This book discusses the future and present regional challenges of southern Europe, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective concerning planning, regional development, the role of innovation and sustainability of cities. It offers as such an insight into the current status quo of regional...

"We are at the beginning of the sustainability era. The biggest challenge of our generation is to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. For this we must to be willing to understand and change the root causes that create these challenges in the first place. The system itself needs to change....

"This collection breaks new ground by investigating applications of degrowth in a range of geographic, practical and theoretical contexts along the food chain. Degrowth challenges growth and advocates for everyday practices that limit socio-metabolic energy and material flows within planetary...

Die moderne Ökonomie befindet sich in einem tiefgreifenden Wandel. Während schon seit geraumer Zeit der Kapitalismus als Wirtschaftsform massiver Kritik ausgesetzt ist, stellen sich, ausgelöst durch die jüngsten Ereignisse rund um die Corona-Pandemie, weitere grundlegende Fragen an die...

"Can China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promote sustainable development, alongside its primary aims of increasing commercial connectivity with China's partners? In discussions of the BRI the focus has tended to be on the implications for infrastructure construction, connectivity and economic...

"A sustainable brand should integrate environmental, social, economic and issues into its business operations. Sustainable Branding considers how broader perspectives on sustainability and corporate social responsibility can be applied to the practicalities of brand management. By addressing a...