New books in economics
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics

• Busby, Joshua W.: Climate change and national security : an agenda for action / Joshua W. Busby. -
  New York, NY : Council on Foreign Relations, 2007. - VII, 32 S.
  (Council special report // Council on Foreign Relations ; 32)
  ISBN 0-87609-413-2=978-0-87609-413-6
  Schlagworte: Klimaveränderung / Naturkatastrophe / Nationale Sicherheit / Klimaschutz / Umweltpolitik / USA / Welt
  Standort: C 254571
• The contested commons : conversations between economists and anthropologists / ed. by Pranab Bardhan and Isha Ray. -
  Malden, Mass. [u.a.] : Blackwell, 2008. - X, 289 S.
  Enth. 12 Beitr.
  ISBN =978-1-405-15716-2 (hbk.)
  Schlagworte: Allmenderessource / Wissenschaftliche Methode / Interdisziplinäre Forschung / Anthropologie / Wirtschaftswissenschaft / Theorie
  Standort: B 355778
• Duffield, John S.: Over a barrel : the costs of US foreign oil dependence / John S. Duffield. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2008. - XVII, 290 S. : graph. Darst.
  Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction : the benefits and costs of foreign oil dependence -- Taking the measure of U.S. foreign oil dependence -- The economic costs and risks of U.S. foreign oil dependence -- U.S. economic policy responses and their costs -- U.S. foreign policy responses and their costs -- U.S. military responses and their costs -- Unintended consequences of U.S. external policy responses : increasing the threat -- Conclusion : reducing the costs of U.S. foreign oil dependence
  ISBN =978-0-8047-5499-6
  Schlagworte: Energieversorgung / Erdölkonsum / Soziale Kosten / Erdölpolitik / Energiepolitik / Energiesparen / Außenpolitik / Geopolitik / Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen / USA
  Standort: B 355376
• An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria region of Uganda and Tanzania / ed. by Melinda Smale and Wilberforce Kateera Tushemereirwe. -
  Washington, DC : Internat. Food Policy Research Inst., 2007. - XVI, 188 S. : graph. Darst.
  (Research report // International Food Policy Research Institute ; 155)
  Includes bibliographical references. - Enth. 10 Beitr. - Assessing the impacts of technical change in African agriculture / M. Smale -- Elements of the conceptual framework and sample survey design / M. Smale ... [et al.] -- Overview of the banana economy in the Lake Victoria region of Uganda and Tanzania / R. Kalyebara ... [et al.] -- Development and dissemination of banana technologies in Uganda and Tanzania / E. Kikulwe ... [et al.] -- Characteristics of banana-growing households and banana cultivars in Uganda and Tanzania / S. Edmeades... [et al.] -- A trait-based model to forecast demand for transgenic banana cultivars in Uganda / S. Edmeades and M. Smale -- Social capital and soil fertility management in banana production systems of Uganda / E. Katungi... [et al.] -- Determinants of banana production efficiency and labor demand in Uganda / F. Bagamba, R. Ruben, M. Rufino -- Use of hybrid cultivars in the Kagera region of Tanzania and their impact / S. Edmeades, J.M. Nkuba, M. Smale -- Assessing the potential impact of selected technologies on the banana industry in Uganda / R. Kalyebara, S. Wood, P. Abodi -- Conclusion and implications for research priority / M. Smale ... [et al.]
  ISBN 0-89629-164-2=978-0-89629-164-5
  Schlagworte: Banane / Pflanzenbau / Bodenverbesserung / Produktivität / Technischer Fortschritt / Angepasste Technologie
  Standort: C 254564
• From the Corn Belt to the Gulf : societal and environmental implications of alternative agricultural futures / Resources for the Future. Ed. by Joan Iverson Nassauer, Mary V. Santelmann, and Donald Scavia. -
  1. ed. - Washington, DC, c 2007. - XIV, 223, [32] S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
  Enth. 16 Beitr. - Literaturverz. S. 201 - 219
  ISBN 1-933115-48-3=978-1-933115-48-1
  Schlagworte: Agrarpolitik / Agrarstrukturpolitik / Umweltpolitik / Landwirtschaftliche Bodennutzung / Bodenschutz / Mississippi (Fluss) / Mexiko (Golf) / USA
  Standort: C 253652
• Hoekstra, Arjen Ijsbert: Globalization of water : sharing the planet's freshwater resources / by Arjen Y. Hoekstra and Ashok K. Chapagain. -
  Malden, Mass. [u.a.] : Blackwell, 2008. - XII, 208 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.
  Enth. Literaturverz. (S. 195-202) u. Index
  ISBN =978-1-405-16335-4
  Schlagworte: Wasserversorgung / Bewässerung / Wasserwirtschaft / Wasserpolitik / Globalisierung / Welt
  Standort: B 355527
• Howes, Hugh: Strategic planning for water / Hugh Howes. -
  London [u.a.] : Taylor & Francis, 2008. - XVIII, 171 S. : Ill., Kt., graph. Darst.
  Literaturverz. S. 161 - 163
  ISBN 0-415-42538-7=978-0-415-42538-4
  Schlagworte: Wasserversorgung / Wasserpolitik / Großbritannien
  Standort: C 254743
• International Food Policy Research Institute: IFPRI's strategy toward food and nutrition security : food policy research, capacity strengthening, and policy communications. -
  Updated. - July 2007. - Online-Ressource, XII, 40 S., Text. : graph. Darst.
  Ausdruck aus dem Internet, Stand: 14.01.2008 <1>pdf =A http://www.ifpri.org/about/gi14.pdf
  Schlagworte: Nahrungsmittelversorgung / Ernährungspolitik / Armutspolitik / Entwicklungsländer / Welt
  Standort: C 254573
• Political economies of landscape change : places of integrative power / ed. by James L. Wescoat and Douglas M. Johnston. -
  Dordrecht : Springer, 2008. - XVI, 217 S. : 50 schw.-w. Ill.
  (GeoJournal library ; 89)
  Enth. 9 Beitr.
  ISBN =978-1-402-05848-6
  Schlagworte: Wirtschaftsgeographie / Sozialgeographie / Umweltökonomik
  Standort: B 355970
• Radetzki, Marian: A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy / Marian Radetzki. -
  Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008. - X, 233 S. : graph. Darst.
  Includes bibliographical references and index. - The historical framework -- The geography of commodity production and trade -- Comparative advantage and the trade policy distortions -- Price formation and price trends in primary commodities -- The commodity exchanges, commodity investments and speculation -- The economics of exhaustible resource depletion -- Fears of and measures to assure supply security -- Producer cartels in international commodity markets Public ownership in primary commodity production -- The monoeconomies : issues raised by heavy dependence on commodity production and exports
  ISBN =978-0-521-88020-6
  Schlagworte: Rohstoff / Rohstoffmarkt / Rohstoffpreis / Rohstoffpolitik / Ressourcenökonomik / Theorie / Welt
  Standort: B 355795
• Skjærseth, Jon B.: EU emissions trading : initiation, decision-making and implementation / Jon Birger Skjaerseth and Jorgen Wettestad. -
  Aldershot [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2008. - XIII, 216 S.
  Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction -- Analytical framework -- Development of EU ets -- Initiating EU emissions trading -- Deciding on EU emissions trading -- Implementing EU emissions trading -- Conclusions
  ISBN =978-0-7546-4871-0
  Schlagworte: Emissionshandel / EU-Umweltpolitik / EU-Umweltrecht / EU-Staaten
  Standort: B 355961
• Zubrin, Robert: Energy victory : winning the war on terror by breaking free of oil / Robert Zubrin. -
  Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, c 2007. - 336 S. : graph. Darst.
  Includes bibliographical references and index. - Energy independence within a decade -- Terrorism: your gas dollars at work -- Corrupting Washington: your gas dollars at work, part 2 -- Focus section: Saudi interventions into U.S. policy -- How to destroy OPEC -- Changing the energy trump suit -- The technology to break the chains -- The charlatans strike back: the hydrogen and pimentel hoaxes -- The new alcohol world economy -- Focus section: alcohol alchemy -- The Brazil experience -- Focus section: the alcohol economy verses narcoterrorism Defeating global warming -- Empowering the future -- Oil and power -- Energy and statecraft
  ISBN =978-1-591-02591-7
  Schlagworte: Energiepolitik / Förderung regenerativer Energien / Biokraftstoff / Erdölpolitik / Energieversorgung / Politische Gewalt
  Standort: B 355762