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Cover The Economics of Natural Disasters
The Economics of Natural Disasters
Mark Skidmore

This timely research review presents and discusses essential readings for those interested in the economics of natural disasters. It features analysis of influential articles on the macroeconomic and regional impacts of natural disasters, natural disaster vulnerability, resilience, recovery and adaptation. Topics covered include short-run and long-run economic impacts, poverty and vulnerability, emerging life-saving technologies, the role of government in fostering resilience and adaptation in response to disasters. This detailed new review will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers and policymakers alike.
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Research Reviews
Published:
07 Jun 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785365980
Collection:
Economics 2017
Cover Cost–Benefit Analysis and Distributional Preferences
Cost–Benefit Analysis and Distributional Preferences
A Choice Modelling Approach
Helen Scarborough and Jeff Bennett
Advancing the incorporation of equity preferences in policy analysis, this book demonstrates the application of choice modelling to the estimation of distributional weights suitable for inclusion in a cost–benefit analytical framework. A platform for discussion of the challenges and opportunities of this approach is presented in the form of a detailed case study designed to estimate community preferences for different intergenerational distributions. While the case study is focused on natural resource management and environmental policy, the conceptual and methodological advances illustrated by the authors are relevant and applicable to a wider array of policy deliberations.
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Monograph Book
Published:
29 Feb 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007150
Collection:
Economics 2012
Cover Environmental Governance and Decentralisation
Environmental Governance and Decentralisation
Edited by Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone, and Giovanna Garrone
This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines – economics, political science, environmental science and law – thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Dec 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781847209917
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2010 and before
Cover Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development
Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development
European Practice and Experience
Edited by Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick
Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing policymakers in Europe and beyond. The chapters in this book contribute to the debate surrounding these challenges. By exploring the conceptual and methodological issues relating to the evaluation of sustainable development and analysing European practice and experience, this work provides a coherent and integrated contribution to our understanding of these issues.
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Monograph Book
Published:
27 Mar 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781847205407
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2010 and before
Cover Sustainable Development in Europe
Sustainable Development in Europe
Concepts, Evaluation and Applications
Edited by Uwe Schubert and Eckhard Störmer
Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable Development in Europe addresses these issues and presents an important and concise analysis of state-of-the-art sustainable development evaluation policies, programmes and projects currently at work in Europe.
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Monograph Book
Published:
23 Feb 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007587
Collection:
Economics 2010 and before
Cover Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour
Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour
Edited by Nick Johnstone
For the last 30 years, analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. Recent work has highlighted the importance of understanding a firm’s commercial motivations, decision-making procedures and organizational structure when designing and implementing public environmental policies. Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour responds to this need, investigating the many internal challenges faced by firms seeking to implement new policies and achieve significant and long-lasting environmental progress.
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Monograph Book
Published:
26 Jan 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953020
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2010 and before
Cover Integrated Assessment and Management of Public Resources
Integrated Assessment and Management of Public Resources
Edited by Joseph Cooper, Federico Perali, and Marcella Veronesi
This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and quality of a public resource by showing how to develop quantitative information about the natural area and how it interacts with the economy. Such an analysis can be used to define policies that encourage interactions among institutions, local economic agents and park users. At the same time, it provides a measure to account for the implications of those policies on the local economy.
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Monograph Book
Published:
27 Jan 2006
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845428822
Collection:
Economics 2010 and before