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`John List and his collaborators have married experimental economics on the one hand with environmental and resource economics on the other. It's a happy marriage, indeed, and scholars from either camp will benefit from a careful reading of these most interesting papers.'- Paul R. Portney, University of Arizona, US

`John List is a distinguished contributor to the use of laboratory and field experimental methods to better understand economic markets and resource problems generally. This is a fine and most welcome collection focusing on environmental and resource issues.'- Vernon L. Smith, George Mason University, US

This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field.

The book begins by focusing on improving benefit-cost analysis, which remains the hallmark of public policy decision-making around the globe. The contributors provide innovative avenues to credibly lead to more efficient policies. These insights should prove to be fundamental components of the valuation process. They then explore, in myriad clever ways, important aspects associated with optimal resource use and regulation of resources. Clearly these issues remain of utmost importance, both in a positive and normative sense, therefore the authors offer a good introduction to some of these issues and present logical solutions. A discussion of behavioural economics and non-market valuation is also provided.

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Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development.

In Emerald Cities, Joan Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the interrelated environmental problems of global warming, pollution, energy dependence, and social justice. Cities are major sources of pollution but because of their population density, reliance on public transportation, and other factors, Fitzgerald argues that they are uniquely suited to promote and benefit from green economic development. For cities facing worsening budget constraints, investing in high-paying green jobs in renewable energy technology, construction, manufacturing, recycling, and other fields will solve two problems at once, sparking economic growth while at the same time dramatically improving quality of life. Fitzgerald also examines how investing in green research and technology may help to revitalize older industrial cities and offers examples of cities that don't make the top-ten green lists such as Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio and Syracuse, New York. And for cities wishing to emulate those already engaged in developing greener economic practices, Fitzgerald shows which strategies will be most effective according to each city's size, economic history, geography, and other unique circumstances. But cities cannot act alone, and Fitzgerald analyzes the role of state and national government policy in helping cities create the next wave of clean technology growth.

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Emerald Cities. A possible Dream.


This book is an overall review of the state of the American cities regarding the implementation of urban sustainability and its relation with economic development. Starting with the premise that sustainable economic development cannot be achieved without the implementation of appropriate policies the author analyzes in this book how cities in America are implementing this policies using different examples of cities and a bundle of actual data to support its statements.

The creation of a low carbon industry will create millions of jobs in the United States as stated by the author. These industries will benefit most of all our cities which are our most densely populated areas and also our most polluted environments.


Also the author studies and compares the policies followed in other parts of the world to achieve the sustainable economic development goal and explains how they have succeed in different parts of the world. What it's interesting in this book is the amount of research and investigation leading to facts and the realization of how America is not a leader in the creation of sustainable sources of energies who otherwise would benefit our cities and our environment.

In the American landscape the local governments have being the ones playing a more important role in creating sustainable forms of green technologies able to support economic development in our cities. In the last years the federal government has lacked a comprehensive and organic policy towards achieving real results that would bring the United States to the level of becoming a leader in the investigative field as well as a leader in the use of green technologies.

The author analyzes in the book examples of local governments or cities that are leading in America these efforts. Such are the cases of cities as Austin in Texas, Boston in Massachusetts, Chicago in Illinois, Los Angeles and San Francisco in California, Portland in Oregon and Seattle in Washington. All of these cities have implemented different policies adapted to their particular circumstances that have been producing results. The point is that by doing so the cities have also benefitted economically as well as environmentally and in general all American cities should follow this path adjusting their steps to follow to their own problems, possibilities and conditions in general.

One of the most admirable aspects of the book is the abundance of data supporting the statements. This makes the book an excellent point of reference for those interested in accurate data regarding the use of low carbon emission technologies.

On chapter 4th the author also analyzes and offers possible solutions or steps to follow to build the energy efficient city. On this chapter the author makes emphasis on the application of green technology or LEED certification of new buildings. Cities are made of buildings after all or at least buildings are necessary elements in the fabric cities. The author also in this chapter shows an insight of how many of the cities have applying these policies and programs with success and how other cities which, despite of the efforts applying initiatives have not have had the expected success. These success and failures analysis make this chapter one of the most valuables in the book.

On chapter 5 the author gets into the analysis of the recycling industry. It is important to understand how we can re-use in different ways our trash and how cities can work towards the creation of a functional recycling industry. We need also to reduce the amount of waste we produce since it is this waste one of the main sources of pollution in our cities. Also, the author sheds light on how cities and its government can contribute to this. One of these examples in our city of Washington DC is the recently imposed charge on the use of plastic bags by supermarkets and other retail users.

On chapter six the author exposes how transportation impacts the level of pollution in cities and how creating a green transportation economy is a fundamental step in order to free our cities from excess pollution and also create sustainability within its economy. On this chapter we can read about many initiatives followed in the nation to achieve this goal. Transportation systems or how people and business communicate in a city is a key issue in the process of city planning. Thus creating a transportation system that fulfills the needs of the city and also address the issue of using renewable energy sources or/and non pollutants sources is crucial for cities to stay on track regarding their abilities of sustainable grow.

The last chapter of the book is geared towards the role that the planning industry and professionals play in creating a sustainable viable and possible economic grow in our cities based in the implementations of green technologies and renewable energy sources.

In general I can say this is an excellent book for anyone interested in having factual data regarding the implementation of green and sustainable policies in American cities towards sustainable economic grow. It is also a book that offers an international perspective, with many examples in places like the UK, Germany, etc, on where American Cities should look and where American cities stand regarding the implementation of policies and the use of renewable energy resources compared with its counterparts in other areas of the world.

A Sustainability Book for Reasoned Hope in a Dangerous Century
Although the Seattles and Portlands and Austins do figure in urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald's examination of tactics and strategies to join urban sustainability and economic development, she reminds us in her splendid new book, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development, that cities like Toledo and Syracuse, Cleveland and Oakland may provide the more transferable tactics and exemplars for cities like Lexington and Louisville, Cincinnati and Columbus, Indianapolis and Bloomington to emulate.
What fascinates her is how, in the face of eight years of Republican presidential indifference, these Emerald Cities have cobbled together homegrown policies and financial techniques that offer opportunities for addressing at the local level problems of climate change, energy profligacy, and natural resource waste.In case study after case study, she carefully highlights promising programs devoted to renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, and transportation, and shows how sometimes city leadership, sometimes public-private partnerships, and at other times nonprofit or business coalitions have adopted one or another of three economic-development strategies she calls "linking" (connecting populations to new employment opportunities); "transformational" (redirecting declining manufacturing industries into new markets); and "leapfrogging" (pursuing entirely technology clusters).
Community activists and frustrated public officials will recognize that Fitzgerald does not look for eco-development panaceas like Richard Florida's creative cities formula.Nor does she promote her own as "sure bets" that will allow the mid-sized cities of the nation to magically join the Club of World-class Cities.What her abundant examples of progress and failure do exhibit is thatleadership from far-seeing public officials, non-profits, business alliances, and grassroots citizens organizations can provide many of the community resources for generating forward economic development strategies allied with energy conservation and other sustainability-oriented practices that really engage the looming regional-global economic and environmental threats beginning to impinge upon the household and city budgets as we slouch into the second decade of the twenty-first century.
Her opening and closing chapters, which focus in part on Freiburg and Stockholm respectively, show just how and why European cities are so much further ahead of U.S. cities. Both cities are located in nations where planning is not anathema and where the idea and substance of green development builds on linkages and synergies that most American towns and cities can only dream of as they look beyond the horizon of local, state, national politics.
By the time one has studied and pondered her dozen or so cases of looming successes, unrewarded failures, and incomplete initiatives for which the jury is still out, the reader recognizes what a nuanced and fair-minded study of urban sustainability and economic development is this book.One also comes to realize how fragile are these urban initiatives and how subject they are to the good (or bad) timing, Machiavelli's Fortuna, and the existence (or lack thereof) of visionary executive leadership and/or legislative inventiveness in the state or nation's capitol.
The political task of this century is not to build idealist utopias toward which one cannot get from here to there, but to seek after practical ones for which women and men of stout hearts, enduring patience, and reasoned hope can build future sustainable city-regions in the here and now through a possible politics.Cynicism is easy; hope is what we need.This book instills this vital resource.Buy and read it.

Lots of HIgh Cost, Government Run, Politically Correct Solutions
I recently read this book. It was an interesting exploration of how big cities can be green.As a disclaimer let me point out that I had lived in a big city metro area (Los Angeles, CA. region) for over a decade.Let me tell you I personally am NOT impressed, in fact my personal theory is the bigger the NOT better, when it comes to cities.How people crammed in together can be considered a positive thing is beyond me, but to each their own.This book is full of high cost, government mandated programs that look to reward certain groups based on social justice and progressive/liberal politics.It was way too political for my taste.Of course the one thing the environmental and green movement generally treads too lightly on, in my opinion, is the damage caused to the environment by just too many people on the planet. As for paving large areas and cramming people in to be green and sustainable, I say less people, more trees, more animals, more natural and rural areas.
Rich Ward - [...]

A breakthrough book
In this breakthrough book, Joan Fitzgerald lays out a visionary yet pragmatic agenda that melds three concerns that are too often approached in isolation:economic development, urban sustainability and social justice. As she notes at the start, what makes the achievement of this agenda so urgent is the ongoing prospect of devastating climate change coinciding with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Written in lucid, jargon-free prose, Emerald Cities charts the way forward.

Fitzgerald examines five areas--renewable energy, energy efficiency, green building, waste management and transportation--and identifies three kinds of strategies cities can pursue within those areas:linking strategies that connect sustainability or climate change initiatives to economic development goals, such as Los Angeles' tying efficiency retrofitting to work-needy residents and Chicago's Waste to Profit Network; transformational strategies that enable existing businesses to expand into green markets or services, such as Portland's local street car industry and Toledo's move from glass to solar panel production; and--boldest of all--leapfrogging strategies that attempt to create an entirely new sector in a green technology, such as Cleveland's offshore wind production initiative.

Focusing on the United States, Fitzgerald bookends her inquiry with encouraging examples from Germany and Sweden. Her aim, however, is not to cheerlead but to find out what works. One of her study's distinctive strengths is its sobriety: she marks failures and frustrations as well as successes. Not all green jobs are good jobs. Not every city will be able to develop a renewable energy sector. Many of the efforts now underway are necessarily experimental. Cities and regions are trying to remake themselves and their economies along fundamentally new lines. Even if we applaud their intentions, we need to rigorously evaluate the outcomes.

But one of the key lessons of Emerald Cities is that good intentions are crucial. Our current predicament was not our foreordained destiny; it's the result of myopia and inattentiveness--much of it willful. That's actually good news, because it means we can do something about it. And as Fitzgerald repeatedly observes, "we" must include the federal government. No matter how well cities design and execute pathbreaking visions of green and equitable economic development, it's going to take national leadership and investment guided by a broad and coherent industrial policy to achieve a prosperous and just green economy. For all who seek that goal, Emerald Cities is a must-read.

Zelda Bronstein, Former Chair, Berkeley Planning Commission

Shines a light on green jobs
The possibility that green jobs may be the key to economic recovery and environmental sustainability is all the rage in media coverage these days.The New York Times has run several features on their prospects, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published a 50-page, four-section feature entitled, "Going for the Green: Finding Growth through the Green Movement."

The more zealous advocates for the "movement" assert its potential for creating millions of jobs and transforming the United States to a clean energy economy.Skeptics argue that the growth figures for green jobs are wildly overstated. But the projections of scholars and theassertions of advocates have seldom been buttressed with hands-on evidence of what's presently at work in the U.S. economy.

Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development goes a long way toward filling this factual vacuum on clean energy development, including some laudable candor about the prospect of green job growth, given the shortcomings of current policies. Fitzgerald combines the academic discipline of an urban planner with the rigors of shoe-leather journalism in crafting a book that documents where real progress is being made and why the best of intentions among policy makers often go begging for want of a federal strategy to advance clean energy development ... Read more

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This book explores the extent to which pricing incentives such ascharges on emissions, in contrast to regulatory standards, can be shapedinto a practical policy that is technically effective, politicallyenactable, administratively enforceable, and equitable. It also comparesthe advantages and disadvantages of this approach with those thatcharacterize the policy of compliance with regulatory standards. And itidentifies the criteria on which either pricing mechanisms or regulatorystandards should be based.

Three case studies make up the heart of the book. One investigatescarcinogenic chemical emissions, another audits the tradeoffs incontrolling aircraft noise near major airports, and the third treats theprotection of air quality from pollution by primarily stationarysources.

The case studies are introduced by a chapter that gives numerousexamples of possible pricing approaches and identifies common lessonsthat the three diverse studies reinforce. The studies are followed by achapter, based on interviews with congressional staff,environmentalists, and industrial lobbyists and other interest groups inWashington, that reveals their assessments of pricing mechanisms inenvironmental protection. ... Read more

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In this book David Driesen shows in detail how the concept of economic dynamics can reshape thinking about environmental law and policy. He argues that environmental policymaking in the United States has been poorly served by the dominant, static view of the relationship between environmental regulation and the economy, technology, and business. Basing public policy on the concept of economic efficiency, he claims, warps our sense of what is necessary and achievable in environmental lawmaking.According to Driesen, environmentally beneficial technological innovation would be a more effective public policy goal than economic efficiency because it could better keep pace with private-sector innovations that create new forms of pollution and resource destruction. His arguments provide a corrective to the free-market and cost-benefit analysis approaches common to most proposals for regulatory reform. Those who believe that environmental law should focus on economic efficiency assume that efficiency and innovation coincide. But static efficiency may detract from, rather than stimulate, creativity in the real world. Cost-benefit analysis may discourage innovation by adding delay and uncertainty to government decisions. Economic incentives such as emissions trading may facilitate better use of existing techniques rather than bring about fundamental changes in technology. Driesen suggests ways that the regulatory system could better foster environmentally beneficial technological innovations. Using the theory of economic dynamics, he discusses privatizing environmental law, reforming administrative and international legal processes, and improving regulation design. He also explains the significance of economic dynamics for legal theory in general. ... Read more

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The United States, once a world leader in addressing international environmental challenges, became a vigorous opponent of action on climate change over the past two decades, repudiating regulation and promoting only ineffectual voluntary actions to meet a growing global threat. Why has the United States failed so utterly to address the most pressing environmental issue of the age? This book argues that the failure arose from an unyielding ideological stance that embraced free markets and viewed government action as anathema. The most notorious result of this hands-off approach was the financial meltdown of late 2008; but strict reliance on free markets also hobbled government policymakers' response to the challenge of global warming. This book explores the relationship between free-market fundamentalism and U.S. inaction on climate change and offers recommendations for new approaches that can lead to effective climate-change policy and improve environment, health, and safety policies in general.

After describing the evolution of U.S. climate change policy and the influence of neoliberal economic thought, the book takes up the question of what ideas might supersede the neoliberal reliance on cost-benefit analysis, overly broad market-based mechanisms, and rejection of precautionary approaches and environmental justice concerns. With a new administration in Washington, the need for a new policy framework is acute; this book supplies a timely guide to the kinds of policies that are most promising.

Contributors: Frank Ackerman, John S. Applegate, Carl Cranor, David M. Driesen, Robert L. Glicksman, Lisa Heinzerling, Thomas O. McGarity, Chris Schroeder, Amy Sinden, Joe Tomain, Robert R. M. Verchick

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Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy (MIT Press)
New from MIT Press, comes "Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy,"edited by environmental policy writer and Syracuse University law professor, David Driesen. The book acts as a survey of articles chronicling events over recent decades that have sought to improve the climate situation or more often, restrict advances in climate control, mostly through patterns of corporate abuse and/or undue influence on governmental environmental guidelines and agencies. In a series of articles on overlapping subjects (i.e. Kyoto, cap and trade, the effect of the neo-liberals, Republican obstructionism), "Economic Thought" portrays a heavy-duty, multi-faceted attempt to limit restrictions on pollution controls and fossil fuel policies to achieve results that are often less than surface appearances would suggest. A prevailing theme throughout the book reveals how the public is constantly led to believe that laws representing one thing are in effect (cap and trade being a large culprit) when reality dictates a substantially different result (the examples of companies receiving trade credits when polluting factories are taken off line vs. employing actual restrictions on existing plants are but one example of this deception.) Filled with information that close observers may already know, the book nonetheless brings together a variety of sources to assemble an effective overview of the issue from the industrial revolution to the Obama administration (though much of its concern centers around the EPA, the Clean Air Act and the administrations of both Reagan and Bush, 43.) ... Read more

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The Handbook of Environmental Economics focuses on the economics of environmental externalities and environmental public goods.Volume I examines environmental degradation and policy responses from a microeconomic, institutional standpoint.Its perspective is dynamic, including a consideration of the dynamics of natural systems, and global, with attention paid to issues in both rich and poor nations.In addition to chapters on well-established topics such as the theory and practice of pollution regulation, it includes chapters on new areas of environmental economics research related to common property management regimes; population and poverty; mechanism design; political economy of regulation; experimental evaluations of policy instruments; and technological change. ... Read more

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Interesting, and INformative
This book was very good.It is informative, but easy to read and understand.It mentions modern issues, and also mentions how past environmental acts have influenced certain acts today.A good, educational read that anyone interested in the environment as a career should consider. ... Read more

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The present book describes the methodology to set up agent-based models and to study emerging patterns in complex adaptive systems resulting from multi-agent interaction. It offers the application of agent-based models in demography, social and economic sciences and environmental sciences. Examples include population dynamics, evolution of social norms, communication structures, patterns in eco-systems and socio-biology, natural resource management, spread of diseases and development processes. It presents and combines different approaches how to implement agent-based computational models and tools in an integrative manner that can be extended to other cases.

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The Economics of the Environment completely integrates economics and environmental issues, explaining how both market successes and failures affect the environment.

Economics and the Environment; Supply and Demand: Market Forces and the Environment; Markets and Market Failure: A Cause of Environmental Degradation; Consumer Behavior and the Environment; Measuring Benefits to Consumers; Revealed Preference; Stated Preference Methods; From Production to Pollution; Production, Pollution, Output, and Prices; Maximizing Net Benefits in the Presence of Externalities; Private Markets and the Environment: The Coase Theorem; Government Policies for Environmental Protection; Enforcement and Political Economy; The Time Factor: Discounting; Benefit-Cost Analysis; Nonrenewable Resource Management; Renewable Resource Management; Economic Growth and the Environment; Sustainability    

For anyone looking to enhance either their understanding of economics or environmental issues.

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Consisting of an assortment of landmark essays and the best in contemporary scholarship, this anthology delves deeply into the most pressing environmental issues of our times. Articles included in this anthology are distinguished for their relevance to real-life policy making and for their ability to promote rich and lively discussion about controversial matters. In addition, the editors' careful organization of the topics and illuminating section previews keep students focused on the most essential points of current environmental debates. ... Read more

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New as promised!
The book arrived brand-new, just as promised, and it came in a timely manner. The price was extremely reasonable, too.

Slow delivery, Questionable Condition.
It took several weeks for the book to arrive and when it did it was, in my opinion, in worse condition than the description claimed. It wasn't dysfunctional, but if you are a stickler for the quality of condition I would be wary or question the descriptions given. Then again, it could have been a one time thing and I was just a little disappointed a chunk of the pages fell out when I opened the book.

Second-hand, third-hand..
What I ordered was a used book and that is what I received. Satisfied customer

The price is almost worth it...
I used this book for years in teaching environmental ethics.I believe it is the single-best text out there for such a class.However, that price is astounding, and for the first time in a decade, I have switched textbooks.

The contents are almost worth it, though, and richly interdisciplinary, collecting together economic, biological, religious and philosophical perspectives.I highly recommend this for those who want to know what a nearly perfect environmental ethics textbook would look like, and who want the best regardless of the price.

I lament the necessity of not inflicting such a cost on my students.

It's not just "environmental" ethics...
This book provides an extraordinary place for any individual looking to understand and hone their ethics and values, it just happens to useenvironmental issues as its context.The editorial comments are conciseand probing, and the illustrative articles and essays are classic andthought provoking.Although the reading is generally a bit dense for pageturning on one's way to bed, that's even viable for individuals looking fora bit of intensity prior to sleep.An excellent, well rounded, explorationinto earth's environment and human roles and perceptions regarding it. ... Read more

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Gold, a chemical element with the symbol Au, is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, in jewelery, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques by which gold may be extracted from the Earth. Since the 1880s, South Africa has been the source for a large proportion of the world's gold supply, with about 50% of all gold ever produced having come from South Africa. Other major producers are the United States, Australia, China, Russia and Peru. The world's oceans also hold a vast amount of gold, but in very low concentrations. At current consumption rates, the supply of gold is believed to last 45 years. This book will present current research on gold mining including methodologies for discovering new deposits of gold as well as economic and environmental issues. ... Read more

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Land has long been overlooked in economics. That is now changing. A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food. The first part presents new databases that are necessary to underpin policy-relevant research in the field of climate change while describing and critically assessing the underlying data, the methodologies used, and the first applications.

Together, the new data and the extended models allow for a thorough and comprehensive analysis of a land use and climate policy. This book outlines key empirical and analytical issues associated with modelling land use and land use change in the context of global climate change policy. It places special emphasis on the economy-wide competition for land and other resources, especially;

• The implications of changes in land use for the cost of climate change mitigation,
• Land use change as a result of mitigation, and
• Feedback from changes in the global climate to land use.

By offering synthesis and evaluation of a variety of different approaches to this challenging field of research, this book will serve as a key reference for future work in the economic analysis of land use and climate change policy.

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This important collection of essays from the leading writers in the field, focuses on the importance of taking environmental issues into account in the process of development and poverty reduction. This book deepens our understanding of environmental sustainability in a context of economic growth, putting sustainable development firmly back on the agenda. ... Read more

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Leading edge overview of conventional environmental economics
The authors of this book worked hard to bring together various threads of research and investigation around environmental economics. Unfortunately the environment of neo liberal economics they use as a vantage point is not transformed and the book fails to make significant changes to the status quo. While not disparaging its value and contribution I would recommend readers consider reading books on ecological economics, a field which makes a more fundamental analysis of the of the relationship of economics and the environment. As for the nature of sustainable development the social inequality dimension can perhaps best be explained by authors like Naom Chomsky and Vandana Shiva.

Sustainable Solutions!
This is an excellently timed book. Issues related to the environment make regular appearances today in the news, in novels, even in children's movies. Yet so often the focus remains on the specific problems we're facing, such as global warming or the death of the oceans, with less attention paid to the very real need for solutions. Economics Development and Environmental Stability does an excellent job of redressing that gap.

It is worth noting that this book gives equal weight to the environmental issues that come along both with economic growth, and in the absence of it. Economic development is therefore faced with two interrelated problems: how do successful countries continue to grow without also continuing to harm the environment, and how can developing countries grow in a healthier, more sustainable fashion than the industrialized world did. Economic Development and Environmental Stability points out the important role government has played in the creation of these problems, and the just as important role it must play in working towards their solution.

Starting with a general overview of the economic and environmental issues to be addressed, this book goes on to address specific environmental issues such as clean water, clean air, and energy. It offers solid economic analysis, and shows clearly where governments can and should step in to redress market failures. The book is clearly written and well edited, presenting a number of papers which taken together offer a broad picture of the interaction between economic development and the environment. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who, having heard all the bad news, is looking for solutions.
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Resource Economics is a text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel. The book covers basic concepts (Chapter 1), shows how to set up spreadsheets to solve simple dynamic allocation problems (Chapter 2), and presents economic models for fisheries, forestry, nonrenewable resources, and stock pollutants (Chapters 3-6). Chapter 7 examines the maximin utility criterion when the utility of a generation depends on consumption of a manufactured good, harvest from a renewable resource, and extraction from a nonrenewable resource. Within the text, numerical examples are posed and solved using Excel's Solver. Exercises are included at the end of each chapter. These problems help make concepts operational, develop economic intuition, and serve as a bridge to the study of real-world problems in resource management. ... Read more

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Most Accessible but Complete Resource Economics Introduction
This book is the most accessible but complete and intellectually rigorous introduction to resource economics available. The book is ideal for the advanced undergraduate or master's student. The book is useful for the Ph.D. student or practitioner in the field as a first introduction to set the intuition before tackling more comprehensive and rigorous texts, such as Dasgupta and Heal or Clark. The exposition is complete but succinct, getting straight to the point.

Resource Economics a Great Book
When you read resource economic books the first problem you face is that the auther uses his or her own special experiance and builds the entire book based on this experiance, however Doctor Conrad uses plenty of real time cases to elastrate and point out his different objectives. ... Read more

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Compiled by the acknowledged leaders in environmental career information, The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century is a completely revised and updated edition of what has become the standard reference on the subject. Organized for ease of use and fully updated to reflect ongoing changes in environmental fields, it is the most comprehensive and reliable resource available for anyone seeking information about environmental career opportunities and how to get started in one. The book presents:

• a thorough consideration of environmental trends for the 21st century and the likely impact of those trends on future career opportunities
• an overview of environmental professions including a statistical review of the private sector environmental industry, state and local government, federal government, academia, and nonprofits
• valuable tips on career search strategies along with information about education, volunteering, and internships
• case studies of representative work and individual profiles that give readers an up-close and personal look at a variety of environmental professionals, what they really do, and how they arrived at their current positions
• resources for further information including more than 100 of the top web sites for the environmental career seeker

Chapters examine the entire spectrum of career fields, with each chapter providing an "at a glance" summary of the field; discussion of history and background along with current issues and trends; examination of specific career opportunities and the educational requirements for each; salary ranges by type of employer, level of experience, and responsibility; and an extensive list of resources for further information. Fields profiled include: planning, education and communications, energy management and conservation, fisheries and wildlife management, forestry, land and water conservation, and others.

Written at a broad introductory level, The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century provides an informative and inspirational starting place from which to learn more about specific fields. For recent college graduates, students, volunteers, librarians, career counselors, or anyone interested in working to protect the environment, it is an essential reference. ... Read more

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The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century
Though this book was published in the late 1990's, it seems to cover, in a very comprhesive manner, all aspects of the Environmental Industry.The authors have broken down, catagorized, and analyzed everything you would want to know about this industry.

environmental careers
This is a great book with a lot of information on environmental career paths. Great read when your outside on the lawn or at the beach and close to earths environment. Green is the way to go. It is the wave of the future. It goes through almost every profession and is very detailed. Has great advice on job searching. IF you are searching for environmental jobs I would suggest using http://www.EnvironmentalCrossing.com to look for jobs because it has jobs only from employer websites and far more jobs than you will find on other job boards. Very good site.

EnviornmentalCrossing.com
I've been looking for a job in the environmental industry for a long time. what I've found more helpful than anything else out there is definitely http://www.EnvironmentalCrossing.com. It makes it so easy to look for jobs because it has jobs only from employer websites and far more jobs than you will find on other job boards.

http://www.EnvironmentalCrossing.com is a great site!

Checkthis out!
[...] There are a lot of jobs on it,far more than you will find on other job boards.It works well for me. And it's easy to use! Just create an account and search to your hearts content. I'm sure you will find some thing that you would love doing!

good book, good condition, good timely arrival.
This book came very quickly from the seller and is in decent condition.The price was absolutely terrific, and I am very happy.This is a good book for people exploring the idea of embarking upon an environmental career, or people looking to change or expand their career to something environmentally related.Thanks! ... Read more

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This book, introduces the concept of emergy as a way of placing the value of commodities, services, and environmental goods of various kinds on a common basis. The conflicts between economic development and protection of the environment are important political and public policy issues. The aim of this book is to place environmental decision making on a more rational and less emotional basis by finding a common measure of the value of environmental and other kinds of assets. ... Read more

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The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to environmental and natural resource issues and to describe economic theories and methods used by experts working in the field. Case Studies Comprehensive treatment of a wide range of environmental and natural resource issues.A real life introduction to each chapter engages the reader in the application of the topic at hand.Unique chapter on environmental justice.  Consultants or other professionals who works with economic analysis of environmental policy. ... Read more

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The theory and practice of measuring consumer demand for environmental quality is comprehensively and practically reviewed in this book. It was perceived that there was a significant need for a book that was both theoretically rigorous yet could address the question of how to actually measure this demand. The volume is divided into two sections. The first section develops theoretical tools and covers the principal methods for measuring demand for environmental goods. The second part of the book is concerned with implementing theory for specific classes of environmental effects. ... Read more

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There are few more urgent topics in today’s world, so full of ecological uncertainty. Hydropower Economics uses various econometric measures to examine sustainable alternative energy sources. It kicks off by modeling hydropower, yes, but it does not end there. Forsund has extended his model to include thermal power and wind power, too – forms of alternative energy that are taking on an ever larger profile.

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Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond the law -- beyond compliance with regulations -- do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental protection? How should we think about firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Is the practice sustainable, or will the competitive marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Furthermore, is the practice, however well intended, an efficient use of social and economic resources? And do some firms already behave this way?
Until now, public discussion has generated more heat than light on both the normative and positive questions surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the environmental realm. In Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms, some of the nation's leading scholars in law, economics, and business examine commonly accepted assumptions at the heart of current debates on CSR and provide a foundation for future research and policymaking.
Distinguished contributors to this book include Einer Elhauge and Mark Roe of Harvard Law School; John Donohue and Daniel Esty of Yale Law School; Paul Portney of Resources for the Future; Dennis Aigner of the University of California, Santa Barbara; Forest Reinhardt of Harvard Business School; David Vogel of the University of California, Berkeley; and Eric Orts of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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