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Towards sustainable development in industry? : reports from seven developing and transition economies
Hesp, Paul (contributor); Luken, Ralph Andrew (contributor) - 2003
Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and...
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The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems
Davidsdottir, Brynhildur (contributor);  … - 2009
Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850894
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Economic rights and environmental wrongs : property rights for the common good
Devlin, Rose Anne - 1998
1. Environmental wrongs -- 2. Externalities and the environment -- 3. Property rights for pollution -- 4. Property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851479
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Governing the environment : salient institutional issues
Breton, Albert (contributor) - 2009
This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851560
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Joint production and responsibility in ecological economics : on the foundations of environmental policy
Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2006
This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. At its centre is the concept of joint production. This captures the phenomenon whereby several effects necessarily emerge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851862
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The economics of pollution havens
Fullerton, Don (ed.) - 2006
A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when …, how those flows affect pollution, prices, and incomes, and finally how all of these last considerations feed back into … pollution policies, how local environmental rules respond to those location decisions, and how trade liberalization affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474011
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Sustainable development : new bearings for the Nordic countries : en ny kurs for Norden
2001 - Condensed version
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Beyond uneconomic growth : economics, equity and the ecological predicament
Farley, Joshua C. (contributor); Malghan, Deepak (contributor) - 2016
In memoriam for Robert Goodland -- Part I Introduction -- 1. The foundations for an ecological economy: an overview / Joshua Farley -- 2. The world in over-shoot: a celebration of Herman Daly's contributions to ecological economics - the science of sustainability / Robert Goodland -- 3. Toward a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419863
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Ecological economics and sustainable development : selected essays of Herman Daly
Daly, Herman E. - 2007
Basic concepts and ideas -- Limits to growth -- Economics in a full world -- The challenge of ecological economics : historical context and some specific issues -- Issues with the World Bank -- Sustainable development : definitions, principles, policies -- The illth of nations : comments on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420018
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Sustainable development in Europe : concepts, evaluation and applications
Schubert, Uwe (contributor); Störmer, Eckhard (contributor) - 2007
Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420056