1st Edition

Sustainable Resource Management Global Trends, Visions and Policies

Edited By Stefan Bringezu, Raimund Bleischwitz Copyright 2009

    Looking at material flows, industrial and societal metabolism and their implications for the economy, this 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.

    1. IntroductionStefan Bringezu and Raimund Bleischwitz2 Analysing global resource use of national and regional economies across various levelsStefan Bringezu, Isabel van de Sand, Helmut Schütz, Raimund Bleischwitz and Stephan Moll3 Europe's resource use: basic trends, global and sectoral patterns, environmental and socioeconomic impactsStefan Bringezu, Helmut Schütz, Mathieu Saurat, Stephan Moll, José Acosta-Fernández and Sören Steger4 Visions of a sustainable resource useStefan Bringezu5 Outline of a resource policy and its economic dimensionRaimund Bleischwitz, Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Stefan Bringezu, Rainer Lucas, Sören Steger, Henning Wilts, Mathias Onischka and Oliver Röder

    Biography

    Stefan Bringezu, Raimund Bleischwitz

    This is a very readable and informative book ... The book will be extremely useful for post-graduates and policy-makers, offering a series of scenarios and techniques for the developing field of resource policy. ... It is time for educators to ensure that the sustainability theme is included in all subjects, together with discussion of social responsibility. Students need to understand a broad world view; and that it will be their responsibility to guarantee that the impact of these issues is examined at all levels and in every aspect of their jobs. Their generation has to secure real business change based on recognition of the finite nature of our natural resources that is so comprehensively discussed in this book. - Greener Management Journal 3.2 (2/2011) - Philippa Collins