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The EU-Russian Energy Dialogue
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95EU-Russian energy dialogue represents a policy issue that forces us to take a serious look at several crucial questions related to the present and future of Europe. This book not only outlines the overall characteristics of the energy dialogue, but also illustrates the involved policy implementation challenges by paying special attention to the regional... more...
Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00This book shows for the first time how green infrastructure can work in an African urban context. On one level it provides a major rethinking of the role of infrastructure in urban society since the creation of networked infrastructure in the early twentieth century. On another, it explores the changing paradigms of urban development through the fundamental... more...
Project Appraisal and Valuation of the Environment
Palgrave Macmillan 1996; US$ 148.00'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, development projects, if it had been done at the time of appraisal. It combines theoretical rigour with applied economic skills, presented with robust common sense.' - James Winpenny, Overseas Development... more...
Lights Out!
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 15.99In this timely book, former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham debunks the myths that warp our current debate over energy, and offers new solutions to the real problems we face in America. Drawing on the very latest thinking from experts in industry and academia, and his own experiences running America's Energy Department, he proposes a fresh... more...
Can We Afford the Future?
Zed Books 2008; US$ 20.95Ackerman makes an impassioned plea to construct a better economics, arguing that the solutions are affordable and the alternative is unthinkable. If we can't afford the future, what are we saving our money for? Can we Afford the Future? is part of The New Economics series, which uses the ideas behind a new, more human economics to provide a fresh... more...
Climate Economics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 140.00Climate science paints a bleak picture: The continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions is increasingly likely to cause irreversible and catastrophic effects. Urgent action is needed to prepare for the initial rounds of climatic change, which are already unstoppable. While the opportunity to avert all climate damage has now passed, well-designed... more...
Handbuch des Emissionshandelsrechts (German Edition)
Springer 2006; US$ 99.99Das Handbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über das Recht des Emissionshandels und gibt zahlreiche praktische Hinweise. Das Emissionshandelsrecht stellt als neues Rechtsgebiet vor allem Betreiber von Industrieanlagen vor zahlreiche Herausforderungen. Eine Vielzahl von Betreibern ist verpflichtet, für den Ausstoß von Kohlendioxid aus ihrer Anlage... more...
Adapting to Climate Change
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 40.00This presents the latest scientific research by leading researchers and practitioners on the critical issue of adapting to climate change. more...
Environmental Regulation and Compulsory Public Disclosure: the PROPER Case in Indonesia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 99.95This book is a remarkable case study of an environmental policy initiative for a national environmental regulatory system in the information age. In 1995 the Indonesian Ministry of Environment took the bold step to launch an environmental disclosure initiative called the Program for Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER). Under PROPER,... more...
Long-term Perspective in Coastal Zone Development
Springer 2009; US$ 129.99The southern coast of the North Sea is mainly protected by a single line of defence against flooding. This book discusses the spatial protection concepts that provide fresh options for sustainable coastal development in line with the integration of several types of land use. more...









