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Book SynopsisThe international community is increasingly confronted with global environmental problems, which lead to distributional conflicts, unresolved equity issues and asymmetric distribution of the costs and benefits of environmental policy. The complexity of such problems requires the development of an international institutional framework, capable of coping with the long-run international aspects of global environmental change.
This book analyses some of the difficulties in the construction of such a framework and offers suggestions on how they might be overcome. The contributions in The Economics of Global Environmental Change address international trade, land-use change, biodiversity preservation, the management of water resources and the composition of water-related conflicts, global warming and strategic aspects of international environmental agreements.
This book provides an in-depth insight to the current state-of-the-art for both economists and non-economists interested in global environmental change. It will also be of great interest to those wanting an introduction to the economic perspective of an increasingly relevant environmental core problem, as well as to students and researchers in political science.
Trade Review'An impressive and seminal body of work in compliance with the highest standards of research and scholarship making it an essential addition to academic, corporate, governmental, and environmental organization reference collections, The Economics of Global Environmental Change
will prove to be of immense and timely interest to economics, environmentalists, academicians, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the economic impact of global warming.' -- Midwest Book Review
'In this volume, the editors set out to describe the international implications of environmental change and the resulting need for an international solution. . . Of particular value is the section on land use change as well as the comparison of cooperative and non cooperative solutions to climate change. All chapters have extensive bibliographies. . . Highly recommended.' -- B.J. Peterson, Choice
Table of ContentsContents: PART I: OVERVIEW 1. The Economics of Global Environmental Change Mario Cogoy and Karl W. Steininger PART II: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 2. International Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development Cees van Beers 3. International Dimensions of Land Use Change Evan Fraser and Klaus Hubacek 4. International Perspectives of Biodiversity Conservation Birgit Friedl, Brigitte Gebetsroither and Michael Getzner 5. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) as a Key for Sustainable Development Thomas Kluge PART III: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 6. Possibilities for Cooperation in International Pollution Control Michael Finus 7. International Environmental Agreements and the Case of Global Warming Johan Eyckmans 8. Transforming Environmental and Natural Resource Use Conflicts Simon A. Mason and Adrian Muller Index
