Handbook for a Sustainable Economy

Handbook for a Sustainable Economy by Roberto Bermejo.

Since the 1992 World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, the looming prospect of Earth’s changing climate has inspired a broad movement dedicated to a sustainable future. In this Handbook, the author explains the elements of a sustainable economy, the development of which must be undertaken if we are t...

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Main Author: Bermejo, Roberto (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental economics.
Sustainable development.
Mineral resources.
Renewable energy resources.
Metals.
Social work.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Critical review of the orthodox economy
  • 1 paradigms
  • 2 the commodification of nature and its consequences
  • 3 Foundations and instruments of environmental economics
  • 4 Free market and sustainability
  • 5 Sustainable development in the Brundtland report and its distortion
  • Part II Principles and instruments for sustainability
  • 6 Sustainability of social-economical systems
  • 7 Sustainability
  • 8 Instruments for sustainability: strategic planning and ecological tax reform
  • 9 Science and technology for sustainability
  • Part III Sustainable production and consumption
  • 10 The limits of fossil fuels
  • 11 Repercussions of the end of the oil age
  • 12 Towards sustainable transport at the end of the fossil fuels era
  • 13 Solar economy elements
  • 14 Renewable hydrogen economy
  • 15 Societies in energy emergency
  • 16 Circular economy
  • 17 Industrial ecology
  • 18 Basis for an eco-effective and integrated product strategy
  • 19 Sustainable consumption
  • Part IV Evaluation of transformability
  • 20 Overall evaluation of transformability and its trend.

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