Category Archives: Book Chapters
Modelling Sustainability – European and German Approaches
Bockermann, A., Meyer, B., Omann, I. & Spangenberg, J.H. (2001)
In: Matthies, M., Malchow, H. & Kriz, J. (Eds.). Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Sciences – Systems Science 2000. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Sustainable Development is probably the key new paradigm on which to base policies for the future. However, so far the concept remains [...]
Science policy for transdisciplinary research
Kastenhofer, K., Omann, I., Stagl, S. & Steininger, K. (2003)
In: UNESCO (Ed.) Knowledge for Sustainable Development: An Insight into the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Paris; London: Imprint (online version).
Sustainable development represents a challenge not only for science but also for science policy since it relates to such a large range of societal [...]
Sustainable Development and Evaluation: A Framework for the Comparison of Multicriteria Decision Methods
De Montis, A., De Toro, P., Droste-Franke, B., Omann, I. & Stagl, S. (2004)
In: Getzner, M., Spash, C. & Stagl, S., Alternatives for Valuing Nature. Routledge.
Many questions concerning sustainable development are characterised by conflicting economic, environmental, societal, technical, and aesthetic objectives. Therefore, in many cases optimal solutions cannot be found easily. Multicriteria decision [...]
Modelling Sustainability of the Austrian Economy with Input-Output Analysis – Modelling framework and empirical application
Stocker, A. & Luptacik, M. (2008)
In: Suh, S. & Huppes, G. (Eds.). Input-output analysis in industrial ecology. Edward Elgar.
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The Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and Ecosystems: A Synthesis of Present Knowledge
Bolin, B., Jäger, J. & Döös, B.R. (1986)
In: Bolin, B., Döös, B.R., Jäger, J. & Warrick, R.A. (Eds.). The Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change and Ecosystems, SCOPE 29, J. Wiley and Sons.
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Resource use indicators in the European Union – Policy processes, indicator sets and criteria for a headline indicator
Giljum, S., Hinterberger, F., Wackernagl, M. & Kitzes, J. (2006)
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Factor X and the EU: How to make Europe the most resource and energy efficient economy in the world – A guidebook to policies and legislative initiatives within the European Union
Rocholl, M., Giljum, S. & Schlegelmilch, K. (2006)
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Physical trade flows of pollution-intensive products: Historical trends in Europe and the world
Muradian, R. & Giljum, S. (2007)
In: Hornborg, A., McNeill, J. & Martinez-Alier, J. (Eds.). Rethinking Environmental History: World-System History and Global Environmental Change. Altamira Press.
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Accounting and modelling global resource use: material flows, land use and input-output models
Giljum, S., Hinterberger, F., Lutz, C. & Meyer, B. (2008)
In: Suh, S. (Ed.). Handbook of input-output economics for industrial ecology. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Material flow accounting and land use accounting are regarded as appropriate tools to provide a comprehensive picture of environmental pressures induced by and inter-linked with production and consumption activities. Due [...]
