tailieunhanh - HANDBOOK OF BIOENERGY ECONOMICS AND POLICY

This volume grew out of two conferences held in 2007 to address the opportunities and challenges of transition to a bio-economy. The first, an international sympo- sium on “Fueling Change with Renewable Energy,” was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in April 2007, while the second, “Intersection of Energy and Agriculture: Implications of Biofuels and the Search for a Fuel of the Future,” was held at the University of California at Berkeley in October 2007. We gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by the Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California at Berkeley; Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California; the Environmental Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;. | Natural Resource Management and Policy David Zilberman Renan Goetz Alberto Garrido Series Editors Madhu Khanna Jurgen Scheffran David Zilberman Editors Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy 0 Springer HANDBOOK OF BIOENERGY ECONOMICS AND POLICY For other titles published in this series go to series 6360 NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Editors David Zilberman Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 Renan Goetz Department of Economics University of Girona Spain Alberto Garrido Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences . Ingenieros Agrónomos Madrid Spain EDITORIAL STATEMENT There is a growing awareness to the role that natural resources such as water land forests and environmental amenities play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources and society is challenged to manage them for improving social well being. Furthermore there may be dire consequences to natural resources mismanagement. Renewable resources such as water land and the environment are linked and decisions made with regard to one may affect the others. Policy and management of natural resources now require interdisciplinary approach including natural and social sciences to correctly address our society preferences. This series provides a collection of works containing most recent findings on economics management and policy of renewable biological resources such as water land crop protection sustainable agriculture technology and environmental health. It incorporates modem thinking and techniques of economics and management Books in this series will incorporate knowledge and models of natural phenomena with economics and managerial decision frameworks to assess alternative options for managing natural resources and environment. The Series .