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Events -- Modeling Uncertainty, Context and Information Fusion via Lattice-Based Probability -- The foundations of … uncertainty with black swans -- The Topology of Change -- Sustainable markets with short sales -- Part II. Ethical and welfare …
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consequences, based on sound mathematical foundations. The book focuses on fundamental uncertainty (Knightian uncertainty), where … the probability distribution governing uncertainty is unknown, and it provides the reader with methods to formulate how … prudent behaviors under Knightian uncertainty, the book applies these ideas to economic models that include portfolio inertia …
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Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...
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The New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics. Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book explores economic and geopolitical tensions and...
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Climate Trading provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging greenhouse gas emissions trading markets. The book covers events in the UN climate negotiations and the development of the international emissions trading system under the Kyoto Protocol. The key focus of the book is the emerging...
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Preface -- Part I: Impacts of Change Impacts in Regions and Geographical Areas -- Part II: The Management of Climate Change Impacts -- Part III: The Role of Policy-Making and the Contribution of Information, Communication and Stakeholders' Involvement.
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This edited collection broadens the definition of sustainable real estate based on industry trends, research, and the Paris Climate Agreements. Discussions encompass existing and new buildings throughout their life cycle, the financing of their development and operations, and their impact on the...
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This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...
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Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...
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This book explains why the climate change crisis is a symptom of a much larger underlying problem - namely, humankind’s predilection with continuous GDP-growth. Given this starting point, the world’s high-income nations must begin the transition to a qualitatively-improving steady-state...
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