Environmental Economics Books

New and Published Books

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 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. The aim of this book is to discuss some of the ethical and political issues arising in the context of applied cost-benefit analysis and environmental valuation – and to do so using economic analysis, but in a language accessible to...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Biobased Economy

   Biofuels, Materials and Chemicals in the Post-oil Era

   Edited by Hans Langeveld, Johan Sanders, Marieke Meeusen

   The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials – the beginnings of a biobased economy. As alternative development models for the biobased economy emerge, we need to...

   Published May 20th 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 May 14th 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 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
8. The Zeronauts

   Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

   By John Elkington

   A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Sustainability Economics

   An Introduction

   By Peter Bartelmus

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, sustainability remains a hazy and complex subject. The author set out with two objectives:...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Global Economics of Forestry

    By William F. Hyde

    This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the...

    Published May 10th 2012 by RFF Press