Paperbacks Direct: Environment & Economics

By Douglas R. Bohi

The oil price shocks of the 1970’s led to severe recessions in the 1980’s in the United States. Originally published in 1989 in the aftermath, Bohi attempts to show both how energy prices can cause a decline in output and employment and to explore important other factors which led to the recessions…

Paperback – 2017-08-11
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

Edited by Dieter Birnbacher, May Thorseth

Responsibility for future generations is easily postulated in the abstract but it is much more difficult to set it to work in the concrete. It requires some changes in individual and institutional attitudes that are in opposition to what has been called the "systems variables" of industrial society…

Paperback – 2017-07-28
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Sustainability

Edited by Fassil Demissie

The sign that ‘Africa is on Sale’ has been appearing with regular frequency in major newspaper accounts across the world, indicating that large amounts/expanses of Africa’s rich farmlands are being sold to transnational investors, usually on long-term leases, at a rate not seen in decades – indeed…

Paperback – 2017-07-27
Routledge

Edited by Aline Chiabai

The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. This loss is accelerating driven by climate change, as well as by other causes including agricultural exploitation, fragmentation and degradation triggered by land use changes. The crucial…

Paperback – 2017-06-30
Routledge
The Earthscan Forest Library

Edited by John E. Tilton

Over the last several decades, many low-income mineral exporting countries have seen their per capita income decline or their standard of living stagnate. In this title, prominent analysts identify reasons behind the distressing economic performance of these countries including ineffective public…

Paperback – 2017-06-28
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

Edited by William Nikolakis, John Innes

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world’s forests. The work has been developed by the "Resources for the Future" Task Force for the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).&…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
Routledge
The Earthscan Forest Library

Edited by Lez Rayman-Bacchus, Philip R. Walsh

Corporate responsibility and sustainable development are two concepts that may be able to reconcile many of the big challenges facing the world; challenges such as tensions between respect for the natural environment, social justice, and economic development; the long view versus short-term…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
Routledge
Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business

By Mark Harvey

In this fascinating and challenging work, the author analyses the way water for drinking is produced, distributed, owned, acquired, and consumed in contrasting ways in different settings. From the taken-for-granted, all-purpose water, flowing out of taps in advanced economies to extreme…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
Routledge

Edited by Chennat Gopalakrishnan

This book represents a landmark effort to probe and analyze the theory and empirics of designing water disaster management policies. It consists of seven chapters that examine, in-depth and comprehensively, issues that are central to crafting effective policies for water disaster management. The…

Paperback – 2017-06-07
Routledge

Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Asit K. Biswas

Water infrastructure is an essential element in water management. Together with institutions, policies and regulation, it provides basic services to growing populations, especially in developing countries, where much of the growth is taking place. In the Asia-Pacific region, for instance,…

Paperback – 2017-06-07
Routledge
Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

Edited by Thomas Hartmann, Tejo Spit

A society that intensifies and expands the use of land and water in urban areas needs to search for solutions to manage the frontiers between these two essential elements for urban living. Sustainable governance of land and water is one of the major challenges of our times. Managing retention areas…

Paperback – 2017-06-07
Routledge
Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

Edited by Gunnar Köhlin, Randall Bluffstone

Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of…

Paperback – 2017-05-31
RFF Press
Environment for Development