The Bioeconomy Approach: Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9781032173306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

Opis

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecological economics, development economics and environmental economics, as well as policymakers and practitioners in sustainable development.

Spis treści

1.The bioeconomy approach and sustainable development: a review of the concept, opportunities and constraints Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Takanori Nagano  2. Sustainable biomass production from oceans and the potential for circular bioeconomy Trond Rafoss, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu  3. Land and ocean connection through iron transport by rivers: the case of the Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem (Giant Fish-Breeding Forest) Takeo Onishi, Takayuki Shiraiwa  4. Evaluating local sustainability, including ecosystem services provided by rural areas to cities to promote bioeconomy Tohru Nakashizuka, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Rei Shibata, Masahiro Aiba, Takahiro Sasai, Michio Oguro, Hiroko Kurokawa, Shunsuke Managi  5. Transition towards bio-based economy in small-scale agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable intensification Mehreteab Tesfai, Giacomo Branca, Luca Cacchiarelli, Chiara Perelli, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu  6. Save and Grow: sustainable intensification of crop production and innovative market linkages for building resilient rural economies in the Greater Mekong subregion Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda M. Abubakar, Avakat Phasouysaingam, Vornthalom Chanthavong, Ngo Tien Dung, Mayling Flores Rojas, Abha Mishra and Peter Sprang  7. Protected cultivation of vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa: scope and impacts Hugo Despretz, Thibault Nordey, Armel Clement Goudjo Mensah  8. Mediterranean anthroscapes: a bioeconomy domain for sustainable land use Erhan Akca, Suha Berberoglu, Takanori Nagano, Selim Kapur  9. Centrum Woods Vision: creating new value chains for sustainable woods management in Japan Takanori Nagano, Yuka Bando, Yutaka Okano, Daisuke Maki, Takahiro Ueyama  10. Promoting sustainable biogas technology development through integrated food and energy systems Roar Linjordet, Divina Gracia P. Rodriguez, Mehreteab Tesfai, Anne Strøm Prestvik, Salome Modiselle, Primrose Magama, and Mokhele Moeletsi  11. The need for stakeholder engagement and participative governance to promote bioeconomy Divina Gracia P. Rodriguez, Anne Strøm Prestvik  12. Conclusion and future directions Udaya Sekhar Nagothu  Index

　

O autorze

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director of the Centre for International Development (CID) at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway.