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Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
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scenarios for sustainability / Tim Baynes, Jim West and Graham M. Turner -- Learning and evolution in industrial ecosystems : an …
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environmental sustainability, drawing on groundbreaking research from leading scholars to predict future trends. This Research … management, information systems, and management and sustainability. It will also be beneficial for practitioners in business … management and corporate social responsibility who are interested in environmental sustainability"-- …
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goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution … to the growing literature on the sustainability and policy aspects of trade liberalization, focusing on European …
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Though scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issues relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental...
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This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. The historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, but the book concentrates on the...
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1. Introduction and summary -- 2. World-wide-welfare : a micro-economic analysis of "The new economy" -- 3. Network formation, innovation and IT use -- 4. Adoption and diffusion of e-business and the role of network effects -- 5. Radio spectrum fees as determinants of market structure : the...
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It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...
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role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The …
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"With diverse contributions from over 100 authors around the globe, this comprehensive Encyclopedia summarises the developments of ecological economics from the fundamental contributions to the more recent methodological debates in the field. This Encyclopedia further reflects the relevant state...
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