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  • Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies

    The bioscience revolution in Europe and Africa

    Edited by Ivar Virgin, E. Jane Morris ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    The growing global demand for food, feed and bio-based renewable material is changing the conditions for agricultural production worldwide. At the same time, revolutionary achievements in the field of biosciences are contributing to a transition whereby bio-based alternatives for energy and materials are becoming more competitive.Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies explores the prospects for ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future

    by Richard Heinberg ...
    The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production... and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence and benefits to local economies. SNAKE OIL casts a ... Read more

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  • Environmental Economics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Smith ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If environmental protection is costly, how much should we spend on pollution control? Is it worth reducing pollution to zero, or should we accept some level of pollution because of the economic benefits associated with it? How can we assess the benefits that people get from a less-polluted atmosphere? In broad terms, environmental economics looks at how economic activity and policy affect the ... Read more

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  • Global Warming Gridlock

    Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

    by David G. Victor ...
    Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David G. Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are ... Read more

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  • Capitalism as if the World Matters

    by Jonathon Porritt ...
    When first published, Capitalism as if the World Matters, by one of the leading 'eco-warriors' of our time, shocked a generation of both environmentalists and business people. Jonathon Porritt brushed aside their artificial battle lines with a powerful argument that the only way to save the world from environmental catastrophe is to embrace a new type of capitalism, and to do it quickly. In this ... Read more

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  • Sustainability Economics

    An Introduction

    by Peter Bartelmus ...
    Series series Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
    The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, sustainability remains a hazy and complex subject.The author set out with two objectives: one, to bring some order into the proliferating measures, models and management of sustainability; and ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Water Pollution

    Economics Aspects and Research Needs

    by Allen V. Kneese ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Public agencies and industry will probably spend tens of billions of dollars on new water pollution abatement facilities in the next few decades. Added billions will be spent for the operation of new and existing facilities. How can physical science research reduce the cost of achieving objectives? And how can social science research make sure that the right objectives are being efficiently ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Green Growth

    Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives

    Edited by Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira ...
    The discourse of 'green growth' has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals. It is presented as a fresh and innovative agenda centred on the deployment of engineering sophistication, managerial acumen and market mechanisms to redress the environmental and social derelictions of the existing development model.But the green growth project is deeply ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Politics and Economics of Britain's Foreign Aid

    The Pergau Dam Affair

    by Tim Lankester ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid. Because of its high cost, it was a poor candidate for aid funding. It was provided in part to honour a highly irregular promise of civil aid in connection with a major arms deal. After two parliamentary inquiries and intense media coverage, in a landmark judgement the aid for Pergau was declared unlawful ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Socio-Economics: An Interdisciplinary Approach

    Ethics, Institutions, and Markets

    by Beat Bürgenmeier ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is intended as a warning against the kind of hard-core liberalism which blames state intervention for the disappointing results achieved in matters of macroeconomic, competition and social welfare policy. In calling attention to the social dimension of economics, the book stresses the need for an ethical yardstick which can only be pro vided by an interdisciplinary approach to the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Controlling Asbestos in Buildings

    An Economic Investigation

    by Donald N. Dewees ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Asbestos dust is well-known for causing cancer and other life-threatening illnesses yet still contaminates countless schools, factories and office buildings. This raises the issue of the best way to deal with Asbestos; immediate removal, containment or removal at renovation or demolition. Originally published in 1986, this report aims to evaluate these methods of dealing with asbestos in relation ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Social Audit Regulation

    Development, Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by Samuel O. Idowu, Mia Mahmudur Rahim ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book takes the concept of social audit and lifts it beyond the role of functioning largely as a management tool. The book proposes a system in which social audit is regulated so as to provide a mechanism for effectively promoting corporate accountability in society. Taking this as its theme, this book provides both a conceptual explanation of the developmental perspectives of social audit ... Read more

    $89.09 USD