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Liquid Assets: An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond

by Franklin M Fisher & Annette Huber-Lee

Liquid Assets shows that the common view of water as an inevitable cause of future wars is neither rational nor necessary. Typically, two or more parties with claim to the same water sources are thought to play...

Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology

by Professor Michael A. Toman

What are the potential adverse impacts of climate change? How can society determine the amount of protection against climate change that is warranted, given the benefits and costs of various policies? In concise,...

Emissions Trading: Principles and Practice

by T.H. H. Tietenburg

First published in 1985, Emissions Trading was a comprehensive review of the first large-scale attempt to use economic incentives in environmental policy in the U.S. and of the empirical and theoretical research...

Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management

by Professor Thomas Sterner

As Thomas Sterner points out, the economic 'toolkit' for dealing with environmental problems has become formidable. It includes taxes, charges, permits, deposit-refund systems, labeling, and other information...

Advances in Building Energy Research: Volume 1

by Mat Santamouris

'Several high quality scientific journals are published in the area of building energy and indoor/outdoor environment; however, one has been missing. Advances in Building Energy Research fills the gap. I recommend...

Common Waters, Diverging Streams: Linking Institutions and Water Management in Arizona, California, and Colorado

by Professor William Blomquist, Professor Edella Schlager & Professor Tanya Heikkila

This book is a firsthand investigation into water management in a fast-growing region of the arid American West. It presents three states that have adopted the conjunctive management of groundwater and surface...

Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks: Designing Processes for the Effective Use of Science in Decisionmaking

by Professor Alexander E. Farrell & Professor Jill Jäger

As environmental challenges grow larger in scale and implications, it is increasingly important to apply the best scientific knowledge in the decisionmaking process. Editors Farrell and J?ger present environmental...

Procurement of Built Assets

by Duncan Cartlidge

The ability to successfully procure built assets is at the heart of the construction process and in turn at the heart of the procurement process is identifying the constantly evolving needs of the construction...

Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL

by Professor Alfred A. Marcus, Professor Donald A. Geffen & Professor Ken Sexton

Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) was the flagship effort by the Clinton administration for 'cleaner, cheaper, and smarter' regulation. Under Project XL, business promised better performance in exchange...

Beginning AutoCAD 2006

by Bob McFarlane

Beginning AutoCAD 2006 is a course based on learning and practising the essentials of 2D drawing using AutoCAD. Bob McFarlane's hands-on approach is uniquely suited to independent learning and use on courses....

Contract Practice for Surveyors

by Simon Birchall & J W W Ramus

This book provides a detailed guide to the principles and practice of construction contracts. It is written for both students and professionals working in all branches of surveying and construction. Based around...

Newnes Engineering Mathematics Pocket Book

by John Bird

Newnes Engineering Mathematics Pocket Book is a uniquely versatile and practical tool for a wide range of engineers and students. All the essentials of engineering mathematics are covered, with clear explanations...

Risk Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications

by Lee T. T. Ostrom & Cheryl Wilhelmsen

All the tools needed to perform a thorough risk assessment—whether you're working in insurance, forensics, engineering, or public safety

Risk analysis is the method of analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses,...

Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater Management

by Thomas H. H. Cahill

Sustainable Stormwater Management introduces engineers and designers to ideas and methods for managing stormwater in a more ecologically sustainable fashion. It provides detailed information on the design process,...

Great Projects

by James Tobin

Since the earliest days of the republic, great engineering projects have shaped American landscapes and expressed American dreams. The ambition to build lies as close to the nation's heart as the belief in liberty....

Leveraging the Private Sector: Management-Based Strategies for Improving Environmental Performance

by Cary Coglianese & Jennifer Nash

Leveraging the Private Sector offers the first sustained analysis of public and private sector initiatives designed to encourage firms and industries to use their own management expertise to improve their environmental...

The Urban Household Energy Transition: Social and Environmental Impacts in the Developing World

by Douglas F. F. Barnes, Kerry Krutilla & William F. F. Hyde

As cities in developing countries grow and become more prosperous, energy use shifts from fuelwood to fuels like charcoal, kerosene, and coal, and, ultimately, to fuels such as liquid petroleum gas, and electricity....

Reality Check: "The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan"

by Professor Richard D. Morgenstern & William A. Pizer

Since the early 1990s, voluntary programs have played an increasingly prominent role in environmental management in the U.S. and other industrialized countries. Programs have attempted to address problems ranging...

Alternating Currents: Electricity Markets and Public Policy

by Timothy J. J. Brennan, Karen L. L. Palmer & Salvador A. A. Martinez

Many states within the U.S., and many countries across the world, are opening their electicity markets to competition. Many others are uncertain about their plans. These differences emphasize the complexities...

Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: "Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business"

by Professor Bruce L. Hay, Professor Robert N. Stavins & Professor Richard H. K. Vietor

Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond what the law requires-beyond bare compliance with regulations-do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental...