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Book SynopsisA global blue economy is an economic arena that depends on the benefits and values realized from the coastal and marine environments. This book explains the sustainable blue economy as a marine-based economy that provides social and economic benefits for current and future generations. It restores, protects, and maintains the diversity, productivity, and resilience of marine ecosystems, and is based on clean technologies, renewable energy, and circular material flows.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Concepts, Tools and Pillars of the Blue Economy: A Synthesis and Critical Review, Chapter 2. Realising Blue Economy Potential in Malaysia, Opportunities and Challenges, Chapter 3. Optimising the connectivity of salmon farms: role of exposure to wind, tides and isolation,Chapter 4. Offshore Fish Farming: Challenges and Developments in Fish Pen Designs, Chapter 5. Risk Finance for Natural Disaster in Lakes and Coastal Seas through Modeling Techniques, Chapter 6. Blue economy prospect, opportunities, challenges, risks, and sustainable development pathways in Bangladesh, Chapter 7. Application of Blue Economy for Polymetallic Nodules from the Central Indian Ocean Basin, Chapter 8. Development and Challenges of Indian Ocean Blue Economy and Opportunities for Sri Lanka, Chapter 9. Marine Ecosystem Services: SDGs Targets, Achievement and Linkages with the Blue Economy Perceptions, Chapter 10.Blue Economy Paradigm and Seafloor Massive Sulphides along the Indian Ocean Ridge Systems, Chapter 11. Global Scenarios of Seaweed Cultivation: Science-Policy Nexus for Enhancing the Seaweeds and Algae Farming, Chapter 12. Deep-Sea Mining and Potential Risk: Opportunities and Challenges, Chapter 13. Modern Seafood Production to Enhance the Blue Economy: A Proposed Sustainable Model for Bangladesh, Chapter 14. New Challenges for Sustainable Plastic Recycling in Japan, Chapter 15. Marine Pollution and Ecosystem Health: Challenges for Developing Sustainable Blue Economy, Chapter 16. Seaweed Farming Potential in India: An Assessment and Review, Chapter 17. Modeling of Marine Policy Regime Creation for Enhancing Blue Economy in Global to Regional Aspects

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Book SynopsisWith the world's economies impacted by coronavirus, billions are feeling social, environmental, and economic injustices. The call for a new, more just, more distributive economic story and system is louder and more urgent than ever. The Wonderful Circles of Oz provides both the framework and solutions for navigating towards an effective circular economy the gateway to an abundant, autonomous, and democratic future.Widely regarded as one of the world's most engaging circular economy thought leaders, Ken Webster, together with creative writer, Alex Duff, use a storytelling approach based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to offer a new, accessible, and compelling narrative about the future direction of our economy.The harder you work, the more you'll improve your lot.' That's the simple story we've been sold over the last 40 years to justify how today's economy works. Yet extreme inequality, the devastation of our natural world, and the erosion of our commTrade Review"This book is a breath-taking journey into intellectual allegories and metaphors of a powerful story… In an era of increasing inequalities, social anxieties and neo-materialism, we need more than ever a story to feed our imagination, a journey to discover sustainable futures, where ideas are the key currency."Stefano Pascucci, Professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy, & Head of Sustainable Futures, University of Exeter Business School"In these days of a dominance of audio-visual information, the skill of storytelling is one of the keys to get listeners’ and readers’ attention. By spinning "the golden thread of ‘digitally connected systems’ to transform our economy" in this book, Ken and Alex prove they are masters in this domain."Walter Stahel, Visiting Professor, University of Surrey, & Full Member of the Club of Rome"Just as The Wizard of Oz was an allegory critiquing the Gold Standard, The Wonderful Circles of Oz allegorically introduces us to the actual ways in which money is created, and how they might be harnessed to enable us to create a sustainable economy."Steve Keen, Honorary Professor, UCL, & Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security "There is an ongoing debate on resource efficiency in most regions of the world, notably in Europe. Moving from a linear to a circular production model is a primary objective. But to do that the economic policy framework – if not the economic model itself – has to be changed. The incentives structure of today is flawed and for circularity to happen the policy frameworks have to be re-thought. The Wonderful Circles of Oz presents a most appealing new narrative which covers the economy as a whole – income distribution, taxation, the right of property owners, debt issues, production and consumption systems, financial system, the digital society and its pros and cons... All in all a very compelling narrative and much needed as inspiration for people around the world who look for solutions to the sustainability dilemma(s)."Anders Wijkman, Honorary President, Club of RomeTable of ContentsPart 1: A fictional world. The Wonderful Circles of Oz. Rewriting the allegory. 1. Weathering extremities 2. From poor to paws 3. From straw for brains to wise owls 4. Heartless: If only AI had EI 5. Making the lion’s share enough to go around 6. Locked in the past 7. Technological wizardry or trickery? 8. The wonderful Emerald City 9. The magical festival of urban food 10. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible 11. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz 12. Back home 13. Chasing rainbows 14. Official correspondence of The Wizard’s Office, Oz Part 2: A real-world framework. An imaginary for the 21st century. 15. An introduction to this ‘Imaginary for today’s real world’ from Ken & Alex 16. An overview: The Wonderful Circles of Oz framework and its sigil for resetting the rules of the game 17. Today’s economic narrative 18. Worldview pre-science 19. Shifting the metaphor: From machine to metabolism 20. The productive cycle: Four rules for materials to flow not fail our economy 21. Uncovering the big players: Active but hidden in plain sight 22. The gatekept cycle: Four rules for money to circulate not clot our economy 23. The liberation and terrors of a digital world 24. A flourishing democracy – the path to a flourishing economy Part 3: A ‘golden’ path between the fiction, the framework, and real-world applications 25. Story as a strategy for sharing real world complex ideas 26. Weathering extremities - real world themes 27. From poor to paws - real world themes 28. From straw for brains to wise owls - real world themes 29. Heartless: If only AI had EI – real world themes 30. Making the lion’s share enough to go around – real world themes 31. Locked in the past - real world themes 32. Technological wizardry or trickery - real world themes 33. The wonderful Emerald City - real world themes 34. The magical festival of urban food - real world themes 35. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible - real world themes 36. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz - real world themes 37. Back home and Chasing rainbows - real world themes

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental risk directly affects the financial stability of banks since they bear the financial consequences of the loss of liquidity of the entities to which they lend and of the financial penalties imposed resulting from the failure to comply with regulations and for actions taken that are harmful to the natural environment. This book explores the impact of environmental risk on the banking sector and analyzes strategies to mitigate this risk with a special emphasis on the role of modelling. It argues that environmental risk modelling allows banks to estimate the patterns and consequences of environmental risk on their operations, and to take measures within the context of asset and liability management to minimize the likelihood of losses. An important role here is played by the environmental risk modelling methodology as well as the software and mathematical and econometric models used. It examines banks' responses to macroprudential risk, particularly from the point oTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Environmental risk as a challenge for banking sector 3. Environmental regulations as a framework for environmental risk management in banks 4. Quantitative methods and IT in environmental risk modeling 5. Environmental risk modeling and decision making process 6. The spread of environmental risk and the way to analyze the issue 7. Incorporating environmental risk in banks’ business models 8. Environmental risk and its impact on bankruptcy and insolvency risk

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Book SynopsisThis book helps power industry executives to systematically navigate the complex technological and organizational changes necessary to recreate power grids.This is especially pertinent in the current environment characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity conditions. Across the globe, the electric power sector is facing many forces of change as it transitions from a fossil-based system to cleaner sustainable resources. Leaders in the power sector face unprecedented challenges in responding to these changes while continuing to provide safe, reliable, clean, and affordable electricity. Recognizing that historical and existing ways will not work, Jagoron Mukherjee and Marco C. Janssen present a new paradigm for industry leaders to tackle some of the key questions to determine the best path forward: What will the business be like in the future? What technologies will likely prevail? How should my company respond to constant change? How expensive will the transition be? Will the customer expectations be met? How fast do we need to change? Drawing on well-known management principles, the book helps industry leaders to provide a methodology to tackle these questions and sharpen their decisions as they embrace innovation, new customer expectations and digitization in their efforts to steer the energy transition.Taking a holistic problem-solving approach, which addresses the power company as a whole, Recreating the Power Grid will be a valuable resource for all professionals working in this quickly evolving field.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Power Industry ChallengePart 1: Forces of Change and Their Impacts Forces Impacting the Power Industry The Leadership Problem Components of the Solution Part 2: Addressing Three Critical Historical Gaps Innovation Customer Engagement Data Management Part 3: Preparing for Execution Readiness Rethinking the Business Case Blueprinting Program Architecture Program Design and Management Index

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Book SynopsisForestland investment has surged in the past few decades as a result of land ownership change in the forestry industry. Timberland investment and management organizations and real estate investment trusts have bought up land and resources that were divested by vertically integrated forest products companies. This book provides a seminal coverage of this seismic shift in the industry, exploring the philosophy, driving factors, valuation, theory, research, implementation, practice, and effects of forestland investment. Across 15 chapters the book reviews the history of forestland investment; discusses the optimal forest rotation; explains timberland appraisal; examines the return drivers of forestland; analyzes timberland index construction methods and results; prices timberland assets; reviews financial and real options; investigates real option values in forestland management; evaluates timber harvest contracts; examines new opportunities in the emerging woody bioenergy market; and Table of Contents1. Introduction to Forestland Investment 2. Optimal Forest Rotation 3. Timberland Appraisals 4. Return Drivers of Timberland Investment 5. Property and Income Tax of Timberland 6. Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models 7. Timberland Index Construction Methods and Result 8. Financial Analysis of Timberland 9. Financial and Real Options 10. Managerial Options in Timberland Investment 11. Valuing Timber Harvest Contracts 12. Benefit and Cost Analysis of Forest Carbon 13. Emerging Woody Biomass Markets 14. Case Study: Weyerhaeuser & Plum Creek Merger 15. Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption. Mine closure presents a major challenge to the mining industry and government policymakers globally, but particularly in the Global South. South Africa is experiencing notable numbers of mine closures, and this book explores the notion of social disruption, a concept often applied to describe the effects of mine growth on communities but often neglecting the impact of mine closures. The book begins with three theoretical chapters that discuss theory, closure cost frameworks and policy development in South Africa. It uses evolutionary governance theory to show how mining creates dependencies and how mining growth often blinds communities and governments to the likelihood of closure. Too easily, mining goes ahead with no concern for the possibility, or indeed inevitability, of eventual closure and how mining communities will cope. These impacts are showcasTable of Contents1 Understanding mine closure: global and national trends 2 A theoretical framework for understanding the social aspects of mine closure 3 Mine closure policies and strategies in South Africa: a critical review 4 A scoping review of the literature on mine closure 5 Miners’ lives after retrenchment 6 West Rand: decline in South Africa’s economic heartland 7 Matjhabeng: decline in the urban periphery 8 Kleinzee: looking for a new dawn amidst the diamond dust 9 Koffiefontein mine downscaling: socioeconomic and infrastructural consequences 10 Alexkor and the Richtersveld community: unlikely partners to mine diamonds together 11 Tshikondeni: mine closure in a deeply rural area 12 Emalahleni’s just transition: from closure to collaboration? 13 Rustenburg: the struggle to go beyond mining 14 Rustenburg: coping despite mine decline 15 A framework for understanding the social aspects of mine closure in South Africa

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ISC 2022 is dedicated to the Niti Aayog policies to promote sustainability through exchange of ideas emerging out of the academia. The ISC is an annual conference that is held in virtual mode until COVID restrictions on travel exist. The vision of the conference is to capacitate Academia with the necessary ideas that provide insights of the grassroot level development to various stakeholders of the Niti-Aayog policies. Towards this goal, the conference creates a conjunction of various stakeholders of Niti-Aayog policies that include- academic institutions, government bodies, policy makers and industry. The ISC organizers make concerted efforts to promote academic research that would technological, scientific, management & business practices, and insights into policy merits & disruptions. The framework of exchange of ideas is geared towards adoption of deep technologies, fundamental sciences & engineering, energy research, energy policies, advances in medicine & related case s

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Book SynopsisIn a globalized world economy, delivering the aspirations of sustainability is proving to be difficult. Progress is held back by competing objectives within a complex interplay of factors. Finding solutions to the wicked problem' of sustainability seems to be beyond the reach of policy makers. Even if the political will can be found to deal with the prime challenges of the twenty-first century, ranging from climate change and resource depletion to persistent poverty and increasing inequity, what is to be done in terms of real-world policy is far from clear.Do we need more globalization; or has economic globalization gone too far in growing a global economy which will strip the planet bare? This book reports twin-track research which interweaves the intellectual argument over the future of the world economy intertwined with empirical research into the challenge of sustainability in aviation. Discussing the prime challenges of this century through the lens of the intractable poTable of ContentsList of illustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 Introduction and overview 2 Fault lines at the interface between globalization and sustainability3 Reframing economic policy towards sustainability4 The action research case study approach: a methodology for complex challenges such as sustainability in aviation 5 Sustainability in aviation: how concerns about carbon emissions will reshape the industry 6 Developing policy integrating sustainability: a case study into aviation 7 A vision of resilient sustainability 8 Proximization: delivering resilient sustainability 9 Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe debate on the physical limits and constraints to the economic growth of globalized society is now widespread. This book explores the physical and economic aspects of the conflict between humans, with their thoughtless focus on growth through material production, and environmental constraints.In the context of the looming shortage of material resources and the latest science on climate change, Physical Limits to Economic Growth offers new insights which provide a broad and comprehensive picture of the conflict between humans and environmental constraints. The authors' approach goes beyond the boundaries of specialized disciplines to explore climate change, resource depletion, technical innovation and the interactions between these within the socio-economic-institutional systems we live in. This volume looks at opportunities for rethinking these systems if we moved away from fossil fuel dependence, while considering the status of current mainstream economic thinking Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1. The Limits to Material Resources Ugo Bardi, 2. Global Climate Change Stefano Caserini, 3. Limits for a growing complexity system Angelo Tartaglia, 4. Depletion vs. Innovation: The Fundamental Question of Sustainability Joseph A. Tainter, Deborah Strumsky, Temis G. Taylor, Michelle Arnold, José Lobo, 5. Strategies for an Economy Facing Energy Constraints Ian Schindler and Julia Schindler, 6. Limits to Material Growth and Economics: Ecological Conditions and Values and the Core Components of Economic Theories Roberto Burlando, Conclusions

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Book SynopsisFor too long Africa''s mineral fortune has been lamented as a resource curse that has led to conflict rather than development for much of the continent. Yet times are changing and the opportunities to bring technical expertise on modern mining alongside appropriate governance mechanisms for social development are becoming more accessible in Africa. This book synthesizes perspectives from multiple disciplines to address Africa's development goals in relation to its mineral resources. The authors cover ways of addressing a range of policy challenges, environmental concerns, and public health impacts and also consider the role of globalization within the extractive industries. Academic research is coupled with key field vignettes from practitioners exemplifying case studies throughout. The book summarizes the challenges of natural resource governance, suggesting ways in which mining can be more effectively managed in Africa. By providing an analytical framework it higTrade Review"A timely and comprehensive treatment of an issue vital to Africa’s future success" - Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION Part I: The politics of African mining 1. Harmonizing African resource politics? Lessons from the African Mineral Development Centre 2. Evaluating conflict risks in Africa’s resource governance 3. Chinese mining in Africa and its global controversy 4. Field Vignette. Moving from prescriptive to performance-based regulation: the case of waste management 5. Field Vignette. Ghana’s policy on artisanal and small-scale mining Part II: Data and models: supporting strategic planning for Africa’s minerals 6. Developing accurate and accessible geoscience data for sustainable mining in Africa 7. Challenges in measuring the local and regional contributions of mining: lessons from case studies in Rwanda, Zambia, and Ghana 8. Measuring transformative development from mining: a case study of Madagascar 9. Field Vignette. The Extractives Dependence Index and its impact on Africa 10. Field Vignette. The West African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) as a model for collaberative research and development Part III: Environment, health, and innovation 11. Conservation priorities and extractive industries in Africa: opportunities for conflict prevention 12. Ebola and other emerging infections: managing risks to the mining industry 13. Mineral investment decision-making in Africa: a real options approach in integrating price and environmental risks 14. The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes 15. Field Vignette. South Africa’s underground women miners 16. Field Vignette. Sapphire mining, water, and maternal health in Madagascar Part IV: Reconciling scales of mining governance 17. Strategies for working with artisanal and small-scale miners in sub-Saharan Africa 18. Artisanal and small-scale mining community health, safety, and sanitation: a water focus 19. Gauging the effectiveness of certification schemes and standards for responsible mining in Africa 20. Field Vignette. The Australia–Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG) 21. Field Vignette. Sourcing "conflict-free" minerals from Central Africa CONCLUSION: a multi-faceted fortune

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Book SynopsisSince 2010, a significant quantity of international climate change finance has begun to reach developing countries. However, the transfer of finance under the international climate change regime the legal and ethical obligations that underpin it, the constraints on its use, its intended outcomes, and its successes, failures, and future potential constitutes a poorly understood topic. Climate Change Finance and International Law fills this gap in the legal scholarship. The book analyses the legal obligations of developed countries to financially support qualifying developing countries to pursue globally significant mitigation and adaptation outcomes, as well as the obligations of the latter under the international regime of financial support. Through case studies of climate finance mechanisms and a multitude of other sources, this book delivers a rich legal and empirical understanding of the implementation of states' climate finance obligations to date.TTable of ContentsIntroduction Climate finance: Concepts and institutions Climate finance in legal scholarship Legal obligations of states relating to climate finance State performance of obligations on climate finance The philosophy of the control of nature

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Book SynopsisAccess to new sources of energy and their efficient conversion to provide useful work have been key drivers of economic growth since the industrial revolution. Western countries now need to transform their energy systems and move away from the single-minded pursuit of economic growth in order to reduce our carbon emissions, and to allow the environmental space for other countries to develop in a more sustainable way. Achieving this requires understanding of the dynamics of economic and industrial change with appreciation of the dependence of economies on ecological systems. Energy and Economic Growth thus examines the links between three issues: history of energy sources, technologies and uses; ecological challenges associated with the current dominant economic growth paradigm; and the future low carbon energy transition to mitigate human-induced climate change. Providing a historical understanding of the relevant connections between physical, social and economic changTable of ContentsPart I: Key issues 1. Introduction – Challenges of climate change and economic growth. 2. What is energy and why is it important for the economy?3. Assessing the role of energy in long-term industrial change. Part II: Long waves of energy-industrial change 4. Pre-industrial energy systems. 5. The first industrial revolution – water and steam power. 6. Electrification and the rise of oil. 7. Rise of the consumer society.Part III: Implications for economic development 8. Energy and economic growth – a positive feedback system. 9. Insights for a low carbon energy transformation. Part IV: Future challenges 10. Future energy pathways and issues. 11. Economic growth and beyond. 12. Can we rise to the challenge?

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Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth. The book begins by discussing the nature of preindustrial food crises and the changes that have occurred since the 19th century with the ascent of technical science and the fossil fuel revolution. It explains how these changes improved living standards but that the realization of this improvement was usually dependent on government support for smallholder modernization.  The author sets out how the evolution of food security in different regions has been influenced by farm policy choices and how these choices were shaped by local societal characteristics, international relations and changing configurations in metropolitan countries. Separate chapters are devoted to the interaction of this evolution with debates on food security and economic growth and with internat

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the concept of âvalueâ at the root of our actions and decision-making. Value is an ever-present, yet little interrogated aspect of everyday life. This book explores value as it is theorised, practiced and critiqued from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.It examines how value is operationalized, endorsed and contested in contemporary society. With international insights from leading scholars, chapters offer a diverse and vibrant geographical engagement with value to showcase its conceptual flexibility. The book explores valueâs eclectic epistemic foundations; itâs âroll-outâ and legitimation across a range of policy fields; and its challenges and opportunities. The book draws on global examples of value in practice: from forest conservation in Indonesia; protected area management in arctic Norway; a state park in the US; certification schemes for biodiversity in the UK; protection of the international night sky; heritage planning in East Taiwan; a re-dTable of ContentsList of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1. Locating Value: An Introduction; Part I: Knowing Value 2. Spectral geometries: value sub specie spatii and sensuous supersensibility; 3. Locating heritage value; 4. Making values visible and real, but not necessarily monetised; 5. "There’s no such thing as a unit of biodiversity": contesting value and biodiversity offsetting in England; 6. Commensuration as value making: transforming nature in English biodiversity offsetting under the DEFRA metric; Part II: Spacing Value 7. Regimes of value in a Chicago market; 8. Urban planning practice and the transformation of value in China: Evidence from the city of Yangzhou; 9. Locating value in the Anthropocene: baselines and the contested nature of invasive plants; 10. "And what do you do with five-hundred million stars?" Assessment of darkness and the starry sky, values and integration in regional planning; 11. Value and diminishment: Listing State Park closures, the 2011 attempt to meet General Fund reductions in California; Part III: Practicing Value 12. Unsettled value: re-identifying tobacco agriculture as heritage in eastern Taiwan; 13. Locating value(s) in political ecologies of knowledge: The East Svalbard management plan; 14. Locating value in food value chains; 15. Private finance evaluation amongst REDD+ projects in Indonesia; Index

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Book SynopsisFaced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive implementation of this solution demonstrates that the promise of biofuels as a replacement to fossil fuels is in fact a mirage that, if followed, risks leaving us short of power, short of food and doing as much damage to the climate as ever -- let alone the consequent impact on biodiversity due to additional loss of habitat for agricultural production and on rural development due to the additional stress on traditional farming systems. Worse still, these risks are being ignored. In this definitive expos Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi present a theoretical framework and exhaustive evidence for the case against large scale biofuel production from agricultural crops. This book will be vital, sobering reading for anyone concerned with energy or agricultural policy, or bioenergy as a complex system.Trade Review'In our rush to 'do something' about energy and climate, we are tinkering with complex systems that we do not fully understand. This leads to consequences that are unintended and undesirable. Giampietro and Mayumi show that using biofuels effectively requires calculating how that usage integrates into a society's overall metabolism. Beyond biofuels, the book has a broad and enduring lesson: We will achieve better results if knowledge precedes policy.' Joseph A. Tainter, author of The Collapse of Complex Societies 'Thanks to Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi for a cogent analysis of why large scale biofuels are one more false panacea put forward by the growth addicts.' Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, USA 'Giampietro and Mayumi are world authorities on the use of energy in the economy. This book is the product of many years of scholarly work. It gives well-argued reasons against the misguided agrofuel policies of the European Union and the United States. Agrofuels have a low EROI, increase the HANPP (human appropriation of biomass) to the detriment of other species, and increase the water footprint of our economies.' Joan Martinez-Alier, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Past-President, International Society for Ecological Economics 'A powerful critique' Renew Magazine 'Timely for professionals working in a variety of fields...foresters should also find the book insightful.' The Forestry Chronicle 'They (the authors)...provide a global perspective....Recommended.' CHOICE Magazine 'This book will be vital, sobering reading for anyone concerned with energy or agricultural policy, or bioenergy as a complex system.' Management of Environmental Quality Journal.Table of ContentsForeword by Vaclav Smil Foreword by Jerome Ravetz 1. Can We Solve the Agro-Biofuel Riddle? 2. Learning from the Past 3. Not Everything that Burns is a Fuel 4. Pattern of Societal Metabolism across Levels: A Crash Course in Bioeconomics 5. Assessment of the Quality of Alternative Energy Sources 6. Neglect of Available Wisdom 7. Reality Check on the Feasibility and Desirability of Agro-Biofuels 8. Agro-Biofuel Production is No Good for Rural Development 9. Living in Denial 10. Where Do We Go From Here? Appendix 1 - Basic Theoretical Concepts behind the Analysis of Societal Metabolism Appendix 2 - Examples of Grammars and Applications of Bioeconomics

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Book SynopsisWe live in unprecedented times. Climate change and ecosystem collapse are altering our world beyond recognition, and a growing global population is exacerbating the pressure on the resources that power our economies. How should the private sector respond to the new risks and uncertainties of our Crowded Planet? Frugal Value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called 'sustainable business' practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does, and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today, and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures. Frugal Value provides practitioners and scholars with the perspective and tools they need to design companies that help drive the socio-economic changes so urgently required for a sustainable and just world.Trade Review'Millstone silences the happy talk about business sustainability and brings the sustainability concept down to earth, literally. Brilliantly, she shows what sustainability truly requires for both individual businesses and for the economic system as a whole. Persuasively argued and well written, Frugal Value is a path-breaking synthesis that deserves an audience far beyond the business community.'James Gustave Speth, former Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy'Ambitious, serious, and inspiring. At last someone’s asking the right question. What will it really take to get business on a sustainable path? Millstone's unsparing critique of what passes today for "sustainable business" will provoke furious debate; her alternative lays out an agenda for business to become a real force for good. Required reading.'Paul Gilding, Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International'A well-informed and forthright challenge to conventional wisdom. Love it or hate it, just read it! This is the spirited debate we need today.'Ken Webster, Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation'Corporate sustainability has made some progress over the last two decades, but nothing like enough. Carina Millstone's insightful book calls time on the 'business case rationale' for companies trying to do the right thing, and urges instead a more radical 'moral case', based on new design and operational principles.' Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future'Frugal Value reminds us that sustainability - despite its widespread abuse as a concept over the past 30 years - remains non-negotiable. The Planet cannot be 'traded off' for profit any more than oxygen can traded off for food. Frugal Value is a wake-up call to business leaders and sustainability practitioners alike: neither the 'business case for sustainability' nor current 'sustainable consumption and production' practices will get us anywhere near to the biodiverse and ecologically secure future we need to survive and thrive. Millstone calls attention to the elephant in the room - the current failure of so-called sustainable practices - and with skillful analysis, sketches out a more ambitious, transformational path: the imperative of redesigning our economic system and business models to achieve frugal value.'Professor Wayne Visser, PhD, author of Sustainable Frontiers'This tough-minded book isn’t afraid to cast aside the cherished shibboleths of sustainable business. It asks the hard questions, and points the way forward with challenging answers.'Professor Jem Bendell, Institute For Leadership And Sustainability, University of Cumbria, UK'A book that is unique and much needed…The title will present a new concept, but it is an important one, which I hope will be accepted into common parlance.'Professor Neva Goodwin, Co-Director of the Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University'Far from frugal, this book’s recipe for achieving customer satisfaction is through massive reduction in resource use and wide social benefit rather than by sidestepping these issues. Can’t recommend more that you read it.'Sara Parkin, Founder Director of Forum for the Future and author of The Positive DeviantTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Failure of Sustainable BusinessThe Crowded PlanetChapter 1: The Economy-in-PlanetChapter 2: The Transition to the Economy-in-PlanetPart 1: Products and ServicesChapter 3: The Purpose and Design of ProductsChapter 4: Properties of Efficient and Sufficient ProductsPart 2: Activities and Business ModelsChapter 5: Product StewardshipChapter 6: Product AccessPart 3: Operations and Supply Chains Chapter 7: The Case for Proximity and Appropriate ScaleChapter 8: The Case for Worker-Centeredness Part 4: Ownership Structure, Financing and Legal FormChapter 9: The Problem with Shareholdership in the Legacy EconomyChapter 10: Ownership by Workers, Beneficiaries and InvestorsPart 5: The Purpose, Scope and Limits of BusinessChapter 11: Profit, Financial and WorthwhileChapter 12: Lifestyle Creation, Through Business or OtherwiseConclusion: What Would it Take to Make Frugal Value Possible?

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Book Synopsis'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women's role in development cannot be underestimated. Her keen observations, her use of empirical data and her commitment to greater gender equality are still an inspiration to students, researchers and activists who are interested in a better and more equal world.' From the new Introduction by Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin 'Women's Role in Economic Development has become a key reference book for anyone - student, scholar, or practitioner - interested in gender and development analyses. This book is important not only because it provided the intellectual underpinning of the Women in Development (WID) analysis, but also because of the lasting influence it had on the development of theoretical, conceptual, and policy thinking in the fields of women, gender, and development. The re-editing of Women's Role in Economic Development, with its new introduction, ensures students, academics, and practitioners continued access to an essential reference for those interested in the women and development literature.' - Gender and Development This classic text by Ester Boserup was the first investigation ever undertaken into what happens to women in the process of economic and social growth throughout the developing world, thereby serving as an international benchmark. In the context of the ongoing struggle for women's rights, massive urbanization and international efforts to reduce poverty, this book continues to be a vital text for economists, sociologists, development workers, activists and all those who take an active interest in women's social and economic circumstances and problems throughout the world. A substantial new Introduction by Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin reflects on Boserup's legacy as a scholar and activist, and the continuing relevance of her work. This highlights the key issue of how the role of women in economic development has or has not changed over the past four decades in developing countries, and covers crucial current topics including: women and inequality, international and national migration, conflict, HIV and AIDS, markets and employment, urbanization, leadership, property rights, global processes, including the Millennium Development Goals, and barriers to change.Trade Review'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women's role in development cannot be underestimated. Her keen observations, her use of empirical data and her commitment to greater gender equality are still an inspiration to students, researchers and activists who are interested in a better and more equal world.' From the new Introduction by Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin 'Women's Role in Economic Development has become a key reference book for anyone - student, scholar, or practitioner - interested in gender and development analyses. This book is important not only because it provided the intellectual underpinning of the Women in Development (WID) analysis, but also because of the lasting influence it had on the development of theoretical, conceptual, and policy thinking in the fields of women, gender, and development. The re-editing of Women's Role in Economic Development, with its new introduction, ensures students, academics, and practitioners continued access to an essential reference for those interested in the women and development literature.' - Gender and Development Table of ContentsIntroduction * Part I: In the Village * Male and Female Farming Systems * The Economics of Polygamy * Loss of Status under European Rule * The Casual Worker * Part II: In the Town * Women in a Men‘s World * Industry: From the Hut to the Factory * The Educated Woman * Women in the Urban Hierarchy * Part III: From Village to Town * The Lure of the Towns * Urban Job Opportunities for Women * The Unemployment Scare * The Design of Female Education * Index

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Book SynopsisBased on the 'soft path' approach to the energy sector, a transition is now under way to a soft path for water. This approach starts by ensuring that ecosystem needs for water are satisfied and then undertakes a radical approach to reducing human uses of water by economic and social incentives, including open decision-making, water markets and equitable pricing, and the application of super-efficient technology, all applied in ways that avoid jeopardizing quality of life. The soft path for water is therefore a management strategy that frees up water by curbing water waste. Making the Most of the Water We Have is the first to present and apply the water soft path approach. It has three aims: to bring to a wider audience the concept and the potential of water soft paths to demonstrate that soft path analysis is analytical and practical, and not just 'eco-dreaming' to indicate that soft paths are not only conceptually attractive but that they can be made economically and politically feasible. Includes a tool kit for planners and other practitioners. Published with POLIS Project and Friends of the EarthTrade Review'This book looks ahead to provide the context within which to consider our use and management of water as we enter an increasingly uncertain future.' Dr. David Suzuki, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, author, broadcaster 'The book provides a timely review of how political economies worldwide have been introducing soft path approaches. It is immensely strengthened by authors who introduced the idea to the water sector and diffused it among water scientists, engineers and planners.' From the Foreword by Professor J A [Tony] Allan, King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK 'It is the first book to present a comprehensive view of the soft path and focuses on water solutions, not just technologies but also analysis methods and governance. The importance of this book is its vision and attempt to persuade readers - stakeholders, educators, the media, NGOs, and water managers - to adhere to the soft path paradigm.' Water International 'Making the Most of the Water We Have lays out the key ingredients of a water soft path (WSP) in plain language. It makes its case with some really fine writing, especially in the first four chapters...The real achievement of this book is that it offers details regarding soft path water planning possibilities for rich nations and poor nations alike.' Robert Paehlke, Critical Policy StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Why a Water Soft Path, and Why Now Part 1: Water Soft Paths as Human Vision 2. Avoiding the Perfect Storm: Weathering Climate Change by Following its Effects on Water Resources 3. In the Beginning: Soft Energy Paths 4. Getting it Right: Misconceptions About the Soft Path 5. Practising Ecological Governance: The Case for the Soft Path for Water 6. Water Policy in Canada: Changing Course for the Soft Path Part 2: Water Soft Paths as Analytical Method 7. Getting Quantitative: The Canadian Water Soft Path Studies 8. Turning Principles into Practice: The WSP Scenario Builder 9. Thinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Water Soft Paths at the Urban Scale 10. WSP Analysis at a Watershed Scale 11. WSP Analysis at a Provincial Scale Part 3: Water Soft Paths as Planning Tool 12. Removing Institutional Barriers to Water Soft Paths: - Challenges and Opportunities 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Shifting Water Soft Paths Philosophy towards Hard Policy in Municipal Water Management 14. Green Buildings and Urban Space 15. Water Soft Path Thinking in the United States 16. Water Soft Path Thinking in Other Developed Economies – A. England B. The European Union C. Australia 17. Water Soft Path Thinking in Developing Countries – A. South Africa B. India C. Middle East and North Africa. Conclusion 18. A Water Future Different from the Past. Annex: How to Create A Soft Path Plan For Water. Index

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Book SynopsisThe world's environmental future will be determined in significant part by what happens in the rapidly industrialising and urban economies of Asia. The sheer scale of urban population and industrial growth in Asia – from Indonesia to China – and the energy and materials intensive character of the development process constitutes a dark shadow over the region's, and indeed the world's, environment. And yet this challenge is also an opportunity. Precisely because so much of the urban-industrial investment within developing Asia has yet to take place, the opportunity exists to shape a different development future – one that is far less energy, materials and waste intensive. Asia's Clean Revolution examines the prospects for and pathways to such a new trajectory. The book lays out a path-breaking vision of how developing economies might go beyond environmental regulation and put in place an array of policies and institutions that could integrate environmental, industrial and technological goals. These findings provide important input for negotiators considering climate change on a global scale. The book approaches the challenge of growth and environment in Asia in a novel way, by identifying six major transformational dynamics under way in the world today, and assessing whether these can be harnessed to the goal of improved environmental performance of industry. With a set of specially commissioned chapters from the leading authorities in North America and Asia, this ground-breaking book is the first to present concrete policy solutions to the looming crisis driven by large-scale urban-industrial growth in developing Asia.Trade ReviewAn interesting and well-structured book which offers practical insights into how policy might be refined to bring real environmental benefits in both Asia and the rest of the world. * Community Affairs Briefing *Asia's Clean Revolution elucidates the environmental problems of rapid industrialization and is the first to present concrete policy solutions for reconciling economic and environmental goals ... it presents a pathbreaking vision of a new trajectory ... this book reflects the new direction for industrialization in Asia at both the theoretical and practical level. * Economic Geography *Asia's Clean Revolution successfully fulfills its critical objective of "reconciling economic and environmental goals", and also satisfies its aim of "reducing energy, materials, pollution, and waste intensity of economic activities". As a contribution to environmental management, the book compliments the World Commission on Environment and Development's 1987 "Brundtland Report". It should be essential reading ... * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *Table of ContentsPreface Owen Cylke, US–Asia Environmental Partnership and Winrock International, USA, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 1. Toward clean shared growth in Asia David P. Angel, Clark University, USA, Michael T. Rock, Hood College, USA Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia Part 1: Framing the Issues David P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 2. Technology and environmental performance: leveraging growth and sustainability George R. Heaton, Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Budy Resosudarmo, Indonesian Government Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology and University of Indonesia 3. Globalisation and the environment in Asia: linkages, impacts and policy implications Daniel Esty, Yale Law School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA Mari Pangestu and Hadi Soesastro, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia 4. Public policies to promote cleaner shared industrial growth in East Asia Michael T. Rock, Ooi Giok Ling, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and National University of Singapore Victor Kimm, University of Southern California, USA 5. Industrialising cities and the environment in Pacific Asia: toward a policy framework and agenda for action Michael Douglass, University of Hawaii, USA, and Ooi Giok Ling 6. Civil society and the future of environmental governance in Asia Lyuba Zarsky, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, USA Simon S.C. Tay, National University of Singapore Part 2: Case Studies in Innovation David P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 7. Putting pressure on polluters: Indonesia's PROPER programme. A case study for the Harvard Institute for International Development 1997 Asia Environmental Economics Policy Seminar Shakeb Afsah, International Resources Group, USA Jeffrey R. Vincent, Harvard Institute for International Development, USA 8. Water pollution abatement in Malaysia Jeffrey R. Vincent Rozali bin Mohamed Ali, Asset-Holding Berhad, Malaysia Khalid Abdul Rhaim, Universiti Putra Malaysia 9. Toward more sustainable development: the environment and industrial policy in Taiwan Michael T. Rock 10. Measuring up: toward a common framework for tracking corporate environmental performance Daryl Ditz, Environmental Law Institute, USA Janet Ranganathan, World Resources Institute, USA Postscript Melito Salazar, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Warren Evans, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

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Book SynopsisIn ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book''s level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists.Trade Review'… justifies its place as introductory reading to such environmental issues as climate, agriculture, foresting and deforestation, food and water supply, population and built environment, mining and urban problems in the Greco-Roman world.' ArctosTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Greece: 1. The geographic space; 2. People and nature; 3. Agriculture; 4. Forests and timber; 5. Gardens; 6. Animals; 7. Food; 8. Fire and water; 9. Earthquakes and volcanoes; 10. Mining; Part II. Rome: 11. The geographic space; 12. People and nature; 13. Agriculture; 14. Forests and timber; 15. Gardens; 16. Animals; 17. Food; 18. Fire and water; 19. Earthquakes and volcanoes; 20. Mining; 21. Urban problems and rural villa construction; 22. The environment in Roman Britain; Conclusion.

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This book presents top research on the critical issue of whether the world can adapt to climate change. Examining how humans and ecosystems respond to new and unpredictable climates, and the role played by culture and governance in this, it is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and graduates.

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Book SynopsisThe basic unit of nature â the ecosystem â is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth. It explains how this concept of ecosystem as natural capital sheds light on a number of important issues, including landscape conversion, ecological restoration, ecosystem resilience and collapse, spatial benefits and payments for ecosystem services. The book concludes by focusing on major policy challenges that need to be overcome in order to avert the worsening problem of ecological scarcity and how we can fund novel financing mechanisms for global conservation.Trade Review'Spiced with a rich melange of historical perspective and insightful empirical illustration, Barbier sets out the key issues necessary to address the challenge of the unfolding 'Age of Ecological Scarcity'. This volume will draw readers from multiple fields including economics, ecology and environmental sciences.' Ian Bateman, Professor of Environmental Sciences, CSERGE, University of East Anglia'This important book, by a leader in natural resource economics, is essential reading for anyone interested in knowing what 'sustainable development' really means.' Professor Sir Peter Crane, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr Dean, Yale University'A landmark contribution to the development of the theory of natural capital, this book combines broad scholarship and novel research to address the central challenge in environmental economics.' Simon Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology, Princeton University'Barbier's latest book is the clearest exposition yet of ecological scarcity as an economic problem and of ecosystems as valuable natural assets. 'Natural Capital' as a concept has come of age, and as one of its key proponents, Barbier does justice both to its pedagogical complexity and to its significance for our common future.' Pavan Sukhdev, McCluskey Fellow 2011, Yale University, and Study Leader TEEBTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ecological scarcity as an economic problem; 2. Ecosystem services and ecological landscapes; 3. The basic natural asset model; 4. Spatial variation in ecosystems; 5. The open economy; 6. Ecological collapse; 7. The way ahead; 8. Policies in the age of ecological scarcity; Index.

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