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Economics of the Enviroment. Theory and Policy.
Horst Siebert,"The labor of nature is paid, not because she does much, but because she does little. In proportion as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work. Where she is munificently benefi cent, she always works gratis." David Ricardo * This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. Whereas in the past people lived in a paradise of environmental superabundance, at pre sent environmental goods and services are no longer in ample supply. The envi ronment fulfills many functions for the economy: it serves as a public-con sumption good, as a provider of natural resources, and as receptacle of waste.
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The role of the public sector
Greve B.,All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying. recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Pic does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.
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Cyberlaw
Bandler J.T.,Includes appendix, references, index, glossary, and diagrams. Summary: "Cyberlaw is everywhere: the intersection of law and technology. Law in the United States has evolved over hundreds of years and is now intertwined with technology, computers, the internet, and information systems. Cyberlaw affects everything we do, within traditional and digital spaces. Cybercrime is rampant and allows theft from far away, privacy is a critical concem as personal data is collected, sold, and hacked. Cyberconflict occurs between nation states, and now cyberspace provides a global method for speech, persuasion, and even manipulation. This book is for anyone desiring to learn about cyberlaw. Read it cover-to-cover or jump to the chapters relevant to your research. It breaks complexities into their simplest parts, then adds explanation and detail, then provides extensive additional references. The part and chapter titles show the book's comprehensive joumey. We start by building a cyberlaw learning mindset, then introduce law in the U.S. Next, we walk through technology. cybercrime, traditional civil laws applied to cyber, data laws, cyber conflict, cyber speech, and finally apply it to organization management. Cyberlaw issues penetrate every aspect of our lives, society, and system of government and democracy. This book explores them from a comprehensive perspective." Provided by publisher.
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Success in academic writing
Day T.,All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying. recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Pic does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.
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Forest Decline and Ozone: A Comparison of Controlled Chamber and Field Experiments (Ecological Studies Book 127)
Sandermann H. а.о.,The idea for this book arose in 1993, after the Free State of Bavaria through its Bayrisches Staatsministerium rur Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen (Bavarian Ministry of Regional Development and the Environment) decided to discontinue both the Bavarian project management (PBWU) for forest decline research and the multidisciplinary field research on the Wank Mountain in the Alps near Garmisch. Forest decline through the action of ozone and other photooxidants was a main topic of the supported re search in the Alps and will be a topic of new investigations in the Bavarian Forest. Many interesting results were obtained, but the researchers involved have not had sufficient time to allow reliable conclusions to be drawn. It was therefore decided to ask inter national experts for contributions in order to summarize the best available evidence of a possible link between ozone and forest decline - a topic which has been studied in the USA since the late 1950s and in Europe since the early 1980s.
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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution: 114 (Ecological Studies)
Winter K. Smith J.A.C.,Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants. New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM.