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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “zhihui li”
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  • Environmental and Natural Resources Economics

    by Xiangzheng Deng, Malin Song, Zhihui Li, Fan Zhang, Yuexian Liu ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims to integrate multiple disciplinary such as management, economics, and geography from the perspective of resource science and also to strengthen research on resource management to promote sustainability in natural resources. It established clear definition of natural resources and in-depth exploration of main fields such as water resources, land resources, and agricultural resources. ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Integrated River Basin Management

    Practice Guideline for the IO Table Compilation and CGE Modeling

    by Xiangzheng Deng, Yi Wang, Feng Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihui Li ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Establishing multi-scale optimal water allocation modes which takes the enhancement of utilization efficiency as core is a research hotspot for the international water resources management of river basins. This book aims to introduce how to compile the first set of county-level IO tables involving resources and environment accounts with integrated datasets which contains the spatio-temporal data ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Global Warming

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  • Nature's Fortune

    How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature

    by Mark R Tercek, Jonathan S Adams ...
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    $17.99 USD

  • Drought Management Planning in Water Supply Systems

    Proceedings from the UIMP International Course held in Valencia, December 1997

    Edited by Enrique Cabrera, Jorge García-Serra ...
    Series Book 32 - Water Science and Technology Library
    During the past decade many countries in the world have experienced droughts, with severe impacts on water urban supply systems. Because droughts are natural phenomena, water utilities must design and implement drought management plans. This topic was selected for the International Course on Drought Management Planning in Water Supply Systems, which took place in Valencia, Spain, on 9-12 December ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy

    Insights from International Experience

    Edited by Alexandros Maziotis, Manuel Lago, Gonzalo Delacámara, Carlos M. Gómez, Jaroslav Mysiak ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book assesses both the effectiveness and efficiency of implemented Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in order to achieve water policy goals and identifies the preconditions under which they outperform alternative (e.g. regulatory) policy instruments and/or can complement them as part of complex policy mixes. The development of a consolidated assessment framework helps clarify (and where ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Smart Markets for Water Resources

    A Manual for Implementation

    by Mark W. Milke, John F. Raffensperger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Why is trade in wholesale water so rare, when markets can actively trade bread, tractors, and electricity? This book shows that water markets fail because of high transaction costs, resulting in inefficient allocations and unpredictable environmental effects. To overcome these obstacles, this book proposes a trading mechanism called a smart market. A smart market is an auction cleared with ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Conflicts in Conservation

    Navigating Towards Solutions

    Edited by Stephen M. Redpath, Kevin A. Wood, Juliette C. Young, R. J. Gutiérrez ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    Conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity are increasing and are serious obstacles to wildlife conservation efforts worldwide. Changing patterns in land use, over-exploitation, pollution, climate change and the threat posed by invasive species all challenge the way we currently maintain and protect biodiversity - from the local management of single species to the international management of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Assessing Water Rights in China

    by Yahua Wang ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a model for describing the hierarchical concept of China’s water rights structure, one which takes into account pioneering theories on natural resources and environmental institutional economics. It highlights the basic theory of water rights, with a view to helping Chinese policymakers acquire a deeper understanding of water rights and the need for a reform program in the long ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Water Policy in the Philippines

    Issues, Initiatives, and Prospects

    Edited by Agnes C. Rola, Juan M. Pulhin, Rosalie Arcala Hall ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes challenges in the policy and practices of the various water sectors in the Philippines that have led to water conflicts. Such conflicts arise in the nature of rural-urban competition, trans-administrative boundary issues, and inconsistencies between customary and state rules, and even within state rules. Using inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches, and analysing from ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Spain

    Policy Implications

    by Alberto Garrido, M. Ramón Llamas, Consuelo Varela-Ortega, Paula Novo, Roberto Rodríguez-Casado, Maite M. Aldaya ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    1.1 General Framework In most arid and semi-arid countries, water resource management is an issue that is both important and controversial. Most water resources experts now acknowledge that water conflicts are not caused by physical scarcity but are mainly due to poor water management (Rosegrant et al. 2002; Benoit and Comeau 2005; Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture 2007; ... Read more

    $89.09 USD