Sustainability analysis: an interdisciplinary approach

'Sustainability Analysis' provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles. Primarily focusing on macroeconomic policies and green national accounting, this book provides a strong basis for further study in sustainable development. STANISLAV SHMELEV Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. He specialises in ecological economics, assessment of progress for sustainable development, sustainable cities and sustainable waste management. Previous publications include 'Ecological Economics,' 'Sustainability in Practice', and 'Sustainable Urban Development: Interdisciplinary Approach.' He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (2007), and University of Paris9, France (2009), and has been a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford specializing in energy issues. He consulted IUCN and UNEP on the multidimensional assessment of ecosystems and biodiversity, and collaborated with OECD onthe assessment of progress. . IRINA A. SHMELEVA Associate Professor in the World Politics Department of the School of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University, Russia. She conducts research in the fields of politics, philosophy and the psychology of global environmental change. Previous publications include 'Psychology of Ecological Consciousness 'and 'Sustainable Urban Development: Interdisciplinary Approach'. She was a guest editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Development in 2009. INDICE: Introduction - Actors, Paradigms and Ideologies in Global Governance for Sustainability - System of Accounts for Global Entropy-Production (SAGE-P) - Interdisciplinarity and Sustainable Development: Policy Implications - Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis of the UK Economy - Comparative Behaviour and Institutions - The Systemic Psychological Description of Ecological Consciousness - Sustainable Development: From Concepts to Models - Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Energy Saving - Climate Change Discourse Analysis: The Russian Case - New Europe - New Energy: Sustainable Energy in the Expanded EU - The Environmental Quality of Growth Indicators - Evaluating the Sustainable Development of a Region Using a System of Indicators

• ISBN: 978-0-230-35524-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés