Ecological Economics Sustainability in Practice /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shmelev, Stanislav E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Renewable energy resources.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business ethics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environment.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Environment, general.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Business Ethics.

In a concise and crisp manner, this book presents the state of the art in ecological economics, an interdisciplinary field focused on the analysis of sustainability of global, national and regional economic systems. An elegant guide, the book offers a range of cutting edge methods used in sustainabi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Theory of Ecological Economics
• Introduction
• 1. The Economic System and the Environment
• 2. Industrial Ecology: Material and Energy Flows, Life Cycle Analysis
• 3. The Big Picture Vision and the Environment: An International Perspective
• 4. Economic Valuation and Decision Making: MCDA as a tool for the Future
• 5. Macroeconomy: Market Failures and Externalities: What Can Be Done
• 6. Economic Models and the Environment: Input-Output Analysis
• 7. Sustainable Development: Measuring Progress
• Part II: Ecological-Economic Applications
• 8. Climate Change and Renewable Energy: How to Choose the Optimal Pool of Technologies
• 9. Biodiversity Loss: New Methods for Evaluating Ecosystems
• 10. Sustainable Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspective
• 11. Regional Waste Management: Multicriteria Modelling
• 12. Business and Sustainable Development: CSR in Practice
• Index.