Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews of the subject. Each part of the book comprehensively covers the following issues in a systematic style: the goals and achievements of industrial ecology and the...

Die Verkehrsleistung nahm in den letzten Jahrzehnten stärker zu als das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt. Gegenüber 1997 wird bis zum Jahr 2015 eine weitere Steigerung der Verkehrleistung auf der Straße von 50 und 79% prognostiziert. Eine Stärkung regionaler Wirtschaftskreisläufe wird als Mittel...

One lens through which to view global economic interdependence and the spillover of shocks is that of decoupling (and then recoupling). Decoupling between developed and developing countries can be seen in the strong economic performance of China and India relative to that of the United States...

The most recent economic downturn has shown that economic activity nowadays is still prone to large fluctuations. Despite a long tradition of research, the understanding of such fluctuations, namely business cycles, is still far from comprehensive. Moreover, in a developing world with new...

Pollution from transport is being cut substantially through exhaust emissions regulations and vehicle manufacturers’ investments in cleaner technologies. The benefits of these improvements, however, are delayed as car fleet renewal takes a decade on average in Europe. Car scrappage schemes can...