by leading scholars, many of whom are intimately involved in national, regional or global environmental policy processes. It marks some of the changes and continuities in the field of environmental sociology, and highlights today?s substantive concerns and theoretical debates. The Handbook is divided into three parts covering concepts and theories, critical issues and international perspectives, each with an introduction outlining the content of the constituent chapters and cross-referencing some of the more significant themes that link them together.Authoritative and comprehensive, this Handbook will prove to be essential reading for academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in the environment. It will also be enthusiastically received by sustainable development policy-makers and practitioners.Trade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition: -- ‘The scope of the volume is vast and, overall, the Handbook amounts to an almost encyclopaedic reference text for scholars of environmental questions across the social sciences, be they in sociology, geography, political science or wherever.’– Neil Ward, Environmental Politics‘Each author writes with a distinctive style, yet the work flows well because the editors selected recognized scholars with outstanding credentials. Academic libraries, especially those serving a strong social science community, will find this work a worthwhile addition. Professors of sociology and environmental studies could use the essays for additional readings and reviews.’ -- Marjorie H. Jones, American Reference Books Annual‘This International Handbook is an important addition to the growing concern and publication in the field of environmental sociology. Certainly any serious scholar in the field should find this edited reference work of interest. . .’ -- John J. Hartman, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Graham Woodgate PART I: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 1. The Maturation and Diversification of Environmental Sociology: From Constructivism and Realism to Agnosticism and Pragmatism Riley E. Dunlap 2. Social Institutions and Environmental Change Frederick H. Buttel 3. From Environment Sociology to Global Ecosociology: The Dunlap–Buttel Debates Jean-Guy Vaillancourt 4. Ecological Modernization as a Social Theory of Environmental Reform Arthur P.J. Mol 5. Ecological Modernization Theory: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa and Thomas Dietz 6. Postconstructivist Political Ecologies Arturo Escobar 7. Marx’s Ecology and its Historical Significance John Bellamy Foster 8. The Transition Out of Carbon Dependence: The Crises of Environment and Markets Michael R. Redclift 9. Socio-ecological Agency: From ‘Human Exceptionalism’ to Coping with ‘Exceptional’ Global Environmental Change David Manuel-Navarrete and Christine N. Buzinde 10. Ecological Debt: An Integrating Concept for Socio-Environmental Change Iñaki Barcena Hinojal and Rosa Lago Aurrekoetxea 11. The Emergence Model of Environment and Society John Hannigan 12. Peering into the Abyss: Environment, Research and Absurdity in the ‘Age of Stupid’ Raymond L. Bryant PART II: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 13. Animals and Us Ted Benton 14. Science and the Environment in the Twenty-first Century Steven Yearley 15. New Challenges for Twenty-first Century Environmental Movements: Agricultural Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Maria Kousis 16. Sustainable Consumption: Developments, Considerations and New Directions Emma D. Hinton and Michael K. Goodman 17. Globalisation, Convergence and the Euro-Atlantic Development Model Wolfgang Sachs 18. Environmental Hazards and Human Disasters Raymond Murphy 19. Structural Obstacles to an Effective Post-2012 Global Climate Agreement: Why Social Structure Matters and How Addressing it Can Help Break the Impasse Bradley C. Parks and J. Timmons Roberts 20. Environmental Sociology and International Forestry: Historical Overview and Future Directions Bianca Ambrose-Oji PART III: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 21. The Role of Place in the Margins of Space David Manuel-Navarrete and Michael R. Redclift 22. Society, Environment and Development in Africa William M. Adams 23. Neoliberal Regimes of Environmental Governance: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Agriculture in Australia Stewart Lockie 24. Environmental Reform in Modernizing China Arthur P.J. Mol 25. Civic Engagement in Environmental Governance in Central and Eastern Europe JoAnn Carmin 26. A ‘Sustaining Conservation’ for Mexico? Nora Haenn Index

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Book SynopsisDoes humanity have a moral obligation to emphasize nanotechnology's role in addressing the critical public health and environmental problems of our age? This well crafted book explores this idea by analyzing the prospects for a macroscience nanotechnology-for-environmental sustainability project in areas such as food, water and energy supply, medicine, healthcare, peace and security. Developing and applying an innovative science-based view of natural law underpinning a global social contract, it considers some of the key scientific and governance challenges such a global project may face. The book concludes that the moral culmination of nanotechnology is a Global Artificial Photosynthesis project. It argues that the symmetric patterns of energy creating photosynthesis, life and us are shaping not only the nanotechnological advances of artificial photosynthesis, but also the ethical and legal norms likely to best govern such scientific achievements to form a sustainable existence on this planet. Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World will appeal to many generations of scientists and policy makers working to improve our world in public health, environmental sustainability and renewable energy and nanotechnology. It will also be a valuable resource for similarly motivated students of chemistry, physics, biology, nanotechnology and photosynthesis, as well as environmental and energy ethics, law and policy.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Nanoscience for a Sustainable World: A Goal or Set of Principles? 3. Obstacles to Nanotechnology for Environmental Sustainability 4. Core Normative Components of a Global NES Project 5. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Food, Water and Housing 6. Equitable Access to Nanomedicines 7. Nanotechnology for Global Peace and Security 8. Nanotechnology, Climate Change and Renewable Energy 9. Nanotechnology’s Moral Culmination: A Global Artificial Photosynthesis Project Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive reference work, Kevin Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad-ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade and the environment. For over two decades policymakers and scholars have been struggling to understand the relationship between international trade in a globalizing world and its effects on the natural environment. The authors in this Handbook provide the tools to do just that.The editor's well-worked introduction synthesizes the emerging themes of the collection, which is divided into three sections: trade and environmental quality, trade and environmental politics, and trade and environmental policy. Topics include the extent to which trade liberalization creates 'pollution havens' where dirty industries flock to poorer countries with lax environmental standards, and conversely, how multinational corporations bring 'cleaner' environmental technologies to developing countries when they choose to move abroad. The volume also addresses the extent to which national environmental policy and/or global environmental agreements clash with the emerging rules of the World Trade Organization and whether such environmental policies hinder export competitiveness. Finally, numerous political economy analyses of the complex political coalitions that arise to adapt to and mitigate changes in trade and environmental policy are provided. In addition to broader overviews of the field, in-depth case studies of nations and regions are offered, including the United States, the European Union, China, India and Mexico as well East Asia, Latin America, and Africa.The volume will serve as a guide for scholars new to the field as well as students and policy-makers needing a quick reference to the research on the interface between trade and the environment.Trade Review‘Handbook on Trade and the Environment is a good source for those looking for a better understanding of political issues, of legal debates, and of the state of discussion between government, industry, NGO, and private sector groups on topics that are not often treated elsewhere.' -- Judith M. Dean, World Trade Review’I would recommend the book to anyone concerned with the interaction of trade and the environment.’ -- - John Goodier, Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: International Trade and the Environment Kevin P. Gallagher PART I: TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 1. Pre-empting NIS Introductions: Targeting Policy Christopher Costello, Chad Lawley and Carol McAusland 2. International Trade and Global Shipping James J. Corbett and James J. Winebrake 3. The Environmental Kuznets Curve James Van Alstine and Eric Neumayer 4. The Pollution Haven Hypothesis Brian R. Copeland 5. Trade, Natural Resources and Developing Countries Edward B. Barbier 6. Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Industrial Development Lyuba Zarsky 7. Globalization and the Environment: Convergence or Divergence? James K. Boyce 8. The Relation Between International Trade and Water Resources Management A.Y. Hoekstra 9. The Environmental Costs of Mexico–USA Maize Trade Under NAFTA Timothy A. Wise 10. The Impact of Open Trade and Investment Regimes on Environmental Outcomes in East Asia’s Capitalist Developmental States Michael T. Rock and David Angel 11. Foreign Direct Investment and Clean Technology Leapfrogging in China Kelly Sims Gallagher PART II: TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 12. Global Mechanisms for Greening TNCs: Inching Towards Corporate Accountability? Jennifer Clapp 13. Civil Society Participation in Trade Policy-making in Latin America: The Case of the Environmental Movement Peter Newell 14. Trade Conflict Over Genetically Modified Organisms Thomas Bernauer and Philipp Aerni 15. The Politics of Trade and Environment in the European Union Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer 16. Environmental Politics and Global Shipping Trade: Club Goods as a Solution to Common-Pool Resource Problems Elizabeth R. DeSombre 17. Fair Trade, Gender and the Environment In Africa Laura T. Raynolds and Jennifer A. Keahey 18. The Global Waste Trade and Environmental Justice Struggles David Naguib Pellow PART III: TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 19. An Introduction to the Trade and Environment Debate Steve Charnovitz 20. The WTO, Services and the Environment Robert K. Stumberg 21. Biodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights Regime, and Indigenous Knowledge System at the WTO: Revisiting the Unresolved Issues Sachin Chaturvedi 22. Investor Rights and Sustainable Development Chris Tollefson and W.A.W. Neilson 23. Does Environmental Policy Affect Trade? The Case of EU Chemicals Policy Frank Ackerman 24. Environmental Regulation, Globalization and Innovation Nicholas A. Ashford 25. Trade and Environment Policy-Making in the Arab Region Carol Chouchani Cherfane 26. Trade and Environment Institutions J. Samuel Barkin 27. Redesigning the World’s Trading System for Environmentally Sustainable Development Alejandro Nadal Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised Handbook provides an assessment of the scope and content of environmental sociology, and sets out the intellectual and practical challenges posed by the urgent need for policy and action to address accelerating environmental change. More than a decade has passed since the first edition of the Handbook was published to considerable acclaim, and environmental sociology has since become firmly established as a critical social science discipline. This second edition is a major interdisciplinary reference work comprising more than 25 original essays authored by leading scholars, many of whom are intimately involved in national, regional or global environmental policy processes. It marks some of the changes and continuities in the field of environmental sociology, and highlights today?s substantive concerns and theoretical debates. The Handbook is divided into three parts covering concepts and theories, critical issues and international perspectives, each with an introduction outlining the content of the constituent chapters and cross-referencing some of the more significant themes that link them together.Authoritative and comprehensive, this Handbook will prove to be essential reading for academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in the environment. It will also be enthusiastically received by sustainable development policy-makers and practitioners.Trade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition: -- ‘The scope of the volume is vast and, overall, the Handbook amounts to an almost encyclopaedic reference text for scholars of environmental questions across the social sciences, be they in sociology, geography, political science or wherever.’– Neil Ward, Environmental Politics‘Each author writes with a distinctive style, yet the work flows well because the editors selected recognized scholars with outstanding credentials. Academic libraries, especially those serving a strong social science community, will find this work a worthwhile addition. Professors of sociology and environmental studies could use the essays for additional readings and reviews.’ -- Marjorie H. Jones, American Reference Books Annual‘This International Handbook is an important addition to the growing concern and publication in the field of environmental sociology. Certainly any serious scholar in the field should find this edited reference work of interest. . .’ -- John J. Hartman, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Graham Woodgate PART I: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 1. The Maturation and Diversification of Environmental Sociology: From Constructivism and Realism to Agnosticism and Pragmatism Riley E. Dunlap 2. Social Institutions and Environmental Change Frederick H. Buttel 3. From Environment Sociology to Global Ecosociology: The Dunlap–Buttel Debates Jean-Guy Vaillancourt 4. Ecological Modernization as a Social Theory of Environmental Reform Arthur P.J. Mol 5. Ecological Modernization Theory: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa and Thomas Dietz 6. Postconstructivist Political Ecologies Arturo Escobar 7. Marx’s Ecology and its Historical Significance John Bellamy Foster 8. The Transition Out of Carbon Dependence: The Crises of Environment and Markets Michael R. Redclift 9. Socio-ecological Agency: From ‘Human Exceptionalism’ to Coping with ‘Exceptional’ Global Environmental Change David Manuel-Navarrete and Christine N. Buzinde 10. Ecological Debt: An Integrating Concept for Socio-Environmental Change Iñaki Barcena Hinojal and Rosa Lago Aurrekoetxea 11. The Emergence Model of Environment and Society John Hannigan 12. Peering into the Abyss: Environment, Research and Absurdity in the ‘Age of Stupid’ Raymond L. Bryant PART II: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 13. Animals and Us Ted Benton 14. Science and the Environment in the Twenty-first Century Steven Yearley 15. New Challenges for Twenty-first Century Environmental Movements: Agricultural Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Maria Kousis 16. Sustainable Consumption: Developments, Considerations and New Directions Emma D. Hinton and Michael K. Goodman 17. Globalisation, Convergence and the Euro-Atlantic Development Model Wolfgang Sachs 18. Environmental Hazards and Human Disasters Raymond Murphy 19. Structural Obstacles to an Effective Post-2012 Global Climate Agreement: Why Social Structure Matters and How Addressing it Can Help Break the Impasse Bradley C. Parks and J. Timmons Roberts 20. Environmental Sociology and International Forestry: Historical Overview and Future Directions Bianca Ambrose-Oji PART III: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY Editorial Commentary Graham Woodgate 21. The Role of Place in the Margins of Space David Manuel-Navarrete and Michael R. Redclift 22. Society, Environment and Development in Africa William M. Adams 23. Neoliberal Regimes of Environmental Governance: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Agriculture in Australia Stewart Lockie 24. Environmental Reform in Modernizing China Arthur P.J. Mol 25. Civic Engagement in Environmental Governance in Central and Eastern Europe JoAnn Carmin 26. A ‘Sustaining Conservation’ for Mexico? Nora Haenn Index

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Book SynopsisThe editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.'- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US'This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.'- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKThis insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.This book will interest researchers, academics, and graduate students in environmental politics and public policy. It is ideal for use as supplementary reading in a wide range of university courses, while NGOs and policy-makers will also find it of considerable value.Contributors: C. Aall, S. Baker, E. Bomberg, H.T.A. Bressers, P.-O. Busch, F.H.J.M. Coenen, K. Eckerberg, H. Jörgens, W.M. Lafferty, O. Langhelle, L.J. Lundqvist, J. Meadowcroft, G. Mullally, M. Narodoslawsky, A. Ruud, M.A. SchreursTrade Review‘The editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.’ -- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US‘This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world’s leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 2. A Changing Energy Resource Base and the Re-invention of the Region Michael Narodoslawsky 3. Trends, Drivers and Dilemmas in the Transition Towards Sustainable Water Management Frans H.J.M. Coenen and Hans T.A. Bressers 4. Local Participation and Learning in Nature Protection: A Swedish Success Story Katarina Eckerberg 5. Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norwegian Society Carlo Aall 6. ‘Think Globally, Act Locally!’ But What on Earth Can Local Governments Do About Global Climate Change? Lennart J. Lundqvist 7. Moving Beyond the Impasse: Climate Change Activism in the US and the EU Elizabeth Bomberg 8. Governance and Participation for Sustainable Development in Ireland: ‘Not So Different After All?’ Gerard Mullally 9. Measuring What? National Interpretations of Sustainable Development – The Case of Norway Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 10. Breaking the Impasse on Global Environmental Protection Miranda A. Schreurs 11. Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination Per-Olof Busch and Helge Jörgens 12. Climate Change, the Common Good and the Promotion of Sustainable Development Susan Baker 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Governance for Sustainable Development and a Politics of Limits James Meadowcroft 14. Governance for Sustainable Development: The Impasse of Dysfunctional Democracy William M. Lafferty Index

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

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Book SynopsisThis major book makes a significant contribution to the development of economic principles and practice for natural resource management in Third World countries.The 1980s witnessed the second environmental revolution: its theme is 'sustainable development'. This book offers a definition of sustainable development in terms of the non-depletion of natural environments. It investigates the economic implications of sustainability, with special reference to the practice of cost-benefit analysis and problems of accounting for the interests of future generations. The major part of the book is devoted to an analysis of environmental problems in the developing world. The essential ingredients of policy measures aimed at sustainable development are discussed.Trade Review'. . . the book is an essential reference work for students and practitioners of environmental economics.' -- Adrian W. Mukhebi, Agricultural Systems'This impressive and coherent little book successfully presents the green face of economics.' -- David Collard, The Times Higher Education Supplement'Sustainable Development has appeal for both theoreticians and policy makers alike, offering a cogent formulation of resource-management principles and practical methods of implementing them in the developing world.' -- Michael Duckworth, Journal of International Affairs

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Book SynopsisThe impact of transport on the global environment is an issue attracting world-wide attention in the 1990s. This important book sheds new light on the environmental costs of transport. It discusses all modes of transport and their effects of major problems such as greenhouse gases, depletion of non-renewable resources, urban sprawl, acid rain, oil spillage etc. Drawing on the most recent research in environmental economics, it discusses problems of regulation and the implications for economic policy. This genuinely international and comparative book will be essential reading for economists, transport planners, policymakers and environmental scientists.Trade Review’Kenneth Button is acknowledged as a leading authority on transport policy, so it is no surprise that he has written an erudite and instructive work in his area of specialization. His book is also accessible.’Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Transport System and Transport Policy 3. The Environmental Effects of Transport 4. Evaluating the Environment 5. Economic Causes of Environmental Degradation 6. Intervention Failures 7. Instruments of Economic Policy: Fiscal Tools 8. Non-Fiscal Policy Instruments 8. Political Economy of Policy

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of the Environment brings together 25 classic essays on the political theory of the environment, ranging across environmental philosophy and political, social, legal and economic aspects of environmental action. Prefaced by an editorial introduction situating these materials in the context of the ongoing environmentalist debates, this collection provides beginners with a comprehensive introduction and specialists with a useful reference edition of widely dispersed materials on which any subsequent contributions must build.Trade Review'Dr Goodin, editor of this book, has provided a very timely reference book to all those interested in environmental issues. . . . This book is of great importance for understanding the influence of ecological considerations in local and national policies, generally expressed in policies and programmes by incumbent governments of all shades at the global level.' -- P.C. Sinha, Himalayan and Central Asian StudiesTable of ContentsPart 1 Environmental ethics: attitudes to nature, John Passmore; should trees have standing? - toward legal rights for natural objects, Christopher D. Stone; the rights of animals and unborn generations, Joel Feinberg; ways not to think about plastic trees - new foundations for environmental law, Laurence H. Tribe; on preserving the natural environment, Mark Sagoff; ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments, Thomas E. Hill; faking nature, Robert Elliott; the shallow and the deep, long-range ecology movement - a summary, Arne Naess; duties of preservation, Donald H. Regan; nature, self and gender - feminism, environmental philosophy and the critique of rationalism, Val Plumwood. Part 2 Environmental action: the tragedy of the Commons, Garrett Hardin; the environmental crisis - a critique of neo-Hobbesian responses, K.J. Walker; a blueprint for survival, Edward Goldsmith et al; bioregionalism - a new way to treat the land, Kirkpatrick Sale; new social movements - challenging the boundaries of institutional politics, Claus Offe; ecosabotage and civil disobedience, Michael Martin; ecology and discursive democracy - beyond liberal capitalism and the administrative state, John S. Dryzek; technological politics, Langdon Winner; Buddhist economics, E.F. Schumacher; the economics of the coming spaceship Earth, Kenneth E. Boulding; the post-war literature on externalities - an interpretative essay, E.J. Mishan; prices as regulatory instruments, Thomas C. Schelling; the conservation criterion, Talbot Page; the social discount rate, Derek Parfit; international ethics and the environmental crisis, Robert E. Goodin.

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Book SynopsisWith the increasingly evident and widespread impact of economic activity on the environment, there is a growing concern in all parts of the world for environmental considerations to be more fully reflected in economic decision-making. The Polluter-Pays, User-Pays and Precautionary principles are increasingly being used as guidelines for environmental policy, and yet their developmental implications have barely been explored.Fair Principles for Sustainable Development is one of the first books to study the developmental implications of these basic tenets of environmental policy. Having assessed the merits, drawbacks and technical feasibility for developing countries of applying the Polluter-Pays and User-Pays principles, the contributors then examine the Precautionary principle from the same perspective. This is followed by discussion of Subsidiarity, which offers guidance on the application of these principles and aims to ensure that local interests are articulated and incorporated in the decision-making process. Finally an overview by the editor draws the material together to support the application of these principles, particularly in international trade and global environmental agreements, to serve the sustainable development in the Third World.As an important early contribution to the debate on the application of Polluter-Pays, User-Pays and Precautionary principles in development policy, as well as one of the first books to discuss the application of the subsidiarity principle to environmental policy, Fair Principles for Sustainable Development will be welcomed by researchers, students and policymakers attempting to come to terms with a new, important, but little understood, area.Trade Review'. . . useful study .' -- Paul Horsnell, Journal of Energy Literature

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Book SynopsisThis lucid, up-to-date book takes a fresh look at the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to environmental problems ranging from wildlife protection to global warming. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment is structured into two parts. Part one provides a critical up-to-date account of the theory and practice of CBA as applied to the environment. Part two focuses on a number of specific case studies, in particular ozone damage to agricultural crops, wilderness land use, recreation and nitrate pollution. The application of CBA to the greenhouse effect is used to illustrate the limitations of the method. The book summarizes the major problems CBA faces in environmental application. This book will be highly relevant for the growing number of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in environmental economics and management, as well as being of interest both to academics researching in these areas, and to other professionals concerned with project appraisal and the environment.Trade Review'. . . a rewarding reference and an invaluable teaching text, and one which should capture students' imaginations and interests in environmental economics.'

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how writers, artists, and filmmakers expose the costs and contest the assumptions of the Capitalocene era that guides readers through the rapidly developing field of Spanish environmental cultural studies. From the scars left by Franco's dams and mines to the toxic waste dumped in Equatorial Guinea, from the cruelty of the modern pork industry to the ravages of mass tourism in the Balearic Islands, this book delves into the power relations, material practices and social imaginaries underpinning the global economic system to uncover its unaffordable human and non-human costs. Guiding the reader through the rapidly emerging field of Spanish environmental cultural studies, with chapters on such topics as extractivism, animal studies, food studies, ecofeminism, decoloniality, critical race studies, tourism, and waste studies, an international team of US and European scholars show how Spanish writers, artists, and filmmakers have illuminated and contested the growth-oriented and neo-colonialist assumptions of the current Capitalocene era. Focussed on Spain, the volume also provides models for exploring the socioecological implications of cultural manifestations in other parts of the world. CONTRIBUTORS: Eugenia Afinoguénova, Samuel Amago, Daniel Ares-López, Kata Beilin, John Beusterien, Miguel Caballero Vázquez, Jorge Catalá, Glen S. Close, Jeffrey K. Coleman, Jamie de Moya-Cotter, Ana Fernández-Cebrián, Ofelia Ferrán, Tatjana Gajic , Pedro García-Caro, Santiago Gorostiza, Germán Labrador Méndez, Maryanne L. Leone, Shanna Lino, Jorge Marí, José Manuel Marrero Henríquez, Maria Antònia Martí Escayol, Christine Martínez, Cristina Martínez Tejero, Micah McKay, Pamela F. Phillips, Mercè Picornell, Luis I. Prádanos, Cécile Stehrenberger, John H. Trevathan, Joaquín Valdivielso, William Viestenz, Maite ZubiaurreTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY 1.Political Ecology in Spain 2. Modern Iberian History at the Culture-Environment Interface: Cultures of Nature, Modernization, and the Anthropocene PART II: WATER AND POWER 3. Roots Under the Water: Dams, Displacement, and Memory in Franco's Spain (1950-1967) 4. The Message in a Bottle: Waterworks in Modern and Contemporary Spain 5.Soil, Water, and Light: Aerial Photography and Agriculture in Spain PART III: ECOLOGIES OF MEMORY AND EXTRACTIVISM 6.Developmentalism and the Political Unconsciousness: The Spanish Forms of Necro-Extractivism, from the Civil War to Neoliberal Democracy 7.S(h)ifting through the Wreckage 8.The Valley of the Fallen: From Francoist Environmentalism to DemocraticEco-Memorials PART IV: ANIMAL STUDIES AND MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHIES 9.Multispecies Ethnographies in the World of Things (Crematorio and En la orilla by Rafael Chirbes and Óliver Laxe's O que arde): On the Need to Ecologize Humanities 10.What's in a Name? Animals and Humanities Biogeography 11.Ready-to-Hand: The Withdrawal of Animal Life in Francoist Cultural Production PART V: FOOD STUDIES AND EXPLOITATIVE ECOLOGIES 12.Spain's Gastronomy: Capitalism and Reproductive Labor 13.Intensive Industrial Livestock Production: Envisioning the Burden on Animals and the Environment PART VI: ECOFEMINISM 14.Early Ecofeminism in Spain: El metal de los Muertos (1920) and Mineros (1932), (anti)Mining Literary Interventions by Concha Espina, Carmen Conde, and María Cegarra 15. Spanish Ecofeminism PART VII: (NEO)COLONIAL AND RACIALIZED ECOLOGIES 16. Disaster, Coloniality, and the Franco Dictatorship 17. From Racial Contaminant to Nutrient in Spain's Ecological Future PART VIII: TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATION 18. From Pleasant Difference to Ecological Concern: Cultural Imaginaries of Tourism in Contemporary Spain 19.The Gaze on the Tourist: Critical Approaches in Spanish Environmental Humanities PART IX: ECO-MEDIATION AND REPRESENTATION 20.Ecopoetics 21.Spanish Film and the Environment 22.Environmental Politics, Ecological Thought, and Spanish Comics PART X: TRASH AND DISCARD STUDIES 23.Enlightened Waste: Burials, Disease, and Public Health in Eighteenth-Century Spain 24.Aesthetics and the Political Ecology of Spanish Waste Space 25.Discard Studies and Spanish Narrative 26.Everything is Rubbish/Nothing is Rubbish: Basurama and the "Trashformation" of Public Space Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Environment in WORLD POLITICS explores the interaction of humanity with the physical environment from a systems perspective.The whole is taken to be made up of five sub-systems. The first two are international supply of and demand for goods and services with flows governed by market principles. Classically such a two-component self-stable system could be considered closed, in that two-way interaction with what lay outside was almost zero. However, the effects of economic activity on the physical environment can no longer be ignored and a third sub-system setting norms for acceptable discharges into the environment is plainly necessary. At the same time, the significance of economic activity representing exploitation of commons resources (and hence not obviously governable by market principles) has itself continued to increase. Commons sources are the fourth sub-system and the arrangements for monitoring resource-flows from such sources the fifth sub-system.The focus of the book is on sustainable development. This is taken to mean a stable relationship between the sub-systems, with the norms governing the flows between the sub-systems set and maintained at a desirable level. This approach is found naturally to accommodate the exploration of practical concerns including global warming, protection of the ozone layer, and the exploitation of nuclear power. It also provides a stimulating setting for the examination of INTER ALIA, the precautionary principle, the contentious role of science in the setting of environmental norms, and the population question.This book will be essential reading for social science undergraduates and postgraduate students of international relations, politics and international environmental politics.Trade Review'This book presents a thoughtful, comprehensive and closely-argued case. . .'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Systems, Science and Norms 3. Nuclear Origins, Nuclear Spread 4. Nuclear Power and the Environment 5. International Collective Action 6. Living Resources 7. The Stratosphere and Lower Atmosphere 8. Global Warming 9. Population 10. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Policy in Europe focuses on the creation of environmental policy, how new legislation is formed and the influence brought to bear by industrial interest groups. By addressing the nature of this consultation process between interested parties and public authorities, the authors show why public policy in the European Union is so different in practice from the prescriptions of academic scholarship. European environmental legislation results from a process of consultation and negotiation which is extensively explored in this volume by a distinguished group of authors. Focusing on such issues as pesticide registration, combustion emissions, the European waste management industry, recycling regulations and eco-auditing, they offer unique insights into the development of public policy. While the analysis focuses on the actual behaviour of firms and public authorities, the authors also discuss the involvement of firms within the regulation devising process - to determine whether their behaviour distorts the public interest - and the strategic use by firms of the regulatory process by firms leading to restrictions of competition.Scholars, students and policymakers will welcome Environmental Policy in Europe for seeking to enlarge the traditional perspective of environmental economics on public policy while integrating the recent advances of both the economics of regulation and industrial economics.Trade Review'. . . the editor has made a substantial contribution to the area of environmental economics and policy literature. I hope that this volume will find its way onto many academic and professional reading lists and that the results of this outstanding integrative work will put an end to simple generalisation regarding European environmental policies.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction (F. Lévêque) 2. The European Fabric of Environmental Regulations (F. Lévêque) 3. The Regulatory Game (F. Léveque) 4. From Environment to Competition – the EU Regulatory Process in Pesticide Registration (A. Nadai) 5. The Energy Sector Response to European Combustion Emission Regulations (A. Ikwue, J. Skea) 6. Playing on Two Chessboards – the European Waste Management Industry Strategic Behaviour in the Market and the Policy Debate (S. Brusco, P. Bertossi, A. Cottica) 7. Voluntary Agreements Between Industry and Government – the Case of Recycling Regulations (T. Whiston, M. Glachant) 8. Voluntary Initiatives and Public Intervention – the Regulation of Eco-Auditing (J. Franke and F. Wätzold) 9. Conclusion (F. Lévêque) Index

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Book SynopsisA complex relationship exists between democratic politics and the management of the environment. Democracy and the Environment presents major new work on the challenges and dilemmas which environmental problems pose for the processes of democratic politics. The relationship between environmental values and goals and democratic theory and practice is explored through original essays by established scholars whose conclusions are then integrated by the editors into a concluding essay. This major book illustrates and analyses the many ways in which environmental problems pose difficulties for democratic decision-makers. Environmental problems impact across established regional and national boundaries, and involve complex social processes, intricate patterns of loss and gain, and time scales which do not synchronise with electoral political systems. The essays in Democracy and the Environment reflect critically upon the experience of democratic states, explore the contradiction between popular participation and environmental management, and consider the kind of reforms needed to enhance the capacity of democratic systems to handle environmental problems.Focusing on the democratic process and combining theoretical and empirical analysis with discussion of the pragmatic implications, the authors present constructive criticism and analysis which seeks to encourage more effective environmental decision making and the promotion of global sustainable development.Trade Review'Democracy and the Environment brings together an impressive array of authors who are well known and influential within environmental politics and policy making. These include Andrew Dobson, Timothy O'Riordan, John Dryzek, Robert Paehlke and Daniel J. Fiorino, amongst others. . . . This is an excellent collection and the variety of approaches taken by the different authors means that it will be of interest both for teaching and for research purposes.'<BR>- G. Smith, Environment and Planning BTable of ContentsContents: 1. Democracy and the Environment: Congruence and Conflict – Preliminary Reflections (W.M. Lafferty, J. Meadowcroft) 2. Environmental Challenges to Democratic Practice (R. Paehlke) 3. Democracy, the Environment and Public Opinion in Western Europe (S. Witherspoon) 4. Democracy as a Condition for Environmental Policy Success: The Importance of Non-Institutional Factors (M. Jänicke) 5. Democracy and Environmental Ethics (B.Pepperman Taylor) 6. Strategies of Ecological Democratization (J.S. Dryzek) 7. Representative Democracy and the Environment (A. Dobson) 8. Democracy and the Sustainability Transition (T. O’Riordan) 9. Sustainability and Associative Democracy (W. Achterberg) 10. Learning to Manage the Environment (P. Glasbergen) 11. Environmental Policy and the Participation Gap (D.J. Fiorino) 12. Environmental Policy in the European Union: Institutional Dilemmas and Democratic Practice (S. Baker) 13. NGOs as Agents of Public Accountability and Democratization in Intergovernmental Forums (A. Bichsel) 14. Democracy and the Environment: Prospects for Greater Congruence (W.M. Lafferty, J. Meadowcroft) Index

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Book SynopsisAnalytical Transport Economics opens with a critical examination and overview of the scope of transport economics. Next, the production of transport, travel demand, transport externalities and transport markets are thoroughly analysed. The distinguished group of contributors then examine transport policy, both regarding infrastructure and transport markets. Specific attention is paid to the role of government after deregulation and to the transport policy of the European Union. Transport infrastructure is also analysed in view of its effects on the wider economy. Finally, the role of transport in a number of more specific situations is considered, that is in an urban environment, in transitional economies and in developing economies. This book is a considerably revised version of the well-received European Transport Economics (1993), described as 'A book every transport scientist should have in his possession' - Professor Eddy Van de Voorde, University of Antwerp, Belgium. There are a number of new chapters, a few that had lost their usefulness over time have been omitted, and others have been thoroughly revised and updated. With its strong international focus, academics and advanced students of economics, transport economics and public policy as well as policymakers within government and private enterprise will find this book essential reading.Trade Review'The book is a coherent and well-structured sequence of expositions. It is comprehensive in its coverage of analytical approaches and issues . . . The contributions have been carefully edited and cross-referenced, and should be accessible to a wide audience. The key analytical, empirical and policy research issues currently facing the discipline are flagged throughout. The result is an impressive volume that contributes much to the academic and policy-oriented literature in transport.' -- Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, Papers in Regional Science'. . . the book will be found to be most useful to advanced students.' -- International Journal of Transport EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. A Perspective of Transport Economics Part II: Households and Markets in Transport 2. Transport Production and the Analysis of Industry Structure 3. Travel Demand 4. External Effects of Transport 5. Imperfect Competition in Transport Markets Part III: Infrastructure 6. Transport Infrastructure: The Investment Problem 7. Transport Infrastructure: The Problem of Optimum Use 8. Transport Infrastructure and Regional Development Part IV: Policy 9. Transport Policy 10. Transport Policy in the European Union Part V: Some Special Cases 11. Urban Transport 12. Transport in Economies in Transition 13. The New Economics of Sustainable Transport in Developing Countries: Incentives and Institutions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSince a handful of environmental activists helped to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the arena of environmental politics has offered a valuable lens on the transition process, providing a unique insight into the contradictory and highly contingent relationship between democratisation and neo-liberalism. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic offers a radical perspective on the democratisation process, revealing the extent to which the consolidation of a politically efficacious and diverse civil society is far more complex than the earlier generation of commentators acknowledged. The environmental movement has not flourished under political democracy; its radical activists have been marginalized and targeted by the state, their ideologies and strategies compromised and their critical voice silenced. Yet the book concludes that whilst the mainstream environmental movement has become institutionalised and appears incapable of representing community interests, the environmental issue retains the capacity to mobilise, this time against the neo-liberal agenda of the democratic government.This definitive account of the evolution of the Czech environmental movement since 1990 offers a radical evaluation of the institutions and practice of political democracy, and challenges some of the certainties of social movement theory. Although focused on the Czech Republic, the book will undoubtedly contribute to a better understanding of the role of environmental movements within contemporary politics throughout the world. It will be welcomed by political and social scientists with an interest in Central and Eastern Europe, and academics and students with an interest in environmental politics.Trade Review'. . . the book's contents will appeal to academics working within the fields of environmental politics or central and east European studies, as well as to political or social scientists with an interest in SMO development.' -- David Benson, Environmental Politics'Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic is a succinct, well written and scrupulously researched book. . .' -- Sean Hanley, Europe-Asia Studies'. . . this book provides a well-researched survey of the development of the environmental movement in the Czech Republic and of its role in relation to the democratic transition process. . . For scholars and students looking at environmental politics in Central and Eastern Europe, it provides a wealth of information that will be useful in conducting comparative studies.' -- Alberto Costi, European Environment'Fagan has written a well-researched analysis of the evolving role and status of Czech EMOs since the overthrow of communism.' -- John M. Kramer, Slavic Review'This volume presents an original study of the development of the environmental movement in the Czech Republic, particularly in relation to the democratic transition process. It offers a broad, historical analysis of the evolution of the movement through the 1990s to the present day, and presents rich case studies on a number of environmental organisations. The detailed empirical work reveals interesting insights into the character of contemporary Czech politics and the difficulties faced by the environmental movement. This is a well researched and well written piece of work which will make a valuable contribution to the existing literature.' -- James Meadowcroft, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Defining an Environmental Movement 2. Different Approaches to the Study of Environmental Movements 3. Origins of the Czech Environmental Movement: From Conservation to Political Opposition 4. The Development of the Czech Environmental Movement, 1990–2000 5. Case Studies 6. The Czech Environmental Movement in 2003 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChallenging Nobel economics laureate Theodore W. Schultz, Dr Zhou, in this comparative and path-breaking work, presents a new model for private land ownership or possession to overcome inefficient land-holding, increase farm competitiveness, realize food self-sufficiency and eliminate poverty. He aims to consolidate and enlarge fragmented small farms persisting in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, and Central, Eastern and Southern Europe; and to help preserve small farmers, while strengthening large farmers, in the USA, OECD and EU. He introduces the means to facilitate the transition of collectively operated large farms in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia; promote EU enlargement; to prevent food overproduction; and to improve the environment. He also analyzes China's experience with public land ownership and makes important contributions to both new institutional economics and evolutionary political economy.Trade Review'The author of this path-breaking book presents an analysis of models of rural development that have proven to be more or less successful. Furthermore, he also elaborates a new model which he believes will be able to overcome the final remaining obstacle preventing sustainable agriculture and rural development in monsoon Asia and other countries. . . The book is full of in-depth observations and analyses. . . It is one of the most important contributions in our time to land-tenure literature and a must for all those working in the field.' -- Frithjof Kuhnen, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture'This book consists of outstanding analyses and a series of original and ingenious policy proposals of general interests. By integrating land ownership into sustainable rural development, Dr Zhou brought a refreshing new perspective to the topic. Some of the discussions have already been published, but this book gives an overall and complete picture of the author's work.' -- Andrea Elekes, Acta Oeconomica'The accumulation of processes associated with the sudden collapse of the command economies, the restitution of former property rights, the Uruguay Round agreements on elimination of direct subsidies to agriculture, coupled with the demands of a yet to be defined "globalizing economy" have made it necessary for us to rethink the very foundations of agrarian society. The very concepts of rural space are becoming more difficult to define as the world now becomes increasingly urbanized and urban values oriented. Our current estimate of a world population of 8.9 billion in 2050 will place incredible demands on agricultural development in a world where there are no new frontiers of untapped good soils and water. Yet, in spite of our awareness of the synergistic relationship between these trends, there has been surprisingly little thought given to how rural space is to be used. Fortunately, Dr Zhou has not only made an important contribution to filling this gap, but has brought a refreshing new perspective to the topic. In this, his work is most timely and will undoubtedly find its way to the desktop of all development planners and concerned public.' -- James C. Riddell, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations'Dr Zhou develops a theoretical analysis and a series of original and ingenious policy proposals of general interest. His book, relevant to a variety of countries including many transition economies, should be of great interest to development specialists and government advisors.' -- Domenico Mario Nuti, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy and London Business School, UK'This is the best book on a third way between the command economy and free market system.' -- Stuart Holland, Advisor to the (Portugese) Presidency of the European CouncilTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Theories 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Monsoon Asia Rice Economy and Variable Mixed Economies 3. Theory of Property Rights Part II: The Japanese Model and a New Model 4. The Japanese Model versus the Last Obstacle 5. A New Model for Sustainable Rural Development Part III: The Chinese Model 6. The Chinese Model and the Emergence of the Last Obstacle 7. Overcoming the Last Obstacle in the Chinese Model 8. Other Rice-Based Economies under Public Land Ownership in Monsson Asia Part IV: Applications of the New Model Beyond Monsoon Asia 9. The American Model and the Crowding out of Small Farmers 10. Application of the New Model in the USA 11. Implementations of the New Model in the OECD, EU, CEECs, CIS, and Rest of the World Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe management of South Africa's elephants is a lightning-rod for a whole range of associated values-based policy issues pertaining to elephant in South Africa. The results of this comprehensive work will pave a way to better resolution of these controversial issues. The research has been thoroughly peer-, stakeholder- and publicity reviewed. It contains contributions from an expert author team comprised of many of the world's leading specialists, including biologists, environmentalists, ethicists, economists and lawyers. This title explores a range of topics: synthsising, evaluating and summarizing knowledge on the biology and ecology of elephants, elephant effects on trees, other herbivores, birds and ecosystem function, management techniques and the social, economic and ethical implications various options. Elephant management is the first of its kind and topical both nationally and internationally. The anticipated readership is broad, including not only conservation policymakers and practitioners in South Africa and Africa, but also postgraduate students in many parts of the world, researchers and academics, conservation NGO's, and members of the public.The title is likely to become required reading for university courses on related topics.Table of ContentsForeword List of figures List of tables List of boxes About the authors and contributors List of reviewers Acronyms and abbreviations Preface Summary for policymakers Chapter 1 The elephant in South Africa: history and distribution Lead author: Jane Carruthers Author: André Boshoff Contributing authors: Rob Slotow, Harry C Biggs, Graham Avery, and Wayne Matthews Chapter 2 Elephant population biology and ecology Lead author: Rudi van Aarde Authors: Sam Ferreira, Tim Jackson, and Bruce Page Contributing authors: Yolande de Beer, Katie Gough, Rob Guldemond, Jessi Junker, Pieter Olivier, Theresia Ott, and Morgan Trimble Chapter 3 Effects of elephants on ecosystems and biodiversity Lead author: Graham IH Kerley Authors: Marietjie Landman, Laurence Kruger, and Norman Owen-Smith Contributing authors: Dave Balfour, Willem F de Boer, Angela Gaylard, Keith Lindsay, and Rob Slotow Chapter 4 Interactions between elephants and people Lead author: Wayne Twine Author: Hector Magome Chapter 5 Elephant translocation Lead author: Douw G Grobler Authors: J J van Altena, Johan H Malan, and Robin L Mackey Chapter 6 Reproductive control of elephants Lead author: Henk Bertschinger Author: Audrey Delsink Contributing authors: J J van Altena, Jay Kirkpatrick, Hanno Killian, Andre Ganswindt, Rob Slotow, and Guy Castley Chapter 7 Controlling the distribution of elephants Lead author: CC (Rina) Grant Authors: Roy Bengis, Dave Balfour, and Mike Peel Contributing authors: Warwick Davies-Mostert, Hanno Killian, Rob Little, Izak Smit, Marion Garaï, Michelle Henley, Brandon Anthony, and Peter Hartley Contributors to the fencing table: Meiring Prinsloo, Ian Bester, John Adendorf, Paul Havemann, Bill Howells, Duncan MacFadyen, and Tim Parker Chapter 8 Lethal management of elephants Lead author: Rob Slotow Authors: Ian Whyte and Markus Hofmeyr Contributing authors: Graham H I Kerley, Tony Conway, and Robert J Scholes Chapter 9 Ethical considerations in elephant management Lead author: H P P (Hennie) Lötter Authors: Michelle Henley, Saliem Fakir, and Michele Pickover Contributing author: Mogobe Ramose Chapter 10 The economic value of elephants Lead author: James Blignaut Authors: Martin de Wit and Jon Barnes Chapter 11 National and international law Lead author: Lisa Hopkinson Authors: Marius van Staden and Jeremy Ridl Chapter 12 Towards integrated decision making for elephant management Lead author: Harry C Biggs Author: Rob Slotow Contributing authors: Robert J Scholes, Jane Carruthers, Rudi van Aarde, Graham H I Kerley, Wayne Twine, Douw G Grobler, Henk Berthshinger, CC (Rina) Grant, HP P (Hennie) Lötter, James Blignaut, Lisa Hopkinson, and Mike Peel Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisWhile there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. In turn, the trail of the prickly pear in South Africa has been profoundly affected by the plant’s biological characteristics. Plants such as the prickly pear tend to be invisible to those who do not use them, or at least on the peripheries of people’s consciousness. This book explains why they were not peripheral to many people in the Eastern Cape, and why a wild and sometimes invasive. plant from Mexico remains important to African women in shacks and small towns.Trade ReviewI found the book hugely absorbing. It uses the history of one plant to traverse an exceptionally wide historical and social terrain... I think that anyone curious about South African history will find the connections the book makes - across space, time, and, perhaps most of all, between people - fascinating and remarkable. - Jonny Steinberg, author of Midlands and Three Letter PlagueTable of ContentsPrickly Pear, Brewing and Local Knowledge in the Eastern Cape, 2000-2006. The Spread of Prickly Pear, 1750-1900. Early Debates about the Control of Prickly Pear. Experiments with Cactus in the Cape, a Miracle Fodder? 1900-1930. Eradicating an Invader: Entomologists, Cactoblastis and Cochineal, 1930-1960. The Multi-Purpose Plant, 1950-2006. Scientists and the Re-evaluation of Cactus for Fodder and Fruit, 1960-2006. Afrikaners and the Cultural Revival of Prickly Pear. Conclusion: Back to the Brewers.

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Book Synopsis How do greenhouse gases regulate the Earth’s temperature? How hot will it get? Will South Africa run out of water? Isn’t climate change just part of a long-term natural cycle? Do cow-farts really cause global warming? Is sea-level rise something to worry about? Will marine fisheries collapse? Can solar and wind power meet our energy needs? How can I reduce my carbon footprint? Is there any chance of runaway global warming? These and many other questions are answered in this full-colour illustrated book.Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. Three leading South African scientists who have worked on the issue for over two decades help you to make sense of this topic. Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa takes the form of 55 ‘frequently-asked questions’, each with a brief, clear scientifically up-to-date reply. The authors’ introduction provides an overview of current national and international policies aimed at regulating climate change. The four main sections take you through the science of how the climate system works, the projected impacts in Southern Africa during the 21st century, what this means for South African society, and what can be done to avoid harm.The profuse illustrations and local examples help to explain complex issues in simple terms. The book is aimed at interested but non-scientist readers, including business people, decision-makers and students, and is very timely in relating to impending international treaties and national efforts to avoid the worst consequences of a changing climate.The year 2015 is regarded as a watershed for global climate change action if a global average temperature rise of more than two degrees above the pre-Industrial level is to be avoided. This book provides compelling evidence that the impact on agriculture, fisheries, water resources, human health, plants and animals as well as sea levels will be dangerous. However, the book ends on a positive note by offering advice on how the world can avoid such bleak outcomes, while allowing a good life for all.Table of ContentsForeword by Minister Pandor; General introduction: How do governments assess climate change? Earth system science - The processes that underlie climate change; Introduction; Why is Earth habitable?; How do greenhouse gases regulate Earth's temperature?; Is water vapour the most important greenhouse gas?; Why are clouds the wild card in climate change?; Isn't climate change just part of a long-term natural cycle?; Are climate variations just due to volcanoes or other Earth processes?; How do El Nino and La Nina events affect South African weather?; How hot might it get in South Africa this century? How might the rainfall in southern Africa change in the 21st century?; Are extreme weather events related to climate change?; How do land-use changes and deforestation add to global warming?; What is South Africa's contribution to global warming?; What happens to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions?; Can ecosystems keep sucking up carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil-fuel burning?; Could ocean currents slow down or change direction?; Is there any chance of runaway global warming?; Consequences of a changing climate for the southern African environment; Introduction; Maps: South African biomes, oceans; How resilient are ecosystems to climate change?; How will South Africa's plants respond to climate change?; Could rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations boost plant growth?; Is bush encroachment caused by global change?; Will South Africa's land animals cope with climate change?; Are South Africa's birds taking flight?; Will South Africa run out of water?; How will climate change affect freshwater systems?; How much, and how fast, will sea level rise?; What is ocean acidification?; How will ocean acidification affect marine organisms?; How is climate change affecting South Africa's coastal seas?; How is our marine life responding to climate change?; Will coral reefs survive climate change?; How are Antarctica and the Southern ocean responding to climate change?; Climate change at South Africa's Prince Edward islands; Consequences of a changing climate for society; Introduction; Is the South African economy vulnerable to climate change?; How will climate change affect agriculture?; Will there be enough food to eat?; Do cow-farts really cause global warming?; How will forestry in South Africa respond to climate change?; How will climate change affect marine fisheries and aquaculture?; What are the human costs of climate variability?; How do climate and air pollution affect human health?; Is climate change accelerating the spread of malaria in South Africa?; Should South Africans worry about rising sea levels?; What can we do to avoid and adapt to climate change?; Introduction; Is it cheaper to tolerate climate change or prevent it?; Is carbon trading desirable or useful?; Is it possible to take carbon dioxide (CO2) back out of the atmosphere?; Could ocean fertilization fix climate change?; Could we reduce incoming solar radiation?; Are there viable alternatives to coal for South Africa?; Can nuclear power provide the clean energy we need?; Can we harness the sea's energy?; Can we turn garbage into energy?; Do biofuels offer a solution?; Could spekboom save our bacon?; Can we help plants and animals adapt to climate change?; Can we build climate-friendly houses and cities?; How can I reduce my carbon footprint?; Codicil: Is there a dangerous level of climate change?

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Book SynopsisThis book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate change is increasingly demonstrated in the literature, underscoring the unsustainable models on which urban life has been made to thrive. As these issues become increasingly apparent, there are global calls to adopt more sustainable and equitable models, however doing so will mean the disruption of economies that have historically relied upon pollution-generating industries. In order to address these issues the authors examine them from a cross-disciplinary perspective, bringing in regional, local and urban standpoints to subsequently propose an alternative short-term economic model that could accelerate the adoption of climate change mitigation infrastructures and urban sustainability in urban areas. This book will be of particular value to scholars and students alike in the field of urbanism, sustainability and resilience, as well as practitioners looking at avenues for economically incentivizing sustainable development in various geographical context. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Urban Resilience And Climate Change.- Chapter 2: Regional Decarbonisation And Urban Sustainability.- Chapter 3: Climate Change Mitigation And Urban Liveability.- Chapter 4: Economically Incentivising Urban Sustainability And Resilience.- Chapter 5: Achieving Resilience Within The Capitalist Movement

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