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Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field
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This book discusses important recent developments in the theory, concepts and empirical applications of ecological economics and sustainable development. The editors have assembled a fascinating collection of papers from some of the leading scholars in the field of ecological economics
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: international experience and the case of Hvar, Croatia -- 8. Tourism and sustainable development : lessons from recent World Bank …
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transformation, and the new global agenda: What this means for China and the world / Ehtisham Ahmad, Isabella Neuweg and Nicholas …Economies around the world have arrived at a critical juncture: to continue to grow fuelled by fossil fuels and … green growth, and highlights key lessons from the experience of green transformations across the world following a decade of …
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This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved. -- 'This Handbook demonstrates the well-established body of thinking on sustainable development which now exists, and its...
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This unique and informative book highlights the relationship between crisis, innovation, and sustainable development, and discusses the necessary conditions required to seize the ecological opportunity. The authors study the strength of change for building a new society, and the theoretical...
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This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field. The book begins by focusing on improving benefit-cost analysis, which remains the hallmark of public policy decision-making...
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This major reference book comprises specially commissioned surveys in environmental and resource economics written by an international team of experts. Authoritative yet accessible, each entry provides a state-of-the-art summary of key areas that will be invaluable to researchers, practitioners...
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It is argued that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with current environmental problems and sustainable development. This book provides an alternative approach. Building on the strengths...
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/ Joshua Farley -- 2. The world in over-shoot: a celebration of Herman Daly's contributions to ecological economics - the … 'full' world / Philip Lawn -- 9. Hicksian income, welfare, and the steady state / Salah El Serafy -- Part IV Changing the … beyond economic growth as the sole panacea for the world's ecological predicament. Grounded in physics, ecology, and the …
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