Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future

Author(s)

• Bosetti, Valentina
• Gerlagh, Reyer
• Schleicher, Stefan

Bibliographic Information

Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future

edited by Valentina Bosetti, Reyer Gerlagh, Stefan P. Schleicher

（Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics and the environment）

Edward Elgar, c2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require. This book redresses the balance. The authors highlight how various indicators and aggregate measures can be included in models that are used for decision-making support and sustainability assessment. They also demonstrate the importance of identifying practical means to assess whether policy proposals, specific decisions or targeted scenarios are sustainable. With discussions of basic concepts relevant to understanding applied sustainability analysis, such as definitions of costs and revenue recycling, this book provides policy-makers, researchers and graduate students with feasible and effective principles for measuring sustainable development.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword: Challenges of Sustainability to Economics Ger Klaassen Introduction: Modelling Sustainability - The TranSust Project Valentina Bosetti, Reyer Gerlagh and Stefan P. Schleicher PART I: DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY 1. Economic Models for Sustainable Development Richard S.J. Tol 2. Designing Sustainability Policy Barbara K. Buchner 3. An American View of Sustainability Ray Kopp PART II: ISSUES IN MODELLING SUSTAINABILITY 4. Implementing the EU Sustainability Indicators Christoph Boehringer and Andreas Loeschel 5. Interpreting Environmental Policy Cost Measures Jean-Charles Hourcade and Frederic Ghersi 6. Technical Progress in TranSust Models Valentina Bosetti and Marzio Galeotti 7. Revenue Recycling and Labour Markets: Effects on Costs of Policies for Sustainability Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon and Hector Pollitt 8. Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Supporting Sustainable Energy Systems Bob van der Zwaan PART III: MODEL DESCRIPTIONS 9. Market Allocation Model (MARKAL) at ECN Koen Smekens, Gerard Martinus and Bob van der Zwaan 10. A Hybrid Model: DEMETER Reyer Gerlagh and Bob van der Zwaan 11. Impact Assessment of Climate Policies (IMACLIM-S) Frederic Ghersi 12. The Energy-Environment-Economy Model for Europe (E3ME) Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon and Hector Pollitt 13. An Endogenous Technical Change Model: FEEM-RICE Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro and Marzio Galeotti 14. Policy Analysis Based on Computable Equilibrium (PACE) Christoph Boehringer, Andreas Loeschel and Thomas F. Rutherford PART IV: SYNTHESIS OF TRANSUST 15. Economic Impacts of GHG Emission Reductions: An Overview of Multiple Model Calculations Reyer Gerlagh, Stefan P. Schleicher, Walter Hyll and Gregor Thenius 16. Transition to Sustainability: Some Preliminary Conclusions Valentina Bosetti and Carlo Carraro Index

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Details

• NCID: BA91536539
• ISBN:
  • 9781847209054
• LCCN: 2009924304
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, UK
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 259 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 338.927015118
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sustainable development -- Mathematical models
  • LCSH : Economic policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62918258