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Five episodes from the children's animated series following
treasure hunter Jake (voice of Colin Ford). Along with his friends,
Izzy (Madison Pettis) and Cubby (Jonathan Morgan Heit), and his
parrot, Skully (David Arquette), Jake attempts to outwit pirates
Captain Hook (Corey Burton) and Mr. Smee (Jeff Bennett) who are
also seeking treasure. In the special 'Jake Saves Bucky', Captain
Hook wins Jake's ship Bucky in a race by cheating and the young
hero and his swashbuckling crew try to find a way to reclaim the
vessel. The other episodes included are: 'Peter's Musical Pipes/The
Never Night Star', 'Captain Hook's Hooks/Mr. Smee's Pet',
'Race-Around Rock!/Captain Hook Is Missing!' and 'Captain Hook's
Lagoon/Undersea Bucky!'.
Disney animated adventure featuring the voice talents of Lucy Liu
and Michael Sheen. When Tinker Bell (voiced by Mae Whitman) risks
life and limb to reach out to a human girl in need of a friend, the
fairies of Pixie Hollow make a daring flight to London to save
Tinker Bell and all of fairykind.
The musical dinosaurs from the Great Valley are back for another
song-filled adventure. Littlefoot (voice of Alec Medlock) dreams
that he has found a land filled with brontosauruses like him. When
he tells his grandparents (Kenneth Mars and Miriam Flynn) about the
dream, they take it as a sign that they should set out and look for
the land Littlefoot is describing. After many days of travelling,
they are thrilled to discover a new world where longneck dinosaurs
are in abundance. Then, when they run into his long-lost father,
Bron (Kiefer Sutherland), who vanished before Littlefoot was born,
the little brontosaurus is faced with a life-changing decision:
stay behind with his newly rediscovered father, or go back with the
grandparents who have cared for him all his life and be reunited
with his friends.
Choice Modelling is a technique that has recently emerged as a
means of estimating the demand for environmental goods and the
benefits and costs associated with them. The aims of the book are
fourfold: * to introduce the technique in the environmental context
* to demonstrate its use in a range of case studies * to provide
insights into some methodological issues * to explore the prospects
for the technique. The authors contributing to the book show that
choice modelling offers considerable potential for the evaluation
of environmental goods and services. Its flexibility to cope with a
wide range of applications is well demonstrated. The technique also
presents numerous challenges to practitioners. A number of these
are addressed in the book. Informed and innovative, this book will
prove indispensable to all scholars, researchers and practitioners
in the areas of environmental studies and environmental economics.
Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a
target site by utilising the results of existing studies for
different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes
in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain
the direct application of non-market valuation techniques at the
target site. The focus of this unique collection of case studies is
the validity and accuracy of benefit transfer using choice
modelling, rather than the traditional focus of transferring
results from contingent valuation and travel cost models. The book
includes a simple guide to using choice modelling results in a
benefit transfer process, an overview of the theoretical issues
involved, and a number of case studies from Australia, Finland, New
Zealand, the UK and the US. The conclusion is that the benefit
transfer process is not straightforward, but that use of the choice
modelling technique allows for more 'automatic' adjustment of
values by the factors that frame the case study of interest. This
book will strongly appeal to a wide ranging readership, including
academics, students and researchers involved in non-market
valuation and benefit transfer research, policymakers requiring the
use of benefit transfer in valuation studies, and consultants and
researchers performing benefit transfer studies.
The management of natural resources located on private lands often
involves a perceived conflict between the mix of private and public
benefits they produce. This book is focused on one such issue: the
design of policy relating to the production of wetland outputs in
order to maximize private and social welfare. The authors first
address the welfare impacts of alternative wetland management
strategies on the wider community. They then concentrate on
privately owned wetlands in Australia and find that they generate
substantial public benefits. Furthermore, they are able to identify
cost-effective avenues to increase these benefits. The authors then
turn their attention to the integration of policy costs in
decision-making and the implications for wetland policy. They
highlight the fact that policy development and implementation is a
costly process and in some cases can even outweigh the net benefits
available from increasing wetland production. This important new
book develops theory and policy for the provision of public goods
from private land, and applies this to case studies of wetlands in
Australia. It will be of great interest and practical value to
environmental economists and policy makers working on the theory
and application of economics to policy development. It will also
appeal to environmental NGOs concerned about the effective
production of environmental goods.
Director Joe Dante merges live-action film with animation for this
action-packed Looney Tunes adventure. Daffy Duck (voiced by Joe
Alaskey), tired of being upstaged by his rival character Bugs Bunny
(also voiced by Alaskey), quits Hollywood in the company of fired
studio stuntman D.J. Drake (Brendan Fraser). When the pair discover
that Drake's father, Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton), a movie actor
best known for his roles as Bond-style secret agents, really IS a
secret agent, and has been kidnapped by the dreaded Mr Chairman
(Steve Martin), they set out to rescue him. Damian knows the secret
hiding place of the legendary Blue Monkey Diamond, and Mr Chairman
will do whatever it takes to get his hands on it. Meanwhile, Daffy
and Drake are being pursued across the world by Bugs Bunny and
Warner's Head of Comedy, Kate Houghton (Jenna Elfman), who have
realised how essential Daffy is to their successful cartoon-making
and want to lure him back to the studio. From Hollywood to Paris,
Las Vegas to the African jungle, the mis-matched gang fall into all
kinds of madcap adventures.
Another feature-length adventure following the Mystery Incorporated
team. This time the gang investigate at the Mega Mondo Pop
Cartoon-a-Con where the villainous Mr. Hyde (voice of John
DiMaggio) releases a horde of evil creatures. Shaggy (Matthew
Lillard) and Scooby (Frank Welker) take inspiration from their
favourite superheroes Blue Falcon and Dynomutt as they attempt to
put a stop to Mr. Hyde's wicked ways and save the convention.
Children's animated sequel set prior to the ending of the original
film, 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991). Divided into four chapters,
the feature follows Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara), Beast (Robby
Benson), Lumiere (Jerry Orbach), Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers) and
the castle's other enchanted beings as they all try to get along
with each other. The chapters are: 'The Perfect Word', 'Fifi's
Folly', 'Mrs. Potts' Party' and 'The Broken Wing'. The feature also
includes two original songs, 'Listen With Our Hearts' and 'A Little
Thought'.
This pathbreaking study illustrates and enhances the potential of
cost-benefit analysis as a tool for decision-making. Advancing the
incorporation of equity preferences in policy analysis, the authors
demonstrate the application of choice modeling to the estimation of
distributional weights suitable for inclusion in a cost-benefit
analytical framework. A platform for discussion of the challenges
and opportunities of this approach is presented in the form of a
detailed case study designed to estimate community preferences for
different intergenerational distributions. While the case study is
focused on natural resource management and environmental policy,
the conceptual and methodological advances illustrated by the
authors are relevant and applicable to a wider array of policy
deliberations. This book will prove a challenging and
thought-provoking read for academics, students and policy makers
with an interest in environmental issues and/or public sector
economics. Contents: Foreword 1. Distribution and Environmental
Policy 2. Distributional Weighting and Cost-Benefit Analysis 3.
Choice Modelling and Distributional Preferences 4. Case Study:
Design of Intergenerational Distribution Choice Experiment 5. Case
Study: Results of Intergenerational Distribution Choice Experiment
6. Choice Modelling and Distributional Preferences: Challenges and
Opportunities Bibliography Index
This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes
at work in water markets with a particular focus on theory and
practice in Australia. Policymakers are striving to strike a
balance between the pros and cons of a property rights/market based
approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an
approach that centres on government regulation. The current
movement in Australia is toward the use of markets, and numerous
reforms are either underway or under consideration in that
direction. This provides an ideal opportunity to observe the
factors at play in determining the balance and hence the mix of
policy instruments at work. The distinguished contributors offer a
range of perspectives - economic, legal, environmental - and
combine conceptual analysis with evidence from real policy
decisions. Policymakers and governmental advisers will find this
book timely and extremely relevant to making decisions on what is
arguably the world's most critical natural resource. The Evolution
of Markets for Water will also be of great interest to academics
and students with an interest in natural resource economics, law
and management.
Non-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of
increased growth in both application and development as a result of
increasing recognition of the role of economics in environmental
policy issues. Against this backdrop, The International Handbook on
Non-Market Environmental Valuation brings together world leaders in
the field to advance the development and application of NMEV as a
tool for policy-making. The expert contributors provide insights
into the state of the art across the spectrum of both revealed and
stated preference methods and highlight new directions being taken.
A sequence of topical applications demonstrate various techniques
and illustrate what can be achieved using NMEV: deliberately
diverse case studies are drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and
Australia with valuation targets ranging across use and non-use
values of the environment. A number of reviews of cutting-edge
issues are also presented. This outstanding resource will enable
those interested in environmental valuation from theoretical,
practical or policy perspectives to bring themselves to the
forefront of developments and practice. As such, this Handbook will
prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics,
researchers, students, practitioners and consultants involved in
environmental economics and NMEV.Contributors: S. Bain, I.J.
Bateman, J. Bennett, E.Y. Besedin, M.C.J. Bliemer, R. Brouwer, R.T.
Carson, J. Champ, J. Cheesman, S. Colombo, J. Downing, J. Englin,
S. Garcia, M. Giergiczny, A. Gonzalez-Caban, T. Groves, N. Hanley,
J.A. Herriges, S. Hess, T. Holmes, Y. Jeon, R.J. Johnston, H.A.
Klaiber, C.L. Kling, Y. Liu, J. Loomis, P.-A. Mahieu, K.E.
McConnell, S. Navrud, A. Pang, G.L. Poe, P. Riera, J. Rolfe, J.M.
Rose, E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, V.K. Smith, J. Strand, P.J.
Thomassin, D. Tinch, P. van Beukering, C.A. Vossler, X. Wang
Seven episodes from the children's animated series following
treasure hunter Jake (voice of Colin Ford). Along with his friends,
Izzy (Madison Pettis) and Cubby (Jonathan Morgan Heit), and his
parrot, Skully (David Arquette), Jake attempts to outwit pirates
Captain Hook (Corey Burton) and Mr. Smee (Jeff Bennett) who are
also seeking treasure. Episodes are: 'Hats Off to Hook', 'Hide the
Hideout', 'Izzy's Pirate Puzzle', 'Off the Hook', 'Cubby's Sunken
Treasure', 'Happy Hook Day' and 'The Sky's the Limit'.
Non-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of
increased growth in both application and development as a result of
increasing recognition of the role of economics in environmental
policy issues. Against this backdrop, The International Handbook on
Non-Market Environmental Valuation brings together world leaders in
the field to advance the development and application of NMEV as a
tool for policy-making. The expert contributors provide insights
into the state of the art across the spectrum of both revealed and
stated preference methods and highlight new directions being taken.
A sequence of topical applications demonstrate various techniques
and illustrate what can be achieved using NMEV: deliberately
diverse case studies are drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and
Australia with valuation targets ranging across use and non-use
values of the environment. A number of reviews of cutting-edge
issues are also presented. This outstanding resource will enable
those interested in environmental valuation from theoretical,
practical or policy perspectives to bring themselves to the
forefront of developments and practice. As such, this Handbook will
prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics,
researchers, students, practitioners and consultants involved in
environmental economics and NMEV.Contributors: S. Bain, I.J.
Bateman, J. Bennett, E.Y. Besedin, M.C.J. Bliemer, R. Brouwer, R.T.
Carson, J. Champ, J. Cheesman, S. Colombo, J. Downing, J. Englin,
S. Garcia, M. Giergiczny, A. Gonzalez-Caban, T. Groves, N. Hanley,
J.A. Herriges, S. Hess, T. Holmes, Y. Jeon, R.J. Johnston, H.A.
Klaiber, C.L. Kling, Y. Liu, J. Loomis, P.-A. Mahieu, K.E.
McConnell, S. Navrud, A. Pang, G.L. Poe, P. Riera, J. Rolfe, J.M.
Rose, E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, V.K. Smith, J. Strand, P.J.
Thomassin, D. Tinch, P. van Beukering, C.A. Vossler, X. Wang
Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable
one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies
implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries.
It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be
taken into consideration when applying this method in a developing
country context.The expert contributors gather recent
state-of-the-art choice experiment studies undertaken in several
developing countries, in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the
Caribbean. These focus on a variety of environmental and
agricultural issues, underlining the versatility of this method in
valuing a wide array of interventions (for example policies, public
and private services, new technologies) and emphasizing the value
of the method in informing efficient, effective and equitable
policies for sustainable economic development.This work will be of
great interest to academics and researchers of environmental
economics, agricultural and resource economics, development,
environmental management and planning, as well as national and
international development agencies and NGOs. Civil servants and
policymakers in developing countries will find the work and
recommendations within this book engaging and inspirational.
Feature-length episode of the children's animation following the
little girl who became a princess after her mother married the king
of Enchancia. Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) runs into trouble when
she gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new
underwater friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess
Ariel (Jodi Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land
and under the sea. Also included are three additional episodes:
'Tri-Kingdom Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss
Nettle'.
Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable
one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies
implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries.
It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be
taken into consideration when applying this method in a developing
country context.The expert contributors gather recent
state-of-the-art choice experiment studies undertaken in several
developing countries, in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the
Caribbean. These focus on a variety of environmental and
agricultural issues, underlining the versatility of this method in
valuing a wide array of interventions (for example policies, public
and private services, new technologies) and emphasizing the value
of the method in informing efficient, effective and equitable
policies for sustainable economic development.This work will be of
great interest to academics and researchers of environmental
economics, agricultural and resource economics, development,
environmental management and planning, as well as national and
international development agencies and NGOs. Civil servants and
policymakers in developing countries will find the work and
recommendations within this book engaging and inspirational.
Faced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased
agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought
policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends.
Among the policy instruments is the Conversion of Cropland to
Forest and Grassland Program (CCFGP) that aims to change the
pattern of agricultural land use in 25 provinces and autonomous
regions across China. This book provides the most comprehensive
assessment of the CCFGP undertaken to date. It allows the
consideration of fundamental questions pertaining to the
sustainability of the land use changes brought about by the CCFGP,
its cost effectiveness and the prospects for policy evolution.
Contributions from a wide range of economists and scientists in the
book provide policymakers in the Chinese government with relevant
information with which to pursue more effectively
agro-environmental goals. Providing an economic assessment of
land-use policy in China, this book will be of great interest to
policymakers and government advisers in China, international donor
agencies, and academics and students with an interest in land-use
policy and environmental and natural resource economics and
management.
This enriching book presents a holistic overview of climate change
uncertainty and offers a number of pathways that could be used to
account for such uncertainties in the stated preference valuation
research. It shows that uncertainty plays an important role in
determining the values of climate change mitigation benefits and as
the authors say 'If this uncertainty remains unaccounted for, there
is a potential danger that the estimated economic values will
misrepresent social preferences for public policy interventions to
manage environmental externalities'. Valuing Climate Change
Mitigation discusses the role of uncertainty in valuing the
benefits of climate change mitigation policies using contingent
valuation and choice experiments techniques. It treats climate
change using three dimensions of uncertainty: scenario, policy and
preference. Conceptual frameworks are advanced to account
simultaneously for these various dimensions of uncertainty. The
authors then explore the impact of introducing these uncertainties
into benefit estimates for the Australian Carbon Pollutions
Reduction Scheme. The authors present frameworks to account for
multiple uncertainty in environmental decision analysis that will
prove invaluable for academics and students in the fields of
environmental economics and management. Policymakers will also gain
invaluable methodological insight.
For courses in Statistical Literacy A qualitative approach teaches
students how to reason using statistics Understanding the core
ideas behind statistics is crucial to everyday success in the
modern world. Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life is designed
to teach these core ideas through real-life examples so that
students are able to understand the statistics needed in their
college courses, reason with statistical information in their
careers, and to evaluate and make everyday decisions using
statistics. The authors approach each concept qualitatively, using
computation techniques only to enhance understanding and build on
ideas step-by-step, working up to real examples and complex case
studies. The Fifth Edition has been revised to update many
exercises, examples, and case studies to engage today's students
with the latest data and relevant topics. Also available with MyLab
Statistics MyLab (TM) Statistics is an online homework, tutorial,
and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage
students and improve results. Within its structured environment,
students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and
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Three-volume collection of episodes from the children's animation
following a little girl who becomes a princess. When her mother
marries the king, Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) becomes a member of
the royal family overnight and moves into their grand palace. She
will have to train for her new role as princess under the tutelage
of fairies Flora (Barbara Dirikson), Fauna (Russi Taylor) and
Merryweather (Tress MacNeille). In 'Holiday in Enchancia' Princess
Aurora (Kate Higgins) makes an appearance and helps Sofia to find
King Roland (Travis Willingham) when he disappears in a blizzard.
The episodes are: 'Baileywick's Day Off', 'The Little Witch', 'The
Baker King' and 'Four's a Crowd'. In 'Ready to Be a Princess'
Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) comes to Sofia's aid when she
encounters some difficulties on a magic carpet ride. The episodes
are: 'A Royal Mess', 'The Shy Princess', 'Blue Ribbon Bunny', 'The
Princess Test' and 'Two to Tangu'. 'The Floating Palace' includes a
feature-length episode which sees Sofia run into trouble when she
gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new underwater
friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess Ariel (Jodi
Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land and under the
sea. Also featured are three additional episodes: 'Tri-Kingdom
Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss Nettle'.
Buying and Selling the Environment: How to Design and Implement a
PES Scheme provides a guide to the design and implementation of PES
schemes that 'mimic' market processes, including three key
elements: the estimation of the demand for environmental services,
an understanding of the costs of supply, and how to predict the
productivity of actions taken. This book will act as an
instructional manual for practitioners, policymakers and their
advisors in government and non-government organizations. Users will
find a step-by-step demonstration based on firsthand experiences
gained through a PES application at two case study sites. Finally,
the book presents research in applied economics and bio-physical
modeling.
This is the manual endorsed by professional guides, instructors, and recreational river runners everywhere. With comprehensive step-by-step coverage starting with the first run, it includes tips from top guides, outfitters, and instructors, plus the most complete guide to Class V rafting techniques ever assembled. This is the completely revised and updated successor to Bennetts best-selling manual, Rafting!.
The natural environment matters a lot to many people. Their views
on issues such as recycling, population control, economic growth
and renewable energy are often held strongly and emotionally. But
some of these views are best described as 'little green lies'.
Sometimes people bend the truth because they believe they are
protecting others from the harm caused by environmental decay.
Others do it for personal gain. But unlike 'little white lies',
telling 'little green lies' is not harmless. If they become so
widely accepted that they form the basis of government policies,
our society can be worse off for them. They can even end up causing
environmental damage. There are twelve propositions addressed in
the twelve chapters of this book: 'Peak Oil' has been reached.
Renewable energy production should be stimulated. Consumption
choices need to be informed by products' 'food miles'/'ecological
footprint'/'embodied energy'/'virtual water'/'carbon footprint'.
World population should be capped. Economic growth and trade are
bad for the environment. No waste should go to landfill. Water and
energy should be used 'efficiently', whatever it costs. The
environment is of infinite value and must not be harmed. We must
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to avoid global climate
change. The care of the environment cannot be entrusted to the
private sector. Agriculture and mining are always in conflict with
the environment.
Environmental management, either voluntary or imposed, can add to
the costs of nature-based tourism businesses. Such costs can make
tourism destinations less competitive, but the same activities can
also enhance competitiveness by increasing demand. The aim of this
book is to provide an assessment of the relative importance of
these two opposing effects in the context of a case study of
nature-based tourism in Tropical North Queensland, Australia.The
authors estimate the demand side effects using discrete choice
modelling to determine the impact of changing environmental
conditions on the market share of a variety of tourist
destinations. The costs of environmental management are also
considered by analysing firm level data. The effects are then
integrated using a model of the tourism market that is formulated
around nature-based tourism regions. The results show that the
competitiveness of a region is enhanced through its environmental
management and highlight the importance of self-regulation in the
industry when the environment is a common property resource. The
authors also draw some insightful conclusions regarding business
strategies that would aid the profitability of firms and regions
supplying nature-based tourism products. The conceptual foundations
developed in the book are not restricted by national boundaries and
the empirical analyses can be extended to other nature-based
tourism destinations and to other relevant policy issues. As such,
this book will have a broad appeal amongst environmentalists,
scholars of tourism economics and management, and policymakers
concerned with the regulation of the tourism industry and its
effect on the environment.
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