Sustainable Resource Management : Global Trends, Visions and Policies

ISBN-13: 9781906093266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 338 str.

Opis

Sustainable Resource Management is the result of years of exhaustive research by Germany's Wuppertal Institute. Looking at material flows, industrial and societal metabolism and their implications for the economy, this important new book provides radical perspectives on how the global economy should use natural resources in intelligent ways that maximise well-being without destroying life-supporting ecosystems. It presents a vision of the future and the fundamental elements necessary for the sustainable management of the Earth's resources. It argues that the need to manage the use of our natural resources at a sustainable level can be shaped into a great opportunity for innovation and for new institutions to govern change.

Recenzje

This is a very readable and informative book ... The book will be extremely useful for post-graduates and policy-makers, offering a series of scenarios and techniques for the developing field of resource policy. ... It is time for educators to ensure that the sustainability theme is included in all subjects, together with discussion of social responsibility. Students need to understand a broad world view; and that it will be their responsibility to guarantee that the impact of these issues is examined at all levels and in every aspect of their jobs. Their generation has to secure real business change based on recognition of the finite nature of our natural resources that is so comprehensively discussed in this book. - Greener Management Journal 3.2 (2/2011) - Philippa Collins

Spis treści

1. IntroductionStefan Bringezu and Raimund Bleischwitz2 Analysing global resource use of national and regional economies across various levelsStefan Bringezu, Isabel van de Sand, Helmut Schütz, Raimund Bleischwitz and Stephan Moll3 Europe's resource use: basic trends, global and sectoral patterns, environmental and socioeconomic impactsStefan Bringezu, Helmut Schütz, Mathieu Saurat, Stephan Moll, José Acosta-Fernández and Sören Steger4 Visions of a sustainable resource useStefan Bringezu5 Outline of a resource policy and its economic dimensionRaimund Bleischwitz, Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Stefan Bringezu, Rainer Lucas, Sören Steger, Henning Wilts, Mathias Onischka and Oliver Röder

O autorze

Stefan Bringezu, Raimund Bleischwitz