Overview

This Handbook assembles new contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees, Peter Bartelmus and Tim Jackson, who have helped define our understanding of growth and sustainability, as well as new thinking on topics such as degrowth, the debt-based financial system, cultural change, energy return on investment, shorter working hours and employment, and innovation and technology. Explorations of these issues can deepen our understanding of whether growth is sustainable and, in turn, whether a move away from growth can be sustained.With issues such as climate change looming large, our understanding of growth and sustainability is critical. This Handbook offers a broad range of perspectives that can help the reader decide: growth? Sustainability? Both? Or neither? Contributions are drawn from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including economics, sociology, political science, philosophy, engineering and journalism, placing the work of established luminaries alongside emerging scholars who offer fresh new perspectives. A special section dedicated to exploring 'growth imperatives' that make transitioning away from economic growth difficult is provided, and the book includes a focus on cultural change and economic growth. Scholars, students and practitioners interested in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies will all find much of value in this multifaceted and comprehensive volume. Contributors: P. Bartelmus, B. Bartkowski, H.S. Brown, H. Daly, B. Dolter, P. Ekins, K.-H. Erb, M. Fischer-Kowalski, T. Green, H. Haberl, M. Hadjikakou, C. Hall, A. Hayden, T. Jackson, G. Kallis, A. Levy, R. Matthais, J. Meadowcroft, M. Paez-Victor, S. Pressman, S. Quilley, W. Rees, H. Schindler, F. Schneider, R. Scott, F. Sekulova, J. Steinberger, S. Strunz, P. Timmerman, J. Van Den Bergh, P.J. Vergragt, P.A Victor, T. Wiedmann

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Author:   Peter A. Victor ,  Brett Dolter
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781783473571

ISBN 10:   1783473576
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   25 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. From Growth to Sustainability Brett Dolter and Peter A. Victor PART I WHAT IS GROWTH? WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? 2. Growth, Development and Learning to Live in a Finite World Peter Timmerman 3. Sustainable development, limits and growth: Reflections on the conundrum James Meadowcroft 4. Sustainability Metrics and Their Use Peter Bartelmus PART II CAN GROWTH BE SUSTAINABLE? 5. A New Economics for Our Full World Herman Daly 6. Ecological Modernisation and Green Growth: Prospects and Potential Paul Ekins 7. Climate Change, Growth, and Sustainability Anders Hayden 8. Climate Change, Happiness and Income from a Degrowth Perspective Filka Sekulova, Giorgos Kallis and Francois Schneider 9. Green Agrowth: Removing the GDP-Growth Constraint on Human Progress Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh PART III IS THE END OF GROWTH NIGH? SUSTAINABILITY CONSTRAINTS ON GROWTH 10. Innovation, Technology, and Economic Growth Matthais Ruth 11. Energy, Economic Growth and Sustainability: An Energy Primer for the 21st Century Charles A. S. Hall 12. Shortcomings of a Growth-Driven Food System Michalis Hadjikakou and Thomas Wiedmann 13. Land as a Planetary Boundary - A Sociological Perspective Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb PART IV ARE THERE IMPERATIVES FOR GROWTH? 14. Prometheus Unwound: Shorter Hours for Sustainable Degrowth Andrea Levy 15. Is there a Monetary Growth Imperative? A review Sebastian Strunz, Bartosz Bartkowski and Harry Schindler 16. Thomas Piketty, Growth, Distribution and the Environment Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott, III 17. Growth and Sustainability in a Material World: The Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Population, GDP and Resource Use Marina Fischer-Kowalski and Julia K. Steinberger PART V IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE BEYOND GROWTH CULTURE? 18. Economic Growth, Biophysical Limits and Sustainability in Economics Textbooks Since 1948 Tom L. Green 19. From Growth to Sustainability: Cultural Transition Beyond Consumerist Lifestyles Halina Szejnwald Brown and Philip J. Vergragt 20. Navigating the Anthropocene: Environmental Politics and Complexity in an Era of Limits Stephen Quilley 21. Questioning Sustainability in Latin America Maria Paez Victor 22. Going Down? Human Nature, Growth and (Un)Sustainability William E. Rees 23. Beyond Consumer Capitalism - foundations for a sustainable prosperity Tim Jackson Index

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‘Expertly presented with its twenty-three erudite articles being deftly organized into five major sections . . . the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability Is an ideal textbook for scholars, students and practitioners with interest in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies. While unreservedly recommended for college and university library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability is also available in a paperback edition’ -- Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book Review

`Expertly presented with its twenty-three erudite articles being deftly organized into five major sections . . . the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability Is an ideal textbook for scholars, students and practitioners with interest in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies. While unreservedly recommended for college and university library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability is also available in a paperback edition' -- Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book Review

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Edited by Peter A. Victor, Professor Emeritus, York University and Brett Dolter, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Regina, Canada

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