Category Archives: Conference proceedings and conference presentation
LINKING THE EARTH’S FUTURE TO MIGRATION
Scenarios of environmental change and possible impacts on forced migration
Frühmann, J., Jäger, J., (2008)
Environmental change has various effects on livelihoods and may force people to migrate. Several case studies are carried out within the EACH-FOR project to investigate the contribution of
natural degradation to migration flows. Hotspots of environmental degradation have been identified [...]
„Quality of life and sustainable development – a great couple?
Rauschmayer, F., Omann, I., Frühmann, J., (2010)
The concept of Sustainable Development (SD) showed to be an agreed upon and important concept in science and media. However, despite of SD strategies in the EU and its member states, lots of international meetings, protocols, guidelines and frameworks and partial implementations as well as, small successes, a [...]
Conceptualizing ‘Mode-3 Science’
Integral research on sustainable development and quality of life
only Abstract available
Frühmann, J., Omann, I., Rauschmayer, F., (2009)
In this paper we argue why a new scientific approach is needed to start a real transition towards sustainable development. Our hypothesis behind is that SD as a concept has been widely used in science and [...]
Product Service Systems and their Impacts on Sustainable Development.
Omann, I., (2003)
The development and implementation of eco-efficient product service systems (PSS) is one company related step towards sustainable development. The basic idea of PSS is not to sell the product itself, but rather the service that is offered by the product. The developing and successful – in the sense of positive impacts on [...]
How can Multi-criteria Decision Analysis contribute to environmental policy making? A case study on macro-sustainability in Germany
Omann, I., (2000)
When it comes to decision making in the field of environmental policy, there is still a lack of useful decision aid methods. This paper intends to show how multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) as an useful decision aid method could help to reduce inefficiencies in macro-related environmentaleconomic-social decision making. MCDA methods differ from [...]
Assessing Social Sustainability
Omann, I., Spangenberg, J., (2002)
The Social Dimension of Sustainability in a Socio-Economic Scenario
The social dimension of sustainable development has most often been neglected when developing
future scenarios, or, at best, been dealt with as a framework condition for successful environmental
sustainability strategies. However, given the long-disputed trade-off between social and environmental
improvements in [...]
A social perspective on sustainable transport policy. A case study for car road pricing in Austria
Omann, I., Seebauer, S. (2004)
The current transport system in industrialised countries is far from being sustainable. It produces negative
impacts on natural and social systems by producing emissions (mainly CO2 and particles), noise, congestion,
limited regional accessibility and by requiring a high material- and energy-input to maintain the transport
infrastructure and the transport stock. [...]
Resource efficiency for sustainable growth: global trends and European policy scenarios
Giljum, S., Polzin, C. (2009)
In Asia and worldwide, improved resource efficiency of production and consumption is a key requirement for sustainable growth. Global extraction and use of natural resources has significantly increased over the past decades. Today, humans extract around 60 billion tonnes of resources each year, 50% more than only 30 years ago. [...]
SERI input to review of EU “Resource Strategy”
Giljum, S. (2009)
Executive summary:
Two important environmental policy strategies of the EU will be reviewed during 2010: the “Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources” and the “Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste”. The upcoming Belgian EU presidency therefore organises two expert workshops with attendence of the European Commission, [...]
Modelling Austrian Energy Scenarios for Renewables, Energy Efficiency and Behavioural Changes
An increase in renewable energies, improved energy efficiency and behavioural changes are necessary to
manage the transition to a sustainable energy system. This paper presents energy scenarios for Austria
up to the year 2020, which represent ambitious actions in all three areas and which comply with the
objectives of the Austrian energy and climate change [...]
