Ecological 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. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
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. 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