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El. knyga: Sustainable Development in Practice: Sustainomics Methodology and Applications

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  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Apr-2009
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780511738890
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A practical analysis of current sustainable development prospects using the innovative sustainomics framework.

This book provides a rigorous and practical analysis of sustainable development prospects today by applying the innovative sustainomics framework. Developed by the eminent environmental scientist Mohan Munasinghe, sustainomics explores the practical steps in making the transition from the risky business-as-usual scenario to a safe and sustainable future. Its main message is optimistic - although the problems are serious, an effective response can be mounted to make development more sustainable if initiated immediately. The book explains the key principles underlying sustainomics cogently, concisely and with minimum technical jargon. It illustrates the methodology with empirical case studies that are practical and policy-relevant over a wide range of time and geographic scales, countries, sectors, ecosystems and circumstances. The extensive bibliography is useful to researchers of specific issues within sustainable development. This book appeals to a wide audience, including students, researchers from many disciplines, policy analysts, public and private-sector decision makers, and development practitioners.

Recenzijos

'This book is unique Munasinghe brings together a wide range of skills. As a respected and award winning researcher, his analysis is rigorous and well-documented. As a senior decision maker and manager with over 35 years of experience in the development arena, his advice is eminently practical. Finally, as a veteran professor with an enviable record of publications, he presents his arguments lucidly and convincingly. This text, written by a leading world authority on sustainable development, is an invaluable resource.' James Gustave Speth, Yale University, and former Administrator, United Nations Development Program 'This book on sustainable development is an impressive presentation of policy-oriented research by Mohan Munasinghe In a trans-disciplinary spirit, but with his feet firmly on the ground and drawing on knowledge from economic, ecological and social disciplines, the author presents a set of well chosen and eminently practical case studies. These examples at various levels ranging from the global/transnational to the local, convincingly demonstrate the relevance of his approach.' J. B. Opschoor, Institute of Social Studies and Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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A practical analysis of current sustainable development prospects using the innovative sustainomics framework.
Foreword xi
James Gustave Speth
Preface xiii
Part I Framework and fundamentals
Overview and summary
3(28)
Outline of the book
4(5)
Rationale and motivations
9(11)
Brief history and summary of sustainomics
20(5)
Millennium development prospects and worldwide status
25(6)
Sustainomics framework
31(41)
Basic concepts and principles
31(9)
Key elements of the sustainable development triangle
40(6)
Integration of economic, social and environmental elements
46(9)
Tools and methods for integrated analysis and assessment
55(9)
Restructuring development and growth for greater sustainability
64(8)
Economics of the environment
72(39)
Human activities and the environment
72(1)
Conventional project evaluation
73(4)
Measuring costs and benefits
77(5)
Basic concepts for valuing environmental costs and benefits
82(7)
Multicriteria analysis
89(2)
Discount rate, risk and uncertainty
91(5)
Economy-wide policies and the environment
96(10)
Appendix: Estimating and using shadow prices
106(5)
Ecological and social aspects
111(26)
Conceptual framework linking ecological and socioeconomic systems
111(7)
Property rights, governance and ecological-social linkages
118(10)
Environmental and social assessment
128(9)
Part II Global and transnational applications
Global analytical applications
137(43)
Climate change and sustainable development
137(3)
Applying the sustainomics framework to climate change
140(10)
Climate-change adaptation and mitigation
150(4)
Global-level interactions between climate change and sustainable development
154(5)
Greenhouse-gas-mitigation prospects in Sri Lanka
159(14)
Real-options framework for carbon trading under uncertainty
173(7)
International process applications: multilevel, multistakeholder, transdisciplinary dialogues
180(31)
Global transdiciplinary scientific dialogue on climate change and sustainable development
180(4)
Multilevel integration of millennium ecosystem assessment results and millennium development goals
184(5)
Using the AIM to analyse MA-MDG links at the national and global levels
189(4)
Dams and development: multilevel, multistakeholder dialogue
193(5)
Evaluation of the Dams and Development Project (2001-2004)
198(2)
Dams and Development Project evaluation, conclusions and results
200(11)
Part III National and macroeconomic applications
National economy-wide applications
211(32)
Historical evolution of ideas
212(3)
Empirical evidence
215(4)
Framework for analysis
219(6)
Case study of Brazil--- making long-term development more sustainable
225(18)
Mathematical macromodel applications
243(26)
Optimal growth models and sustainable development
243(1)
Economic and non-economic costs and benefits of growth
244(2)
An optimization model: Ecol-Opt-Growth-1
246(7)
Ecol-Opt-Growth-1 model conclusions
253(1)
Macroeconomic policies, second-best theory and environmental harm
254(2)
Developing country case studies
256(4)
Appendix A: The Ecol-Opt-Growth-1 model
260(5)
Appendix B: Second-best nature of macroeconomic policies when environmental externalities are present
265(4)
Computable general equilibrium modelling applications
269(44)
Economy-wide cross-effects of social and environmental policies in Chile
269(3)
Review of economic, social and environmental issues and policies
272(8)
Interactions between social, environmental and economic policies
280(8)
Chile case study conclusions
288(1)
Economy-wide policies and deforestation in Costa Rica
289(3)
Modelling approach
292(7)
Main findings of the Costa Rica study
299(4)
Appendix A: ECOGEM-Chile CGE model summary
303(3)
Appendix B: Costa Rica CGE model summary
306(7)
Part IV Sub-national sectoral and system applications
Energy-sector applications
313(42)
Energy and sustainable development
313(8)
Framework for sustainable energy development
321(12)
Applying SED to power planning in Sri Lanka
333(5)
Energy policy options
338(5)
Assessing the sustainability of energy policies in South Africa
343(7)
Making electricity development more sustainable in the UK
350(5)
Transport-sector applications
355(36)
Generic priorities for sustainable transport
355(2)
Health-damage costs of air pollution in Sri Lanka
357(7)
Traffic congestion - economic and environmental sustainability
364(13)
Other options for reducing traffic congestion
377(8)
Sustainable transport policy in Sri Lanka
385(6)
Water-resource applications
391(33)
Hydrological cycle and human actions
391(4)
Water and development
395(7)
Sustainable water-resources management and policy (SWAMP)
402(4)
Management of groundwater depletion and saline intrusion in the Philippines
406(7)
Policy implementation issues
413(3)
Simple water filtration method for cholera prevention in Bangladesh
416(4)
Appendix: Economic costs of producing water
420(4)
Ecological and agricultural system applications
424(36)
Sustainable management of tropical forests
424(10)
Valuing forest ecosystems in Madagascar
434(7)
Agriculture and climate change
441(3)
Climate impacts on agriculture in Sri Lanka
444(12)
Appendix: Models used for tropical forest valuation
456(4)
Resource-pricing-policy applications
460(43)
Sustainable pricing policy (SPP)
460(7)
Extensions of the basic model
467(8)
Calculating economically efficient prices based on strict LRMC
475(5)
Adjusting efficient prices to meet other objectives
480(6)
Sustainable pricing of water resources
486(4)
Appendix A: Optimal energy pricing
490(6)
Appendix B: Demand analysis and forecasting
496(7)
Part V Project and local applications
Project applications
503(41)
Small hydro-projects and sustainable energy development in Sri Lanka
503(5)
Main findings of small hydro study
508(4)
New and renewable energy projects: case study of solar photovoltaics
512(7)
Sustainable rural electrification based on renewable energy
519(16)
Evaluating a typical water supply project in a poor African village
535(9)
Local applications --- hazards, disasters and urban growth
544(44)
Sustainable hazard reduction and disaster management (SHARM)
544(10)
The 2004 Asian Tsunami --- a preliminary assessment
554(15)
Sustainability of long-term growth in Asian cities
569(9)
Urban vulnerability, natural hazards and environmental degradation
578(5)
Making urban development more sustainable in North America and Europe
583(5)
References 588(43)
Index 631
Professor Mohan Munasinghe is Vice Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is the Chairman of the Munasinghe Institute of Development (MIND), Sri Lanka, Honorary Senior Advisor to the Sri Lankan Government, and Visiting Professor at the United Nations University, Tokyo. During 35 years of distinguished public service, he has served as Senior Energy Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka, Advisor to the United States Presidents Council on Environmental Quality, and Senior Advisor/Director to the World Bank. He serves on the editorial board of 12 academic journals, has authored over 90 books and over 300 technical papers on economics, sustainable development, climate change, power, energy, water resources, transport, environment, disasters, and information technology.