Estado, comunidades autónomas y corporaciones locales ante la gestión de los residuos urbanos

La gestión de las basuras es uno de los problemas medioambientales más acuciantes que tienen planteados las actuales sociedades occidentales. El presente libro se dedica al análisis de la nueva legislación, estatal y autonómica, sobre residuos urbanos, y al estudio y reflexión sobre los problemas ...

Empirical modeling of the economy and the environment

Eds. Cristoph Böhringer abd Andreas Löscher The papers presented in this volume address a wide range of policy themes in the context of environmental regulation. Investigated issues include the interaction between environmental regulation and economic growth, international competitiveness, structural change, pollution leakage, technological innovation, tax ...

Trade and the environment

theory and evidence

Nowhere has the divide between advocates and critics of globalization been more striking than in debates over free trade and the environment. And yet the literature on the subject is high on rhetoric and low on results. This book is the first to systematically investigate ...

The planetary bargain

corporate social responsibility matters

Corporate scandals and lack of confidence in our largest institutions mean that corporate social responsibility (CSR) now matters more than ever. Encroaching on CSR are concepts such as corporate sustainability and corporate citizenship, and older concerns with business ethics, business in society and the ethical ...

Natural resource and environmental economics

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics is among the leading textbooks in its field. Well written and rigorous in its approach, this third edition follows in the vein of previous editions and continues to provide a comprehensive and clear account of the application of economic analysis ...

Towards sustainable development in industry?

reports from seven developing and transition economics

Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this volume, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Turkey, Tunisia and Zimbabwe - countries which all have designated national ...

Economic theory and global warming

In this book, Professor Uzawa modifies and extends the theoretical premises of orthodox economic theory to those broad enough to be capable of analyzing the phenomena related to environmental disequilibrium, particularly global warming, and of finding institutional arrangements and policy measures that may bring about ...

Globalization and technology

interdependence, innovation systems and industrial policy

Technology and globalization are interdependent processes. Globalization has a fundamental influence on the creation and diffusion of technology, which, in turn, affects the interdependence of firms and locations. This volume examines the international aspect of this interdependence at two levels. First, between locations, by examining ...

The encyclopaedic of dictionary of environmental change

Environmental change has become a subject of major concern and has a wide and developing terminology. This comprehensive reference provides definitions and explanations of all the important environmental terms likely to be encountered in this field of study. These range from concise entries on basic ...

Economic models of climate change

a critique

The climate policy debate has been dominated by economic estimates of the costs of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the models used to derive those estimates are based on assumptions that have largely gone untested. The conventional approach embodies structural features that rule ...

Energy systems and sustainability

power for a sustainable future

Today energy and sustainability are areas of primary concern. Energy Systems and Sustainability provides a thorough introduction to the economic, social, environmental and policy issues raised by current systems of energy use, as well as describing their key physical and engineering features. It will appeal ...

Globalization and environmental reform

the ecological globalization of global economy

Many writers either glorify globalization or vilify it, particularly for its destructive environmental effects. In this book environmental sociologist Arthur Mol provides a more balanced understanding of the relationship between globalization and environmental quality. Mol bases his arguments on his theory of ecological modernization, which ...

World water actions

making water flow for all

Population growth and increasing living standards are putting heavy pressure on water resources. Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are degrading ecosystems and reducing their ability to provide essential goods and services to humankind. Reversing this threat and achieving sustainability requires an integrated approach to ...

Environmental and natural resource economics

The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text introduces students to a thorough study of environmental and natural resource economics. In continuing the trend toward a more international focus, Tietenberg pays increased attention to environmental problems and policies in Eastern and Western Europe, China, and developing ...

Computers and the environment

understanding and managing their impacts

Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in performance mean we often buy a new ...

Économie de l'environnment

Marées noires, effet de serre, Tchernobyl, pluies acides, déforestation... Quelles sont les accusés de cette dégradation environnementale ? Que peut-on faire pour les empêcher ? Pourquoi le Honduras, qui est un petit pays avec peu de ressources forestières, exporte-t-il du bois vers les États-Unis, qui possèdent quelques-unes ...

Environmental economics and natural resource management

Environmental economics is well established as a field, and increasingly in demand as a course following the prominence of environmentally conscious leaders, the publicity of global environmental threats, and the growing debate over legislation that pits the environment against income and economic growth. Author David ...

Nature-based tourism, environment and land management

Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and ...

Risk and uncertainty in environmental and natural resource economics

This work explores some of the complexities of decision-making under risk and uncertainty in environmental and natural resource economics. Risk and uncertainty are inherent problems for economists, and the authors in this volume offer numerous challenges and opportunities to improve the tools we use to ...

Ciudad, gestión local y nuevos desafíos ambientales

reflexiones en torno a las políticas neoliberales y sus efectos sobre nuestros territorios

En las últimas décadas, las ciudades argentinas han manifestado un rápido aumento de la población como una notable expansión territorial. Esta producción #rápida# de ciudad, solo suelos productivos o no aptos, con ocupaciones ilegales o precarias, y sin mediación directa del Estado, ha devenido en ...