Economics and the environment

Economics and the Environment

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Behavioural Economics and the Environment

This book is a comprehensive and innovative tool for researchers and students interested in the behavioural economics of the environment and in the de

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Energy Economics and the Environment

Based on primary research, this volume integrates a network of diverse disciplines to provide a theoretical and practical understanding for addressing

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Routledge Handbook of Energy Economics

Energy consumption and production influence the economy, environment and society, but are also influenced by how the economy is structured, how the so

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Engineering Economics of Life Cycle Cost Analysis Taylor & Francis Ltd

The rise of the information age and the digital economy has dramatically changed engineering. With tremendous advances in computing and communication systems, causing major organizational upheaval, all fueled by complexity, globalization, short cycle times, and lean supply chains, the functions of engineers have significantly changed. Engineers must be technically savvy a...

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Pricing the Priceless

Historians of social science will benefit from the detailed examination of how economics expanded into new areas like the environment. Environmental h

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Pricing the Priceless

Historians of social science will benefit from the detailed examination of how economics expanded into new areas like the environment. Environmental h

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Environmentalism of the Poor

This text has the explicit intention of helping to establish two emerging fields of study - political ecology and ecological economics - whilst also investigating the relations between them. The book analyses several manifestations of the growing "environmental justice system", and also of "popular environmentalism" and the "environmentalism of the poor", which will be se...

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Kazakhstan: Snow Leopard at the Crossroads Taylor & Francis Ltd

This volume examines the experience of Kazakhstan’s transition over the past 30 years, explaining the political and economic performance of the country since the end of the USSR, through the country’s institutions, policy choices and external environment. The subject matter is made accessible to a broad academic audience: to scholars in political science, economics and th...

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Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History

This volume covers Kenya’s history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of inde

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How English Works

This book uses readings from newspapers, works of non-fiction, and college textbooks to illustrate the use of target structures. The Student's Book provides clear presentations of the basic principles of 27 important areas of English grammar, through a wide variety of exercises and tasks for writing and editing. It engages students with topics that range from artificial ...

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Capital Structure - Specifics in Emerging European Economies

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, printed single-sided, grade: 1,5, European School of Business Reutlingen, course: Lecture, language: English, abstract: Taking into consideration the assumptions behind classical capital structures on the one hand and the specific economic environment and the resulting behavior of...

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Energy and Civilization: A History - Smil Václav

Anotace: A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today`s fossil fuel-driven civilization.Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects ...

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Energy and Civilization: A History - Václav Smil

<p>A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization. Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects...

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Energy and Civilization – A History

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel driven civilization.I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability ...

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Hit Makers

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off ." -- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS and GIVE AND TAKENothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each block...

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