Factor X Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Angrick, Michael (Editor), Burger, Andreas (Editor), Lehmann, Harry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 29
• Subjects: Environment.; Business.; Management science.; Sustainable development.; Economic policy.; Economic growth.; Environmental economics.; Sustainable Development.; Environment, general.; Economic Policy.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Growth.; Business and Management, general.

As currently projected, global population growth will place increasing pressures on the environment and on Earth’s resources.  Growth will be concentrated in developing countries, leading to leaps in demand for goods and services, and a paradox: although there are initiatives  to decouple resource u...