Towards an Environment Research Agenda

ADRIAN WINNETT is Co-Director of the International Centre for the Environment. He is an economist with particular interests in natural resources and economic growth. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.

• Acknowledgement Notes on the Contributors Introduction: A.Winnett PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Environmental Appraisal and Valuation; G.Hammond & A.Winnett Talking Environmental Imperatives to Death; A.Moore Environmental Preferences and Piaget's Theory of Knowledge: Searching for Necessity in Environmental Preference in Nothern Thailand; K.Marsh PART II: VALUING THE ENVIRONMENT An Ecological and Economic Approach to Valuing River Quality; C.Johnstone Willingness to Pay for Reduction in Risk of Mortality Due to Air Pollution in Brazil: Preliminary Results; R.A.Ortiz PART III: POLICY AND POLITICS Trade and Environment: Linkages in Multilateral Environmental Agreements; T.Taylor, A.Markandya & A.Hunt Red-Green and Beyond: The German Green Party after the 2002 Elections; I.Blühdorn PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Engineering Sustainability: Thermodynamics, Energy Systems and the Environment; G.Hammond Life Cycle Design for Engineered Timber Products; M.Ansell, R,Murphy & B.Hillier PART V: MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT A Car in Three Days! Environmental Impacts of the Automotive Supply Chain; J.Miemczyk Paradox in Marketing: An Enquiry into Marketing and Sustainability; C.Bond & C.Seeley AFTERWORD Local Agenda 21 into Local Action 21; S.Bendle Index

ADRIAN WINNETT is Co-Director of the International Centre for the Environment. He is an economist with particular interests in natural resources and economic growth. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.