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Sustainability science for social, economic, and environmental development
Title:
Sustainability science for social, economic, and environmental development
ISBN:
9781466649965
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Publication Information New:
Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2014]
Physical Description:
PDFs (324 pages)
Contents:
Economic growth, sustainable development, and the role of markets -- On value and price of environmental resources -- Altruism, social networks, and social capital: some interlinkages -- Justice, migration, agriculture, and sustainability -- Feminism and tenets of philosophy of economics: the sustainability connections -- Labour observatories for agricultural policymaking and sustainable development -- Biofuels and renewables: implications for people, planet, policies, politics -- Biofuel sustainability and transition pathways -- Valuation and market-based pricing of economic and ecosystem services of water resources -- "Virtual water" and Occam's razor: an explanation from the perspective of economics of water -- Water scarcity and conflicts: can water futures exchange in South Asia provide the answer? -- Two first generation biofuel (biodiesel, bioethanol) and sustainability: some other realities for India and trade patterns -- Connections between spectrum allocation, social capital and sustainability -- Story of live discussion in autos of Delhi: what do they say about sustainability? -- Energy and emission linkages from the three wheeler autorickshaws of Kolkata: an exploratory analysis of the impact on economic, environmental, social dimensions of sustainability -- Economics, environmental policy, trade and sustainability -- Can a poor be vegetarian for addressing sustainability?
Abstract:
"This book investigates the role of sustainability in the everyday lives of ordinary citizens, including issues of economy, social interaction, exploitation of natural resources, and sources of renewable energy"--Provided by publisher.
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Language:
English