The Search for a Conceptual Framework.
Edited by
Jörg Köhn, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
Rostock University, Germany
John Gowdy, Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
US
Friedrich Hinterberger, Senior Economist, Wuppertal Institute
for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
Jan van der Straaten, Senior Lecturer, Department of Leisure
Studies, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
This book explores approaches to sustainability by linking the economy,
society and the environment. The international group of experts uses
concepts of sustainability from the physical and social sciences to
develop a framework for creating policies for sustainability.
Contents
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Conceptual Frameworks Revised
Part III: Sustainable Production
Part IV: Sustainable Consumption
Part V: Sustainability and Political Economy Index
Contributors
F.J. Dietz, A. Femia, M.-E. Fischer, J. Gowdy, J. Haake, F. Hinterberger,
W. Jager, M. Kane, J. Köhn, M. Kuhndt, C. Liedtke, F. Luks, R.B.
Norgaard, T. Orbach, D. Pimentel, A. Renner, R.B. Rettig, H. Rohn, I.
Røpke, J. Rotmans, E.C. Schmieman, J. Schütz, T. Sikor,
P. Söderbaum, C.L. Spash, M. van Asselt, J. van der Straaten, E.C.
van Ierland, C. Vlek, N. Yavuz
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