附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Translating sustainable development into practice: a 'patchwork' of some new concepts and an introduction to material flows analysis; Chapter 2: Towards a new kind of technological progress; Chapter 3: Emerging regulatory policies for eco-efficiency; Chapter 4: Sustainable business and consumption strategies; Chapter 5: Bridging the data gap; Chapter 6: Concluding thoughts; References; Index.
摘要:In particular, they highlight the application of existing European-based policies concerning material flows and energy. The authors also investigate some new concepts of sustainable development and provide a useful introduction to material flows analysis. In further chapters they study the emerging regulatory policies for eco-efficiency, and examine the issues of sustainable business and consumption strategies. Environmental and ecological economists, policymakers and political scientists will welcome this original and insightful book which aims to translate the theory of sustainable developme.
