Contents: Preface -- Part I Frameworks for central-local government relations -- 1. Frameworks for central-local government relations and fiscal sustainability / Peter J. Morgan and Long Q. Trinh -- 2. Looking beyond conventional intergovernmental fiscal frameworks: principles, realities, and...

This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience, as well as its relationship with transformation, by drawing...

Contents: 1 Introduction to the research handbook of sustainability agency / Satu Teerikangas, Katariina Koistinen, Tiina Onkila, Marileena Mäkelä -- Part I: Individual agency -- 2. Theorising individual agency within sociotechnical sustainability transitions frames: A social psychological...

Contents: 1. Introduction to personal sustainability practices / Mark Starik and Patricia Kanashiro -- 2. Why focus on faculty personal sustainability? / Mark Starik, Patricia Kanashiro, and Gordon Rands -- Part I: Sustainability practices in action -- 3. Design for the experience: A more...

Chapter 1. No Poverty: How Much, How Far -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty, Food Security and Improved Nutrition -- Chapter 3. Health Progress in India in respect of Millennium Development Goals: Is Health Target of SDG Achievable? - An Empirical Study at Sub-National level --...

Contents: Part I Introduction -- 1. Transitions in socio-technical systems and challenges of city leadership / Marina van Geenhuizen, Adam Holbrook and Mozhdeh Taheri -- Part II Assets and networks in cities -- Energy -- 2. Cities and photovoltaic inventions: global leaders over time / Pieter...

Contents: Part I Facts and theory of monetary policy and crude oil -- 1. The crude oil market and its driving forces -- 2. Monetary policy and crude oil: A theoretical analysis -- Part II Monetary policy and crude oil in the real world -- 3. US monetary policy and the global crude oil market --...

Contents: 1. from growth to sustainability / Brett Dolter and Peter A. Victor -- 2. Growth, development and learning to live in a finite world / Peter Timmerman -- 3. Sustainable development, limits and growth: reflections on the conundrum / James Meadowcroft -- 4. Sustainability metrics and...

Part I. Introduction and background -- 1. FinTech and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development: The Role of Smart Technologies in Achieving Development Goals -- 2. Exploring the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and the Fourth Industrial Revolution an Overview -- 3. Financial...

Section 1: Literature review of circular strategies -- Chapter 1 Circularity challenges in SDGs Implementation: A review in context -- Chapter 2 Sharing instead of Owning: A Synthesized Review on Collaborative Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Section 2: Conceptual insights on circular...