Sustainable development in practice : sustainomics methodology and applications
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Sustainable development in practice : sustainomics methodology and applications
(Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND) series on growth and sustainable development / series editor Mohan Munasinghe)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. 588-630
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a rigorous and practical analysis of sustainable development prospects today by applying the innovative sustainomics framework. Developed by the eminent environmental scientist Mohan Munasinghe, sustainomics explores the practical steps in making the transition from the risky business-as-usual scenario to a safe and sustainable future. Its main message is optimistic - although the problems are serious, an effective response can be mounted to make development more sustainable if initiated immediately. The book explains the key principles underlying sustainomics cogently, concisely and with minimum technical jargon. It illustrates the methodology with empirical case studies that are practical and policy-relevant over a wide range of time and geographic scales, countries, sectors, ecosystems and circumstances. The extensive bibliography is useful to researchers of specific issues within sustainable development. This book appeals to a wide audience, including students, researchers from many disciplines, policy analysts, public and private-sector decision makers, and development practitioners.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Part I. Framework and fundamentals: 1. Overview and summary
- 2. Sustainomics framework
- 3. Economics of the environment
- 4. Ecological and social aspects
- Part II. Global and transnational applications: 5. Global analytical applications
- 6. International process applications: multi-level, multi-stakeholder, trans-disciplinary dialogues
- Part III. National and macroeconomic applications: 7. National economywide applications
- 8. Mathematical macro-model applications
- 9. Computable general-equilibrium (CGE) modelling
- Part IV. Sub-National sectoral and system applications: 10. Energy sector applications
- 11. Transport sector applications
- 12. Water resource applications
- 13. Ecological and agricultural system applications
- 14. Resource pricing policy applications
- Part V. Project and local applications: 15. Project applications
- 16. Local applications -- hazards, disasters and urban growth
- Bibiography
- Index.
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