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Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

Series Editor: Nick Hanley

Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics was established in 2001 and has since provided a key port of call for leading research in the field. As well as the core discipline of environmental economics, the remit of the series extends to natural resources, ecological economics, environmental studies and environmental science, with issues explored including energy, permit trading, valuation, taxation and climate change. The series is edited by Nick Hanley of the University of Stirling.

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  1. Cost-Effective Control of Urban Smog

    The Significance of the Chicago Cap-and-Trade Approach

    By Richard Kosobud, Houston Stokes, Carol Tallarico, Brian Scott

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Containing rigorous hard evidence, this book is of immense practical use to postgraduates, researchers and business communities affected by or working in environmental regulation. The author, a leading name in the environmental economics community, examines the problem of urban smog in cityscapes...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources

    Ecology, Economics and Policies

    Edited by Thomas Koellner

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    The utilization of natural resources to satisfy worldwide growing consumption of goods and services has severe ecological consequences. Aside from the projected doubling of food consumption in the next fifty years, the growing trade of biofuels and other commodities is a global challenge as the...

    Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge

  3. The Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Edited by Shunsuke Managi

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Ecosystems and biodiversity have been degraded over decades due to human activities. One of the critical causes is market failure: the current market only accounts tangible resources and neglects intangible functions, such as climate control and natural hazard mitigation. Under such circumstances...

    Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Forests and Development

    Local, National and Global Issues

    By Philippe Delacote

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    This book is a fully up to date study of the major issues facing forest conservation and the forestry industry, which considers developments at local, national and global levels. Environmental and development topics relating to each level are discussed – for instance, the use of forest products in...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology

    A Case Study of the Integrated Product Policy of the European Union

    By Jakub Kronenberg

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Holistic in approach and rooted in the real world Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology presents a new way of looking at environmental policy; exploring the relationship between ecological economics and industrial ecology. Concentrating on the conceptual background of ecological economics...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Modeling Environment-Improving Technological Innovations under Uncertainty

    Edited by Alexander Golub, Anil Markandya

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    The issues of technology and uncertainty are very much at the heart of the policy debate of how much to control greenhouse gas emissions. The costs of doing so are present and high while the benefits are very much in the future and, most importantly, they are highly uncertain. Whilst there is broad...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge

  7. The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

    By Karine Nyborg

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial. This book discusses ethical and political aspects of environmental cost-benefit analysis: why controversies must be expected, why they should be taken seriously, and how they can be handled in practice. Cost-benefit analysis is commonly...

    Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation

    The People's Republic of China's Path to a Brighter Future

    Edited by Timothy Swanson, Tun Lin

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    This volume assembles a group of eminent scholars to look at the problem of growth and environment from the perspective of environmental regulation. The questions addressed are: How does economic growth interact with regulation, and what are the best approaches to regulation in use today? The...

    Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

    Edited by William Nuttall, Richard Clarke, Bartek Glowacki

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in...

    Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Valuation of Regulating Services of Ecosystems

    Methodology and Applications

    Edited by Pushpam Kumar, Michael Wood

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

    Policy and management decisions are often made on financial grounds. However, the economic value of the benefits that people derive from ecosystems, that is, ecosystem services, may not be fully recognised and hence ecosystem considerations may not be incorporated adequately into decision-making...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications
    Edited by Ariel Dinar, Amnon Rapoport
    To Be Published February 18th 2013
  2. Benefits of Environmental Policy: Conference Volume of the 6th Chemnitz Symposium 'Europe and Environment'
    Edited by Klaus Dieter John, Dirk Rübbelke
    To Be Published April 9th 2013
  3. Economic Analysis of Land Use in Global Climate Change Policy
    Edited by Thomas W. Hertel, Steven K. Rose, Richard S. J. Tol
    To Be Published April 9th 2013
  4. Oligopoly, the Environment and Natural Resources
    By Luca Lambertini
    To Be Published May 12th 2013
  5. Entrepreneurship and Management in Forestry and Wood Processing: Principles of Business Economics and Management Processes
    By Franz Schmithüsen, Bastian Kaiser, Albin Schmidhauser, Stephan Mellinghoff, Alfred Kammerhofer
    To Be Published June 30th 2013
  6. Climate Change and the Private Sector: Scaling Up Private Sector Response to Climate Change
    By Craig Hart
    To Be Published July 30th 2013
  7. Game Theory and Fisheries
    By Rashid Sumaila
    To Be Published August 30th 2013
  8. Climate Change and Forest Resources
    By Brent Sohngen, Robert O. Mendelsohn
    To Be Published October 30th 2013
  9. Government and the Environment: The Role of the Modern State in the Face of Global Challenges
    Edited by Laura Castellucci
    To Be Published December 30th 2013

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