Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

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1. The Economics of Climate Change and the Change of Climate in Economics

   Edited by Kevin Maréchal

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   Climate change is without question the single most important issue the world faces over the next hundred years. The most recent scientific data have led to the conclusion that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming and that continued greenhouse gas...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Environmental Finance and Development

   By Sanja Tišma, Ana Maria Boromisa, Ana Pavičić Kaselj

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   This book focuses on environmental financing in the process of alignment with the EU. Based on comparative analysis of national environmental strategies and financial needs, and their links with strategic development documents in five selected countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia,...

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. The Planet in 2050

   The Lund Discourse of the Future

   Edited by Jill Jäger, Sarah Cornell

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   In 2050, the billions of people living on Earth have found a way to manage the planetary system effectively. Everyone has access to adequate food, shelter, and clean water. Human health is no longer considered outside of the health of the ecosystems in which people live. Ecological awareness is an...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Environmental Social Accounting Matrices

   Theory and applications

   By Pablo Martínez de Anguita, John E. Wagner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   In this book Professors Pablo Martínez de Anguita and John E. Wagner put two disciplines together, regional and ecological economics, presenting a way to understand ecological economic concerns from a regional perspective, and providing a mathematical tool to measure their interrelationships. This...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Creating a Sustainable Economy

   An Institutional and Evolutionary Approach to Environmental Policy

   Edited by Gerardo Marletto

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   This book is designed for those scholars, students, policy-makers – or just curious readers – who are looking for heterodox thinking on the issue of environmental economics and policy. Contributions to this book draw on multiple streams of institutional and evolutionary economics and help build an...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. Environment and Employment

   A Reconciliation

   Edited by Philip Lawn

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport

   Governance and innovation in low-carbon vehicles

   Edited by Måns Nilsson, Karl Hillman, Annika Rickne, Thomas Magnusson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   This book is about how societies around the world can accelerate innovation in sustainable transport. It examines the relationship between policy change and the development of technological innovations in low carbon vehicle technologies, including biofuels, hybrid-electric vehicles, electric...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Economic Theory and Sustainable Development

   What Can We Preserve for Future Generations?

   By Vincent Martinet

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   Is development sustainable? When addressing the sustainability issue, decision-makers are faced with two challenges: taking into account conflicting issues, such as economic development and environmental preservation, while also ensuring intergenerational equity. Tackling these challenges amounts...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Ecology and Power

   Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future

   Edited by Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark, Kenneth Hermele

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions

    Theory and Measurement

    By João F. D. Rodrigues, Tiago M. D. Domingos, Alexandra P.S. Marques

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

    Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge