Als Leitbild der internationalen Umwelt- und Entwicklungspolitik hat sich der Begriff einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung spätestens seit der Rio-Konferenz 1992 durchgesetzt. Zunehmend wird anerkannt, daß die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung absolute Belastungsgrenzen der Natur berücksichtigen muß....

Integrierte Umweltschutztechniken gewinnen international an Bedeutung, weil von ihnen neben ökologischen Vorteilen gleichzeitig auch Impulse für den Standortwettbewerb und damit den Arbeitsmarkt erwartet werden. Die Studie liefert erstmals empirisch fundierte Aussagen zu den...

The book provides an empirical analysis of the factors that determine the employment impact of environmental innovations. The multivariate estimations are based on a methodology taking direct and indirect employment effects on the firm level into account. The data are derived from interviews...

Fair and efficient pricing has become increasingly important in international environmental and transport policy. Thus the valuation and internalization of social costs is now a crucial element within strategies towards sustainable mobility. The book provides methods and results from major...

Problemstellung und Ziel der Untersuchung -- Stand der Forschung: ein Literaturüberblick -- Forschungsleitende Hypothesen und Wirkungsmodell -- Fallstudien -- Telefonische Breitenbefragung -- Schlussfolgerungen und Handlungsempfehlungen.

Why does one country take the lead over others in the development and introduction of environmental innovations? This book analyzes lead markets for innovations such as fuel cells and photovoltaics, and offers insight into why this is. The authors use case studies to illustrate the policy...

As the residential buildings sector accounts for around 30 percent of the final energy demand in Germany, this sector is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention with regard to climate change. In this book, decisions on energy consumption by private households are examined. The...

The successful signing of the Kyoto Protocol showed that there is international consensus about the problem of man-made climate change and that substantial greenhouse gas emission targets will soon be established. Based on the current scientific knowledge about climate change this workshop...

Important progress has been made in recent years in the valuation of social costs of energy and transport. This progress has encouraged the insight that systems of "Green Accounting" considering social costs and policy instruments for the internalization of social costs are necessary tools to...

Introduction and Theoretical Framework -- Analysis of Existing Data: Determinants for the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Household Appliances in Germany -- Results of the SECO@Home Household Survey and Discrete Choice Analysis -- Firm Strategies and Political Instruments -- Impacts of the...