The Oxford handbook of economic geography

edited by Gordon L. Clark, Maryann P. Feldman and Meric S. Gertler This is the most comprehensive and significant statement about the value and potential of economic geography in thirty years. More than forty leading economists and geographers from around the world investigate the rival ...

Leisure travel

a marketing handbook

A useful and pragmatic approach to understanding how to market travel products and destinations, Leisure Travel enables students to understand the needs of different types of travelers based on their personality profiles. The book offers a unique historic perspective, based on the author's more ...

The greying of Asia

causes and consequences of rapid ageing in Asia

Asia is greying. In some parts of Asia, this is occurring at an alarmingly rapid rate. Within a few decades, these countries will have the same proportion of old people in their midst as many developed countries have attained over the 150 years or more ...

The future of oil as a energy resource

What is the future of oil as a primary source of energy? This question assumes paramount importance not only for the oil industry but also for oil-dependent economies, especially those in the Arabian Gulf region. Concerns about the diminishing prospects of oil arise from multiple ...

The economic dynamics of environmental law

In this book David Driesen shows in detail how the concept of economic dynamics can reshape thinking about environmental law and policy. He argues that environmental policymaking in the United States has been poorly served by the dominant, static view of the relationship between environmental ...

The wealth of nature

how mainstream economics has failed the environment

Explaining why neoclassical economic theory cannot account for the costs of doing business in a global environment, this text demonstrates that the central legitimating construct in neoclassical economics, Adam Smith's "invisible hand", is a product of 18th Century Deism

The economics of hydroelectric power

Despite the extensive body of literature on energy economics, very little economics research has been conducted that focuses specifically on dams and hydroelectric power. This work addresses this deficiency by examining the multiple roles that dams play, as well as the role of hydroelectric power ...

World Development Report 2003

Dynamic development in a sustainable world transformation in the quality of life, growth, and institutions

Sustainable Development in a Dynamic Economy, the World Development Report (WDR) 2003, is the World Bank#s contribution to an ongoing international dialogue on sustainable development. To make the report as useful and comprehensive as possible, the WDR 2003 team sought the views of a ...

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 ...

The handbook of water economics

principles and practice

Water is vital to social and economic development whilst both arable land and water are scarce. Managing water is highly capital intensive, and capital is also scarce. Simultaneously, there are environmental consequences to any intervention in the water cycle whilst the economy depends on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...