Sustainability Books

Book SynopsisSince the earliest days of civilization, streets have played an important role in shaping society – but what is a street? Is it a living ecosystem, a public space, a social space, an economic space or a combination of these? The focus on automotive travel over the past century has changed the role of streets in cities. This has degraded the quality of urban life and contributed to public health issues. This book offers a unique look at streets as locations that can evolve to support the economic, social, cultural and natural aspects of cities. Using modern urban design examples, it challenges readers to focus not only on the livability and travel benefits of roads, but on how the power of streets can be harnessed. In so doing, it shapes more dynamic spaces for walking, biking and living, and aims to stimulate urban vitality and community regeneration, encouraging policymakers and individuals to make changes in their own communities.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Recent History of the Street 3. The Street for Transport 4. The Street as Economic Space 5. The Street as Social Space 6. The Street as Cultural Space 7. The Street as a Natural Space 8. The Challenges to Ending the Road 9. Beyond Streets: Integrating Behavior 10. A Window into the Future: New Vehicles, New Streets 11. A Call to Action: Streets as the Heart of the City

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa. Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of sustainable development. This volume answers that need. The essays here contribute to the store of knowledge about globalization in sub-Saharan Africa by documenting the affect of this global force on the continent's growth -- economic, political, and cultural. This interdisciplinary collection provides comprehensive analyses at the international, national, andlocal levels of the theoretical issues revolving around the complex process of globalization, while offering detailed examinations of new models of economic development that can be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance economic growth, self-sufficiency, and sustainable development. These models are accessible to politicians, public policy analysts, scholars, students, international organizations, nongovernmental actors, and members of the public atlarge. Finally, the essays here provide insightful case studies of African countries that already demonstrate creative, indigenous-based models of entrepreneurship and discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development and economic independence at the grassroots level. Contributors represent the disciplines of law, history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, business and management, African studies and art history, criminal justice, and education. Bessie House-Soremekun is the Public Scholar in African American Studies, Civic Engagement, and Entrepreneurship, Professor of Political Science and Professor of Africana Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.Trade ReviewThe chapters are well written and topical, and they offer a good introduction to both current and traditional issues concerning African development. * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisThis collection of ten case studies addresses the unique challenges surrounding the improvement of energy consumption and thermal comfort in modern buildings built between 1931 and 1969 and offers valuable lessons for other structures facing similar issues. These buildings, international in scope and diverse in type, style, and size, range from the Shulman House, a small residence in Los Angeles, to the TD Bank Tower, a skyscraper complex in Toronto, and from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a cultural venue in Lisbon, to the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam, now an office building. Showing ingenuity and sensitivity, the case studies consider improvements to such systems as heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, and controls. They provide examples that demonstrate best practices in conservation and show ways to reduce carbon footprints, minimize impacts to historic materials and features, and introduce renewable energy sources, in compliance with energy codes and green-building rating systems. The Conserving Modern Heritage series, launched in 2019, is written by architects, engineers, conservators, scholars, and allied professionals. The books in this series provide well-vetted cased studies that address the challenges of conserving twentieth century heritage. "Trade Review"The conservation of buildings has always necessitated adaptation. Today, the need to adapt is magnified by two factors. First is the modern era's frenetic race for innovation, which frequently outpaces habitability and durability concerns. Second, conservators must satisfy contemporary performance expectations that are ratcheted up by climate change. Both factors are insightfully and thoroughly addressed in Managing Energy Use in Modern Buildings: Case Studies in Conservation Practice. ;; The range of modern buildings portrayed is noteworthy in itself, from iconic structures like Kahn's Richards Medical Research Laboratories to gems like the Catalina American Baptist Church, from idiosyncratic wonders like the Geschwister-Scholl Grammar School to classics like the Toronto-Dominion Centre. Each case study underscores the importance of employing established best practices in conservation, creatively leveraging the inherent qualities of each unique building, and forging creative and compatible solutions."-Carl Elefante, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP;; "The challenge of developing appropriate conservation strategies that will preserve the character-defining construction and materials of modern historic places is a significant one. Managing Energy Use in Modern Buildings features case studies of conservation projects that implement minimal intervention strategies while maintaining the historic character of these buildings, such as enhancing their original features, systems, glazing, insulation, and air barriers. The studies cover diverse climate zones and typologies and different types of interventions that could instigate further research and serve as inspiration for other conservation projects worldwide.; The volume is well illustrated, and the terminology and glossary are excellent. As both a teacher and heritage expert engaged in educating emerging professionals on the energy retrofitting of historic buildings, I highly endorse this publication and its adoption as an educational resource."-- Dr. Mario Santana Quintero, Professor in Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering, Carleton University and Secretary General of ICOMOSTable of ContentsForeword Preface and acknowledgements Introduction Projects Gesweister-Scholl School / Lunen, Germany / 1956-62 Oskar Spital-Frenking Shulman House / Los Angeles / 19XX Ian Dickenson Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Lisbon / 1969 Teresa Nunes da Ponte, Osorio Tomas, Sonia Antunes, and Bruno Terra da Motta Toronto-Dominion Centre, TD Bank Tower / Toronto / 1967 Adrienne Cressman, Melissa Patterson, Eric Chisholm, Michael McClelland, and Kyle Parry Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre / London / 19XX Ian Taylor, Richard Battye, and Mark Nutley Richards Medical Research Laboratories / Philadelphia / 1961 Matthew S. Chalifoux and David N. Fixler Catalina American Baptist Church / Tucson, Arizona / 1960-61 J. Chris Evans Van Nelle Factory / Rotterdam / 1925-31 Wessel de Jonge, Tom J. Haartsen, and Eric R. van den Ham Boston University School of Law / Boston / 1961 Henry Moss Workers Compensation Board / Winnipeg / 1961 Travis Cooke, Glen Gross, Jason Kun, Markian Yereniuk, and John Wells Glossary Bibliography

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Book Synopsis"As we look ahead to the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Making Money Moral could not come at a better time." —Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase The math doesn't add up: Global financial markets can no longer ignore the world's most critical problems. The risks are too high and the costs too great. In Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries Is Linking Purpose and Profit, authors Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg explore a burgeoning movement of bold and ambitious innovators. These trailblazers are unlocking private-sector investments in new ways to solve global problems, from environmental challenges to social issues such as poverty and inequality. They are earning great returns and reimagining capitalism in the process. Pioneers in the field of sustainable and impact investing, Rodin and Madsbjerg offer first-hand stories of how investors of every type and in every asset class are investing in world-changing solutions—with great success. Meet the visionaries who are leading this movement:The investment managers putting trillions of dollars to work, like TPG, Wellington Management, State Street Global Advisors, Nuveen, Amundi, APG and Natixis;The asset owners driving the transition, like GPIF and PensionDanmark;A new generation of entrepreneurs benefiting from the investments, like DreamBox Learning, an innovative educational technology platform, and Goodlife Pharmacies, which is disrupting the traditional notion of a pharmacy; The corporations that are repurposing their business models to meet demand for sustainable products and services, like Ørsted; andThe nonprofits that are reimagining how to raise money for their work while creating significant value for investors, like The Nature Conservancy. In their book, Rodin and Madsbjerg offer a deep look at the most powerful tools available today—and how they can be unlocked. They reveal:Who the investors are and what they want;How innovative products and investment strategies can deliver long-term value for investors while improving lives and protecting ecosystems;How leaders can build strategies and prepare their organizations to enter and expand this dynamic market; andHow to measure impact, understand critical regulations, and avoid potential pitfalls.A roadmap to making the financial market a force for good, Making Money Moral is a must-read for those seeking private-sector capital to address a big problem, as well as those seeking both to mitigate risk and to invest in big solutions. "Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg identify an important new way of looking at money: from the root of all evil to the fount of all solutions. Their timely, important book on impact investing is full of powerful insights and compelling examples they've seen firsthand. Their work will be sure to accelerate momentum toward a more sustainable world." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and Author of Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a TimeTrade Review"Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg identify an important new way of looking at money: from the root of all evil to the fount of all solutions. Their timely, important book on impact investing is full of powerful insights and compelling examples they've seen firsthand. Their work will be sure to accelerate momentum toward a more sustainable world." * Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and Author of Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time *"As we look ahead to the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Making Money Moral could not come at a better time. Rodin and Madsbjerg make a compelling case, through well-researched analysis, that, in rebuilding our economies, healthy growth along with sustainable and impact investing will be critical for the future of our planet, its people, and our economic system. Making Money Moral challenges those of us in the investment community to help to lead the way." * Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase *"Anyone who wants to understand the link between capital markets and progress towards a more sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous world should put this book at the top of their reading list. Through real-life examples and in-depth conversations with experts, Making Money Moral demonstrates the power of bringing together the world of finance and the world of impact." * Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation, Co-Founder, The Rise Fund *"This book is packed with powerful ideas, insightful analysis, and inspiring stories. In Making Money Moral, Rodin and Madsbjerg, who helped accelerate the growth of this field with their groundbreaking work at the Rockefeller Foundation, make the compelling argument that when capital markets shift their priorities and adopt more responsible, sustainable approaches to making a profit, they can become a tremendous force for good. It will be required reading for all business students seeking a critical lens on the field, including an outstanding chapter on impact measurement." * Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Founder and Chair, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund; Author, Giving 2.0 *"Making Money Moral is an essential read for those who want to make capitalism work for everyone—not just a few. This is an issue that looms larger than ever as we come out of the current public health and financial crisis that highlighted long standing economic inequities. Through engaging stories and insightful analysis, Rodin and Madsbjerg offer an inspiring look at the partnerships and financial innovations reshaping capital markets in the twenty-first century. They show us how business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and investors can promote a thriving economy while also expanding opportunities for all." * Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, President & CEO for The Chicago Community Trust; Board Member, Colgate Palmolive, The Coca Cola Company, and Go Health *"At a time when capitalism is facing a profound crisis of legitimacy, Making Money Moral shows us how we can make capitalism more inclusive. Through lively, readable prose, using the latest research and expert interviews, the authors analyze how a sustainable and impact investment approach can enhance profitability and better serve society. They show us that the companies doing most to improve lives and protect the planet are poised to become tomorrow's most valuable businesses. This book is a critical read for asset owners and investment managers alike." * Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Founder and CEO of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism; Founding and Managing Partner, Inclusive Capital Partners *"Making Money Moral could not be more timely. It will quickly become the go-to manual for anyone who wants to learn about impact investing, including those already in the field who are watching it explode, from two authors who were there from the beginning." * Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America *"In this rigorously researched and well-written book, Rodin and Madsbjerg tackle a vital subject: the role of financial markets in progress toward a better world. By tracking the growth of sustainable and impact investing and the potential it offers for meeting the sustainable development goals, the authors offer a view of the future of capitalism that is both realistic and hopeful." * Peter Blair Henry, W. R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Finance; Dean Emeritus, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business *"In Making Money Moral, Rodin and Madsbjerg describe investment strategies to increase environmental sustainability and ameliorate social challenges while also succeeding financially. This book provides an essential guide for business school students who want to understand this growing field. At once engaging and rigorous, this book provides critically important guidance for those in finance, business, government, and the nonprofit sector who seek to grow and strengthen the practice of sustainable and impact investing. The authors' emphasis on identifying and analyzing the critical partnerships in this ecosystem is first-rate." * Katherine Klein, Edward H. Bowman Professor, Professor of Management; Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Social Impact Initiative, The Wharton School *"If you're an entrepreneur looking to tap the $30 trillion market for impact and sustainable investment capital, Making Money Moral is an essential read. I watched first-hand how Rodin and Madsbjerg helped transform impact investing from a small, socially focused asset class to its prominence in the financial markets in every asset class. The book does an outstanding job in identifying who is moving the markets today and what it takes to succeed to create both purpose and profit. There is critical information for asset owners, advisors, and money managers alike, and for nonprofit and business leaders who want to think more boldly about their role in this new world." * Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Group Executive Chairman, Econet Group *"Making Money Moral is a revelation for any firm looking to help investors take innovative paths toward growth. Rodin and Madsbjerg are the go-to experts to help guide an understanding of the concepts of sustainable and impact investing. Making Money Moral is a must-read for anyone looking to use new financial tools to build a better future." * John Haley, CEO, Willis Towers Watson *"We created The Rise Fund at TPG to finance cutting edge companies that have innovative, high impact solutions to social and environmental problems. Rodin and Madsbjerg show how these and other types of capital investments, in every asset class, can have transformative effects. Their book makes an essential contribution at this moment when reassessing the role of private capital is so high on the global agenda. Their critical review of the state of the field, their analysis of approaches to impact measurement and their understanding of what it takes to most effectively link purpose and profit makes this book a must-read for all who want to understand this exploding field." * Jon Winkelried, Co-Chief Executive Officer, TPG *

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume represent grassroots restoration work in higher education for sustainability. Over the last five years, faculty in the humanities and social sciences at a wide range of institutions across North America have individually and together begun to do what David Orr called for in the 1990s in Earth in Mind. They have gone back to their respective disciplines and, with intellectual agility, courage, and a sense of adventure and responsibility, begun to rethink old assumptions, ask the big questions, and readjust their own narratives about what it means to educate, to learn, and to know - with the challenges of sustainability in mind. Sustainability educators have had to engage entirely new disciplines, work closely with non-academic institutional and community partners, take pedagogical risks, invent new courses and entirely reconfigure old ones, and learn anew how to draw on cultural wisdom from their own experience and disciplinary training. They have inspired, cajoled, and tended individual change, institutional change, and social change. They have come together in conferences, working groups, and networks to reflect on pedagogical theory, learning outcomes, and assessment for sustainability.The main purpose of this volume is to provide a snapshot of this curricular restoration for sustainability within U.S. higher education.

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Book SynopsisWhile Michael Pollan and others have popularized ideas about how growing one’s own food can help lead to environmental sustainability, environmental justice activists have pushed for more access to gardens and fresh food in impoverished communities. Now, Robert S. Emmett argues that mid-twentieth-century American garden writing included many ideas that became formative for these contemporary environmental writers and activists.Drawing on ecocriticism, environmental history, landscape architecture, and recent work in environmental justice and food studies, Emmett explores how the language of environmental justice emerged in descriptions of gardening across a variety of literary forms. He reveals early egalitarian associations found in garden writing, despite a popular focus on elite sites such as suburban lawns and formal southern gardens. Cultivating Environmental Justice emphasizes the intergenerational work of gardeners and garden writers who, from the 1930s on, asserted increasingly radical socioeconomic and ecological claims to justice. Emmett considers a wide range of texts by authors including Bernard M’Mahon, Scott and Helen Nearing, Katharine S. White, Elizabeth Lawrence, Alice Walker, and Novella Carpenter.Trade ReviewEmmett’s book is a centrally important contribution to ecocriticism, environmental justice discourse, and the burgeoning field of food studies and sustainability, because it is the first attempt to bring together the many historical and political backgrounds of the relatively recent emergence of the urban gardening movement in connection with environmental justice.""—Louise Westling, author of The Logos of the Living World: Merleau-Ponty, Animals, and Language

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Book SynopsisThe attempt to sensitize the business practitioner and the public-policy planner, as well as students of business management and the social sciences, to the concept of sustainable development in an easily comprehensible manner. This book analyzes sustainable development from the perspective of economics. Environmental and social challenges are shaping policies and consumer preferences to facilitate sustainable development. This concept has become an integral part of global business strategy. However, these trends are not always backed up by an adequate understanding of the complexities of the concept, and their implications for decision-making.It is important to appreciate the economic logic under- lying both the necessity and the difficulty of moving to a world that can be sustained over time. The inter-relationship between the activities of human societies and nature lies at the core of sustainable development. Understanding this inter-relationship goes beyond the domain of conventional economics, into more interfaced terrains of ecological economics and environmental science

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Book SynopsisYou may have mastered Arduino and 3D printing, but what will you make when the power goes out? This book, featuring projects drawn from previous issues of Make: and Craft:, features projects you can build with little or no technology. Whether it's making your own cider or starting a fire with a bow drill, the projects in this book will let you keep making even when you're away from civilization. Whether you're on a camping trip or fortifying the last human settlement against hordes of zombies, you'll find something in this book that will keep you happy, engaged, and most important of all...alive! Projects include: Making fire with a bow drill Old-school bookbinding Kitchen table cider making Hogwash bacon soap Da Vinci reciprocating mechanism The Rok-Bak chair Olive oil lamp

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Book SynopsisWhen citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of theircommunity, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives,community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, andcharitable foundations are all examples of social economies thatemphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation of profit. Whilesuch groups often participate in market-based activities to achievetheir goals, they also pose an alternative to the capitalist marketeconomy. Contributors to Scaling Up investigated innovativesocial economies in British Columbia and Alberta and discovered thatachieving a social good through collective, grassroots enterpriseresulted in a sustainable way of satisfying human needs that was also,by extension, environmentally responsible. As these case studiesillustrate, organizations that are capable of harnessing the power of asocial economy generally demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes:greater social justice, financial self-sufficiency, and environmentalsustainability. Within the matrix of these three allied principles lienew strategic directions for the politics of sustainability.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction: Social Economics and Sustainability / MikeGismondi, Sean Connelly, Mary Beckie, Sean Markey, and MarkRoseland 1 Towards Convergence: An Exploratory Framework 7 / SeanConnelly, Mike Gismondi, Sean Markey, and Mark Roseland 2 The Green Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta 27 /Mike Gismondi, Lynda Ross, and Juanita Marois 3 The Role of the Social Economy in Scaling Up Alternative FoodInitiatives 59 / Mary Beckie and Sean Connelly 4 Human Services and the Caring Society 83 / JohnRestakis 5 Towards Sustainable Resource Management: Community Energy andForestry in British Columbia and Alberta 113 / Julie L.MacArthur 6 Evolving Conceptions of the Social Economy: The Arts, Culture, andTourism in Alert Bay 147 / Kelly Vodden, Lillian Hunt, and RandyBell 7 Non-Profit and Co-operative Organizations and the Provision ofSocial Housing 171 / George Penfold, Lauren Rethoret, and TerriMacDonald 8 Land Tenure Innovations for Sustainable Communities 195 /Marena Brinkhurst and Mark Roseland 9 Sustaining Social Democracy Through Heritage-Building Conservation223 / Noel Keough, Mike Gismondi, and ErinSwift-Leppäkumpu 10 Strong Institutions, Weak Strategies: Credit Unions and the RuralSocial Economy 249 / Sean Markey, Freya Kristensen, and StewartPerry Conclusion "Social Economizing" Sustainability 271 /Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, and Sean Markey List of Contributors 299

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Book SynopsisTourists are travelling the world in greater numbers than ever before, seeking immersive cultural experiences. This massive rise of tourism has raised issues of social and cultural sustainability in the world's global cities. At the same time, smaller cities and rural communities struggling with increasing urbanization and the loss of traditional industries could benefit from increased tourism. Smaller cities and communities are uniquely well-suited to hosting tourists seeking authentic connection with local cultures. Locally led, collaborative efforts to build creative tourism industries have the possibility to reinvigorate struggling communities. Creative tourism offers the opportunity to build socially and culturally sustainable channels for growth that benefit locals and visitors alike. Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities examines the processes, policies, and methodologies of creative tourism, paying special attention to the ways creative and place-based tourism can aid sustainable cultural development. With topics ranging from placemaking through food to the cultural impacts of cruise travel, and from catalyzing creative tourism to creating resiliency, this collection offers a wide range of theoretical and practical perspectives from a variety of experts. Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities offers a bold vision for the future of tourism worldwide.

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Book SynopsisThis volume considers the timely issues of social and sustainable entrepreneurship. The chapters consider in depth the issues, problems, contexts, and processes that make entrepreneurial enterprises more social and/or sustainable. Top researchers from a diverse set of perspectives have contributed their latest research on a variety of topics such as the role of entrepreneurial bricolage in generating innovations in a social context (Gundry, Kickul, Griffins, and Bacq) and emerging themes in social entrepreneurship education (Thiru). Several chapters tackle lingering definitional issues such as the distinctions between social, sustainable, and environmental entrepreneurship (Dean, Sarason, and Neenan), or propose social entrepreneurship research agendas based on key research questions found in prior studies (Gras, Mosakowski, and Lumpkin). There are brief histories of social change and their entrepreneurial implications (Kucher and Summers), and frameworks for studying different types of social and sustainable entrepreneurship (Lichtenstein). Each of the chapters, in its own way, addresses the progress and promise of social and sustainable entrepreneurship as a future research domain of growing interest and importance.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. List of Reviewers. An Introduction to the Special Volume on Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Creating Social Change Out of Nothing: The Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurs' Catalytic Innovations. Gaining Insights from Future Research Topics in Social Entrepreneurship: A Content-Analytic Approach. Human Capital and Hybrid Ventures. Understanding Opportunity in Social Entrepreneurship as Paradigm Interplay. Grapes, Dimes, Salt, and Markets: Social Entrepreneurship and Non-Violent Social Change. A Process Model of Social Intrapreneurship within a For-Profit Company: First Community Bank. Social Enterprise Education: New Economics or a Platypus?. Distinctions not Dichotomies: Exploring Social, Sustainable, and Environmental Entrepreneurship. What should be the Locus of Activity for Sustainability? Eight Emerging Ecologies of Action for Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Thinking “Sustainably”: The Role of Intentions, Cognitions, and Emotions in Understanding New Domains of Entrepreneurship. Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth. Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests applies the large body of knowledge, experience and tradition available to those who study tropical rainforests. Revised and updated in light of developments in science, technology, economics, politics, etc. and their effects on tropical forests, it describes the principles of integrated conservation and management that lead to sustainability, identifying the unifying phenomena that regulate the processes within the rainforest and that are fundamental to the ecosystem viability. Features of the natural forest and the socio-cultural ecosystems which can be mimicked in the design of self-sustaining forests are also discussed. A holistic approach to the management and conservation of rainforests is developed throughout the book. The focus on South-East Asian forestry will be widened to include Africa and Latin America. Recent controversial issues such as biofuels and carbon credits with respect to tropical forests and their inhabitants will be discussed. This book is a substantial contribution to the literature, it is a valuable resource for all those concerned with rainforests. Cover Photo: The group of five Iban resting on rocky cliffs in the Ulu Katibas in 1957 were traditional shag (Sect. 2.2, p. 86) farmers from the longhouse of Penguluh Ngali in the steep-hilly Ulu Ai (Ai river headwaters) below the Lanyak Entimau Protected Forest in the PFE (see p. 339). They were part of the native Iban complement in an exploratory survey by F.G. Browne, (Chief) Conservator of Forests Sarawak and Chairman of the Iban Resettlement Board, myself as SFO Kuching and team leader, and my assistant, D. Parson. We had crossed the watershed eastward along a former headhunter trail and got lost for an additional week in the legendary, fascinatingly wild, almost virgin-primary, timber- and biodiversity/species-rich Mixed Dipterocarp Forest (MDF, see pp. xiv and 397) of the Ulu Katibas-Kapuas hill country. Our mission was to assess three alternative land-use options: logging and conversion to production forestry; agriculture; or TPA-NP (pp. xiv-xv). Our conclusion at the end of the crossing was that only TPA - NP was feasible; the Iban farming community had to be resettled on better, more suitable land and soil in Northern Sarawak. Upon returning to Kuching, we recommended the creation of a large, continuous TPA-NP. Iban villagers, tribal leaders and the Government (Governor Sir Anthony Abell) agreed. Strict adherence to the decreed Forest Policy (see pp. 171-173) and the application of the classic phronesis approach (see p. 341) had ensured the establishment and survival of large tracts of MDF and other forest types as TPA, such as the Batang Ai National Park (20,040 ha), Ulu Sebuyau National Park (18,287 ha) and Lanyak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary (182,983 ha), and enabled their inclusion in the current Malaysian (Sarawak and Sabah)-Indonesian transboundary 'Heart of Borneo' programme of biodiversity, species preservation, nature conservation and environmental protection (Photo EFB, 1957).Table of ContentsI: Contents II: Preface III: Acknowledgments IV: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols 1: Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, Land Cover, Habitat, Resource 1.1: Tropical Rainforest: Myths, Delusions and Reality 1.2: Rainforest Macro- and Mesoclimate 1.3: Rainforest Soils, Soil Types and Vegetation Types, Mosaics and Catenas 1.4: Large- and Medium- Scale Dynamic Changes of MDF at Large and Medium Spatial Scales 1.5: Rooting Sphere 1.6: Tree Crowns and Canopy: Physiognomy/ Structure and Functions 1.7: Hydrology, Nutrients and Pollutants 1.8: Tree Species Richness and Diversity 1.9: Floristic Changes and Distribution Patterns 1.10: Pristine and Manipulated Forest and Animal Life 1.11: Small-scale Dynamics, Regeneration, Sub-Formations and Early Growth 1.12: Forest Biomass, Stocks and Accretion 1.13: Forest Growth, Productivity and Production, Above-Ground and Soil Organic Matter (SOM) 1.14: The Worrying Global to Local Significance of Uncertainties, Risks and Constant Changes 1.15: Forest Diversity and Functions 1.16: Some Afterthoughts: How Much Science, How Much Ecological Insight Do We Still Need to Act and Why is There so Much Talk and Little Action? 2: Rainforest Use: Necessity, Wisdom, Greed, Folly 2.1: Original Inhabitants and Secondary Refugees: Forest-dwellers and the Rainforest 2.2: Shifting Cultivators, Cultural Transition, Agroforestry and NWFP 2.3: Native Customary Rights and Forestry 2.4: The Nightmares of Customary Logging, Illegal Landuse and Timber Mining 2.5: Customary and Conventional Selective Logging and the Community 2.6: Timber Production, Trade and Demands 2.7: Rainforest Abuse or Use: Exploitation or Integrated Harvesting? 2.8: Low-impact Harvesting Systems in the TRF 2.9: Tropical Rainforest and Global Climate Oscillations and Change 2.10: Environmental Change and Forestry 3: Sustainable Forestry in Rainforests: Reality or Dream, Hope or Chimaera? 3.1: The Concept of Sustainable Forestry: Origin and Post-Modern Relevance 3.2: The Holistic Nature of Sustainability in Forestry 3.3: Unpredictability and Uncertainties 3.4: History of Sustainable Forestry in Tropical Rainforests 3.5: Short History of Rainforest Silviculture and Management 3.6: Principles of Silvicultural Management 3.7: Conclusion: Hope or Chimera? 3.8: The “World Forestry” Concept: Glimmer of Hope or just another Dreamy Buzz? 4: Principles and Strategies of Sustainability 4.1: Time Scale and Hierarchy of Sustainability Principles and Strategies 4.2: Principles at National Level 4.3: Principles at Regional and Forest Management Unit Level 4.4: Principles at Forest-stand Level 4.5: Timber Management and Conservation/Preservation: Segregation or Integration? 4.6: Sustainable Alternative: Non-timber or Non-wood Forest Products? 5: The Tortuous Road Towards Forest Sustainability in the TRF: cases from which to learn 5.1: Example: The State of Sarawak 5.2: Africa: Paradigm Change in the Congo Basin blocks satisfactory Progress 5.3: Tropical America: Few could cope with Social Distortions and Political Miscasts 5.4: Conclusion 6: Naturalistic Close-to-Nature-Forestry Management in TRF 6.1: Origin, Goals, Targets and Principles of Close to Nature Forestry (CNF) 6.2: Potential and Actual Economic Production in CNF-TRF 6.3: Growth and Sustained Yield Potential of CNF in MDF 6.4: Systems unsuitable for Perhumid/ Humid Evergreen Tropical Forest (TRF) 6.5: Techniques, Standards and Problems of CNF in TRF 6.6: SMS for Fragile Oligotrophic Upland Soils in Kerangas and Caatinga Forests 6.7: SMS for Fragile Oligotrophic Peatswamp Soils in APR 6.8: Overcoming the Enigma of Uncertainty 6.9: Prospects for CNF in APR, Congo Basin and Amazon Basin-Yukatan 7: How to Avoid Forest Degradation or Upgrade Degraded Forest Ecosystems: a classic World Forestry Problem 7.1: When did the Problems Evolve and what Attempts were Made at Mitigation? 7.2: Restoration or Rehabilitation of Over-logged and timber-mined Upland Rainforests 7.3: Restoration in Secondary Forests on Zonal TRF Sites 7.4: Example: Multiple-purpose Plantations in Semengoh Forest Reserve 7.5: Restoration of Biodiversity in Plots RP 76 and TP 4B , Semengoh Forest Reserve 7.6: The Deramakot Model R&D Project, Role Model of an Integrated Approach 7.7: Silvicultural Conclusions on Restoration on Oxi-and Ultisols and on Podsols 7.8: Conclusion 8: Short-rotation Tree Plantations 8.1: Motivation and Objectives 8.2: Rationale and Risks 8.3: Selection System CNF versus Customary Logging and Conversion to Plantation 9: Forest Management: Doctrine, Muddle or Goal-Orientated System 9.1: What went wrong? 9.2: Do we still Need New Guidelines for Forestry in the Tropics? 9.3: Example: the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Guidelines 9.4: The ITTO Guidelines for Planted Tropical Forests and Recreating Tropical Forests 9.5: Planning Sustainable Forest Utilisation: Information Needs 10: Certification of Forest Management and Timber Origin 10.1: Roots: Forest Resource Rape ; Offshoots: Boycott of Tropical Forestry and Timber 10.2: Principles, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability 10.3: Objective Certification in TRF: Practicable or Virtually Impossible 10.4: Trade Policies and Tree-species Conservation 10.5: Why so far so little success and effect for so much fuss? 11: Where are We and the TRF in 2013? 11.1: Some Fundamentals 11.2: Management and Conservation 11.3: Economics 11.4: Information 11.5: Politics 12: Quo Vadis Silva Tropikos? 12.1: Classic Rome and Athens Teach a Lesson on the Roots of the Dilemma 12.2: Action Priorities 12.3: Where Should the TRF Go, where Can it Go Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: Biocybernetic Principles of System Design V: References and Further Reading VI: Index of Species and Major Non- timber Forest Products VII: Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on understanding farming transition pathways towards sustainability, using case studies from Europe. It assesses the utility of the multi-level perspective in transition theory for addressing contemporary issues and identifies future research needs, making it an essential read for researchers of rural or agricultural change.Trade ReviewThis book provides timely analysis of the multiple challenges facing European agriculture - - Exciting new insights are developed covering topics such as multifunctionaility, high nature value farming, energy production from farm crops and new forms of governance." Prof Guy Robinson, Director of the Centre for Regional Engagement, University of South Australia This book presents a rich, pan-European selection of cases assessed utilising the multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions. Based on this variety, it offers new conceptual terms for analysis, including 'niche-tandems', 'retro-innovation' and 'market hybridity'. The findings of this book thus present an important stepping stone for future research on transition strategies to make agriculture globally sustainable while preserving its local and regional richness. Dr Boelie Elzen, Science, Technology & Policy Studies (STəPS), University of Twente, the Netherlands.Table of ContentsI: Contributors II: Glossary III: Acknowledgements 1: Introduction 2: Socio-technical transitions in farming: key concepts 3: Understanding the diversity of rural areas 4: Utilising the multi-level perspective in empirical field research:methodological considerations 5: Lifestyle farming: countryside consumption and transition towards new farming models 6: More than just a factor in transition processes? The role of collaboration in agriculture 7: High nature value farming: environmental practices for rural sustainability 8: Transition processes and natural resource management 9: On-farm renewable energy: a ‘classic case’ of technological transition 10: ‘The missing actor’: alternative agri-food networks and the resistance of key regime actors 11: Local quality and certification schemes as new forms of governance in sustainability transitions 12: Transdisciplinarity in deriving sustainability pathways for agriculture 13: Conceptual insights derived from case studies on ‘emerging transitions’ in farming 14: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis new edition provides an update on the considerable amount of evidence on tree-crop interactions which has accumulated during the last two decades, especially on the more complex multi-strata agroforestry systems, which are typical of the humid tropics. In addition three new chapters have been added to describe the new advances in the relationship between climate change adaptation, rural development and how trees and agroforestry will contribute to a likely reduction in vulnerability to climate change in developing countriesTable of Contents1: A Framework for Quantifying the Various Effects of Tree–Crop Interactions 2: Mixed Cropping of Annual and Woody Perennial Species: An Analytical Approach to Productivity and Management 3: Modelling Radiation Interception and Water Balance in Agroforestry Systems 4: Principles of Resource Capture and Use of Light and Water 5: Agroforestry and (Micro) Climate Change 6: The Water Balance of Mixed Tree–Crop Systems 7: Competition and Phenology in Agroforestry 8: Root Distribution of Trees and Crops: Competition and/or Complementarity 9: Laboratory and Field Techniques for Measuring Root Distribution and Architecture 10: Adaptation for Climate-sensitive Crops Using Agroforestry: Case Studies for Coffee and Rice 11: Adaptation of Crops to Partial Shade in Mixed Cropping Systems 12: Synthesis: Key Agroforestry Challenges in the Future

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Book SynopsisCapacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human resources of communities. It reviews the extensive literature on capacity-building strategies and policies and examines the implications of sustainable development in communities around the world. The book's approach is both theoretical and applied. It offers methods of operationalizing sustainable development and sustainability theories and explores capacity building methods at different levels of government. Successful practices in non-governmental and governmental agency roles are examined. By considering the path towards embracing whole, or partial, sustainability, it provides a comprehensive analysis and examination of how to build capacity in tackling many development problems, especially those linked to infrastructure accumulation and land-use development. Contributors shed light on the overall impact of globalisation and many concepts related to sustainable development and sustainability of the economic socio-cultural and environmental systems. This book: · Examines the links between environment and sustainable development; · Provides models for capacity building; · Considers the role of globalization in sustainable development; · Renders a theoretical and applied examination of the issues; · Provides multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. This book is recommended for research libraries, for graduate studies in economic development, sustainable development, environmental management; and undergraduate studies relating to developing and emerging countries. It is also useful for government officials, researchers, decision makers and policy analysts involved in sustainable development.Table of Contents1: Building the Capacities of Developing Countries to Protect the Environment 2: Operationalizing Concepts of Sustainable Development in Africa 3: Sustainability of Agriculture and Food Shortage: A Brief Analysis of the African Condition 4: Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Imperatives of Capacity Building 5: Understanding Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 6: The Link Between Environment and Development 7: Capacity Building for Environmental Impact Analysis in Nigeria 8: The Effect of Traditional Land Management Methods on Crop Yield in Betem, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State Nigeria 9: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development in the Twentieth Century: The Yoruba Women Example 10: Capacity Building and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 11: Business Sector and Global Sustainable Future 12: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development 13: Subaltern Hydro-Struggles Against Unsustainable Commercial Diamond-Mining Practices in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe (2009-2013) 14: Proactive Learning Framework: Educational Model for Capacity-Building and Sustainable Development 15: Can Competitiveness be the Framework for Sustainable Electricity Supply in Nigeria? 16: Energy Production and Consumption for Sustainable Development 17: Climate Change and Coping Strategies for Sustainable Food Production Among Small Scale Farmers in Nigeria 18: Capacity Building for Rural Development in Nigeria: The Case of Rural Road Network 19: Oil, Conflict, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria 20: Energy Production and Consumption and Sustainable Development 21: The Challenges of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Sustainable Development of Selected Coastal Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (1990-2015) 22: Human Rights Violation in a Bid for Sustainable Development: A Case of Tokwe-Mukosi Dam Construction in Chivi District in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe 23: Relationships of Climate Variability and Change to Development

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine the essence of diverse peak experiences and delve into the factors that give rise to these experiences. Part 2 considers the links between these core experiences and the tourism industry that seeks to sustain itself by facilitating such satisfying outcomes.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES: TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF THE ARCTIC AND CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES. Chapter 1: Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism Experiences Chapter 2: Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800s Chapter 3: Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and Safety Chapter 4: The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic Periphery Chapter 5: Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of Museums Chapter 6: World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness? PART II: CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC Chapter 7: Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in Greenland Chapter 8: Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism Narratives Chapter 9: Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in Alaska Chapter 10: The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese Perspective Chapter 11: Tourists’ Interpretations of a “Feelgood In Lapland” Holiday- A Case Study Chapter 12: Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami? Chapter 13: Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic Scandinavia Chapter 14: Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern Norway Chapter 15: Responsible Fishing Tourism in the Arctic Chapter 16: Long way up: Powered Two-Wheeled Journeys in Northern Peripheries Chapter 17: Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian Arctic Chapter 18: Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and Potentials Chapter 19: Tourism Experiences of Post-Soviet Arctic Borderlands Chapter 20: Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Directions for a Changing Periphery

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Book SynopsisThis timely volume provides fascinating insights into emerging developments in the field of legal governance of the environment at a time when environmental governance is increasingly concerned with far more than legal doctrine. The expert contributors are concerned with the totality of arrangements through which power and resources are deployed to protect and restore natural resources, and how the costs and benefits of this are allocated. They explore key issues such as: how the community exercises its democratic rights; how government responds to the needs of current and future generations and balances the interests of the powerful with the powerless; the freedoms and responsibilities of commerce and the holders of property; and the ways in which laws and policies are informed by science and other perspectives. The various ways in which legal scholarship is pivotal to good governance are thus highlighted, as is the extent of innovation being generated by current ecological, economic and social challenges. Clearly demonstrating the increasing breadth and depth of environmental law scholarship, this thought-provoking book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics, students and researchers focusing on environmental law and development.Contributors: A. Brower, Z. Chen, J.W. Dellapenna, A. Du Plessis, M.G. Faure, A. Gardner, N. Goeteyn, M. Hong, K. Jian, A. Kennedy, K. Khoday, R. Kibugi, F. Maes, P. Martin, M. Morel, J. Page, T. Qin, H. Wang, J. Williams, Y. Yanjie, H. ZhangTrade ReviewA unique publication that examines emerging and cutting-edge environmental issues from no less than seven countries including Africa and China. These issues are examined mainly from a trans-disciplinary environmental governance perspective that includes law, ecology, economics, policy and management. The contributors to the book include PhD candidates from Africa, Belgium and China. They are exceptional young scholars. They together with other contributors, who are distinguished environmental legal experts, have advanced the scholarship of environmental governance. --Koh Kheng-Lian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Scholarship of Environmental Governance PART I: THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 1. Instruments for Environmental Governance: What Works? Michael G. Faure 2. Does (Property) Diversity Beget (Landscape) Sustainability? John Page and Ann Brower 3. Creating Next Generation Rural Landscape Governance: The Challenge for Environmental Law Scholarship Paul Martin, Jacqueline Williams and Amanda Kennedy PART II: GOVERNANCE INNOVATION IN CHINA 4. Constitutionalism and the Environment: The Evolution of Environmental Governance in China’s Socialist Market Economy Kishan Khoday 5. Toward a More Effective Environmental Criminal Law in China Michael G. Faure and Hao Zhang 6. A Feasible Approach to Environmental Public Interest Litigation: The People’s Procuratorate as Plaintiff Mei Hong and Yin Yanjie 7. Environmental E-governance in China: Insights from Government-citizen Interaction Qin Tianbao and Wang Huanhuan PART III: THE INTERSECTION OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AROUND WATER LAWS 8. Global Climate Disruption and Water Law Reform in the United States Joseph W. Dellapenna 9. The Legal Protection of Ramsar Wetlands: Australian Reforms Alex Gardner 10. Drinking Water Security in China: A Critical Justice Issue Ke Jian PART IV: LINKING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INNOVATIONS 11. The Quest for a World Environment Organization: Reflections on a Failing Debate as an Input for Future Improvement Nils Goeteyn and Frank Maes 12. Human Rights Law, Refugee and Migration Law, and Environmental Law: Exploring their Contributions in the Context of ‘Environmental Migration’ Michèle Morel 13. Climate Change: Legal Impediments to Technology Transfer Zhou Chen 14. Implementing Stewardship in Kenyan Land Use Law: The Case for a Sustainability Extension Robert Kibugi Index

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Book SynopsisFew people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a "must" read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.'- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThis timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.These expert contributions pinpoint specific areas in which innovation will be required. These include economic policies, socio-technical systems of production and consumption, and dominant social practices. Drawing on these and other diverse areas of scholarship, this fascinating book highlights new conceptual frameworks for achieving the twin sustainability goals of decreased resource use and enhanced individual and societal well-being.Students, professors and policymakers in ecological economics, innovation studies, environmental policy and many other related fields will find much of interest in this pathbreaking volume.Contributors: M.M. Bell, H.S. Brown, M.J. Cohen, B. Halkier, J.M. Harris, D.J. Hess, S. Hielscher, R. Kemp, E. Kennedy, H. Krahn, N.T. Krogman, S.M. McCauley, I. Røpke, G. Seyfang, A. Smith, G. Spaargaren, J.C. Stephens, J. Stutz, E. Ubert, H. van Lente, P.J. VergragtTrade Review‘This book captures some of the more innovative thinking on “sustainable consumption” being discussed today, offering an excellent starting point for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in new approaches to understanding sustainable consumption. The contributors come together to offer a stimulating discussion around three novel perspectives, but also a basis for future research that might further integrate these approaches.’ -- Marlyne Sahakian, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions‘Few people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.’ -- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada‘In recent years much hard thinking has been devoted to exploring the transition to true sustainability and consumption’s role in it. Innovations in Sustainable Consumption offers an impressive and enormously useful synthesis of this new work. Highly recommended.’ -- James Gustave Speth, Vermont University Law School, US and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy‘This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a “must” read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.’ -- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, and Maurie J. Cohen PART I: NEW ECONOMICS 2. The Macroeconomics of Development Without Throughput Growth Jonathan M. Harris 3. Ecological Macroeconomics: Implications for the Roles of Consumer-Citizens Inge Røpke 4. Going for a Better Life John Stutz 5. Welcome to the Consumption Line: Sustainability, Social Organization and the Wage-Price Gap Emanuel Ubert and Michael M. Bell PART II: SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS 6. The Dual Challenge of Sustainability Transitions: Different Trajectories and Criteria René Kemp and Harro van Lente 7. Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Energy: Exploring Niche-Development Processes Among Community-Energy Initiatives Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith 8. Sustainable Consumption, Energy and Failed Transitions: The Problem of Adaptation David J. Hess 9. Clusters in Transition: Analysis of a Sustainable Energy-Cluster Initiative in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Jennie C. Stephens and Stephen M. McCauley PART III: SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES 10. Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy: A Practice Theoretical Perspective on Change Behavior Campaigns and Sustainability Issues Bente Halkier 11. The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Practices: An Exploration in Theory and Policy Gert Spaargaren 12. Taking Social Practice Theories on the Road: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Sustainable Transportation Emily Kennedy, Harvey Krahn and Naomi T. Krogman Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely volume provides fascinating insights into emerging developments in the field of legal governance of the environment at a time when environmental governance is increasingly concerned with far more than legal doctrine. The expert contributors are concerned with the totality of arrangements through which power and resources are deployed to protect and restore natural resources, and how the costs and benefits of this are allocated. They explore key issues such as: how the community exercises its democratic rights; how government responds to the needs of current and future generations and balances the interests of the powerful with the powerless; the freedoms and responsibilities of commerce and the holders of property; and the ways in which laws and policies are informed by science and other perspectives. The various ways in which legal scholarship is pivotal to good governance are thus highlighted, as is the extent of innovation being generated by current ecological, economic and social challenges. Clearly demonstrating the increasing breadth and depth of environmental law scholarship, this thought-provoking book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics, students and researchers focusing on environmental law and development.Contributors: A. Brower, Z. Chen, J.W. Dellapenna, A. Du Plessis, M.G. Faure, A. Gardner, N. Goeteyn, M. Hong, K. Jian, A. Kennedy, K. Khoday, R. Kibugi, F. Maes, P. Martin, M. Morel, J. Page, T. Qin, H. Wang, J. Williams, Y. Yanjie, H. ZhangTrade ReviewA unique publication that examines emerging and cutting-edge environmental issues from no less than seven countries including Africa and China. These issues are examined mainly from a trans-disciplinary environmental governance perspective that includes law, ecology, economics, policy and management. The contributors to the book include PhD candidates from Africa, Belgium and China. They are exceptional young scholars. They together with other contributors, who are distinguished environmental legal experts, have advanced the scholarship of environmental governance. --Koh Kheng-Lian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Scholarship of Environmental Governance PART I: THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 1. Instruments for Environmental Governance: What Works? Michael G. Faure 2. Does (Property) Diversity Beget (Landscape) Sustainability? John Page and Ann Brower 3. Creating Next Generation Rural Landscape Governance: The Challenge for Environmental Law Scholarship Paul Martin, Jacqueline Williams and Amanda Kennedy PART II: GOVERNANCE INNOVATION IN CHINA 4. Constitutionalism and the Environment: The Evolution of Environmental Governance in China’s Socialist Market Economy Kishan Khoday 5. Toward a More Effective Environmental Criminal Law in China Michael G. Faure and Hao Zhang 6. A Feasible Approach to Environmental Public Interest Litigation: The People’s Procuratorate as Plaintiff Mei Hong and Yin Yanjie 7. Environmental E-governance in China: Insights from Government-citizen Interaction Qin Tianbao and Wang Huanhuan PART III: THE INTERSECTION OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AROUND WATER LAWS 8. Global Climate Disruption and Water Law Reform in the United States Joseph W. Dellapenna 9. The Legal Protection of Ramsar Wetlands: Australian Reforms Alex Gardner 10. Drinking Water Security in China: A Critical Justice Issue Ke Jian PART IV: LINKING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INNOVATIONS 11. The Quest for a World Environment Organization: Reflections on a Failing Debate as an Input for Future Improvement Nils Goeteyn and Frank Maes 12. Human Rights Law, Refugee and Migration Law, and Environmental Law: Exploring their Contributions in the Context of ‘Environmental Migration’ Michèle Morel 13. Climate Change: Legal Impediments to Technology Transfer Zhou Chen 14. Implementing Stewardship in Kenyan Land Use Law: The Case for a Sustainability Extension Robert Kibugi Index

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Book SynopsisNow that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to ensure that we do not further jeopardize the functioning of our planet's life support systems. Through research, education and civic engagement, universities have a pivotal role to play in this transition. This timely book explores how universities are establishing living laboratories for sustainable development, and examines the communication networks and knowledge infrastructures that underpin impact both on and beyond the campus.The expert contributors present case studies of living laboratories being built in leading universities across four continents. Their aim is to cultivate the transition to sustainable development by actively fostering social and technological change to improve use of natural resources and reduce pollution. They are designed to link research, education and practice and to integrate knowledge across disciplines to develop more socially robust approaches to improving sustainability. Directing attention to what enables and constrains learning in communities of multiple and very diverse stakeholders in such laboratories can contribute to a better general understanding of factors influencing the chance of success (or failure), and the institutional arrangements, norms and values that accompany it.Focussing on social learning processes to drive societal change for sustainable development, this fascinating book will prove an invaluable read for academics, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of higher education, regional and urban studies, public policy and the environment, and development studies.Contributors: B. Baleti , T. Becker, T. Berkhout, A. Campbell, A. Cayuela, S. Chen, M. Dalbro, J. Evans, M. Hesse, J. Holmberg, M. Holme Samsøe, Y. Hua, J.-H. Kain, A. Kildahl, H. Komatsu, A. König, N. Kurata, S. Liao, U. Lundgren, B. Meehan, E. Omrcen, T. Ozasa, M. Polk, C. Powell, J. Robinson, H. Tan, T. UenoTrade Review'This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be ''living laboratories'' to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of ''regenerative sustainability'', which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' --Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: A Shared Exploration of ‘Living Laboratories’ for Sustainability Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz 1. Introduction: Experimenting for Sustainable Development? Living Laboratories, Social Learning and the Role of the University Ariane König and James Evans PART I: CAMPUS AS LIVING LABORATORY: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN EXPERIMENTATION 2. Next Generation Sustainability at The University of British Columbia: The University as Societal Test-bed for Sustainability John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell 3. Sustainable Campus as a Living Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of Design Thinking Processes Ying Hua 4. Campus Building Energy Management in Tongji University: An Approach to Achieve Energy Efficiency of Buildings for Sustainability Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen 5. Can an Environmental Management System be a Driving Force for Sustainability in Higher Education? A Case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro 6. Creating Change: Building an Environmentally Sustainable Campus Bart Meehan 7. Reconciling the Pursuit of Excellence with Sustainable Development at the University of Hong Kong Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao 8. What Might a Sustainable University Look Like? Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the University of Luxembourg and its New Campus Ariane König PART II: THE CHALLENGE FOR UNIVERSITIES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES 9. Mistra Urban Futures: A Living Laboratory for Urban Transformations Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg 10. Leading by Example: Developing an Effective Energy Efficiency Program for a Campus and Community Christopher Powell 11. How Can Physical Campus Planning Support Universities in their Development and Ultimately Help Cities Change? Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe 12. Campus Planning for Promoting Quality of Life in the Community Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu 13. Building a Sustainable University from Scratch: Anticipating the Urban, Regional and Planning Dimension of the ‘Cité des Sciences Belval’ in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg Tom Becker and Markus Hesse 14. Conclusion: A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Co-creation of Knowledge in Living Laboratories for Societal Transformation Across Four Continents Ariane König Annex A: ISCN/GULF Sustainable Campus Charter Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book illustrates that in order to address the growing urgency of issues around environmental and resource limits, it is clear that we need to develop effective policies to promote durable changes in behavior and transform how we view, and consume, goods and services. It suggests that in order to develop effective policies in this area, it is necessary to move beyond a narrow understanding of 'how individuals behave', and to incorporate a more nuanced approach that encompasses behavioral influences in different societies, contexts and settings.The editors draw together analyses and case studies from across the globe and from multi-disciplinary perspectives in order to offer a broad-based psychological, sociological and economic understanding of consumer behavior. The expert contributors, from both academic and practitioner backgrounds discuss in detail the barriers, challenges and opportunities that face governments in relation to policy and actions at local, national and supranational levels.This fascinating book will prove a thought-provoking read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of environmental studies - particularly sustainability - and public policy. Practitioners and policy makers concerned with achieving sustainable lifestyles will find this book an invaluable reference tool.Contributors: W. Abrahamse, C. Ashton-Graham, S.C. Bhattacharyya, M. Brugidou, R. Clift, J. de Groot, S. Emmert, A. Farsang, S. Fudge, I. Garabuau-Moussaoui, C. Hicks, A. High-Pippert, S.M. Hoffman, M. Kuhndt, H. Luiten, E. Manzini, S. Milne, P. Newman, L. Reisch, E. Stø, P. Strandbakken, Y. Strengers, M. van de Lindt, W. WehrmeyerTrade Review‘Fudge et al. have provided an up-to-date reference of the current theoretical debates and examples of contemporary behaviour change programmes that will be invaluable for highly experienced researchers looking to stay abreast of developments in this ?eld.’ -- Tara Hipwood, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Roland Clift Introduction Shane Fudge, Michael Peters, Steven M. Hoffman and Walter Wehrmeyer PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 1. The Psychology of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Theoretical and Practical Contributions Wokje Abrahamse and Judith de Groot 2. Peak Electricity Demand and Social Practice Theories: Reframing the Role of Change Agents in the Energy Sector Yolande Strengers 3. Economic and Non-economic Factors Driving Household Expenditure: Methodological Reflections on an Econometric Analysis Scott Milne 4. Scenarios as Tools for Initiating Behaviour Change in Food Consumption Andrea Farsang and Lucia Reisch PART II: AGENCY, BEHAVIOUR AND THE EUROPEAN POLICY LANDSCAPE 5. Emergent Futures? Signposts to Sustainable Living in Europe and Pathways to Scale Cheryl Hicks and Michael Kuhndt 6. Identifying Relevance and Strength of Barriers to Changes in Energy Behaviour Among End Consumers and Households: The BarEnergy Project Martin van de Lindt, Sophie Emmert and Helma Luiten 7. Collaborative (and Sustainable) Behaviours: Grassroots Innovation, Social Change and Enabling Strategies Ezio Manzini 8. From Energy Policies to Energy-related Practices in France: The Figure of the ‘Consumer Citizen’ as a Normative Compromise Mathieu Brugidou and Isabelle Garabuau-Moussaoui 9. Decoupling Environmental Impact from Economic Growth in Norway: Viable Policy or Techo-optimistic Fantasy? Pål Strandbakken and Eivind Stø PART III: DIFFERENT POLICY APPROACHES FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 10. Living Smart in Australian Households: Sustainability Coaching as an Effective Large-scale Behaviour Change Strategy Colin Ashton-Graham and Peter Newman 11. Energy Demand Implications of Structural Change in India Subhes C. Bhattacharyya 12. Institutional and Community-based Initiatives in Energy Planning Steven M. Hoffman and Angela High-Pippert Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict is a timely reminder of the need to integrate sustainable development into key areas of international law, including all phases of armed conflict. Onita Das cleverly picks her way through the applicable law and derives solid suggestions for the future.'BR>- Karen Hulme, University of Essex, UKThis book explores environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a sustainable development perspective. The author details how at each stage of the armed conflict life cycle, policy, law and enforcement have fallen short of the sustainable development model and concludes with a set of suggestions for how to address this pressing concern.The book considers and discusses:- Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a holistically sustainable development perspective.- Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict in the life cycle of armed conflict: pre-conflict, in-conflict and post-conflict.- Uses substantive sustainable development principles (duty of states to ensure sustainable use of natural resources; equity and the eradication of poverty; common but differentiated responsibilities; precautionary principle; public participation; good governance; integration and interrelationship; and polluter pays principle) as tools or objectives to achieve sustainable development in the context of environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict.- The concept of sustainable development is utilized to fill the gaps left by policy and law in the field of environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict.The book also examines 5 case-studies relating to Somalia, Darfur, Sudan, Sierra Leone, the First Gulf war and the Kosovo conflict.This fascinating and detailed study will strongly appeal to academics and postgraduate students in the fields of both environmental protection and international law, researchers, policy-makers, NGOs and individuals working in the field.Trade Review‘A most recent and impressive release. . . is a noteworthy editorial achievement because of the necessary, but often overlooked, connection the author makes between sustainable development issues and security paradigms by interpreting the causes, development and consequences of environmental degradation in conflict-ridden areas of the world. . . Impressive by its accuracy and optimal scope and depth, the text aids readers, helping them move easily into the central thesis of the study. . . We recommend Onita Das’ work to expert researchers, non-governmental activists, officials in national administration and international officials, teachers and students, as well as journalists interested in environmental protection and security studies alike.’ -- Eugen Strau?iu, Central and Eastern European Online Library‘Onita Das' book is a much-needed contribution to literature that draws together the worlds of environmental law and environmental security. Her overview of sustainable development law demonstrates knowledge of environmental legal history. . . Thankfully Onita Das has shed light on some important aspects that help us to see where we must venture.’ -- Elaine C. Hsiao, IUCNAEL EJournal‘This thoughtful, analytical and scholarly monograph encapsulates and examines the ramifications of the vast amount of research carried out by Onita Das on the dual considerations of sustainability and armed conflict. . . Because of its subject matter, the recent appearance of this book is certainly timely and worthy of close scrutiny, especially by those involved professionally in this complex area; academics and postgraduate students obviously, as well as policy-makers and yes, environmental lawyers.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘Environmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict is a timely reminder of the need to integrate sustainable development into key areas of international law, including all phases of armed conflict. Onita Das cleverly picks her way through the applicable law and derives solid suggestions for the future.’ -- Karen Hulme, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Sustainable Development, Security and Armed Conflict − Developing a Theoretical Framework for a Legal Analysis of War and the Environment 3. Failing Sustainable Development? Early Warning, Early Action, and Preventing Environmental Security Threats 4. Sustainable Development and the Protection of the Environment During Times of Armed Conflict 5. Post-conflict: Breaking the Cycle for a Better Future − Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Relevant to Security and Armed Conflict 6. Conclusions and Challenges Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book investigates the challenges of realizing the Asian century. Prosperity in Asia does not only mean economic growth; the issues of public health, sanitation, income equality, the social safety net and efficient use of natural resources are also important. It argues for new policy initiatives in social, environmental and natural resource areas of South, Southeast and East Asia.This insightful volume is presented in three parts: Part I identifies the major socio-economic factors which are likely to take away the opportunities in realizing the Asian century by 2050; Part II presents the responsible policy issues which would be needed to overcome the hurdles such as public finance, natural resources, public health and sanitation, intra-Asia migration and decentralized governance; and Part III articulates major challenges in realizing Asian prosperity including sustainable international business and sustainable growth. The topics examined range from demographic conditions and tax reform to responsible use of natural resources in the years to come.The Asian Century, Sustainable Growth and Climate Change will appeal to academics in the fields of Asian studies and environment ecology. Both practitioners and policymakers will find this detailed analysis of the major challenges for South Asian growth an invaluable resource.Contributors: R. Chakrabarty, S.L. Chakravarty, L.-H. Chan, M. Hossain, M.I. Hossain, S. Hossain, P. Howard, R.C. Keith, M.A. Khan, M. McIntosh, V.P. Murthy, T. Sarker, V. Sharma, P. Short, C. Tisdell, Y. TjoeTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Moazzem Hossain PART I: FUTURE ISSUES OF ASIA 1. Agriculture, Structural Change and Socially Responsible Development in China and Vietnam Clem Tisdell 2. Population, Poverty and Responsible Social Protection Issues of Asia Moazzem Hossain 3. Resource Constraints and Asia’s Growth: Regional Cooperation for Enhancing Energy Security Shanawez Hossain and Tapan Sarker PART II: RESPONSIBLE POLICY MATTERS 4. Taxing for the Future: An Intergenerational Perspective Tapan Sarker 5. Indian Agriculture in the Era of Global Warming Ranajit Chakrabarty and Smwarajit Lahiri Chakravarty 6. China’s Changing Public Health Paradox and the New Generation of Health NGOs Lai-Ha Chan and Ronald C. Keith 7. Towards Universal Sanitation: The Cambodian Case Paul Howard 8. Decentralization and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: The Case of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Yenny Tjoe 9. Migration of Bangladeshi Workers to Malaysia: Emerging Lessons of Economic and Social Costs and Benefits at the Migrant, Migrant Household and Community Levels Munshi Israil Hossain, M. Adil Khan and Patricia Short PART III: REALIZING THE ASIAN CENTURY: THE CHALLENGES 10. Sustainable Resource Development in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Vigya Sharma and Tapan Sarker 11. Business’s Challenge: Relating Corporate Sustainability, Strategy and Leadership Vikram P. Murthy 12. The Asian Century is the Chinese Century and the Century of Turbulence Malcolm McIntosh Index

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Book SynopsisThe question Chris Gibson and his colleagues answer in this book is simple: 'Why is it not easy being green?' In 20 concise, focused and accessible chapters from birthing to dying, from toilets to Christmas - they unveil the ambiguities, instabilities and paradoxes of affluent household living in the 21st century. In so doing, they temper the easy rhetoric of sustainable lifestyles with some authentic realities drawn from the affluent world. Earth system science is showing us the deep complexity of our material planet. This book brilliantly reflects back to us the complex materiality of our cultural lives.'- Mike Hulme, University of East Anglia, UKContrary to the common rhetoric that being green is 'easy', household sustainability is rife with contradiction and uncertainty. Households attempting to respond to the challenge to become more sustainable in everyday life face dilemmas on a daily basis when trying to make sustainable decisions. Various aspects of life such as cars, computers, food, phones and even birth and death, may all provoke uncertainty regarding the most sustainable course of action. Drawing on international scientific and cultural research, as well as innovative ethnographies, this timely book probes these wide-ranging sustainability dilemmas, assessing the avenues open to households trying to improve their sustainability.The authors engage critically, and constructively, with the proposition that households are a key scale of action on climate change. They confront dilemmas of practice and circumstance, and cultural norms of lifestyle and consumerism that are linked to troublesome environmental problems - and question whether they can be easily unsettled. The work also illuminates the informal and often unheralded work by households - frequently the poorest - in reducing their environmental burden. This important book is critical to understanding both the barriers to household sustainability and the 'unsung' sustainability work carried out by householders.Containing a unique combination of science and cultural research, this fascinating book will appeal to researchers and students of environmental science, environmental studies, sustainability studies, climate change adaptation, geography, sociology, cultural studies, science and technology studies, as well as energy studies and housing research. Policy-makers in various levels of government working through sustainability problems, environmental educators, social planners and sustainability officers working for governments, will also find much to interest them in this unique book.Contents: Introduction 1. Having a Baby 2. Spaghetti Bolognese 3. Clothes 4. Water 5. Warmth 6. Toilets 7. Laundry 8. Furniture 9. Plastic Bags 10. Driving Cars 11. Flying 12. The Refrigerator 13. Screens 14. Mobile Phones 15. Solar Hot Water 16. The Garden 17. Christmas 18. Retirement 19. Death 20. Conclusion References IndexTrade ReviewThe strength of this book is the sound academic research combined with an extensive literature review. Both add signi?cantly to our understanding of the material nature of what and how much we take from the natural environment. . . The engaging style adopted by the authors makes this an engrossing and thought-provoking read. --Erika Altmann, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Having a Baby 2. Spaghetti Bolognese 3. Clothes 4. Water 5. Warmth 6. Toilets 7. Laundry 8. Furniture 9. Plastic Bags 10. Driving Cars 11. Flying 12. The Refrigerator 13. Screens 14. Mobile Phones 15. Solar Hot Water 16. The Garden 17. Christmas 18. Retirement 19. Death 20. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable development is the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable.The author examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. He identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future and opportunity costs of preservation. He goes on to provide a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. Indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare - also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator - are analysed, as are indicators of strong sustainability, including ecological footprints, material flows and sustainability gaps.This book will prove essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in ecological and environmental economics and sustainable development.Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Sustainable Development: Conceptual, Ethical and Paradigmatic Issues 3. Resources, the Environment and Economic Growth: Is Natural Capital Substitutable? 4. Preserving Natural Capital in a World of Risk, Uncertainty and Ignorance 5. Measuring Weak Sustainability 6. Measuring Strong Sustainability 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. How Present-value Maximisation Can Lead to Extinction Appendix 2. The Hotelling Rule and Ramsey Rule in a Simple General Equilibrium Model Appendix 3. The Hotelling Rule and the Ramsey Rule in a More Complex Model Bibliography IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the Fourth Edition 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Sustainable Development: Conceptual, Ethical and Paradigmatic Issues 3. Resources, the Environment and Economic Growth: Is Natural Capital Substitutable? 4. Preserving Natural Capital in a World of Risk, Uncertainty and Ignorance 5. Measuring Weak Sustainability 6. Measuring Strong Sustainability 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. How Present-value Maximisation Can Lead to Extinction Appendix 2. The Hotelling Rule and Ramsey Rule in a Simple General Equilibrium Model Appendix 3. The Hotelling Rule and the Ramsey Rule in a More Complex Model Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on three critical issues pertaining to the broader goal of sustainable development - namely, the degenerative forces of globalization, ecological sustainability requirements, and how best to negotiate the economic transition process.While the applicability of ecological sustainability to sustainable development is obvious, the association between economic transition and sustainable development, and, more particularly, how globalization forces can impact negatively on the sustainable development process, is poorly understood. Philip Lawn brings together some of the leading practitioners in the field of sustainable development to discuss these issues and to outline ways to achieve sustainable development without the perceived need for continuous growth. The book culminates with a number of policy recommendations and institutional modifications to assist nations and the global community to achieve sustainable development.This book will prove invaluable for academics and researchers in ecological, environmental and natural resource economics as well as sustainable development, globalization and international trade. Practitioners and policy-makers at all levels will find this resource both interesting and instrumental to their work.Contributors: M. Borucke, M. Clarke, M. Cole, R. Costanza, H. Daly, P. Fredriksson, A. Galli, T. Jackson, I. Kubiszewski, P. Lawn, E. Lazarus, S. Mattoon, W. Rees, J. Rockström, W. Steffen, P. Victor, M. WackernagelTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Globalisation, Economic Transition, and the Environment: An Introduction Philip Lawn PART II: GLOBALISATION 2. Globalisation versus Internationalisation, and Four Reasons Why Internationalisation is Better Herman Daly 3. Carrying Capacity, Globalisation, and the Unsustainable Entanglement of Nations William Rees 4. Institutionalised Pollution Havens Matthew Cole and Per Fredriksson PART III: ECONOMIC TRANSITION 5. Prosperity Without Growth Tim Jackson 6. Economic Transition in Australia: Time to Move Towards a Steady-state Economy Philip Lawn 7. Assessing the Economic Transition Process Across the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparisons, Trends, and Policy Implications Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn 8. Managing Without Growth in Canada: Exploring the Possibilities Peter Victor PART IV: THE ENVIRONMENT 9. The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Some Theoretical and Empirical Insights Philip Lawn 10. Planetary Boundaries: Using Early Warning Signals for Sustainable Global Governance Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Ida Kubiszewski and Robert Costanza 11. Ecological Footprint Accounting Mathis Wackernagel, Alessandro Galli, Michael Borucke, Elias Lazarus and Scott Mattoon PART V: CONCLUSION 12. Globalisation, Economic Transition, and the Environment: Synthesis and a Way Forward Philip Lawn Index

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Book SynopsisFew people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a "must" read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.'- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThis timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.These expert contributions pinpoint specific areas in which innovation will be required. These include economic policies, socio-technical systems of production and consumption, and dominant social practices. Drawing on these and other diverse areas of scholarship, this fascinating book highlights new conceptual frameworks for achieving the twin sustainability goals of decreased resource use and enhanced individual and societal well-being.Students, professors and policymakers in ecological economics, innovation studies, environmental policy and many other related fields will find much of interest in this pathbreaking volume.Contributors: M.M. Bell, H.S. Brown, M.J. Cohen, B. Halkier, J.M. Harris, D.J. Hess, S. Hielscher, R. Kemp, E. Kennedy, H. Krahn, N.T. Krogman, S.M. McCauley, I. Røpke, G. Seyfang, A. Smith, G. Spaargaren, J.C. Stephens, J. Stutz, E. Ubert, H. van Lente, P.J. VergragtTrade Review‘This book captures some of the more innovative thinking on “sustainable consumption” being discussed today, offering an excellent starting point for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in new approaches to understanding sustainable consumption. The contributors come together to offer a stimulating discussion around three novel perspectives, but also a basis for future research that might further integrate these approaches.’ -- Marlyne Sahakian, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions‘Few people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.’ -- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada‘In recent years much hard thinking has been devoted to exploring the transition to true sustainability and consumption’s role in it. Innovations in Sustainable Consumption offers an impressive and enormously useful synthesis of this new work. Highly recommended.’ -- James Gustave Speth, Vermont University Law School, US and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy‘This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a “must” read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.’ -- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, and Maurie J. Cohen PART I: NEW ECONOMICS 2. The Macroeconomics of Development Without Throughput Growth Jonathan M. Harris 3. Ecological Macroeconomics: Implications for the Roles of Consumer-Citizens Inge Røpke 4. Going for a Better Life John Stutz 5. Welcome to the Consumption Line: Sustainability, Social Organization and the Wage-Price Gap Emanuel Ubert and Michael M. Bell PART II: SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS 6. The Dual Challenge of Sustainability Transitions: Different Trajectories and Criteria René Kemp and Harro van Lente 7. Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Energy: Exploring Niche-Development Processes Among Community-Energy Initiatives Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith 8. Sustainable Consumption, Energy and Failed Transitions: The Problem of Adaptation David J. Hess 9. Clusters in Transition: Analysis of a Sustainable Energy-Cluster Initiative in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Jennie C. Stephens and Stephen M. McCauley PART III: SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES 10. Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy: A Practice Theoretical Perspective on Change Behavior Campaigns and Sustainability Issues Bente Halkier 11. The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Practices: An Exploration in Theory and Policy Gert Spaargaren 12. Taking Social Practice Theories on the Road: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Sustainable Transportation Emily Kennedy, Harvey Krahn and Naomi T. Krogman Index

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Book SynopsisCountries around the world are increasingly looking to liquefied natural gas (LNG) - natural gas that has been cooled until it forms a transportable liquid - to meet growing energy demand. Energy for the 21st Century provides critical insights into the opportunities and challenges LNG faces, including its potential role in a carbon-constrained world.This comprehensive study covers topics such as the LNG value chain, the historical background and evolution of global LNG markets, trading and contracts, and an analysis of the various legal, policy, safety and environmental issues pertaining to this important fuel. Additionally, the author discusses emerging issues and technologies that may impact global LNG markets, such as the development of shale gas, the prospects of North American LNG exports, the potential role of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and floating LNG. The author contextualizes the discussion about the importance of LNG with an analysis of why the 21st century will be the 'golden age' of natural gas.Accessible and non-technical in nature, this timely book will serve as an essential reference for practitioners, scholars and anyone else interested in 21st century energy solutions.Contents: Preface Introduction 1. The Role of Natural Gas and LNG in the 21st Century 2. The LNG Value Chain 3. The Evolution of LNG Markets and Primary Demand Regions 4. Global LNG Supply 5. Global LNG Demand and Emerging Demand Markets 6. The Globalization of LNG: The Evolution of LNG Trade, Pricing and Contracts 7. Safety and Environmental Sustainability of LNG 8. Global LNG Mega Projects and Players Qatar and Australia 9. New Players and Projects Russia, Peru, Yemen, and Papua New Guinea 10. The Role of Shale Gas in the Golden Age of Gas 11. The Impact of Shale Gas on Global Gas Markets and the Prospects for US and Canadian LNG Exports 12. Emerging Issues in the LNG Industry Conclusion: The Future Looks Bright for LNG as a Fuel for the 21st Century IndexTrade Review'The 12-chapter volume provides detailed discussions on the history, evolution, and current dynamics of the LNG industry, LNG supply and demand, globalization, safety, major players, the role of shale gas, emerging issues/concerns, and the future of LNG worldwide. The book is nontechnical, informative, and easy to read; a useful, suitable number of tables/figures support the text. It is a necessary, timely addition to any energy-related library, valuable for students and energy researchers and professionals as a comprehensive, up-to-date review of LNG.' -- M. Alam, Choice‘Professor Sakmar’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the most dynamic segment of the global energy industry.’ -- Jay Copan, Executive Director, LNG 17‘Professor Sakmar’s book provides a well-rounded overview of the global role that natural gas is expected to play in the future and the important role of LNG as a means of transporting gas to where it is needed. Readers will find the book to be a very convenient compendium of relevant global information and an important educational, informational resource.’ -- Ronald D. Ripple, Director, Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics, Curtin University, Australia‘Understanding global energy markets - what forces shape them and what trends define them - is critical for any professional trying to evaluate new energy developments and technological directions. Susan Sakmar’s impressive ability to provide this context in terms of LNG markets makes her book valuable.’ -- Warren R. True, Sr., Chief Technology Editor, Oil & Gas JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. The Role of Natural Gas and LNG in the 21st Century 2. The LNG Value Chain 3. The Evolution of LNG Markets and Primary Demand Regions 4. Global LNG Supply 5. Global LNG Demand and Emerging Demand Markets 6. The Globalization of LNG: The Evolution of LNG Trade, Pricing and Contracts 7. Safety and Environmental Sustainability of LNG 8. Global LNG Mega Projects and Players – Qatar and Australia 9. New Players and Projects – Russia, Peru, Yemen, and Papua New Guinea 10. The Role of Shale Gas in the Golden Age of Gas 11. The Impact of Shale Gas on Global Gas Markets and the Prospects for US and Canadian LNG Exports 12. Emerging Issues in the LNG Industry Conclusion: The Future Looks Bright for LNG as a Fuel for the 21st Century Index

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Book SynopsisThe question Chris Gibson and his colleagues answer in this book is simple: 'Why is it not easy being green?' In 20 concise, focused and accessible chapters from birthing to dying, from toilets to Christmas - they unveil the ambiguities, instabilities and paradoxes of affluent household living in the 21st century. In so doing, they temper the easy rhetoric of sustainable lifestyles with some authentic realities drawn from the affluent world. Earth system science is showing us the deep complexity of our material planet. This book brilliantly reflects back to us the complex materiality of our cultural lives.'- Mike Hulme, University of East Anglia, UKContrary to the common rhetoric that being green is 'easy', household sustainability is rife with contradiction and uncertainty. Households attempting to respond to the challenge to become more sustainable in everyday life face dilemmas on a daily basis when trying to make sustainable decisions. Various aspects of life such as cars, computers, food, phones and even birth and death, may all provoke uncertainty regarding the most sustainable course of action. Drawing on international scientific and cultural research, as well as innovative ethnographies, this timely book probes these wide-ranging sustainability dilemmas, assessing the avenues open to households trying to improve their sustainability.The authors engage critically, and constructively, with the proposition that households are a key scale of action on climate change. They confront dilemmas of practice and circumstance, and cultural norms of lifestyle and consumerism that are linked to troublesome environmental problems - and question whether they can be easily unsettled. The work also illuminates the informal and often unheralded work by households - frequently the poorest - in reducing their environmental burden. This important book is critical to understanding both the barriers to household sustainability and the 'unsung' sustainability work carried out by householders.Containing a unique combination of science and cultural research, this fascinating book will appeal to researchers and students of environmental science, environmental studies, sustainability studies, climate change adaptation, geography, sociology, cultural studies, science and technology studies, as well as energy studies and housing research. Policy-makers in various levels of government working through sustainability problems, environmental educators, social planners and sustainability officers working for governments, will also find much to interest them in this unique book.Contents: Introduction 1. Having a Baby 2. Spaghetti Bolognese 3. Clothes 4. Water 5. Warmth 6. Toilets 7. Laundry 8. Furniture 9. Plastic Bags 10. Driving Cars 11. Flying 12. The Refrigerator 13. Screens 14. Mobile Phones 15. Solar Hot Water 16. The Garden 17. Christmas 18. Retirement 19. Death 20. Conclusion References IndexTrade ReviewThe strength of this book is the sound academic research combined with an extensive literature review. Both add signi?cantly to our understanding of the material nature of what and how much we take from the natural environment. . . The engaging style adopted by the authors makes this an engrossing and thought-provoking read. --Erika Altmann, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Having a Baby 2. Spaghetti Bolognese 3. Clothes 4. Water 5. Warmth 6. Toilets 7. Laundry 8. Furniture 9. Plastic Bags 10. Driving Cars 11. Flying 12. The Refrigerator 13. Screens 14. Mobile Phones 15. Solar Hot Water 16. The Garden 17. Christmas 18. Retirement 19. Death 20. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis title contains the definitive contributions to the institutional foundations of environmental issues. It covers the foundations of welfare economics, externalities, market failure, and the central nexus of law and economics. Each contribution illustrates the fundamental importance of institutions - the legal scaffolding of an economy - to environmental problems. This understanding of the institutions of an economy then leads into extensive coverage of how to diagnose environmental problems and then to formulate policy solutions to deforestation, degraded fisheries and pastoral regimes, pollution, land-use conflicts, contested property rights, the tragedy of open-access natural resources and general development problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Daniel W. Bromley PART I INSTITUTIONS 1. Richard R. Nelson and Bhaven N. Sampat (2001), ‘Making Sense of Institutions as a Factor Shaping Economic Performance’ PART II LAW AND ECONOMICS 2. Warren J. Samuels (1971), ‘Interrelations between Legal and Economic Processes’ 3. Warren J. Samuels (1974), ‘The Coase Theorem and the Study of Law and Economics’ 4. Daniel W. Bromley (1978), ‘Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Environmental Economics’ 5. Warren J. Samuels (1989), ‘The Legal-Economic Nexus’ 6. Daniel W. Bromley (1989), ‘Entitlements, Missing Markets, and Environmental Uncertainty’ PART III EXTERNALITIES AND MARKET FAILURE 7. J.E. Meade (1952), ‘External Economies and Diseconomies in a Competitive Situation’ 8. Francis M. Bator (1958), ‘The Anatomy of Market Failure’ 9. Vernon L. Smith (1968), ‘Economics of Production from Natural Resources’ 10. Vernon L. Smith (1969), ‘On Models of Commercial Fishing’ 11. William J. Baumol (1972), ‘On Taxation and the Control of Externalities’ 12. Colin W. Clark (1973), ‘Profit Maximization and the Extinction of Animal Species’ 13. Carl J. Dahlman (1979), ‘The Problem of Externality’ 14. Arild Vatn and Daniel W. Bromley (1997), ‘Externalities – A Market Model Failure’ PART IV WELFARE ECONOMICS 15. Abram Bergson (1938), ‘A Reformulation of Certain Aspects of Welfare Economics’ 16. Paul A. Samuelson (1950), ‘Evaluation of Real National Income’ 17. W.M. Gorman (1955), ‘The Intransitivity of Certain Criteria Used in Welfare Economics’ 18. Francis M. Bator (1957), ‘The Simple Analytics of Welfare Maximization’ 19. Robin W. Boadway (1974), ‘The Welfare Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis’ 20. Robin Boadway (1976), ‘Integrating Equity and Efficiency in Applied Welfare Economics’ 21. John S. Chipman and James C. Moore (1978), ‘The New Welfare Economics 1939–1974’ 22. E.J. Mishan (1980), ‘How Valid Are Economic Evaluations of Allocative Changes?’ 23. Robert Cooter and Peter Rappoport (1984), ‘Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics?’ 24. John Martin Gillroy (1992), ‘The Ethical Poverty of Cost-Benefit Methods: Autonomy, Efficiency and Public Policy Choice’ PART V INSTITUTIONS AS INSTRUMENTS OF PUBLIC CHOICE 25. Laurence H. Tribe (1972), ‘Policy Science: Analysis or Ideology?’ 26. Alexander James Field (1979), ‘On the Explanation of Rules Using Rational Choice Models’ 27. Daniel W. Bromley (1990), ‘The Ideology of Efficiency: Searching for a Theory of Policy Analysis’ 28. Amartya Sen (1993), ‘Markets and Freedoms: Achievements and Limitations of the Market Mechanism in Promoting Individual Freedoms’ 29. Arild Vatn and Daniel W. Bromley (1994), ‘Choices without Prices without Apologies’ 30. Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde (1995), ‘Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship’ 31. Olof Johansson-Stenman (1998), ‘On the Problematic Link between Fundamental Ethics and Economic Policy Recommendations’ PART VI PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PROPERTY REGIMES 32. Joseph L. Sax (1983), ‘Some Thoughts on the Decline of Private Property’ 33. Barry C. Field (1989), ‘The Evolution of Property Rights’ 34. Bruce A. Larson and Daniel W. Bromley (1990), ‘Property Rights, Externalities, and Resource Degradation: Locating the Tragedy’ 35. Daniel W. Bromley (1992), ‘The Commons, Common Property, and Environmental Policy’ 36. Rogier van den Brink, Daniel W. Bromley and Jean-Paul Chavas (1995), ‘The Economics of Cain and Abel: Agro-Pastoral Property Rights in the Sahel’ 37. Daniel W. Bromley (1997), ‘Constitutional Political Economy: Property Claims in a Dynamic World’ 38. Espen Sjaastad and Daniel W. Bromley (2000), ‘The Prejudices of Property Rights: On Individualism, Specificity, and Security in Property Regimes’ PART VII INSTITUTIONS IN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 39. Carlisle Ford Runge (1981), ‘Common Property Externalities: Isolation, Assurance, and Resource Depletion in a Traditional Grazing Context’ 40. Daniel W. Bromley (1989), ‘Property Relations and Economic Development: The Other Land Reform’ 41. Shem Migot-Adholla, Peter Hazell, Benoît Blarel and Frank Place (1991), ‘Indigenous Land Rights Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Constraint on Productivity?’ 42. Jean-Philippe Platteau (1996), ‘The Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights as Applied to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment’ 43. Espen Sjaastad and Daniel W. Bromley (1997), ‘Indigenous Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Appropriation, Security and Investment Demand’ 44. Anne-Sophie Brasselle, Frédéric Gaspart and Jean-Philippe Platteau (2002), ‘Land Tenure Security and Investment Incentives: Puzzling Evidence from Burkina Faso’ 45. Daniel W. Bromley (2008), ‘Formalising Property Relations in the Developing World: The Wrong Prescription for the Wrong Malady’ 46. Daniel W. Bromley (2008), ‘Resource Degradation in the African Commons: Accounting for Institutional Decay’

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Book SynopsisAcclaim for the first edition:'The Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning is perfect for readers in different professions who deal with planning and development management. It contains interesting theoretical considerations, provokes discussion, and provides new perspectives for the analysis of sustainable development processes. The cases presented illustrate the complexity of the issues relating to sustainable development and show how modeling can support policy and decision making processes.'- Miroslaw Grochowski, Geographia PolonicaThe thoroughly revised second edition of this authoritative Handbook, complete with new chapters, comprehensively examines the current status and future directions of model-based systems in decision support and their application to sustainable development planning.The Handbook presents a full review of model-based applications in sustainable development planning, paying particular attention to environment disaster, ecosystem management, energy, infrastructure development, and agricultural systems, amongst other contemporary issues. Conceptual and policy oriented papers debate the future directions of model-based sustainable development planning.Given the rise in prominence of sustainable development planning in recent years, this Handbook will be invaluable to a wide-ranging audience including NGOs, planners, consultants, policymakers, and academics.Contributors: A. Aurum, I. Banos, P. Bartoszczuk, F. Carreño, J.F. Courtney, J.M. Fernández, M. Handzic, I. Moffatt, A. Moreno, K. Mukherjee, D. Paradice, M.A. Quaddus, H. Qudrat-Ullah, S. Richardson, K. Saeed, J. Sarkis, M.A.E. Selma, M.A.B. Siddique, S. Talluri, C. Tisdell, C. Van Toorn, H. Xu, K. YamaguchiTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘The Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning is perfect for readers in different professions who deal with planning and development management. It contains interesting theoretical considerations, provokes discussion, and provides new perspectives for the analysis of sustainable development processes. The cases presented illustrate the complexity of the issues relating to sustainable development and show how modeling can support policy and decision making processes.’ -- Miroslaw Grochowski, Geographia PolonicaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: MODELLING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. Application of Decision Support Tools in Sustainable Development Planning: Review and Analysis M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique 2. Modelling Sustainable Development Ian Moffatt 3. Measuring Sustainable Development Ian Moffatt 4. Modelling Long-term Sustainability Kaoru Yamaguchi 5. Economics, Ecology and GMOs: Sustainability, Precaution and Related Issues Clem Tisdell PART II: CASE STUDIES Environmental Management 6. Decision Support for Environmental Disaster Planning Aybüke Aurum, Meliha Handzic and Christine Van Toorn 7. Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Ecoefficiency Evaluation Joseph Sarkis and Srinivas Talluri Mining 8. Hierarchical Framework for Evaluating Mine Projects for Sustainability: A Case Study from India M.A. Quaddus and Kampan Mukherjee Energy Management 9. Resources, Pollution and Sustainable Energy Policies: The Case of Pakistan Hassan Qudrat-Ullah Land and Water Management 10. Modeling Sustainable Water Prices Pawel Bartoszczuk Agriculture 11. Dynamics and Sustainability of Mediterranean Traditional Irrigated Lands Julia Martínez Fernández, Miguel Angel Esteve Selma, Isabel Banos, Francisca Carreño and Angeles Moreno Aquaculture 12. Aquaculture and Sustainable Development: Allowing for Environmental Externalities and Common-pool Resources Clem Tisdell Infrastructure 13. Decision Support Systems for Ecosystems Management: A Singerian Approach to Urban Infrastructure Decision Making James F. Courtney, Sandra Richardson and David Paradice 14. Infrastructure Development as a Policy Lever for Sustainable Development Khalid Saeed and Honggang Xu PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15. Sustainable Development Planning and DSS Tools: What’s Next? M.A.B. Siddique and M.A. Quaddus Index

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Book SynopsisThe implementation of sustainable consumption presents one of the greatest challenges of our era. Consumption is a wanted and necessary phenomenon, integral to our society and economy, yet our way of consuming contradicts important ecological and social long-term goals. Although research on sustainable consumption has gained in importance and been addressed by various disciplines, this original new book is one of the few to compile and summarize the important research findings. Against this background, the Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption provides an interdisciplinary overview of recent research on the ecological and social obstacles we face through over consumption, drawing attention to the salience of the subject and stimulating discussion in this area. In 27 chapters, leading authorities in the field provide concise and accessible expertise, covering a wide range of approaches from psychology to economics. This collection will be a useful point of reference for students, researchers and policy makers seeking a wider understanding of the state-of-the-art of sustainable consumption research.Contributors: G. Antonides, C. Baatz, J.W. Bolderdijk, H. Chappells, M.A. Cohen, M.J. Cohen, H. Dagevos, W.J. Fellner, C.J. Fitzmaurice, M. Friman, T. Gärling, K. Gram-Hanssen, W. Gwozdz, D. Hauptstock, E. Heiskanen, P. Hennicke, E.G. Hertwich, S. Lorek, M.G. Luchs, E. Matthies, R.A. Miller, O. Mont, S. Nitzko, C.L. Noblet, K. Ott, K. Peattie, A. Rasche, L.A. Reisch, D. Roy, G. Scholl, J.B. Schor, S. Shewmake, C.L. Spash, A. Spiller, K. Steen-Olsen, L. Steg, P.C. Stern, C.R. Sunstein, M.F. Teisl, J. Thøgersen, F. Trentmann, A. Tukker, M.P. Vandenbergh, M. Vérain, P.J. Vergragt, B. Verplanken, L. Voget-Kleschin, H. Wallis, A. Warde, D. WelchTrade Review'The implementation of sustainable consumption presents one of the greatest challenges of our era. . . In 27 chapters, leading authorities of the field provide accessible expertise, covering a wide range of approaches from psychology to economics.' --Hans W. Micklitz, Journal of Consumer PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Research on Sustainable Consumption: Introduction and Overview Lucia A. Reisch and John Thøgersen Part I: RESEARCH IN SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1. Sustainable Consumption as a Systemic Challenge: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research and Research Questions Sylvia Lorek and Philip J. Vergragt 2. Breaking the Stalemate of Sustainable Consumption with Industrial Ecology and a Circular Economy Oksana Mont and Eva Heiskanen Part II: MAJOR APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION 3. Sustainable Consumption in History: Ideas, Resources and Practices Heather Chappells and Frank Trentmann 4. Environmental Psychology and Sustainable Consumption Linda Steg 5. Theories of Practice and Sustainable Consumption Daniel Welch and Alan Warde 6. Sustainability Marketing Ken Peattie 7. Ethics and Sustainable Consumption Lieske Voget-Kleschin, Christian Baatz and Konrad Ott Part III: DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH—METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS 8. Life Cycle Assessment as a Means to Identify the Most Effective Action for Sustainable Consumption Kjartan Steen-Olsen and Edgar G. Hertwich 9. Priorities for Sustainable Consumption Policies Arnold Tukker Part IV: TRANSPORT, HOUSING, FOOD AND PUBLIC HEALTH 10. Unsustainable Travel Becoming (More) Sustainable Tommy Gärling and Margareta Friman 11. Housing in a Sustainable Consumption Perspective Kirsten Gram-Hanssen 12. Peak Meat: The Role of Meat in Sustainable Consumption Achim Spiller and Sina Nitzko 13. Flexitarianism: A Range of Sustainable Food Styles Muriel Vérain, Hans Dagevos and Gerrit Antonides 14. Obesity, Sustainability and Public Health Wencke Gwozdz Part V: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 15. Consumer Habits and Sustainable Consumption Bas Verplanken and Deborah Roy 16. Consumer Responsibility for Sustainable Consumption Michael G. Luchs and Rebecca A. Miller 17. Family Socialization and Sustainable Consumption Ellen Matthies and Hannah Wallis Part VI: POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION 18. Carbon Triage: A Strategy for Developing a Viable Carbon Labelling System Sharon Shewmake, Mark A. Cohen, Paul C. Stern and Michael P. Vandenbergh 19. Eco-Labelling as Sustainable Consumption Policy Caroline L. Noblet and Mario F. Teisl 20. Behavioural Economics, Consumption and Environmental Protection Cass R. Sunstein 21. Promoting Sustainable Consumption: The Risks of Using Financial Incentives Jan Willem Bolderdijk and Linda Steg 22. Voluntary Standards as Enablers and Impediments to Sustainable Consumption Andreas Rasche 23. Step Across The Border–Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Consumption Gerd Scholl Part VII: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 24. Decoupling Resource Consumption and Economic Growth: Insights Into an Unsolved Global Challenge Peter Hennicke and Dorothea Hauptstock 25. The Role of Consumer Sovereignty in Sustaining the Market Economy Wolfgang J. Fellner and Clive L. Spash 26. Collaborating and Connecting: The Emergence of the Sharing Economy Juliet B. Schor and Connor J. Fitzmaurice 27. Toward a Post-Consumerist Future? Social Innovation in an Era of Fading Economic Growth Maurie J. Cohen Index

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Book SynopsisSo often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.'- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UKThere are few sectors where 'getting things done sustainably' is as important as it is for the water sector. From drinking water and sanitation to water use in agriculture, industry and ecosystems, Rafael Ziegler and his co-authors investigate the contribution of social entrepreneurship to the sustainable use of water.Using detailed case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the authors assess the role and potential of social entrepreneurship for the sustainable use of water. In addition, they examine the ethics and politics of new ideas for sustainability in the water sector. In so doing, they critically discuss the impact of these new innovations, with the emphasis on ideas changing heads rather than money changing hands.By bringing together questions from ecology, ethics, management and political science, and drawing on research in close collaboration with practitioners across the world, the approach taken is both inter- and trans-disciplinary. The result will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners in social entrepreneurship and social innovation, as well as in water and sustainability politics.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple - Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm Michal Krav ík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts - Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services - Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water - Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? - From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns IndexTrade Review‘So often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.’ -- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK‘Amidst the rapidly expanding body of research on water policy on one hand, and social entrepreneurship on the other, the book Social Entrepreneurship in the Water Sector: Getting Things Done Sustainably offers badly needed inspiration to both.’ -- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple – Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm – Michal Kravčík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts – Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services – Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water – Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? – From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns Index

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Book SynopsisFollowing on from their 2013 book, Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress, the authors are rapidly establishing themselves as lead authorities on this subject. Their new Handbook of Sustainability Assessment has many strengths. It brings together the latest research from leading experts from many parts of the world. It provides a valuable mix of conceptual work, practical applications and relevant techniques, and reflects on effectiveness in practice. In particular, as summarized by one of the many learned contributors, this Handbook marks a watershed between the end of the early life of applications and research initiatives in sustainability assessment and the beginning of many new possibilities. All these strengths make this book essential reading for both researchers and practitioners.'- John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University, UK'In a single volume the authors have succeeded in capturing the essential background, and cutting-edge thinking around the theory and practice of sustainability assessment. This is a timely and much needed contribution to an emerging field that has seen a proliferation of definitions and frameworks. It provides an indispensable resource for policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and students who are grappling with understanding the broad and complex terrain that this form of assessment covers. It should make an important contribution to directing decision-making towards sustainability.'- Theo Hacking, University of Cambridge, UKSustainability assessment refers to any process that directs decision-making towards sustainability. This groundbreaking Handbook presents state of the art thinking and research on the theory and practice of this broad and rapidly evolving field. Emphasizing how traditional impact assessment practices can be improved to contribute to sustainable outcomes, the overall aim is to enhance the effectiveness of sustainability assessment practice.Based on original contributions from world-leading researchers and practitioners, the book examines sustainability assessment in five sections: the first explores the conceptual foundations of sustainability assessment from different perspectives; the second section introduces some of the different scales and decision-contexts to which sustainability assessment can be applied; third, sectoral approaches to sustainability assessment are investigated, focusing in particular on energy as a key area of future focus; the fourth section introduces several tools used within sustainability assessment, including ecosystem services, multi-criteria analysis, systems analysis, and objectives-driven approaches; finally, key aspects of sustainability assessment governance are considered, including managing decision complexity and community engagement.This essential and comprehensive exploration of sustainability, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, will be invaluable to students, academics and practitioners.Contributors: C. Adelle, M. Audouin, A. Bond, M. Burns, R. du Toit, A. Diduck, C.G. Duarte, V. Ferretti, T. Fischer, A.L.C.F. Gallardo, K. Gaudreau, D. Geneletti, R. Gibson, W. Grace, J. Gunn, N. Hanley, J. Hartz-Karp, S. Hayes, A. Jordan, L. Lamorgese, D. le Maitre, T.F. Malheiros, A. Morrison-Saunders, J. Nel, B. Noble, P. O'Farrell, M. Partidario, P. Pereira, S. Petrova, J. Pope, F. Retief, D. Russel, L.E. Sánchez, W. Sheate, J. Sinclair, J. Turnpenny, M. Vespa, A. Weaver, S. WeilandTrade Review‘Following on from their 2013 book, Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress, the authors are rapidly establishing themselves as lead authorities on this subject. Their new Handbook of Sustainability Assessment has many strengths. It brings together the latest research from leading experts from many parts of the world. It provides a valuable mix of conceptual work, practical applications and relevant techniques, and reflects on effectiveness in practice. In particular, as summarized by one of the many learned contributors, this Handbook marks a watershed between the end of the early life of applications and research initiatives in sustainability assessment and the beginning of many new possibilities. All these strengths make this book essential reading for both researchers and practitioners.’ -- John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University, UK‘In a single volume the authors have succeeded in capturing the essential background, and cutting-edge thinking around the theory and practice of sustainability assessment. This is a timely and much needed contribution to an emerging field that has seen a proliferation of definitions and frameworks. It provides an indispensable resource for policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and students who are grappling with understanding the broad and complex terrain that this form of assessment covers. It should make an important contribution to directing decision-making towards sustainability.’ -- Theo Hacking, University of Cambridge, UKThe variety of approaches to sustainability assessment as well as the contextually adapted approaches offered by modulating scale, decision-making level and discourse are a testimony to the diversity of sustainability assessment practice. Arguably, this book is both an introduction to sustainability assessment, a source of inspiration and a compilation of the state-of-the art. But to many scholars and practitioners, it will also be a goldmine of information regarding future research tracks, enduring challenges and new, innovative research questions regarding sustainability assessment.’ -- Jean Hugé, Impact Assessment and Project AppraisalTable of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTUALISATIONS 1. Introducing the Roots, Evolution and Effectiveness of Sustainability Assessment Alan Bond, Jenny Pope and Angus Morrison-Saunders 2. A Conceptual Framework for Sustainability Assessment Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders 3. The Economics of Sustainable Development Nick Hanley 4. Equity in Sustainability Assessment: A Conceptual Framework Lydia Lamorgese and Davide Geneletti PART II SCALES OF ASSESSMENT 5. Sustainability Considerations in Regional Environmental Assessment Jill Gunn and Bram Noble 6. Sustainability Assessment at the Policy Level Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland PART III SECTORS OF ASSESSMENT 7. Sustainability Assessment and Energy Future: Opportunities for Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Planning Carla Grigoletto Duarte, Tadeu Fabricio Malheiros, Amarilis Lucia Castelli Figueiredo Gallardo and Luis Enrique Sánchez 8. A Sustainability Assessment Framework for Energy Systems – Building an Appropriate Relationship with Energy Kryke Gaudreau and Robert Gibson 9. Cities and Sustainability Assessment - Resilience and Sustainability Thinking about the Future of Cities Maria Partidario and Pedro Pereira PART IV APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT 10. Ecosystem Services and Sustainability Assessment: Theory and Practice Davide Geneletti, Alan Bond, Duncan Russel, John Turnpenny, William Sheate and Andy Jordan 11. Multicriteria Analysis for Sustainability Assessment: Concepts and Case Studies Davide Geneletti and Valentina Ferretti 12. Setting and Measuring Objectives in Sustainability Assessment Samuel Hayes and Thomas Fischer 13. A Systems Approach to Sustainability Assessment William Grace and Jenny Pope 14. An Introduction to Sustainability Science and its Links to Sustainability Assessment Michelle Audouin, Mike Burns, Alex Weaver, David le Maitre, Patrick O’Farrell, Rudolph du Toit and Jeanne Nel PART V GOVERNANCE AND ENGAGEMENT 15. Public Participation in Sustainability Assessment: Essential Elements, Practical Challenges and Emerging Directions John Sinclair, Alan Diduck and Morgan Vespa 16. Deliberative Collaborative Governance Approaches to Sustainability Assessment Janette Hartz-Karp, Jenny Pope and Svetla Petrova 17. Key Learning from Psychology for Sustainability Assessment Francois Retief, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope and Alan Bond PART VI CONCLUSIONS AND EPILOGUE 18. Conclusion: Reflections on the State of the Art of Sustainability Assessment Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders Epilogue Robert Gibson Index

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Book SynopsisThe European Union's renewable energy policy is one of the most ambitious attempts to facilitate a transition towards more sustainable energy systems. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the policy and its implementation. It contains key case studies for understanding how member states have shaped the policy, how the EU has affected the policies of its member states and how renewable energy policies have diffused horizontally. An analysis of its external dimension is also included. This remarkable guide is the first comprehensive attempt to shed light on the complex dynamics of renewable energy promotion in the European multilevel system. Theoretically driven, the study employs Europeanization as an analytical framework for assessing policy change, both at the EU level and in the member states, and compares the development of renewable energy policies in the electricity and transport sectors from the 1980s to the present. Comprising contributions from leading scholars, the book is an indispensible guide for academics, researchers and students interested in EU energy and climate policies in general and EU renewable energy policy specifically, as well as practitioners and stakeholders involved in renewable energy policy and climate protection.Contributors include: A. Ancygier, M. Bechberger, P. Bocquillon, S. Davidescu, L. Di Lucia, M.R. Di Nucci, H. Dyrhauge, G. Escribano, A. Evrard, J. Fairbrass, R. Fernandez, B. Hirschl, R. Hiteva, T. Hoppe, K. Jankowska, H. Jörgens, T. Maltby, D. Ohlhorst, E. Öller, D. Russolillo, I. Solorio, E. van Bueren, T. VogelpohlTrade Review'The word ''guide'' in the title of this book is an understatement. With its focus on renewable energy policies in a wide range of EU member states, this book fills an important gap in the literature. The rigorous structure of the chapters, all of them written by key experts in the field, and the incisive analysis of national policies and processes of Europeanization in the concluding chapter make it a major achievement of comparative research. A must-read for everyone interested in energy and climate change politics!' --Duncan Liefferink, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands'Renewable energy policy is a well-established, high-ranking policy in Europe but its perspectives, strengths and weaknesses need competent analysis. This book is a highly valuable ''standard'' publication not only for energy and climate policy experts but also for political and social scientists.' --Martin Janicke, Freie Universitat Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes Preface by Helge Jörgens, Israel Solorio and Mischa Bechberger Part I Introduction 1. The EU and the promotion of renewable energy- An analytical framework Helge Jörgens and Israel Solorio 2. EU renewable energy policy: A brief overview of its history and evolution Israel Solorio and Pierre Bocquillon Part II National case studies 3. German renewable energy policy– independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization? Thomas Vogelpohl, Dörte Ohlhorst, Mischa Bechberger and Bernd Hirschl 4. From frontrunner to laggard: the Netherlands and Europeanization in the cases of RES-E and biofuel stimulation Thomas Hoppe and Ellen van Bueren 5. Denmark: a wind powered forerunner Helene Dyrhauge 6. The UK and EU renewable energy policy: the relentless British policy-shaper Israel Solorio and Jenny Fairbrass 7. The fuzzy Europeanization of the Italian renewable energy policy: the paradox of meeting targets without strategic capacity Maria Rosaria Di Nucci and Daniele Russolillo 8. Spain and renewable energy promotion: Europeanization upside down Israel Solorio and Rosa Fernandez 9. Complying with, resisting or using Europe? Explaining the uneven and diffuse Europeanization of French renewable electricity and biofuels policies Pierre Bocquillon and Aurélien Evrard 10. Poland at the renewable energy policy crossroads –an incongruent Europeanization? Karolina Jankowska and Andrzej Ancygier 11. The Europeanization of renewable energy policy in Romania Simona Davidescu 12. Hitting the target but missing the point: failing and succeeding in the Bulgarian renewable energy sector Ralitsa Hiteva and Tomas Maltby Part III External dimension 13. RES in the Hood and the shrinking Mediterranean Solar Plan Gonzalo Escribano 14. External governance and Europeanization beyond borders – EU biofuel policies in Mozambique Lorenzo Di Lucia Part IV Conclusions 15. Conclusions: Patterns of Europeanization and policy change in the renewable energy policy domain Helge Jörgens, Eva Öller and Israel Solorio Index

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Book SynopsisCo-operatives are found in all industry sectors and almost all countries around the world. However, despite their significant economic and social contributions, the academic literature has largely ignored these important businesses. This book is a detailed examination of the co-operative enterprise business model and the factors that help to enhance its sustainability and resilience, as well as those forces that lead to its destruction.The authors synthesize theories of business model design and strategic and marketing management to examine the forces that sustain and enhance co-operative enterprise. Organised into six themes and focussed on five key research questions, the chapters explore case studies from around the world and across a wide range of industries and aim to stimulate debate.This comprehensive work expands upon existing research whilst introducing new concepts, and will appeal to both academics and practitioners. It will also interest managers of co-operative enterprises and those who seek to better understand this unique type of business.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 1. An Overview of the Research Tim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Sophie Reboud 2. A Conceptual Framework for Research into Co-operative Enterprise Tim Mazzarol, Richard Simmons and Elena Mamouni Limnios 3. Defining Co-operative Enterprise: Towards a Taxonomy of Member-owned Business Johnston Birchall PART II: ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION 4. Irish Agricultural Co-operative Modelling and Remodelling: Responding to a Dynamic Business and Policy Environment Olive McCarthy and Michael Ward 5. Challenge Dairy Co-operative, 2000–2010: In Pursuit of Control of the Last Litre of Milk Bradley Plunkett, Fabio R. Chaddad and Michael L. Cook 6. Responding to the External Environment: The Evolution of Brazilian Dairy Co-operatives Fabio R. Chaddad 7. To be or not to be a Co-op? – The Case of Australia’s Grain Co-operatives CBH and ABB Grain Tim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Richard Simmons PART III: BEST PRACTICE IN CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE 8. Leadership and Coordination in Federated Co-operative Systems: Insights from a Federated Marketing System F. Nicoleta Uzea and Murray E. Fulton 9. Pacemaker Co-operatives Across Primary Industries: What Drives Organisational Resilience? Elena Mamouni Limnios, Tim Mazzarol and Geoffrey N. Soutar 10. Different Fortunes of Three Vegetable Farmer Co-operatives in China Xuchu Xu, Qiao Liang and Yuling Gao 11. Losing Sight of Purpose – the United Farmers Co-operative Company Elena Mamouni Limnios and Tim Mazzarol 12. Recommendations for Boards of Directors of Investor Owned Firms from the Co-operative Model Isabelle Allemand, Bénédicte Brullebaut and Sophie Raimbault PART IV: THE TRUE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP 13. Measuring and Communicating the True Value of Membership: The Case of the Pindos Poultry Co-operative Constantine Iliopoulos and Irini Theodorakopoulou 14. Common Assumptions and Co-operative Membership: The Case of the Irish Credit Union Movement Noreen Byrne 15. Marketing Our Co-operative Advantage (MOCA): The Challenges of Implementation Georgina Whyatt and Sophie Reboud 16. Generating Value for Members: The Case of an Austrian Co-operative Bank Dietmar Roessl and Isabella Hatak 17. The Social Value of Multi-stakeholder Co-operatives: The Case of the CEFF System in Italy Silvia Sacchetti and Ermanno C. Tortia 18. Mobility Car Sharing: An Evolving Co-operative Structure Peter Suter and Markus Gmür 19. Case Study of a Meat Co. Ltd Lawson Savery PART V: PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL MARKETS 20. The Financing of Mondragon Co-operatives: A Legal Analysis Izaskun Alzola Berriozabalgotia 21. The Italian Co–operative Banking and Financial System: Institutions, Performances and Theoretical Background Marco Mazzoli and Gabriele Quadrelli 22. Governance, Organisational Design, Financial Structure and Investments in a Co-operative Firm Marco Mazzoli PART VI: INNOVATION IN CO-OPERATIVES 23. Shared Services and Performing Arts Co-operatives Edwin Juno-Delgado, Maureen McCulloch and Christine Sinapi 24. Innovation in Agricultural Co-operatives: Contrasting Images, the Example of Sparkling Wine and Cereals Michel Martin, Sophie Reboud and Corinne Tanguy 25. Evolution of a Modern Co-operative Business Model: The Case of Livestock Improvement Corporation Delwyn Clark 26. Organisational Innovation in Fresh Produce Co-operatives; the Case of FresQ in The Netherlands Jos Bijman 27. Citizen-Based Co-operatives in the Field of Renewable Energy: The Case of Solargenossenschaft Rosenheim Elisabeth Reiner, Richard Lang and Dietmar Roessl PART VII: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS 28. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt Tim Mazzarol, Delwyn Clark, Sophie Reboud and Elena Mamouni Limnios Index

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Book SynopsisA very powerful, well-researched and thoughtful argument in support of the ecological versus the economic way of thinking and acting. Paul Nieuwenhuis is no 'Fachidiot' but sees clearly the bigger picture. His book takes you on a fascinating journey through the worlds of philosophy and ecology to an in-depth understanding of the evolution of car manufacturing, its past and future. A fascinating read even for a 'tree-hugger' and public transportation fan like me.'- Georgios Kostakos, Independent Consultant on global challenges and sustainability, governance and UN affairsIf we are part of nature, then so is everything we make. This unique book explores this notion using the example of the car, how it is made and used and especially how we relate to it, with a view to creating a more sustainable automobility.We have been trying to make cars cleaner and more efficient, but has this really made them more sustainable? This book argues, within the context of sustainable consumption and production, that we should see the car as a natural system, subject to natural laws and processes. As part of this new perspective we need to change our attitude to cars, building more durable relationships and co-evolving with them. Revolutionary, perhaps; but if we get it right, this approach will allow us to enjoy motoring - albeit in modified form - into the future. The book draws on a range of disciplines, including industrial ecology, engineering, philosophy, anthropology, consumer psychology and object-oriented ontology, as well as providing industry examples to support its innovative case.This ground-breaking book will be of interest to academics of sustainability, socio-technical transition, management of change, engineering, biomimicry and business. It will also be of interest to automotive consultancies and those working in the car and oil industries. Paul Nieuwenhuis' innovative suggestions will certainly be of interest to government workers in industry, business and the environment, as well as various environmental NGOs.Contents: 1. Introduction - A Natural History of the Car 2. The Problem with Cars is… 3. What is Sustainability and what is Sustainable? 4. The History of the Car and the History of Car Production 5. A Changing Industry 6. Regulating the Car to Save our Environment; Emptying the Ashtrays on the Titanic? 7. Supply Chains…, or Loops, Tiers, Webs, or Flows? 8. Freedom to Tinker: The True Ownership Model 9. Consumers: SCP and Sustainable Car Use; Learning to Love your Car 10. How Does Change Happen? 11. The Ecological Model of Business 12. Automotive Evolution - the Car of the Future; a Future for the Car? 13. The Automotive Industry; an Ecosystem Perspective 14. Making the Transition; Ecodiversity at the Sector Level; Industry as Ecosystem 15. Concluding Remarks ReferencesTrade Review‘A very powerful, well-researched and thoughtful argument in support of the ecological versus the economic way of thinking and acting. Paul Nieuwenhuis is no “Fachidiot” but sees clearly the bigger picture. His book takes you on a fascinating journey through the worlds of philosophy and ecology to an in-depth understanding of the evolution of car manufacturing, its past and future. A fascinating read even for a “tree-hugger” and public transportation fan like me.’ -- Georgios Kostakos, Independent Consultant on global challenges and sustainability, governance and UN affairsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction – A Natural History of the Car 2. The Problem with Cars is… 3. What is Sustainability and what is Sustainable? 4. The History of the Car and the History of Car Production 5. A Changing Industry 6. Regulating the Car to Save our Environment; Emptying the Ashtrays on the Titanic? 7. Supply Chains…, or Loops, Tiers, Webs, or Flows? 8. Freedom to Tinker: The True Ownership Model 9. Consumers: SCP and Sustainable Car Use; Learning to Love your Car 10. How Does Change Happen? 11. The Ecological Model of Business 12. Automotive Evolution – the Car of the Future; a Future for the Car? 13. The Automotive Industry; an Ecosystem Perspective 14. Making the Transition; Ecodiversity at the Sector Level; Industry as Ecosystem 15. Concluding Remarks References

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Book SynopsisThe dynamism of science has been catalytic for human prosperity in recent history. Conventional perspectives of the ivory tower model of modern science are, however, rivalled by the failure of humanity to tackle global crises of an economic, environmental and social nature. Operational solutions to these pressures have grown and exposed the pitfalls of modern science to date.Research institutions globally are eschewing traditional practice, converging around ideas of transdisciplinary sustainability science. New practice based on science-society research partnerships, experiential learning in higher education and iterative and participatory modeling has become manifest. Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability investigates the core concepts, tools and institutional strategies of this evolving field. Prominent research programs within heterodox economics, the environmental sciences and transition theory are explored through diverse case studies, revealing challenges and advancements for transdisciplinary research. The need for reform of modern science is facilitated by consideration of action points to overcome the institutional barriers of putting sustainability science into practice.Up-to-date knowledge on the practice of transdisciplinary research for sustainability will benefit researchers in environmental economics and environmental management. Senior policy officials active in research policy and environmental planning will find the book's analysis invaluable to their practice. Uniquely offering a broad review of transdisciplinary sustainability research, this book is constructive supplementary reading for post-graduate teaching.Contents: 1: Why is Sustainability Science Needed? 2: Principles of Sustainability Science 3: Learning from Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability 4: Implementing Transdisciplinary Research Partnerships 5: Building Institutional Capacity for Sustainability Science Conclusion References IndexTable of ContentsContents: 1: Why is Sustainability Science Needed? 2: Principles of Sustainability Science 3: Learning from Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability 4: Implementing Transdisciplinary Research Partnerships 5: Building Institutional Capacity for Sustainability Science Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis excellent volume provides an empirically robust, critically informed but also eminently readable interrogation of the politics and practice of sustainable development. Through a global governance and political economy lens it traverses the public and the private, and the local and the global and offers some carefully thought-through hope for a better way forward.'- Lorraine Elliott, Australian National University, Australiaand the Academic Council on the UN System'Inaction on climate change and sustainable development is not an option. But we also do not have the luxury of time and resources for wasted efforts and ineffective actions. This book cuts through the political wrangling and the policy morass to identify interventions that can make a real difference. It is a refreshing, deep dive into the relative merits of key policy instruments and market mechanisms for tackling our most intractable sustainability challenges. If you want to make informed - rather than conformed - decisions on sustainable development policy, this is the book for you. The UN Sustainable Development Goals may give us the Why and the What for creating a better future. This book gives us the How.'- Wayne Visser, author of Sustainable Frontiers and Director of Kaleidoscope Futures'An in-depth and critical interrogation of the politics of sustainable development and how policies in pursuit of this often elusive ideal are formulated, implemented and financed. Timothy Cadman and colleagues have provided an incisive tour de force that pays particular attention to private sector environmental governance as an institutional form that exists beyond governments.'- David Humphreys, The Open University, UKSince the Rio 'Earth' Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as emissions trading, payments for ecosystem services and timber certification have become the main mechanisms for financing the sustainable management of the earth's natural resources. Yet how effective are they - and do they help the planet and developing countries, or merely uphold the economic status quo? This book investigates these important questions.Providing a comprehensive analysis and the latest research on sustainable development, the authors compare the divergent approaches to emissions trading. Included is a detailed investigation into illegal logging and the effectiveness of policy responses, with an evaluation of different forest certification schemes. Biodiversity offsets and environmental payments are also explored. Integral to the book are interviews and opinions of the key stakeholders in the political economy of sustainable development.This uniquely comprehensive analysis of the governance quality of different sustainable development mechanisms, unprecedented in its panorama of comparative case studies, is essential reading for all those in the policy, academic and non-governmental communities.Trade Review‘This is a well thought-out and well- written book. The authors display mastery of the subject and bring in invaluable insights into climate change and forest protection. The format for the chapters makes for easy reading. Each chapter gives a history and descriptive background of the subject it is dealing with, then the analyses of the subject itself, followed by a discussion of the sources of finance, a detailed table on the quality of governance, then a report on empirical study and commentary on the results. Analysis of the survey and conclusions finish the chapter. This makes the work very practical and helpful. It is indispensable material for policy makers and very important sourcebook for researchers and NGOs.’ -- European Energy and Environmental Law Review‘The Political Economy of Sustainable Development: Policy Instruments and Market Mechanisms provides sweeping coverage of three crucial issues and an original approach to studying them. It is a complex and ambitious effort by a diverse team of researchers, providing many insights into what's been tried and what might be tried to address climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss. With this coverage, the book or sections of it, could be useful for teaching applications or for policy making, and certainly will be so for policy research.’ -- J. Timmons Roberts, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis‘Cadman and his co-authors have collected and employed data collected from over 100 surveys and 35 in-depth interviews of sustainable development experts, to bring another dimension to their comprehensive analysis of instruments employed to promote sustainable development.’ -- Transnational Environmental Law‘This excellent volume provides an empirically robust, critically informed but also eminently readable interrogation of the politics and practice of sustainable development. Through a global governance and political economy lens it traverses the public and the private, and the local and the global and offers some carefully thought-through hope for a better way forward.’ -- Lorraine Elliott, Australian National University, Australiaand the Academic Council on the UN System‘Inaction on climate change and sustainable development is not an option. But we also do not have the luxury of time and resources for wasted efforts and ineffective actions. This book cuts through the political wrangling and the policy morass to identify interventions that can make a real difference. It is a refreshing, deep dive into the relative merits of key policy instruments and market mechanisms for tackling our most intractable sustainability challenges. If you want to make informed – rather than conformed – decisions on sustainable development policy, this is the book for you. The UN Sustainable Development Goals may give us the Why and the What for creating a better future. This book gives us the How.’ -- Wayne Visser, author of Sustainable Frontiers and Director of Kaleidoscope Futures‘An in-depth and critical interrogation of the politics of sustainable development and how policies in pursuit of this often elusive ideal are formulated, implemented and financed. Timothy Cadman and colleagues have provided an incisive tour de force that pays particular attention to private sector environmental governance as an institutional form that exists beyond governments.’ -- David Humphreys, The Open University, UK‘Overall, this is a well-written book by Timothy Cadman and his colleagues which contributes to scholarship on global environmental management with specific reference to the linkage between environmental protection and economic development. The authors deployed a scientific research methodology to determine the utility and effectiveness of different market-based policy instruments which were derived from multilateral agreements and conventions to manage the resources of the planet for environmental protection and sustainable development.' -- Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Political Economy of Sustainable Development 1. Protection of the Atmosphere – CDM and REDD+ 2. Combating Deforestation I – FSC and PEFC 3. Combating Deforestation II – FLEGT 4. Conservation of Biological Diversity – PES and BOM 5. Comparative Analysis Conclusion Recommendations Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and applying the methods and strategies for cities to attain a more sustainable future.Against a backdrop of unprecedented levels of urbanization, 21st century cities across the globe share mutual concerns for the challenges they face. This Companion focuses on the importance of the city as a critical building block for a more sustainable future within broader subnational, national and continental contexts, and ultimately, within a global systems context. It discusses the sustainable strategies being devised, as well as the methods and tools for achieving them. Examples of social, economic, political and environmental sustainable policy strategies are presented and the extent to which they actually increase sustainability is analyzed. Topics explored include compact cities and urban metabolism; environmental justice; water resources planning and the impact of climate change on industry, food policy and urban design.This book will appeal to academics and students of planning, public policy and administration, as well as environmental and urban studies. It will also be of interest to those working in urban planning and sustainable development professions.Contributors: L. Baker, T. Banerjee, E.J Blakley, H. Blanco, M.R. Boswell, H. Brattelbo, R.F. Callahan, K. Chapple, N. Cohen, E. Dreps, D.J. Fiorino, A.I. Greve, R.J. Jackson, B. Jiménez Cisneros, C. Kennedy, G.A. Keoleian, D.A. Mazmanian, A. Miller, J.P. Newell, P. Newman, L.K. Nijaki, C.P. Ozawa, M. Pastor, M. Pisano, K.E. Portney, A. Rose, T.L. Seale, B. Tomlinson, K.S. Wolske, M. Xu, R. Zimmerman, M. ZintTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Sustainable City: Introduction and Overview Hilda Blanco and Daniel A. Mazmanian 2. Rediscovering Compact Cities for Sustainability Peter Newman 3. Potable, Stormwater and Waste Water Strategies in the Context of Climate Change Blanca Jiménez Cisneros 4. Urban Food System Strategies Nevin Cohen 5. Sustainable Strategies for Consumer Products in Cities Gregory A. Keoleian, Joshua P. Newell, Ming Xu and Erin Dreps 6. Strategies for Growing Green Business and Industry in a City Karen Chapple 7. Strategies and Considerations for Investing in Sustainable City Infrastructure Rae Zimmerman 8. Aligning Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Richard F. Callahan and Mark Pisano 9. Gauging the Health of a City: Maximising Health and Sustainability Alek Miller and Richard J. Jackson 10. From Information Provision to Participatory Deliberation: Engaging Residents in the Transition Toward Sustainable Cities Michaela Zint and Kimberly S. Wolske 11. Developing Effective Participatory Processes for a Sustainable City Connie P. Ozawa 12. A Measure of Justice: Environmental Equality and the Sustainable City Manuel Pastor 13. Analyzing a City’s Metabolism Christopher Kennedy, Larry Baker and Helge Brattelbø 14. Developing Sustainability Cities Indicators Kent E. Portney 15. Climate Action Planning Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve and Tammy L. Seale 16. Climate Change Adaptation Adrienne I. Greve and Michael R. Boswell 17. Economic Resilience and the Sustainability of Cities in the Face of Climate Change: An Ecological Economics Framework Adam Rose 18. A Systems Approach Towards Sustainable Procurement Laurie Kaye Nijaki 19. Urban Design and Sustainability: Looking Backward to Move Forward Tridib Banerjee 20. The Future of Sustainable Economic Development in Cities Edward J. Blakley 21. Sustainable Cities and Governance: What Are the Connections? Daniel J. Fiorino 22. Technology and City Sustainability Bill Tomlinson 23. Overview and Conclusions Daniel A. Mazmanian and Hilda Blanco Index

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Book SynopsisSo often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.'- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UKThere are few sectors where 'getting things done sustainably' is as important as it is for the water sector. From drinking water and sanitation to water use in agriculture, industry and ecosystems, Rafael Ziegler and his co-authors investigate the contribution of social entrepreneurship to the sustainable use of water.Using detailed case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the authors assess the role and potential of social entrepreneurship for the sustainable use of water. In addition, they examine the ethics and politics of new ideas for sustainability in the water sector. In so doing, they critically discuss the impact of these new innovations, with the emphasis on ideas changing heads rather than money changing hands.By bringing together questions from ecology, ethics, management and political science, and drawing on research in close collaboration with practitioners across the world, the approach taken is both inter- and trans-disciplinary. The result will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners in social entrepreneurship and social innovation, as well as in water and sustainability politics.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple - Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm Michal Krav ík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts - Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services - Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water - Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? - From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns IndexTrade Review‘So often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social innovation theory and providing a good case study resource. The book bridges the gap between social and environmental outcomes.’ -- Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK‘Amidst the rapidly expanding body of research on water policy on one hand, and social entrepreneurship on the other, the book Social Entrepreneurship in the Water Sector: Getting Things Done Sustainably offers badly needed inspiration to both.’ -- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Toilets Before Independence with David Kuria and Ecotact 3. Roberto Epple – Reconcile With Your River! 4. A New Water Paradigm – Michal Kravčík and People and Water 5. Fostering Real Social Contracts – Hermann Bacher and WOTR 6. Financing Water Ecosystem Services – Marta Echavarria and Eco-Decisión 7. Musketeering for Drinking Water – Viva con Agua de St Pauli 8. Getting Things Done Sustainably? Synthesis Chapter on Social Entrepreneurship and Water 9. Getting Things Done Together? – From Collaborative Competition to Collaborative Campaigns Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, sustainability has become a principal concern for city administrators. It is more than just an environmental issue entailing economic, demographic, governance, social, and amenity aspects. After a short introduction to some theory, this book provides broad coverage of these aspects and their manifestations in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. The contributors discuss, in detail, topics surrounding measurement, growth strategy, citizen participation, revitalization, and competitiveness. Though each of the cities discussed - ranging from Shanghai, to Barcelona, to Montreal - are distinct, there are similarities that connect them all. The book highlights their common elements to provide a feasible outcome for sustainable urban development.City administrators, academics and other researchers and consultants will find both the theory and principles discussed in this book of great interest. The individual contributions will be useful for students at all levels pursuing urban economics, environmental studies, planning and public policy.Contributors: L. Van den Berg, L. Bruzzo, D. Ietri, W. Jacobs, S. Jianfa, J.-L. Klein, P.K. Kresl, D. Maurrasse, W. Mittulah, M. Nijdam, I. Orihuela, N. Pengfei, J. Rochman, C. Shaopeng, J. Sobrino, D.-G. Tremblay, J. Trullén, E. van TuijlTrade Review’As recently as 1960, the world was only one-third urbanized. Today it is 54% urbanized and by mid-century should be almost two-thirds urbanized. This edited volume featuring authors from around the globe offers valuable insights concerning urbanization, sustainability, and collaborative problem-solving. The book is a must read for academics and practitioners alike.’<>BR>- Earl H. Fry, Brigham Young University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Peter Karl Kresl PART I THEORY 1. Sustainable Development of Cities: The Role of Leader Firms Leo Van den Berg, Wouter Jacobs, Michiel Nijdam and Erwin van Tuijl 2. Strategic Considerations for Urban Anchor Institutions in Local and Regional Engagement David Maurrasse 3. The Analysis and Representation of Local Territorial Networks in Building Public-private Partnerships Luigi Bruzzo and Daniele Ietri PART II ASIAN AND AFRICAN EXAMPLES 4. Urbanisation Process and Policies for Sustainable Urbanization in China Shen Jianfa 5. Shanghai and Nantong: The Twin Cities’ Tale of Sustainable Competitiveness Ni Pengfei and Cai Shaopeng 6. Political Engagement Deficit in Sustainable Competitivenessof Cities in East Africa Winnie Mittulah Part III EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN EXAMPLES 7. Inclusive Growth and Urban Strategies: The Case of Barcelona Joan Trullén 8. Urban Sustainability and Competitiveness: Factors Defining Mexican Cities Isela Orihuela 9. Sustainable Development and Competitive Performance in Mexican Cities: Economic and Environmental Accounts Jaime Sobrino 10. Chicago and Pittsburgh: Two Paths to Sustainable Renewal Peter Karl Kresl 11. Urban Sustainability and Revitalization; the Case of the Mile End in Montreal Juan-Luis Klein, Diane-Gabriella Tremblay and Juliette Rochman PART IV THE ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN SUSTAINABILITY 12. Partnerships in a Small University Town Peter Karl Kresl 13. Partnerships and Industrial Clusters; the Case of the Fashion Cluster Development in Montreal Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 14. The Third Runway Project of HKIA: The Process of Consultation and Consensus Building in Hong Kong Shen Jianfa 15. From Trash Disposal to Business District: Public-private Partnerships Behind Santa Fe, Mexico City Jaime Sobrino 16. Partnerships for Public Service Delivery in Mexico: Types, Territorial Distribution and Competiveness Isela Orihuela Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection of essays is a magnificent testament to Daly's pioneering work over four decades. Armed with clear scientific principles and an unfailing logic, Daly sets out on an urgent quest to develop an economics fit for purpose on a finite planet. The originality and clarity of thought revealed in this new collection is extraordinary. It cements Daly's status as the most visionary economist of our time.'- Tim Jackson, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK'Herman Daly has been leading the way on uneconomic growth and steady-state economics for nearly 50 years, and still is. His numerous contributions are increasingly relevant and influential, deeply insightful and unusually accessible to readers from all walks of life. How fortunate we are to have in a single volume so many of Daly's most important papers. Re-reading them is a pleasure and an inspiration, reading them for the first time could very well change your life.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.'- Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty PlatesIn this important book, Herman E. Daly lays bare the weaknesses of growth economics and explains why, in contrast, a steady-state economy is both necessary and desirable. Through the course of the book, Daly develops the basic concept and theory of a steady-state economy from the 1970s limits to growth debates. In doing so, he draws on work from the classical economists, through both conflicts and agreements with neo-classical and Keynesian economists, as well as recent debates on uneconomic growth.Editorial-style policy essays substantiate Daly's argument and he provides specific application of steady-state economics to important current issues, including monetary reform, tax reform, international trade and population. The book also includes discussion and critique of ethical, as well as biophysical, presuppositions of growth.From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy is essential reading for academics, students and researchers in the fields of ecological economics, environmental studies, economic development, resource economics and public policy.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From 'Know How' to 'Do Now' Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom-Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State IndexTrade Review'From near the beginning of his career, Herman Daly has consistently and ever more effectively argued for a steady-state economy. . . . this recent addition to his list shows that Daly is still going strong. His writing is sage, pugnacious, clear, witty, insightful, critical, even cutting, and yet always with a deep care for people and the planet. . . . an excellent collection of essays covering the history of his efforts and an excellent set of shorter entries on particular issues written over the past few years. Personally, I never tire of reading Herman Daly and so enthusiastically recommend this book. The combination of material in short and longer essays could make it an ideal book to accompany an upper division course on sustainable development, ecological economics, or a course that strives to cover the variety of ways heterodox economists think.' --Richard B. Norgaard, Journal of Regional Science'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.' --Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty Plates'Herman Daly is widely recognized as being the most accomplished thinker on the growth-versus-environment nexus. In this collection of essays, he discusses recent facts and arguments, fluently combining fundamental, applied and topical issues, as well as responding to green growth optimists like Paul Krugman. Acknowledging the precise and captivating style of Daly's writing, here is an excellent book for students of both economics and environmental science to start reading about environmental economics and growth. Daly gives his proposed alternative, the steady-state economy, hands and feet by elaborating a diversity of economic topics, including jobless growth, nationalizing money, regulating housing markets, facing the economic crisis and limiting free trade.' --Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, University of Barcelona, Spain and Free University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From “Know How” to “Do Now” Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom–Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection of essays is a magnificent testament to Daly's pioneering work over four decades. Armed with clear scientific principles and an unfailing logic, Daly sets out on an urgent quest to develop an economics fit for purpose on a finite planet. The originality and clarity of thought revealed in this new collection is extraordinary. It cements Daly's status as the most visionary economist of our time.'- Tim Jackson, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK'Herman Daly has been leading the way on uneconomic growth and steady-state economics for nearly 50 years, and still is. His numerous contributions are increasingly relevant and influential, deeply insightful and unusually accessible to readers from all walks of life. How fortunate we are to have in a single volume so many of Daly's most important papers. Re-reading them is a pleasure and an inspiration, reading them for the first time could very well change your life.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.'- Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty PlatesIn this important book, Herman E. Daly lays bare the weaknesses of growth economics and explains why, in contrast, a steady-state economy is both necessary and desirable. Through the course of the book, Daly develops the basic concept and theory of a steady-state economy from the 1970s limits to growth debates. In doing so, he draws on work from the classical economists, through both conflicts and agreements with neo-classical and Keynesian economists, as well as recent debates on uneconomic growth.Editorial-style policy essays substantiate Daly's argument and he provides specific application of steady-state economics to important current issues, including monetary reform, tax reform, international trade and population. The book also includes discussion and critique of ethical, as well as biophysical, presuppositions of growth.From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy is essential reading for academics, students and researchers in the fields of ecological economics, environmental studies, economic development, resource economics and public policy.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From 'Know How' to 'Do Now' Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom-Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State IndexTrade Review'From near the beginning of his career, Herman Daly has consistently and ever more effectively argued for a steady-state economy. . . . this recent addition to his list shows that Daly is still going strong. His writing is sage, pugnacious, clear, witty, insightful, critical, even cutting, and yet always with a deep care for people and the planet. . . . an excellent collection of essays covering the history of his efforts and an excellent set of shorter entries on particular issues written over the past few years. Personally, I never tire of reading Herman Daly and so enthusiastically recommend this book. The combination of material in short and longer essays could make it an ideal book to accompany an upper division course on sustainable development, ecological economics, or a course that strives to cover the variety of ways heterodox economists think.' --Richard B. Norgaard, Journal of Regional Science'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.' --Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty Plates'Herman Daly is widely recognized as being the most accomplished thinker on the growth-versus-environment nexus. In this collection of essays, he discusses recent facts and arguments, fluently combining fundamental, applied and topical issues, as well as responding to green growth optimists like Paul Krugman. Acknowledging the precise and captivating style of Daly's writing, here is an excellent book for students of both economics and environmental science to start reading about environmental economics and growth. Daly gives his proposed alternative, the steady-state economy, hands and feet by elaborating a diversity of economic topics, including jobless growth, nationalizing money, regulating housing markets, facing the economic crisis and limiting free trade.' --Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, University of Barcelona, Spain and Free University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From “Know How” to “Do Now” Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom–Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State Index

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Book SynopsisPutting Sustainability into Practice offers a robust and interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary consumption routines that challenges conventional approaches to social change premised on behavioral economics and social psychology. Empirical research is featured from eight different countries, using both qualitative and quantitative data to support its thesis.Given the complex and systemic nature of contemporary ecological issues like climate change, a rapidly growing group of scholars is seeking new explanations of behavioral patterns and behavioral change. These new accounts clarify why patterns of consumption and waste continue to be unsustainable despite a wealth of information proving sustainability's importance. In particular, social practice theories offer a way of understanding how material consumption is built into the everyday work of belonging and shaping one's social life. Putting Sustainability into Practice contributes to the rich scholarship developed to date by applying social practice theories to case studies. These case studies are likely to be especially valuable to readers who are relatively new to the social practice perspective. The volume also includes research that advances social practice theories, moving the study of sustainable consumption into novel terrain such as sustainable finance, collective action, and social policy.This book offers multiple empirical applications of social practice theories in sustainable consumption, advancing this research area in such a way that will attract academics to its findings. Those teaching classes in the environmental social sciences will find this introduction suitable for the classroom as well. It offers a rare account of the history of social practice theories and provides numerous case studies to which one can apply these approaches. Graduate students will also find this a useful guide to conducting empirical research on sustainable consumption and civic engagement from a social practices perspective.Contributors: J. Backhaus, S. Barr, T. Bateman, F. Forno, M. Gismondi, C. Grasseni, M. Jaeger-Erben, D. Kasper, R. Kemp, J. Marois, J. Rückert-John, M. Sahakian, C. Schelly, S. Signori, D. Straith, H. WieserTrade Review'For too long there has been a huge gap between thinking about sustainability, and actually doing something about it. This outstanding book questions the prevailing ''Norms and Nudge'' approach based on changing people's minds, and shows how practice theory can be used to move towards truly effective social change. This is a big step forward in rethinking the connection between consumerism and the limits of sustainability.' --Richard Wilk, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University'Sustainable consumption has become one of the most dynamic fields in the social sciences. Putting Sustainability Into Practice consistently demonstrates how the social practice approach has become the best alternative to behaviorist and rationalistic theories of social action and to nudge perspectives. It is definitely an insightful volume that should urgently be put into the hands of policy makers!' --Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier, National Center for Scientific Research, Sciences Po, Paris, France'[T]he book is well-written and the theoretical discussions and empirical analyses are strong. The authors provide excellent models to assist the reader and the text is rich withsupporting materials such as summary tables, bar graphs, and flow charts . . . .The book stands as an appropriate supplemental text for advanced undergraduate and graduate sustainability seminars. It would be an appropriate addition to college, university, and personal libraries as it provides the basis of continuing research for those working in the areas of social practice theory and sustainability.' --Michael Hirsch, International Social Science Review Table of ContentsContents: PART I 1. Social Practice Theories and Research on Sustainable Consumption Emily Huddart Kennedy, Maurie J. Cohen, and Naomi T. Krogman PART II SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION 2. Contextualizing Social Practices: Insights into Social Change Debbie Kasper 3. Environmental Civic Practices: Synthesizing Individual and Collective Sustainable Consumption Emily Huddart Kennedy and Tyler Bateman 4. Italy’s Solidarity Purchase Groups as ‘Citizenship Labs’ Francesca Forno, Cristina Grasseni, and Silvana Signori PART III COLLECTIVE DIMENSIONS OF HOUSEHOLD PRACTICES 5. Beyond Behavior Change: Social Practice Theory and the Search for Sustainable Mobility Stewart Barr 6. Disentangling Practices, Carriers, and Production-consumption Systems: A Mixed-method Study of (Sustainable) Food Consumption Julia Backhaus, Harald Wieser, and René Kemp 7. Getting Emotional: Historic and Current Changes in Food Consumption Practices Viewed Through the Lens of Cultural Theories Marlyne Sahakian PART IV SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL INNOVATION 8. Researching Transitions to Sustainable Consumption: A Practice Theory Approach to Studying Innovations in Consumption Melanie Jaeger-Erben and Jana Rückart-John 9. How Policy Frameworks Shape Environmental Practice: Three Cases of Alternative Dwelling Chelsea Schelly 10. ‘Unleashing Local Capital’: Scaling Cooperative Local Investing Practices Mike Gismondi, Juanita Marois, and Danica Straith PART V CONCLUDING REMARKS 11. Forging Further into Putting Sustainability into Practice Naomi T. Krogman, Maurie J. Cohen, and Emily Huddart Kennedy Index

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Book SynopsisThe search for ways of doing business that are the best for the world is the issue of our time. Add-on CSR is a last-Generation logic that has no value for the now-Generation let alone the next-Generation. This book is a clarion call to the kind of action that both matters and is the landscape of business success in our time.'- Mark Drewell, CEO, The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative and co-author of Management Education for the World'Latin America has received too little world attention for the contributions its companies and governments are making for creating a sustainable world. This wonderful book will correct this problem. The book also makes a major conceptual contribution through its platform idea of the sustainability frontier.'- Robert G. Eccles, Harvard Business School, co-author of One Report, and Founding Chairman, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board'Corporations in Latin America are facing, more than ever, the demands to put civil society and the natural environment into their business models. This book provides solid frameworks and plenty of real-world examples to help them deal with the challenge.'- Alfredo Enrione, The PwC Endowed Chair of Corporate Governance at ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Chile'In the shadow of the Asian economic miracle, the social change in and economic growth of Latin America have often been overlooked, or even ignored. This book takes the Latin American perspective and provides us with deep and rich insights on how sustainability can be integrated into business strategy.'- Günter Müller-Stewens, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'This book is very timely, since corporations require a deeper understanding and new approaches to the challenges and opportunities posed by the concept of sustainability.'- Roberto L. Artavia, Chairman, INCAE Business School and Chairman of Viva TrustUsing a combination of thorough research and practical examples, Strategy and Competitiveness in Latin American Markets explains how the concept of the sustainability frontier that the book develops resolves the long-running debate on whether sustainability requires trade-offs or not. Through its exploration of a variety of sustainability challenges and opportunities, along with various sustainability models, the authors show how the sustainability frontier can be expanded through disruptive innovation, the building of new skills and by other means to secure 'no trade-off' solutions.Experts in the field of sustainability in Latin America, researchers in the field of management, students of business administration and managers of companies operating in emerging countries will all find this book to be both useful and engaging.Contributors: F. Angele, E.R. Brenes, A.R. Camacho, F.C. Cañeque, L. Ciravegna, S.L. Hart, J. Ickis, U. Jäger, M. Kramer, C. Laszlo, M. Löffler, A.M. Majano, C. Martinez, F. Pérez-Pineda, A.M. Prado, V. Sathe, D. Smith, R.P. Sroufe, Jr., M. Tuil, V. Umaña, P. Veling, K.L. Whittingham, D.R. YoungTrade Review‘The search for ways of doing business that are the best for the world is the issue of our time. Add-on CSR is a last-Generation logic that has no value for the now-Generation let alone the next-Generation. This book is a clarion call to the kind of action that both matters and is the landscape of business success in our time.’‘In the shadow of the Asian economic miracle, the social change in and economic growth of Latin America have often been overlooked, or even ignored. This book takes the Latin American perspective and provides us with deep and rich insights on how sustainability can be integrated into business strategy.’ -- Günter Müller-Stewens, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland‘This book is very timely, since corporations require a deeper understanding and new approaches to the challenges and opportunities posed by the concept of sustainability.’ -- Roberto L. Artavia, Chairman, INCAE Business School and Chairman of Viva TrustAdditional quotes:‘The book provides clear-cut concepts, deals with tough questions, and never offers simplistic answers.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Stuart L. Hart Foreword Stephan Schmidheiny PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Sustainability for Strategy Vijay Sathe and Urs Jäger 2. The Sustainability Frontier Dennis R. Young 3. Sustainability in Latin America Fernando Casado Cañeque PART II: SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INTRODUCTION TO PART II 4. Natural Resources Ana María Majano and Felipe Pérez-Pineda 5. Base of the Pyramid Fernando Casado Cañeque 6. Informal Economy Keith L. Whittingham 7. Financial Markets Arnoldo R. Camacho 8. Strategy Development Esteban R. Brenes 9. Governance and Structure John Ickis and Andrea M. Prado Conclusion To Part II: The Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Viability, Legitimacy and Competitiveness Urs Jäger and Vijay Sathe PART III: SUSTAINABILITY MODELS INTRODUCTION TO PART III 10. No Trade-Off Chris Laszlo 11. Shared Value Dane Smith and Mark Kramer 12. Shared Value Clusters Luciano Ciravegna 13. Sustainable Supply Chains Robert P. Sroufe, Jr. 14. Social Business Martin Löffler Conclusion to Part III: Sustainability Models for Achieving Viability, Legitimacy and Competitiveness Vijay Sathe and Urs Jäger Conclusion: How Latin American Companies can Improve their Triple Bottom Line Performance Vijay Sathe and Urs Jäger Appendix 1: Illustrative Cases Florine Angele, Urs Jäger, Michaël Tuil, Vladimir Umaña and Pepijn Veling Appendix 2: An Analysis of the Triple Bottom Line Performance of 21 Latin American Countries from 1990-2010 Felipe Pérez-Pineda and Carlos Martinez Bibliography Index

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