Limits to growth

the 30 year update

1972, The Limits to Growth shocked the world and forever changed the global agenda by demonstrating that unchecked growth on our finite planet was leading planet earth towards ecological 'overshoot' and pending disaster. Employing computer modelling and hard data the book went on to sell ...

Environmental management in organizations

The IEMA handbook

Environment and sustainable development issues are now key concerns for all but the smallest organizations and apply to all sectors - private, public and third sector - requiring a growing army of environmental professionals to manage them. This volume provides the basic resource needed by organizations and ...

The new accountability

environmental responsibility across borders

The growth of pollution that crosses national borders represents a significant threat to human health and ecological sustainability. Various international agreements exist between countries to reduce risks to their populations, however there is often a mismatch between national territories of state responsibility and transboundary hazards ...

The organizations of global negotiantons

constructing the climate change regime

The global negotiations over climate change involved over 180 countries and innumerable observers and other participants, addressing enormously complex and economically vital issues with conflicting agendas. For the UN to create an effective and well-supported international regime required enormous and very skilful organization. Using the ...

Sustainability and health

supporting global ecological integrity in public health

The zone of interaction between the social and the natural environment is the most important emerging area in public health. Radical changes in the biosphere and human interaction with the environment are increasingly impacting the health of populations across the world. Whether the risk is ...

Filosofía del medio ambiente

razón, naturaleza y preocupaciones humanas

Esta introducción a la filosofía del medio ambiente examina los actuales debates sobre cómo deberíamos pensar el mundo natural y nuestro lugar dentro de él. A diferencia de otros trabajos, el tema se examina desde una perspectiva decididamente analítica, que aunque se centra en cuestiones ...

El ecologismo de los pobres

conflictos ambientales y lenguales de valoración

He aquí un libro excelente, rico en detalles empíricos, lleno de percepciones teóricas y que invita a la esperanza en un mundo oscuro; una obra inspiradora. El autor es uno de los más destacados economistas ecológicos y ecologistas políticos del mundo. Es también un referente ...

Implementing strategic environmental assessment

More countries are now using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) than ever before. This timely and comprehensive Handbook describes the implementation of SEA in 18 countries around the world, as well as a critical analysis of different SEA methodologies. The Handbook starts by introducing key SEA ...

Indicator Systems for Sustainable Innovation

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants; however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that contribute to the realisation of ...

The social contours of risk

.Vol.I: publics, risk cominication and the social amplification of risk

We live in a #risk society# where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. Jeanne and Roger Kasperson are two of the world#s leading and most influential analysts ...

Spillovers and innovations

space, environment, and the economy

Innovation processes and related spillovers are of eminent importance in a modern economy. How do they relate to spatial structures and environmental factors? The papers analyse innovation processes and spillovers in the economy from various angles, focussing mainly on regional and environmental aspects. Among others ...

Ecological debt

the health oh the planet and the wealth of nations

If the whole world wanted to live like people in the United Kingdom we would need the resources of three planets like Earth. If the United States was our model the number would be five. Simms shows how millions of us in the West are ...

Time strategies, innovation and environmental policy

This book is the first attempt to systematically introduce the aspect of time into economic and environmental innovation policy. The authors demonstrate how #windows of opportunity# for technological innovations emerge and also explain how they can be identified and effectively exploited. Contents: 1. Introduction 2 ...

Water resource economics and policy

an introduction

Table of Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Water Resources, Water Resource Economics and Law 2. Review of Basic Microeconomics Applied to Water Resources 3. Water Quality Issues 4. Water Prices and Rates for Residential Use 5. Water and Agriculture 6. Uncertainty and Risk in Supply ...

Modelling the costs of environmental policy

a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment

This important new book enhances our understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic activity, economic growth, pollution abatement and environmental policy. It addresses one main policy problem: how can the direct and indirect costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an ...

Climate change economics

why international accords fail

Although the full extent of the potential damages from global warming remain unknown, scientists have long argued that action should be taken now to mitigate any possible adverse consequences. However, in making such policy recommendations, economic arguments need to be considered as much as scientific ...

Environment, information and consumer behaviour

Over the past decade there has been growing interest in the role of information in the promotion of environmentally friendly behaviour. This book examines how and why the provision of such information can affect individual decisions concerning buying or consuming a product or valuing a ...

Modelling in ecological economics

This 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 ...

The greening of markets

product competition, pollution and policy making in a duopoly

#This book is an important contribution to environmental economics and industrial organisation. It analyses environmental markets for green, i.e. environmentally friendly, products and economic policies that improve the functioning of these markets and environmental quality. The book combines rigorous, state-of-the-art theoretical economic analysis with ...

Economic growth, material flows and the environment

new applications of structural decomposition analysis and physical input-output tables

Rutger Hoekstra examines the complex relationship between the monetary economy and the materials flows that are extracted and emitted by economic activities. These physical flows are responsible for many important environmental problems such as unsustainable resource depletion, waste production and climate change. This book discusses ...