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UNINA9910298526803321 |
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Autore |
Dayal Vikram |
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Titolo |
The environment in economics and development [[electronic resource] ] : pluralist extensions of core economic models / / by Vikram Dayal |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (91 p.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in Economics, , 2191-5504 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental economics |
Development economics |
Ecology |
Sustainable development |
Environmental Economics |
Development Economics |
Ecology |
Sustainable Development |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1: Context and overview of environment and development economics -- Chapter 2: Models and frameworks -- Chapter 3: Traditional and modern pollution -- Chapter 4: Livelihoods and the Commons -- Chapter 5: Complex Ecology -- Chapter 6: Global public goods -- Chapter 7: Sustainable development and institutions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This brief views the environment through diverse lenses – those of standard economics, institutional economics, political science, environmental science and ecology. Chapter 2 discusses diverse theoretical and statistical models – constrained optimization models, game theory, differential equations, and statistical models for causal inference – in a simple manner. Developing countries have certain distinct environmental problems – traditional pollution and traditional dependence on the commons. While chapters 3 and 4 discuss these specific problems, statistical graphs of the World Development Indicators explore the macro-context of developing countries in chapter 1. Chapter 5 examines ecological systems, which are nonlinear |
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