Green economy reader : lectures in ecological economics and sustainability /: lectures in ecological economics and sustainability. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stanislav Shmelev, editor.
• Authors: Shmelev, Stanislav
• Editors: Shmelev, Stanislav
• Contents: 1. The Life Required. Political Economy in the Long Emergency -- 2. How Economics Can Become Compatible with Democracy -- 3. Gaps in Mainstream Economics: Energy, Growth, and Sustainability -- 4. A Further Critique of Growth Economics -- 5. Multidimensional Assessment of Sustainability: Harmony vs. the Turning Point -- 6. System of Accounts for Global Entropy-Production (SAGE-P): The Accounting in the Topological Domain Space (TDS) of the Econosphere, Sociosphere, and the Ecosphere -- 7. The Green Economy in Europe: In Search for a Successful Transition -- 8. Measuring Natural Resource Use from the Micro to the Macro Level -- 9. Regenerative Cities -- 10. Multidimensional Sustainability Assessment for Megacities -- 11. The Economics of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change -- 12. A Precauctionary Strategy to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change is Affordable: 12 Reasons -- 13. Renewable Energy in the UK: A Slow Transition -- 14. Social Metabolism and Ecological Distribution Conflicts in India and Latin America -- 15. Human Values and Sustainable Development -- 16. Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (463 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 333.7; Environment; Environmental economics; Ecology -- Economic aspects; Sustainable development -- Economic aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Environmental economics; Ecology -- Economic aspects; Sustainable development -- Economic aspects; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy; Science -- Energy; Business & Economics -- Development -- Economic Development; Environmental economics; Central government policies; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Economic growth; Economic systems & structures; Sustainable development; Environmental policy; Renewable energy sources; Economic growth; Economic history; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319389196
• Related ISBNs: 331938919X; 9783319389172; 3319389173
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.