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Weak Versus Strong Sustainability
"In this fully updated and revised edition of an original and popular text, Eric Neumayer offers an authoritative contribution to one of the most important questions concerning sustainable development: can natural capital be substituted by other forms of c"
The Limits to Scarcity
Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates? Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations, overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as po...
Knowledge Management, Organizational Intelligence And Learning, And Complexity - Volume III
Knowledge Management, Organizational Intelligence and Learning, and Complexity is the component of Encyclopedia of Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Knowledge Management, Organizational Intelligence and Learning, and Complexity in the Encyclopedia of Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources provides the latest scientific insights into the evolution of complexity in both the natural and social realms. Emerging perspectives from the fields of knowledge management, computer-based simulation and the organizational sciences are presented as tools for understanding and supporting this evolving complexity and the earth's life support systems. These three volumes are aimed at the following a wide spectrum of audiences from the merely curious to those seeking in-depth knowledge: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
A Handbook of Industrial Ecology
'The editors of this handbook have brought together 58 of the world's greatest environmental systems experts. These professionals have, in 46 specific topic headings, divided into six major sections, provided very insightful information and guidance as to what industrial ecology entails, how it can be implemented, and its benefits . . . a very valuable tool . . . This book provides essential information to mid- and top-level management that can enable industry to make more prudent business decisions regarding the manufacturing of its products.' - Robert John Klancko, Environmental Practice Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews of the subject.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Deutschland und Frankreich
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,0, Universität Passau, 196 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Explanandum der vorliegenden Arbeit ist das normative Verständnis sowie die konkrete Umsetzung von Corporate Social Responsibility in Deutschland und Frankreich. Das Konzept, das ursprünglich aus den USA stammt, wird erst seit einigen Jahren in Europa bewusst angewandt. Die beiden Länder befinden sich dabei in unterschiedlichen Entwicklungsstadien. Zudem wurde die Grundidee den politischen, ökonomischen und soziokulturellen Eigenheiten der beiden Staaten angepasst und es entstanden so leic...
