Megacity development and the inherent risks and opportunities for humans and the environment is a theme of growing urgency in the 21st century. Focusing on Latin America where urbanization is most advanced, this book studies the complexity of a ‘mega-urban system’ and explores interrelations...

How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so? This volume addresses these issues in a rigorous yet accessible fashion, presenting the current research of some of the world's leading scholars.

Theoretische Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Leitlinien zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Zwecke der Normierung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung nach GRI im HDAX -- Kurzfristige Ereignisstudie -- Langfristige Ereignisstudie --...

This book presents innovative strategies for sustainable, socially responsible enterprise management from leading thinkers in the fields of corporate citizenship, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, community-based economic development and urban design. The book’s...

‘It is of great value to complement the limitations of contemporary mainstream economic growth discourse by exploiting the complex relations between technology, development, and inequality, while concurrently providing a better academic orientation in the era of the upcoming Industrial...

This book presents stimulating new perspectives on three key sets of issues: a fair globalization, the policies that might be adopted in response to protectionist pressures, and sustainable development policies involving G7 and G20 actions to lay the foundations for renewed trust. The individual...

This is a seminal book for anyone who wants to understand, shape or study the communication surrounding sustainability in their interactions with colleagues, employees, supply chain partners, and external stakeholders. It develops essential insights on the basis of an extensive review of...

Introduction -- Sustainable Public Debt: Theory and Empirical Evidence -- Debt and Growth: A Basic Endogenous Growth Model -- Productive Government Spending, Public Debt and Growth -- Government Debt and Human Capital Formation -- Debt and Growth: Empirical Evidence -- Conclusion.