Towards an Environment Research Agenda: A Third Selection of Papers

by A. Winnett (Editor)

Overview

This is the third volume of papers in the topical area of environmental management. Arising from work done by the International Centre for the Environment at the University of Bath, the papers address inter-disciplinary environmental themes particularly from a business and management perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349399444
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

MARTIN ANSELL Senior Lecturer, University of Bath INGOLFUR BLÜHDORN Lecturer, University of Bath CAROLE BOND Carbon Data GEOFFREY HAMMOND Director, University of Bath ALISTAIR HUNT Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath CLAIRE JOHNSTONE Economics and International Development, University of Bath ANIL MARKANDYA Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath KEVIN MARSH Social Disadvantage Research Centre, University of Oxford JOE MIEMCZYK University of Bath School of Management ALFRED MOORE RAMON ORTIZ Economics and International Development, University of Bath CHRIS SEELEY Just Business Limited TIM TAYLOR Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement Notes on the Contributors Introduction: A.Winnett PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Environmental Appraisal and Valuation; G.Hammond & A.Winnett Talking Environmental Imperatives to Death; A.Moore Environmental Preferences and Piaget's Theory of Knowledge: Searching for Necessity in Environmental Preference in Nothern Thailand; K.Marsh PART II: VALUING THE ENVIRONMENT An Ecological and Economic Approach to Valuing River Quality; C.Johnstone Willingness to Pay for Reduction in Risk of Mortality Due to Air Pollution in Brazil: Preliminary Results; R.A.Ortiz PART III: POLICY AND POLITICS Trade and Environment: Linkages in Multilateral Environmental Agreements; T.Taylor, A.Markandya & A.Hunt Red-Green and Beyond: The German Green Party after the 2002 Elections; I.Blühdorn PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Engineering Sustainability: Thermodynamics, Energy Systems and the Environment; G.Hammond Life Cycle Design for Engineered Timber Products; M.Ansell, R,Murphy & B.Hillier PART V: MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT A Car in Three Days! Environmental Impacts of the Automotive Supply Chain; J.Miemczyk Paradox in Marketing: An Enquiry into Marketing and Sustainability; C.Bond & C.Seeley AFTERWORD Local Agenda 21 into Local Action 21; S.Bendle Index