Managing the transition to renewable energy

theory and practice form local, regional and macro perspectives

This book addresses the problem of how to make a large-scale socio-technical transition to renewable energy, so as to realize an environmentally sustainable economy in the long run. Transition thinking has in a short time managed to occupy a central position in the policy debate ...

Economics of industrial ecology

meterials, structural change, and spatial scales

The use of economic modeling techniques in industrial ecology research provides distinct advantages over the customary approach, which focuses on the physical description of material flows. The thirteen chapters of Economics of Industrial Ecology integrate the natural science and technological dimensions of industrial ecology with ...

The ecological economics of biodiversity

methods and policy applications