Factor X : Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use - Angrick, Michael; Burger, Andreas; Lehmann, Harry; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Introduction -- PART I: Limits to Resource Use -- 1. The Limits of Resource Use and their Economic and Policy Implications -- 2. The Availability of Fossil Energy Resources -- PART II: Goals and Potentials for a Sustainable Use of Resources -- 3. Targets for Global Resource Consumption -- 4. Sustainable Land Use - Example: Land take for Settlement and Transport in Germany -- 5. The Need for Decarbonising Our Economy -- 6. Strategies for Enhancing Resource Efficiency -- 7. Macroeconomic Impacts of Efficient Resource Use -- PART III: Strategies and Policies for a Sustainable Use of Resources -- 8. The Challenge Of The Whole: Creating System Policies To Tackle Sustainability -- 9. Changing the Priorities: From Labour Productivity to the Efficiency in the Use of Resources -- 10. Establishing and Strengthening Markets for Resource Efficient Products and Services -- 11. Business Models for Material Efficiency Services -- 12. Requirements of an International Natural Resource Policy -- 13. Innovations for a Sustainable Resource Use - Reflections and Proposals -- PART IV: Proposals for Implementation -- 14. Reducing Resource Consumption - A Proposal for Global Resource and Environmental Policy -- 15. Towards a More Sustainable Use of Resources: A View from the World Resources Forum -- 16. From Resource Efficiency to Responsible and Dematerialized Societies -- 17. About the Need of Resource Efficiency Programs: The Editors' View -- Index.
Keywords: Sustainable development; Environment; Economic policy; Environmental economics; Economic growth; Business; Management science; Sustainable Development; Environment, general; Economic Policy; Environmental Economics; Economic Growth; Business and Management, general