Environment & Economics Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Structural Adjustment, the Environment and Sustainable Development

   By David Reed

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of '...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projects

   By John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon, Paul B. Sherman, Supachit Manipomoke

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage. In this book a group of analysts from the Asian Development Bank and from the East West Center propose...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Elephants, Economics and Ivory

   By Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess, Timothy M. Swanson, David W. Pearce

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies

   By John A. Dixon, David E. James, Paul B. Sherman

   Series: Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
5. Sustainability in European Transport Policy

   By Matthew Humphreys

   The construction of the European Economic Communities in 1950 primarily set out to build an integrated economic zone in which national borders were, to a large extent, overcome. The ability of persons and goods to move freely within the economic zone was seminal in the realisation of economic...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Economic Growth, the Environment and International Relations

   The Growth Paradigm

   By Stephen J. Purdey

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   The ubiquity of the commitment to economic growth, which Purdey refers to as the growth paradigm, is extraordinary. National governments around the world are seized of the same objective. Major international institutions such as the UN, the WTO, the World Bank, IMF and OECD, powerful international...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Global Environmental Forest Policies

   An International Comparison

   By Constance McDermott, Benjamin Cashore, Peter Kanowski

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. In response, a range of multi-lateral governmental and non-governmental initiatives have emerged to redefine the rules of global trade, and...

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
8. Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets

   Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Stewart Lockie, David Carpenter

   Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that...

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy

   Providing Research Support for the Implementation of EU Water Policy Under Aquastress

   Edited by Phoebe Koundouri

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water stress. The results presented in...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

    Edited by Laura Anne German, Alain Karsenty, Anne Marie Tiani

    Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge