In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...

Introduction -- I Sustainability Economics and Resources -- II International Analysis -- III Rebound Effects in Economics -- IV Modelling the Use of Resources in Economies -- V Outlook on Sustainable Resource Management

Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in the knowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringing together a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of services and service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by an...

Optimal Economic Growth with an Environmental Constraint: The Problem of Optimal Endogenous Growth with Exhaustible Resources Revisited -- Optimal Pollution, Optimal Population, and Sustainability -- Optimal Proportions in Growth Trends of Resource Productivity -- Biodiversity, Abatement and...

Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development recognizes the relevance of tourism and tourism activities as major economic drivers, with a specific focus on the role of destination management and marketing, performance and strategies, and sustainability

Problemstellung und Ziel der Untersuchung -- Stand der Forschung: ein Literaturüberblick -- Forschungsleitende Hypothesen und Wirkungsmodell -- Fallstudien -- Telefonische Breitenbefragung -- Schlussfolgerungen und Handlungsempfehlungen.

Both Taiwan and China are extremely populous nations that, due to population pressures and continuing high growth levels, have experienced challenges in sustainable development. Hsu illustrates Taiwan's path toward sustainable development and contrasts it to that of China, suggesting ways in...

This edited collection explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a low carbon economy, and outlines the different approaches taken to ensure the sustainability of such a transition. Chapters explore the nature of the transformation from a ‘brown’ to ‘green’...

This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead...