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    ISBN: 9781788116152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 460 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in urban studies series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on urban social policies
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Urban policy ; Public welfare ; Public welfare ; Social policy ; Urban policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadt ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: "The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context and bridges the gap in research. It provides a novel perspective of social policy analysis, answering the common debates such as: what is the role of local institutions in welfare provisions? Do they exert an influence beyond their jurisdiction? What difference can we trace among different types of locales (e.g. urban vs. rural)? How does the role of cities change in different national regulatory systems? Chapters disentangle the interplay between jurisdictions, politics, policy instruments and contexts in the spatial construction of social policies. Thanks to the impressive selection of contributors, the volume discusses urban social policies with broad geographical coverage including cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, and provides cursory references to the COVID-19 pandemic in different policy fields. This book will be of interest to a broad range of students in different fields from welfare to urban studies, as well as those interested in multilevel governance and policy analysis. Scholars interested in comparative social policy, but also in social innovation, public administration and political science, will also find this book a good companion"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction to urban social policies: International perspectives on multilevel governance and local welfare / Yuri Kazepov, Eduardo Barberis, Roberta Cucca and Elisabetta Mocca -- Part I: Localizing risk and vulnerability -- 2. Localizing new social risks / Costanzo Ranci and Lara Maestripieri -- 3. Territorial welfare governance changes: Concepts and explanatory factors / Eloísa del Pino, Luis Moreno and Jorge Hernández-Moreno -- 4. The territorial dimension of social investment in Europe / Yuri Kazepov and Ruggero Cefalo -- 5. Urban social innovation and the European city: Assessing the changing urban welfare mix and its scalar articulation / Stijn Oosterlynck and Tatiana Saruis -- 6. Citizenship practices and co-production of local social policies in southern Europe / Ana Belén Cano-Hila, Marc Pradel-Miquel and Marisol García -- 7. The transformation of the local welfare system in European cities / Alberta Andreotti, Enzo Mingione and Emanuele Polizzi -- Part II: The local dimension of targeted social policies -- 8. Care as multi-scalar policy: Ecec and ltc services across Europe / Marco Arlotti and Stefania Sabatinelli -- 9. Poverty and multi-layered social assistance in Europe / Sarah Marchal and Bea Cantillon -- 10. Institutional logics of service provision: The national and urban governance of activation policies in three European countries / Vanesa Fuertes, Martin Heidenreich and Ronald McQuaid -- 11. The local dimension of housing policies / Christoph Reinprecht -- 12. Migration policies at the local level: Constraints and windows of opportunities in a contentious field / Eduardo Barberis and Alba Angelucci -- 13. Segregation, neighbourhood effects and social mix policies / Sako Musterd -- 14. Local segregation patterns and multilevel education policies / Willem Boterman and Isabel Ramos Lobato -- Part III: The instruments of local social policies -- 15. Local governance and street-level bureaucracy: The ground floor of social policy / Peter Hupe and Trui Steen -- 16. National-regional-local shifting games in multi-tiered welfare states / Giuliano Bonoli and Philipp Trein -- 17. Social work and community work / Stefan Köngeter and Christian Reutlinger -- 18. New public management-inspired public sector reforms and evaluation: Long-term care provisions in European countries / Hellmut Wollmann -- 19. Public participation and social policies in contemporary cities / Roberta Cucca -- 20. Territorial effects of EU policies: Which social outcomes at the local level? / Iván Tosics and Laura Colini -- Part IV: Examples of urban social policies around the world -- 21. Soziale stadt (social city) / Simon Güntner -- 22. The rescaling of social policies in the post-yugoslav space: Welfare parallelism and local state capture / Paul Stubbs and Sinisa Zrinščak -- 23. States of welfare: Decentralization and its consequences in us social policy / Sarah K. Bruch and Colin Gordon -- 24. Urban social protection in southern Africa / Jeremy Seekings -- 25. Social policies and security in favelas and urban peripheries of brazilian cities / Eduardo Marques and Marta Arretche -- 26. Innovative (local) social policies in China / Daniel R. Hammond -- 27. Urban and local social policies in the nordic countries / Håkan Johansson -- 28. The challenges of activation policies in Japan and their local dimension / Miki Tsutsui and Shuhei Naka -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781788116145
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 460 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in urban studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on urban social policies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on urban social policies
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Urban policy ; Public welfare ; Social policy ; Public welfare ; Social policy ; Urban policy ; Stadt ; Sozialpolitik
    Note: Enthält bibliografische Angaben und Index (Seite 444-460)
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    ISBN: 978-1-80088-366-6
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 402 Seiten) : , Illustrationen, Diagramme.
    Series Statement: Multidisciplinary movements in research
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    Keywords: Climatic changes ; Urban climatology ; Anthropozän. ; Stadtleben. ; Umweltfaktor. ; Stadtentwicklung. ; Klimaänderung. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Anthropozän ; Stadtleben ; Umweltfaktor ; Stadtentwicklung ; Klimaänderung
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    ISBN: 9781784712921
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
    Series Statement: Elgar research reviews in economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Education and economic performance
    DDC: 370.1
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    Keywords: Bildungswesen ; Bildungsinvestition ; Hochschule ; Berufsbildung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Welt ; Economic development ; Wages Effect of education on ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Economic development Effect of education on ; Education Effect of technological innovations on ; Education, Higher Effect of technological innovations on ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Human capital ; Electronic books ; Bildungsökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Throughout the developed and developing worlds, education spending is seen as a key tool for government policy makers in the quest for economic growth. Promoting 'human capital' development is a prime objective for economic and education ministries. The seminal articles discussed in this essential research review include early classics which explain why education became central to productivity debates and more recent papers which elucidate the enormous controversies in this important field
    Abstract: Lant Pritchett (2001), 'Where Has All the Education Gone?', World Bank Economic Review, 15 (3), 367-91 -- Anna Vignoles, Augustin De Coulon and Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez (2011), 'The Value of Basic Skills in the British Labour Market', Oxford Economic Papers, 63, 27-48 -- Colm Harmon and Ian Walker (1995), 'Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling for the United Kingdom', American Economic Review, 85 (5), December, 1278-86 -- Richard Blundell, Lorraine Dearden and Barbara Sianesi (2005), 'Measuring the Returns to Education', in Stephen Machin and Anna Vignoles (eds), What's the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK, Chapter 7, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 117-45, references -- Dan A. Black and Jeffrey A. Smith (2006), 'Estimating the Returns to College Quality with Multiple Proxies for Quality', Journal of Labor Economics, 24 (3), 701-28 -- Stacy Berg Dale and Alan B. Krueger (2002), 'Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117 (4), November, 1491-527 -- Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar (2004), 'US-Europe Differences in Technology-driven Growth: Quantifying the Role of Education', Journal of Monetary Economics, 51 (1), January, 161-90 -- Ofer Malamud and Cristian Pop-Eleches (2010), 'General Education Versus Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition', Review of Economics and Statistics, 92 (1), February, 43-60 -- Stephen Machin and John Van Reenen (1998), 'Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from Seven OECD Countries', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 13 (4), November, 1215-44 -- Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding and John Van Reenen (2004), 'Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a Panel of OECD Industries', Review of Economics and Statistics, 86 (4), 883-95 -- Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz (2007), 'Long-run Changes in the Wage Structure: Narrowing, Widening, Polarizing', Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2, 135-65 -- Daron Acemoglu (1999), 'Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence', American Economic Review, 89 (5), December, 1259-78 -- Saul Lach and Mark Schankerman (2008), 'Incentives and Invention in Universities', RAND Journal of Economics, 39 (2), Summer, 403-33 -- Ricardo Godoy, Dean S. Karlan, Shanti Rabindran and Tomás Huanca (2005), 'Do Modern Forms of Human Capital Matter in Primitive Economies? Comparative Evidence from Bolivia', Economics of Education Review, 24 (1), February, 45-53 -- Enrico Moretti (2004), 'Workers' Education, Spillovers, and Productivity: Evidence from Plant-level Production Functions', American Economic Review, 94 (3), June, 656-90 -- Sharada Weir and John Knight (2004), 'Externality Effects of Education: Dynamics of the Adoption and Diffusion of an Innovation in Rural Ethiopia', Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53 (1), October, 93-113
    Abstract: Middleton, J. (1989), Vocational Education and Training: A Review of World Bank Investment, Washington, DC: World Bank. -- Mincer, Jacob (1958), 'Investment in Human Capital and Personal Income Distribution', Journal of Political Economy, 66 (4), 281-302. -- Mincer, J. (1974), Schooling, Experience and Earnings, New York: National Bureau of Education Research. -- North, D. (1990), Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -- OECD (1964), The Residual Factor and Economic Growth, Study Group in the Economics of Education, Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. -- Psacharopoulos, G. (1995), The Profitability of Investment in Education: Concepts and Methods, Washington, DC: World Bank. -- Scott, M.F. (1998), A New View of Economic Growth, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -- Smith, A. (1776), An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, available at http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html. -- Wolf, A. (2002), Does Education Matter? Myths About Education and Economic Growth, London: Penguin. -- Wolf, A., Jenkins, A. and Vignoles, A. (2006), 'Certifying the workforce: economic imperative or failed social policy?', Journal of Education Policy, 21 (5), 535-66. -- Zucker, L.G., Darby, M.R. and Brewer, M.B. (1998), 'Intellectual human capital and the birth of US biotechnology enterprises', American Economic Review, 88 (1), 290-306. -- Edward F. Denison (1964), 'Measuring the Contribution of Education (and the Residual) to Economic Growth', in Study Group in the Economics of Education, The Residual Factor and Economic Growth, Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 13-55 -- Mark Blaug (1972), 'Educated Unemployment in Asia: A Contrast Between India and the Philippines', Philippine Economic Journal, 11 (1), September, 33-57 -- Barry R. Chiswick (2003), 'Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings', Review of Economics of the Household, 1 (4), 343-61 -- Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee (1993), 'International Comparisons of Educational Attainment', Journal of Monetary Economics, 32 (3), 363-94 -- Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee (1994), 'Sources of Economic Growth', Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 40, 1-46 -- Jacob Mincer (1984), 'Human Capital and Economic Growth', Economics of Education Review, 3 (3), 195-205 -- Alan B. Krueger and Mikael Lindahl (2001), 'Education for Growth: Why and for Whom?', Journal of Economic Literature, XXXIX (4), December, 1101-36 -- Alison Wolf (2004), 'Education and Economic Performance: Simplistic Theories and their Policy Consequences', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 20 (2), 315-33
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Acemoglu, D. (2003), 'Technology and inequality', NBER Reporter, Winter 2003, Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. -- Atkinson, A.B. (2008), The Changing Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -- Becker, G.S. (1964, 1975, 1993), Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. -- College Board (2008), Coming to our Senses: Education and the American Future, New York: College Board. -- Commission of the European Communities (2005), Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme, COM (2005) 330 20.7. 2005, Brussels: Commission of the European Communities. -- Finer, S.E. (1997), The History of Government, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -- Gibbons, S. and Machin, S. (2003), 'Valuing English primary schools', Journal of Urban Economics, 53, 197-219. -- Goldin, C. and Katz, L.F. (2008), The Race Between Education and Technology, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. -- Goldthorpe, J. and Mills, C. (2008), 'Trends in intergenerational class mobility in modern Britain: evidence from national surveys, 1972-2005', National Institute Economic Review, 205 (1), July, 83-100. -- Green, A. (1990), Education and State Formation, London: Macmillan. -- Grubb, W.N. and Lazerson, M. (2004), The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. -- Keep, E., Mayhew, K. and Payne, J. (2006), 'From skills revolution to productivity miracle - not as easy as it sounds?', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 22 (4), 539-59. -- Krueger, A. and Lindahl, M. (1999), 'Education for growth in Sweden and the World', Swedish Economic Policy Review, 6, 289-339. -- Leonhardt, D. (2009), 'The big fix', New York Times, 27 January. -- Marx, K. ([1847] 1955), The Poverty of Philosophy, London: Progress Publishers. -- Maurin, E. and McNally, S. (2008), 'Vive la revolution! Long term returns of 1968 to the angry students', Journal of Labor Economics, 26 (1), 1-33. -- McIntosh, S. (2004), The Returns to Apprenticeship Training, CEP DP 622, London: CEP/LSE. -- McIntosh, S. (2007), A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Apprenticeships and Other Vocational Qualifications, RR 834, Sheffield: DES. -- Michaels, G., Natraj, A. and Van Reenan, J. (2010), Has ICT Polarised Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 Years, CEP DP 987, London: LSE
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781849801881 , 1847209726 , 9781847209726
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 210 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Boons, Frank Creating ecological value
    DDC: 658.4/083
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    Keywords: Umweltmanagement ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; Social responsibility of business Environmental aspects ; Business planning ; Social responsibility of business ; Industrial management Environmental aspects ; Kaffeewirtschaft ; Kraftfahrzeugindustrie ; Strategisches Management ; Umweltschutz ; Wertschöpfung ; Electronic books ; Umweltschutz ; Unternehmen ; Wertschöpfung ; Kraftfahrzeugindustrie ; Strategisches Management ; Umweltschutz ; Kaffeewirtschaft ; Strategisches Management ; Umweltschutz
    Abstract: Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms
    Abstract: ch. 1. How do firms create ecological value? -- ch. 2. Definitions of ecological value : patches of history -- ch. 3. Technological change and strategic perspectives -- ch. 4. Elements of strategic perspectives and the internal dynamics of firms -- ch. 5. Shaping strategic perspectives through resource networks -- ch. 6. The coffee PCS -- ch. 7. The automobile PCS -- ch. 8. An evolutionary approach towards the strategic perspectives of firms -- ch. 9. The future of creating ecological value
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781848449374
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 238 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems
    DDC: 338.927
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    Keywords: Produktionsstandort ; Umwelt ; Umweltbelastung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Umweltökonomik ; Welt ; Business networks ; Environmental economics Case studies ; Environmental economics Mathematical models ; Industrial productivity ; Industrial location ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Industrie ; Ökosystem ; Regionalplan ; Industrie ; Standortfaktor ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced analytical concepts and tools to explore the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, concentrating specifically on regions and networks
    Abstract: The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems : background and concepts / Matthias Ruth and Brynhildur Davidsdottir -- Dynamics of geographically based industrial ecosytems / Marian R. Chertow -- Regional dynamics and industrial ecosystems : an introduction / David L. Rigby -- Spatial and temporal life cycle assessment : ozone formation potential from natural gas use in a typical residential building in Pittsburgh, USA / Shannon M. Lloyd and Robert Ries -- Estimating generalized regional input-output systems : a case study of Australia / Blanca Gallego and Manfred Lenzen -- The economic and environmental consequences of reduced air transport services in Pennsylvania : a regional input-output life cycle assessment case study / Gyorgyi Cicas, Chris T. Hendrickson and H. Scott Matthews -- Design approach frameworks, regional metabolism and scenarios for sustainability / Tim Baynes, Jim West and Graham M. Turner -- Learning and evolution in industrial ecosystems : an introduction / Peter M. Allen -- A framework for analysis of industrial networks / Ruud Kempener ... [et al.] -- Understanding and shaping the evolution of sustainable large-scale socio-technical systems / Igor Nikolic, Gerard P.J. Dijkema and Koen H. van Dam -- Futures scenarios of industrial ecosystems : a research design for transportation planning / Paul Beavis ... [et al.] -- PowerPlay : developing strategies to promote energy efficiency / Matthias Ruth ... [et al.] -- The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems : retrospect and prospect / Brynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth
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    ISBN: 9781848446052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 352 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Electricity reform in Europe
    DDC: 333.7'9'094
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    Keywords: 1998-2005 ; Europäische Integration ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Energiemarkt ; EU-Politik ; Politische Reform ; EU-Staaten ; Energy policy ; Electric utilities ; Electric industries Prices ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books ; European Union countries Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Elektrizitätsmarkt ; Reform
    Abstract: The realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods needed to achieve a single European energy market
    Abstract: pt. I. Proposals for achieving the European Union electricity market by 2009 -- pt. II. Assessment of core issues in the making of the European Union electricity market -- pt. III. In-depth studies of three challenges for the European Union electricity market (measuring market power, convergence of wholesale prices and energy policy)
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    ISBN: 9781848449060 , 9781847207821
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 284 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The social embeddedness of industrial ecology
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    Keywords: Stoffstrommanagement ; Umweltmanagement ; Ökologie ; Sozialwissenschaft ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Industrial ecology ; Industrie ; Ökologie ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Industrie ; Ökologe ; Sozialwissenschaften
    Abstract: Most work on industrial ecology continues to emphasize its roots in engineering and the technological sciences. This book differs in that it explores the social context of industrial ecology and presents empirical work addressing how cognitive, cultural, political and structural mechanisms condition the emergence and operation of industrial ecology. The empirical chapters are written from various social science perspectives and the editors have also invited reflective commentaries by authors with cross-disciplinary experiences
    Abstract: pt. 1. An outline of the social science potential -- pt. 2. Regional approaches -- pt. 3. Product chain approaches -- pt. 4. The social science contribution reconsidered
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    ISBN: 9780857937162
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 206 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable cities
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: 1991-2003 ; Stadtentwicklung ; Ballungsraum ; Kulturelle Identität ; Soziale Beziehungen ; Soziale Integration ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Welt ; Sociology, Urban ; Sustainable development ; Cities and towns ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; Cultural pluralism ; Sustainable urban development ; City planning Social aspects ; Stadt ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltverträglichkeit ; Kommunalpolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Stadt ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltverträglichkeit ; Kommunalpolitik
    Abstract: This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity interact with economic growth and development
    Abstract: pt. I. Sustainable divercities -- pt. II. Case studies
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    ISBN: 9781847203052
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 575 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The international handbook on environmental technology management
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    Keywords: Umwelttechnik ; Umweltmanagement ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Environmental protection Handbooks, manuals, etc Technological innovations ; Management ; Industrial management Handbooks, manuals, etc Environmental aspects ; Technology Handbooks, manuals, etc Management ; Environmental management Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Sustainable development Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books ; Umwelttechnik ; Umweltbezogenes Management ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umwelttechnik ; Management
    Abstract: This important handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental management and technology management. With contributions from more than 55 outstanding authors representing ten countries and five continents, the reader is provided with a vast range of insightful perspectives on the latest industry and policy issues. With the aid of numerous case studies, leading experts reflect on significant changes in the use of technology and management practices witnessed in the last decade
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Ecomodernization and technology transformation -- pt. 3. Environmental technology management in business practices -- pt. 4. Measuring environmental technology management -- pt. 5. Case studies in new technologies for the environment -- pt. 6. Environmental technology management and the future -- pt. 7. Conclusion
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 301 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rutten, Roel, 1971 - The learning region
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Regionalpolitik ; Innovation ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Lernende Organisation ; Humankapital ; Sozialkapital ; Wettbewerbsvorteil ; Frankreich ; Italien ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; Regional economics ; Learning Economic aspects ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Space in economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Lernen ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation
    Abstract: pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. State of the art -- pt. 3. Future.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a state of the art exploration of theories. Leading scholars from across Europe, the USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning
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    ISBN: 9781847205568
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 180 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Evolutionary economics and environmental policy
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Energiepolitik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Niederlande ; Energy policy Case studies ; Energy policy Environmental aspects ; Evolutionary economics ; Environmental policy ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Niederlande ; Energiepolitik ; Umweltschutz ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Niederlande ; Energiepolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Niederlande ; Energiepolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Niederlande ; Energiepolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Niederlande ; Energiepolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolutionary economics -- 3. Environmental policy and transition management from an evolutionary perspective -- 4. Evolutionary policy for energy innovations -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Summary and conclusions.
    Abstract: This study offers a unique evolutionary economics perspective on energy and innovation policies in the wider context of the transition to sustainable development
    Note: "This book is the result of a joint effort of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam, and the university's Institute for Environmental Studies"--preface , Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-166) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847205223
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 489 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of sustainable development
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Generationengerechtigkeit ; Wachstumspolitik ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy makers who have publicly stated their commitment to the goal of sustainable development. The Handbook of Sustainable Development seeks to provide an account of the considerable progress made in fleshing out these issues
    Abstract: Introduction / Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric Neumayer -- Ethics and sustainable development : an adaptive approach to environmental choice / Bryan G. Norton -- The capital approach to sustainability / Giovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton -- Sustainable development in ecological economics / Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh -- Ecological and social resilience / W. Neil Adger -- Benefit cost analysis and a safe minimum standard of conservation / Alan Randall -- Valuing the far-off future : discounting and its alternatives / Cameron Hepburn -- Population and sustainability / Geoffrey McNicoll -- Technological lock-in and the role of innovation / Timothy J. Foxon -- Distribution, sustainability and environmental policy / Geoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström -- Environmental justice and sustainability / Julian Agyeman -- Vulnerability, poverty and sustaining well-being / W. Neil Adger and Alexandra Winkels -- The resource curse and sustainable development / Richard M. Auty -- -Structural change, poverty and natural resource degradation / Ramón López -- - Eonomic growth and the environment / Matthew A. Cole -- Sustainable consumption / Tim Jackson -- Environmental and resource accounting / Glenn-Marie Lange -- Genuine saving as an indicator of sustainability -- / Kirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt -- Measuring sustainable economic welfare / Clive Hamilton -- Environmental space, material flow analysis and ecological footprinting / Ian Moffatt -- Sustainable cities and local sustainability / Yvonne Rydin -- Sustainable agriculture / Clement A. Tisdell -- Corporate sustainability : accountability or impossible dream? / Rob Gray and Jan Bebbington -- International environmental cooperation : the role of political feasibility / Camilla Bretteville Foyn -- Trade and sustainable development / Kevin P. Gallagher -- The international politics of sustainable development / John Vogler -- Financing for sustainable development / David Pearce
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847204332
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 171 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kresl, Peter Karl, 1938 - Planning cities for the future
    DDC: 307.1/216094
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    Keywords: Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtökonomik ; EU-Staaten ; City planning ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their planning at the outset of the 1990s -- 5. How these planning initiatives fared during 1992-2005 -- 6. The ten cities and their planning for 2005-2015 -- 7. Lessons from the past and a look to the future.
    Abstract: Planning cities for the future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, leadership and monitoring of performance. The author also reveals how economic turbulence--macro-economic stagnation, the emergence of competitors such as China and Central Europe and the introduction of the euro for example--all have distinct impacts on the economic development of cities. He also suggests that today's economic strengths may create tomorrow's social pathologies, a fact which city planners must always keep in mind. Peter Kresl's book offers examples of cities that got it right and others that did not
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847207111
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 202 p)
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    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Powe, Neil A., 1969 - Redesigning environmental valuation
    DDC: 333
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    Keywords: Environmental economics ; Valuation Environmental aspects ; Environmental quality Valuation ; Electronic books ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: Introduction -- Need for public consultation and stated preference -- Stated preference : methods and challenges -- Qualitative methods -- Interpreting stated preference responses -- Investigating sensitivity to scope -- Constructing better preferences? -- Communal nature of stated preference -- Evaluating and redesigning stated preference.
    Abstract: This comprehensive volume explores the extent to which the challenges facing stated preference environmental valuation can be overcome through mixing methods. In redesigning stated preference, two approaches are considered: mixing methods within conventional stated preference; and then moving away from the conventional to explore the use of group methods within preference construction and forming a social consensus on willingness to pay. These approaches are assessed in the light of qualitative findings evaluating the applicability of environmental valuation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-194) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847204356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 302 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Competitive electricity markets and sustainability
    DDC: 333.793/23
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    Keywords: 1990-2003 ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Elektrizitätsversorgung ; Deregulierung ; Investition ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Electric utilities ; Electric utilities Finance ; Demand-side management (Electric utilities) ; Competition ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Wettbewerb ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to private initiative and investors
    Abstract: Investments in competitive electricity markets : an overview / François Lévêque -- Investment and generation capacity / Richard Green -- Generation technology mix in competitive electricity markets / Jean-Michel Glachant -- Problems of transmission investment in a deregulated power / Steven Stoft -- Patterns of transmission investments / Paul Joskow -- Long-term locational prices and investment incentives in the transmission of electricity / Yves Smeers -- Compatibility of investment signals in distribution, transmission and generation / Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga and Luis Olmos
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781845428822
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 238 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Integrated assessment and management of public resources
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: 1997 ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomik ; Naturschutzgebiet ; Tourismusregion ; Landschaftsschutz ; Öffentliche Güter ; Management ; Schätzung ; Italien ; Natural resources, Communal Management ; Environmental economics ; Public lands Management ; Electronic books ; Umweltbezogenes Management ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Öffentliches Gut ; Naturpark
    Abstract: This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and quality of a public resource by showing how to develop quantitative information about the natural area and how it interacts with the economy. Such an analysis can be used to define policies that encourage interactions among institutions, local economic agents and park users. At the same time, it provides a measure to account for the implications of those policies on the local economy
    Abstract: pt. 1. Assessment -- pt. 2. Management
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    ISBN: 9781781956410
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 176 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Frenken, Koen Innovation, evolution and complexity theory
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Systemtheorie ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Technological innovations ; System theory ; Technische Innovation ; Systemtheorie
    Abstract: The motivation behind this book is the desire to integrate complexity theory into economic models of technological evolution. By means of developing an evolutionary model of complex technological systems, the book contributes to the neo-Schumpetarian literature on innovation, diffusion and technological paradigms. Recent advances in complexity theory provide a new understanding of technological innovation and complex problem-solving. This book offers an approach based on Stuart Kauffman's NK-model of complex systems to better understand and analyse search strategies that firms apply to develop new technologies. The models deal with a range of topics including bounded rationality, myopia, decomposability, modularity and the emergence of technological paradigms. Empirical applications include the evolution of early 18th century steam engine technology, 20th century aircraft and helicopter designs and recent innovations in personal computers. Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory makes excellent use of complexity theory and large datasets on technologies with which to complement the analysis. The book will be of great interest to evolutionary and innovation economists and academics as well as scholars in the interdisciplinary field of complexity theory and industrial organisation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Theoretical contributions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology landscapes -- 3. Generalised genotype-phenotype maps -- 4. A model of technological paradigms -- Part II: Empirical applications -- 5. Entropy statistics -- 6. Early evolution of steam engines -- 7. Trajectories in aircraft and helicopters -- 8. The advent of portable computers -- 9. Directions for future research -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-169) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304905
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 260 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Internet and mobile telecommunications system of innovation
    DDC: 004.67/8
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    Keywords: Internet ; Mobilkommunikation ; Funktechnik ; Innovation ; Welt ; Wireless Internet ; Wireless communication systems ; Wireless Internet ; Wireless communication systems ; Mobile Telekommunikation ; Technische Innovation
    Abstract: This book examines the 'new' areas of telecommunications technology, focusing particularly on fixed data communications (including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach is used as a conceptual framework for the analysis of the telecommunications sector, in terms of equipment, access and content. The authors consider the emergence and expansion of new technologies and explore how the sectoral system of innovation is evolving and how previously independent systems are now converging. In particular, they address the question of equipment production and the provision of intangible service products such as internet access and content. By addressing the production of both goods and services, they highlight the critical interdependence of service innovations and manufacturing innovations. Some of the specific topics discussed within the book include: * the challenges for Europe of fixed data communications * second and third generation mobile telecommunications systems * data communication via satellite and television subsystems * the dynamics and trends of the internet services industry * policy implications for the future of the telecommunications sectoral system of innovation. The book is a comprehensive theoretical, empirical and policy oriented account of the emergence and evolution of the sectoral system of innovation of the internet and mobile telecommunications. It will be an invaluable source of reference for academic researchers and policymakers in the fields of macroeconomics, industrial economics and innovation, as well as consultants and firms operating in the communications industry
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface 1. The fixed internet and mobile telecommunications sectoral system of innovation: Equipment, access and content -- 2. Fixed data communications: Challenges for Europe -- 3. The global system for mobile telecommunications (GSM): Second generation -- 4. The universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS): Third generation -- 5. Data communication: Satellite and tv subsystems -- 6. The internet services industry: Sectoral dynamics of innovation and production -- 7. The internet services industry: Country-specific trends in the UK, Italy and Sweden -- 8. Policy implications for the future of the sectoral system -- Abbreviations -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303595
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 262 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Payson, Steven, 1957 - Economics, science and technology
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Wissenschaft ; Naturwissenschaft ; Forschung ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Theorie ; Economics ; Science and industry ; Technological innovations ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Innovationsforschung
    Abstract: Economists need to understand some fundamental aspects of science in order to measure and analyse the process of technological change. This book explores the interrelationships between economics, science and technology in order to find ways of improving economists' approaches to technical change. Dr Payson begins by offering a scientific critique of economic discourse and presents a unique, unconstrained and critical view of the behavioral differences between economists and scientists. The economic literature on technological change is analysed in order to assess economists' approach to science. The author then offers concrete solutions for the useful economic study of technological change including alternative methods of classifying data based on scientific principles, a characteristics approach to measuring physical capital, and a futuristic exploration into how artificial intelligence may improve economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: A scientific critique of economic discourse -- 1. Economics of science versus science of economics -- 2. The difference in behavior between economists and scientists -- 3. Measurement in economics must be taken more seriously -- Part II: Economic literature on scientific advancement, technological change and related topics -- 4. Science as a public good -- 5. Subfields on the economic effects of scientific research -- 6. Economic literature on technological change -- Part III: New attitudes, philosophies, frameworks and models -- 7. Product evolution and the case for function-based classification -- 8. Business interests in scientific discoveries -- 9. Capital input - it need not be metaphysical -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index
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