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Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 pages)
- Other Title:
- Saving small island developing states
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Commonwealth Secretariat 2011
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Saving Small Developing Island States introduces the key policy challenges small island states face in dealing with the environmental consequences of climate change. It will be of interest to environmental and natural resource managers in small island states, government policy-makers, and academics and students in the fields of public policy.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Overview
- Part 1 Theory and its applications
- 1 Concepts and public policy issues in environmental and natural resource analysis
- 2 Valuation of non-market environmental goods and services
- 3 Impact assessment and biodiversity conservation: An application of EIA and SEA
- 4 Environmental policy instruments and governance
- Part 2 Seminal published papers
- 5 How economists see the environment
- 6 The obligations of a policy economist
- 7 Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment
- 8 Sustainability: An economist's perspective
- Part 3 Case studies: Valuation, policy instruments and projects
- 9 Environmental valuation methods in SIDS
- 10 Tax instruments for environmental management in tourist destinations
- 11 Road transport, motorisation and pollution
- 12 An illustration of the tragedy of the commons: The demise of the Aral Sea
- Part 4 Policy in action
- 13 Climate change and SIDS
- 14 Disaster risk reduction: Practical adaptive options
- 15 Coastal lagoon management in three Pacific Island situations: Is scientific knowledge used effectively?
- 16 Environmental policy for water resources development: A case study of Trinidad
- 17 Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: Sugarcane bagasse energy cogeneration in Mauritius
- 18 Trade liberalisation and environmental considerations for the Caribbean
- 19 Intellectual property rights and anti-competitive behaviour: Major deterrents to ecology and economic progress of SIDS
- Part 5 Global issues and environmental management
- 20 Making sense of the Millennium Development Goals
- 21 Methods of analysis used in global and regional assessments and indices of performance in environmental governance
- 22 Managing the sustainable development of small island states.
- 23 Epilogue: Conclusion and discussion of emerging issues and policy agenda
- Annexes
- Annex A - Scenarios for sustainable development: Development v. disaster
- Annex B - From Rio to 2015: An overview of select milestones in regional and global policy formation on sustainable development and environmental management
- Glossary of key concepts and key players
- About the contributors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43890-9
- 9786613438904
- 1-84859-082-2
- OCLC:
- 817057250
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