"'Degrowth', a type of 'postgrowth', is becoming a strong political, practical and cultural movement for downscaling and transforming societies beyond capitalist growth and non-capitalist productivism to achieve global sustainability and satisfy everyone's basic needs. This groundbreaking...

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction; Consumption and environmental sustainability; Looking into the future: growth in consumption and its global effects; Linking local consumption to global environmental...

Introduction -- From Maoism to Lear jets -- Big industry moves in -- China shakes the wind industry -- Emerging powers -- The offshore frontier -- After Copenhagen -- Turbine manufacturers in trouble -- The wind industry bounces back -- Tipping point: windpower's iPhone moment -- Challenges for...

Introduction / Zenebe B. Uraguchi and Essam Yassin Mohammed -- From access to progress : setting our sights on a worthier goal / Leah Wardle -- The bangladesh experience on financial inclusion : a market systems review / Rubaiyath Sarwar and Ashraful Alam -- Financial inclusion : understanding...

Sustainable modernity and the architecture of the "well-being society" : interdisciplinary perspectives / Nina Witoszek and Atle Midttun -- Cooperation, competition, and multilevel selection : a new paradigm for understanding the Norwegian model / David Sloan Wilson and Dag O. Hessen -- Nordic...

Introduction -- Theory and concepts of economic valuation -- Definitions, measures and ecological value of biodiversity -- Excursus : biodiversity value in environmental ethics -- State of the art in economic valuation of biodiversity -- Conceptual framework for economic valuation of...