Note: Intro -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Compass for Change -- Chapter 1: Introducing and Using the Natural Step Framework -- Chapter 2: Sustainability: The Trouble We Have Talking About It -- Chapter 3: The Natural Step Approach: Why Is It Useful? -- Part Two: Practices that Changed -- Chapter 4: The Eco-municipalities of Sweden: A Little Background -- Chapter 5: Changing to Renewable Energy Sources -- Chapter 6: Getting Away from Fossil-fueled Vehicles: Transportation and Mobility -- Chapter 7: Ecological Housing -- Chapter 8: Green Businesses -- Green Buildings -- Chapter 9: Journeys to Self-sufficiency: Community Eco-economic Development -- Chapter 10: Ecological Schools -- Ecological Education -- Chapter 11: Sustainable Agriculture: Growing Healthy -- Growing Locally -- Chapter 12: Dealing with Waste -- Chapter 13: Natural Resources: Protecting Biodiversity -- Chapter 14: Sustainable Land Use and Planning -- Part Three: How Communities Can Change -- Chapter 15: What Gets in the Way of Change? -- Chapter 16: Three Change Processes That Work -- Chapter 17: Steps to Change -- Chapter 18: Inside the Head of a Process Leader -- Epi logue -- Appendix A: Location Map -- Appendix B: Guide to Swedish Name Pronunciation -- Appendix C: National Association of Swedish Ecomunicipalities (SeKom) Members in 2002 -- References and Sources -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Authors.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Turning the Corner -- Part I: Conservation's Usable Past -- Ch. 1: The Oldest Task in Human History -- Ch. 2: Conservation and the Progressive Movement -- Ch. 3: Conservation Biology and Sustainable Societies -- Part II: Leopold's Legcy -- Ch. 4: Leopold's Fine Line -- Ch. 5: Emergence of an Idea -- Ch. 6: Giving Voice to Concern -- Ch. 7: Moving Mountains -- Ch. 8: The Secret Leopold -- Part III: Facing Forward -- Ch. 9: Inherit the Grid -- Ch. 10: The Once and Future Land Ethic -- Ch. 11: Home, Land, Security -- Notes -- Acknowledgment of Sources -- About the Author -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- Reconnection -- 1: Keeping Track, Watching Hawks -- 2: It's a Trickster World--Just Ask Coyote -- 3: Putting the Wolf at the Dorr -- 4: How to Fill Sky Islands with Parrots and Jaguars -- 5: Making the Map Meaningful -- 6: ReWilding Earth -- 7: I Used to Stomp on Grasshoppers, but Oysters Made Me Stop -- Restoration -- 1: Flash Flood: Driven by Unquenchab -- e Thirst into the Path of Danger -- 2: Flashback: From Suicidal Fool to Prophetic-Hydro Hero, John Wesley Powell's Strange Trip Downriver -- 3: Dammed If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Dominy vs. Brower -- 4: Faux Flood: Diverting Disaster by Inviting Chaos -- 5: Flash Forward: The Draining Debate over Powell's Dead Body -- 6: A Ridiculous Idea Whose Time Has Come -- 7: Fire in the Water: Salmon as Gift or Commodity -- 8: Following the Money Through Fear and Loathing -- 9: White Elephants in the Boneyard of Pride -- Abolition -- 1: First, They Killed John Wayne -- 2: The Perpetual Peril of the Peaceful Atom -- 3: How the Evil Yellow Ore Returns -- 4: Activists vs. Enablers -- 5: A Glowing Account of Horatio Alger's ABCs -- 6: Abolition and Precaution -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Reconnection -- Restoration -- Abolition -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, Case Studies and Guest Articles -- About Wastebusters -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Why Green Your Office? -- Introduction -- The Business Case -- Summary of Benefits -- 2 Getting Started -- How to Use This Manual -- A Planned Approach -- Assessing Current Practice -- 3 Office Waste -- Introduction -- Waste Disposal -- Selecting Waste Management/recycling Contractors -- Waste Reduction -- Recycling -- Paper -- Organic Waste -- Glass -- Vending Cups -- Metal: Drinks Cans -- It Equipment -- Other Office Wastes -- Chapter Summary -- 4 Purchasing -- Introduction -- Office Stationery -- Printers, Photocopiers and Pcs -- Office Furniture -- Paper -- Catering and Cleaning -- Printing -- Grounds Maintenance -- Chapter Summary -- 5 Building Management -- Introduction -- Hazardous Waste -- Office Equipment -- Fabric Maintenance -- Refrigerants: Cfcs and Hcfcs -- Fire Protection: Halon -- Energy -- Alternative Energy -- Assessing Energy Use -- Reducing Energy Use -- Lighting -- Water -- Chapter Summary -- 6 Transport -- Introduction -- Commuting -- Business Travel and Company Cars -- Chapter Summary -- 7 Communication -- Introduction -- Promoting Individual Action -- Communication Tools -- Launching an Initiative -- Environment Team -- Environmental Awareness Training -- Running a Successful Event -- Good Practice Guidelines -- Chapter Summary -- 8 Environmental Management -- Introduction -- Steps to a Management System -- Chapter Summary -- 9 Environmental Reporting -- Introduction -- What and How to Report -- Chapter Summary -- 10 Contacts and Resources -- Introduction -- Key Support Organisations -- Contacts and Resources -- Glossary -- References -- Subject Index.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction to Environmental Movements -- Chapter Two: Forest Movements: Environmental Movements in the United States of America -- Chapter Three: Movements Against Mining: Environmental Movements in the Philippines -- Chapter Four: Wilderness Movements: Environmental Movements in Australia -- Chapter Five: Anti-Roads Movements: Environmental Movements in Britain -- Chapter Six: River Movements: Environmental Movements in India -- Chapter Seven: Anti-Nuclear Movements: Environmental Movements in Germany -- Chapter Eight: Conclusions to Environmental Movements -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Note: ECODESIGN Implementation -- Copyright -- ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY -- Contents -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 PRODUCT MODELING -- Chapter 2 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 3 ECODESIGN TASKS -- Chapter 4 PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT -- Chapter 5 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Note: Cover -- State of the World 2003 -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures -- Preface -- State of the World: A Year in Review -- Chapter 1 A History of Our Future -- The Challenges We Face -- Ordinary Miracles -- Chapter 2 Watching Birds Disappear -- Habitat Loss: The Greatest Threat -- Falling to Pieces -- An Alien and Danger-Filled Ark -- Bullets, Cages, Hooks, and Chemicals -- Modern Conveniences and Climate Change -- Flying Straight: For Birds and Humanity -- Chapter 3 Linking Population, Women, and Biodiversity -- Exploring the Linkages -- Why Gender Matters -- Continuing Gaps, Integrated Approaches -- Nurturing the Next Revolution -- Chapter 4 Combating Malaria -- A Modern and Growing Threat -- The Biology and Evolution of the Disease -- The False Promise of Eradication -- Environmental and Social Changes Alter the Balance -- Mexico's Approach -- The Challenge in Africa -- Improving Public Health, Engaging People -- Chapter 5 Charting a New Energy Future -- The Case for Renewables -- State of the Technologies 2003 -- The German Story -- Policy Lessons From Around the World -- Unlocking Our Energy Future -- Chapter 6 Scrapping Mining Dependence -- Minerals Inventory -- Ecosystems, People, and Mines -- Tailing the Money -- Digging Out -- Chapter 7 Uniting Divided Cities -- Poverty and Inept Government in an Urbanizing World -- The Paradox of Slums -- From Bulldozing to Upgrading -- Securing Homes and Jobs -- Opening Up City Hall -- Chapter 8 Engaging Religion in the Quest for a Sustainable World -- The Potential Power of Engaged Religion -- Cooperation and Caution -- The Environment as Sacred Ground -- Ethical Consumption -- Accelerating Engagement -- Notes -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- part one Introduction and Heritage -- 1 Introduction -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 1.1 What is money and what does it do? -- 1.2 Money supply and money stock -- 1.3 The nominal versus the real value of the money supply -- 1.4 The money market in monetary and macroeconomics -- 1.5 A brief history of the definition of money -- 1.6 The practical definitions of money and related concepts -- 1.7 Financial intermediaries and the creation of financial assets -- 1.8 Different modes of analysing the economy -- 1.9 The classical paradigm and the classical set of macroeconomic models -- 1.10 The Keynesian paradigm and the Keynesian set of macroeconomic models -- 1.11 Which macro-paradigm or model must one believe in? -- 1.12 The parameters of the IS-LM expositions of macroeconomic models -- 1.13 Monetary and fiscal policies -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 2 The analysis of money and prices: the heritage -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 2.1 The quantity equation -- 2.2 The quantity theory -- 2.3 Wicksell's pure credit economy -- 2.4 Keynes' contributions on the demand for money -- 2.5 Friedman and the 'restatement' of the quantity theory of money -- 2.6 The transmission mechanisms for the impact of money supply changes on national income -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- part two Money in the Economy -- 3 Money in the economy: general equilibrium analysis -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 3.1 Money and other goods in the economy -- 3.2 Inserting money into the individual's utility function -- 3.3 The different concepts of prices -- 3.4 The user cost of money. , 3.5 The individual's demand for and supply of money and other goods -- 3.6 The firm's demand and supply functions for money and other goods -- 3.7 The aggregate demand and supply functions for money and other goods in the economy -- 3.8 The supply of nominal and real balances -- 3.9 General equilibrium in the economy -- 3.10 The neutrality and super-neutrality of money -- 3.11 The dichotomy between the real and the monetary sectors -- 3.12 Simplifying the aggregate demand function for money for macroeconomic analysis -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- part three The Demand for Money -- 4 The transactions demand for money -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 4.1 The basic inventory analysis of the transactions demand for money -- 4.2 Some special cases of the demand for transactions balances -- 4.3 The demand for currency versus demand deposits -- 4.4 Economies of scale and the distribution of income -- 4.5 Efficient funds management in a firm with multiple branches -- 4.6 The demand for money and the payment of interest on demand deposits -- 4.7 Technical innovations and the demand for currency, and for demand and savings deposits -- 4.8 Demand deposits versus savings deposits -- 4.9 Impending financial innovations -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 5 Portfolio selection and the speculative demand for money -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 5.1 Probabilities, means and variances -- 5.2 Wealth maximization versus expected utility maximization -- 5.3 Risk preference, indifference and aversion -- 5.4 The expected utility hypothesis of portfolio selection -- 5.5 The efficient opportunity locus -- 5.6 Tobin's analysis of the demand for a riskless asset versus a risky one. , 5.7 The expected utility hypothesis (EUH) and specific forms of the utility function -- 5.8 The volatility of money demand functions -- 5.9 An important caution: is there a positive demand for speculative balances in the modern economy? -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 6 The precautionary and buffer stock demand for money -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 6.1 An extension of the transactions demand model to precautionary demand -- 6.2 The precautionary demand for money with overdrafts -- 6.3 The precautionary demand for money without overdrafts -- 6.4 Buffer stock models -- 6.5 Buffer stock rule models -- 6.6 Buffer stock smoothing or objective models -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 7 The estimating function for the demand for money -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 7.1 Permanent or expected income in the money demand function -- 7.2 Rational expectations -- 7.3 Adaptive expectations (geometric distributed lag) for the derivation of permanent income -- 7.4 Regressive and extrapolative expectations -- 7.5 Lags in adjustment and the costs of changing money balances -- 7.6 Money demand with the first-order PAM -- 7.7 Money demand with the first-order PAM and adaptive expectations of permanent income -- 7.8 The general autoregressive distributed lag model -- 7.9 Caveat emptor: an introduction to common econometric lapses in the estimation of money demand -- 7.10 The functional form of the money demand function -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 8 Monetary aggregation -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 8.1 The appropriate definition of money: theoretical considerations -- 8.2 Money as the explanatory variable for nominal national income. , 8.3 Weak separability -- 8.4 Simple sum monetary aggregates -- 8.5 The variable elasticity of substitution and near-monies -- 8.6 The user cost of assets -- 8.7 Index number theory and Divisia aggregates -- 8.8 Judging among the monetary aggregates -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Divisia aggregation -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 9 The demand function for money: empirical findings -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 9.1 Income and/or wealth as the determinant of money demand -- 9.2 The relevant interest rate in the money demand function -- 9.3 The liquidity trap -- 9.4 Money demand and the expected rate of inflation -- 9.5 Shifts of the money demand function -- 9.6 Changes in the exchange rate and currency substitution in the money demand function -- 9.7 A brief historical review of the estimation of money demand -- 9.8 The basics of unit roots, cointegration and error-correction techniques -- 9.9 Some cointegration studies of the money demand function -- 9.10 Empirical studies on the buffer stock models of the demand for money -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- part four Money Supply and Central Banking -- 10 The money supply process -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 10.1 The supply of the monetary base by the central bank -- 10.2 The demand for currency by the public -- 10.3 Commercial banks: the demand for reserves -- 10.4 Mechanical theories of the money supply: money supply identities -- 10.5 A behavioural theory of the money supply -- 10.6 The general money supply function and its empirical estimates -- 10.7 Interest rate elasticities of the money supply -- 10.8 Cointegration and error-correction models of the money supply -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions. , 11 The central bank: goals, tools and guides for monetary policy -- key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 11.1 The historic goals of central banks -- 11.2 The evolution of the goals of central banks -- 11.3 Levels of objectives -- 11.4 The tools or instruments of monetary policy -- 11.5 The competitive supply of money and efficiency and competition in the financial sector -- 11.6 Aidministered interest rates and economic performance -- 11.7 The regulation of banks relative to other financial intermediaries -- 11.8 The Federal Reserve System: objectives, instruments and guides to monetary policy -- 11.9 The objectives, instruments and guides to monetary policy of the British monetary authorities -- 11.10 The Bank of Canada: objectives, instruments and guides to monetary policy -- 11.11 The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) -- 11.12 Currency boards -- Conclusions -- Summary of critical conclusions -- Review and discussion questions -- 12 The central bank: targets, conflicts, independence and the time consistency of policies -- Key concepts introduced in this chapter -- 12.1 Guides to monetary policy -- 12.2 The relationship among goals, targets and guides to policy, and difficulties in the pursuit of monetary policy -- 12.3 The targets of monetary policy -- 12.4 Monetary and reserve aggregates as targets -- 12.5 Interest rates as targets -- 12.6 The price level or the rate of inflation as a target -- 12.7 Nominal national income as a target -- 12.8 Targeting the deviation of output from full employment -- 12.9 Choosing among multiple goals -- 12.10 The conflicts among policy makers: theoretical analysis -- 12.11 The conflicts among policy makers: empirical illustrations -- 12.12 The independence of the central bank -- 12.13 Time-consistent policies versus discretionary ones, and policy rules. , 12.14 The credibility of monetary policy.

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Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Seasonality in Tourism: Issues and Implications -- Chapter 3. Measuring Tourism Seasonality -- Chapter 4. Seasonality in Irish Tourism, 1973-1 995 -- Chapter 5. Modelling the Seasonality of Hotel Nights in Denmark by County and Nationality -- Chapter 6. Off-season is No Season: The Case of Bornholm -- Chapter 7. Long-Term Positive Adjustments to Seasonality: Consequences of Summer Tourism in the Jotunheimen Area, Norway -- Chapter 8. An Analysis of the Nature, Causes and Marketing Implications of Seasonality in the Occupancy Performance of English Hotels -- Chapter 9. Extending the School Holiday Season: The Case of Eurocamp -- Chapter 10. Managing Seasonality in Peripheral Tourism Regions: The Case of Northland, New Zealand -- Chapter 11. Seasonal Visitation at Fort Edmonton Park: An Empirical Analysis Using a Leisure Constraints Framework -- Author Index -- Subject Index.