Books in the Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics series

This book discusses environmental valuation of ecosystem services and economic instruments for biodiversity conservation and resource management.

A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food.

Presents research findings in the area of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation, along with their policy implications. This book links avoided deforestation to political economy, as well as to the developments in environmental and natural resource economics.

This book includes chapters by experts proposing game theoretical solutions and applying experimental design to a variety of social issues related to global and international conflicts over natural resources and the environment. The focus of the book is on applications that have policy implications, relevance and, consequently, could lead to the establishment of policy dialogue. The chapters in the book address issues that are global in nature, such as international environmental agreements over climate change, international water management, common pool resources, public goods, international fisheries, international trade, and collective action, protest, and revolt.

Environmental policy may produce effects which go beyond the scope of the specific policy's initial aim. This book addresses the range of (co-)effects associated with environmental policies which may increase or decrease the attractiveness of these policies. It is suitable for economists, ecologists and political scientists.

Analyzes the determinants of environmental participation and its consequences in different parts of the world, focusing on whose values are forwarded through voluntary activities and how far voluntary participation is representative.

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Efforts to effectively conserve and manage marine resources are facing increasing complexity of environmental and governance challenges. To address some of these challenges, this book presents advancements in fisheries bioeconomics research that provides significant ideas for addressing emerging environmental and fisheries management issues.

This book presents a series of case studies exploring the innovation policies that various countries have introduced in a bid to enhance low carbon emission activities. They demonstrate the extent to which external events and institutional constraints from the international polity influence national innovation strategies.

The poor and the wealthy seem to assign different degrees of priority to environmental protection: the proposed construction of a set of new buildings on the Sardinian coast is likely to produce cries from middle and upper income inhabitants and yet be welcomed as a source of new jobs by residents whose earnings are low. This would suggest that income plays a significant role in the setting of environmental policies. The purpose of this volume is to shed light on the relationship between environmental quality and income. Both micro and macroeconomic factors are considered and the chapters are divided into two along these lines. At the heart of the debate is the uneasy relationship between environmental sustainability on the one hand and economic growth on the other. Economists of different persuasions and presenting differing schools of thought assess issues such as environmental quality, the Environmental Kuznets Curve and distributional issues.

Addresses the controversy over the potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries. This book offers an introduction to agricultural biotechnology, an examination of the history of cotton production technology, and a review of the literature on the agronomic performance of GM cotton.

Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies, but whilst important institutional and legal differences still exist between the two continents, the sharing of recent scientific advances will benefit scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the main purpose of this book.

Rising fuel prices and the threat of global warming have reinforced public and scientific interest in the issue of sustainable energy. Renewable energy is seen as an effective means to address several problems simultaneously. This book addresses these and related topics including the diffusion of renewable technologies.

The controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops in industrialized countries is paralleled by a loud debate over their potential role in developing countries. This book offers an examination of the performance of the technology in the broader context of the agricultural institutions that govern its generation.

Land has long been neglected in economics. That is now changing. Recently, seven teams from Australia, the European Union, and the USA have, for the first time, included land use in their computable general equilibrium models, the work horses of economic policy analysis. This book describes and critically assesses the underlying data, the methodologies used, and the first applications.

Game Theory has become one of the main analytical tools for addressing strategic issues in the field of economics and is increasing its influence in other fields of social sciences. The book deals with the management of natural resources, the negotiation aspects of water management, and water allocation through pricing and markets.

Evaluating various approaches to environmental sustainability, this title critically reviews empirical studies of environmental degradation, and economic development. It is suitable for those concerned with environmental economics and political economy.

How can we value the environment? This book presents a debate on this issue. It also contains the analyses by such figures as Nick Hanley and Jonathan Aldred which ensure that future economic growth is not achieved at the expense of our environment.

Unites sixty-three researchers in the area of experimental environmental economics and their explorations in its behavioural underpinnings, with the critical advantage of appealing to experimental and non experimental economists.

Analyzes the oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This book focuses on the territories of the Arctic rim where the oil and gas activities in the Arctic are located.

Presents a review of the use of non-market valuation economic methods in the design and implementation of EU water policies. This book focuses on policy appraisal through social cost-benefit analysis and the choice/estimation of the socially efficient discount rate to be used in such analysis. It is suitable for water resources managers.

Features developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development. Topics covered in this title include the economic modelling of agrobiodiversity, policy and governance solutions for the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, contracts, markets and valuation.

This volume explores ways to safeguard the effectiveness of climate finance. Looking into the past decade of climate policy, the authors show that market mechanisms can be a surprisingly attractive and transparent way to promote emissions mitigation in the Global South.

Rising US income and wealth in the years have fueled an increase in consumption demand for environmental amenities. Many observers and researchers have argued that this at least in part underlies differentials in economic growth across regions. This collection of key articles addresses the issues and more.

Deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialized countries present diverse but critical concerns. This book is suitable for those students of environmental economics and environmental sciences, as well as policy makers, and waste utility managers.

The purpose of this book is to assess the technical, economic and ecologic ability of US forests to meet future US energy needs, especially for transportation fuels and electric power, along with detailed case studies from several US regions.