Global Stability through Decentralization? In Search for the Right Balance between Central and Decentral Solutions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wilderer, Peter A. (Editor), Grambow, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Strategies for Sustainability
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Physical geography.; Ecosystems.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Sustainable Development.; Earth System Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.

The authors of this book, who represent a broad range of scientific disciplines, discuss the issue of centralized versus decentralized control and regulation in the context of sustainable development. The stability and resilience of complex technical, economic, societal and political systems are com...

Table of Contents:

• Regulation and Control Processes in Ecosystems
• Control and Management of Man-Made Systems
• Governance of SocietiesTowards Sustainable Economies
• Sanitary Engineering: Central or Decentral Solutions?
• Communication, Mobility and Logistics
• Summary and Recommendations.