Sustainable resource management: global trends, visions and policies
Bringezu, Stefan ; Bleischwitz, Raimund
Greenleaf Publishing - Sheffield
2009
338 p.
sustainable development ; climate change ; natural resources ; renewable resources ; ethics ; corporate social responsibility
Environment
English
Charts;Index;Bibliogr.
9781906093266
16-68809
"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."
Paper
Table of contents:
1. Introduction - Stefan Bringezu and Raimund Bleischwitz
2 Analysing global resource use of national and regional economies across various levels - Stefan Bringezu, Isabel van de Sand, Helmut Schütz, Raimund Bleischwitz and Stephan Moll
3 Europe's resource use: basic trends, global and sectoral patterns, environmental and socioeconomic impacts - Stefan Bringezu, Helmut Schütz, Mathieu Saurat, Stephan Moll, José Acosta-Fernández and Sören Steger
4 Visions of a sustainable resource use - Stefan Bringezu
5 Outline of a resource policy and its economic dimension - Raimund Bleischwitz, Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Stefan Bringezu, Rainer Lucas, Sören Steger, Henning Wilts, Mathias Onischka and Oliver Röder
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