Grundlagen von Umweltökonomie und Umweltpolitik -- Die Rolle von Markt und Staat beim Umweltschutz -- Instrumente der staatlichen Umweltökonomie: Auflagen, Steuern, Zertifikate -- Weitere Instrumente: Haftung, Verhandlungs- und Kooperationslösungen, Informationen -- Klimaschutzpolitik --...

Dieses Buch führt kompakt in das Gebiet der Umweltökonomie ein. Es beleuchtet ökologische und ökonomische Sichtweisen zu Umweltproblemen und erörtert daraus abgeleitete Prinzipien der Umweltökonomie. Ökonomische Instrumente staatlicher Umweltpolitik werden übersichtlich und klar...

chapter 1 Logical Conclusions: How Modern Medicine Fits into Western Culture -- chapter 2 What Computers Do Better Than Humans -- chapter 3 Technology -- chapter 4 What Humans Do Better Than Computers -- chapter 5 Data versus Story -- chapter 6 Economics -- chapter 7 Security and Privacy --...

The process of liberalising European electricity markets, encompassing a wide range of restructuring activities, has mainly been spurred by the attempt to increase the economic efficiency of the whole sector. This process might be used to trigger a development towards a sustainable power sector...

Purpose: This study reviews present trends, barriers and outlooks for the future as seen by actors in the energy advice services market in Germany. As Germany is one of Europe’s leading markets for energy services, this review aims to highlight energy sector management issues that exist...

Worldwide, some two billion people live without access to modern energy supply. About 1.6 billion people live without access to electricity. Alleviating this "energy poverty" is a factor in reaching most of the UN's millennium goals. In our contribution to the debate on how to achieve this aim,...

Fostering the use of renewable energies for power generation is at the heart of the EU's long term energy policy. Accordingly, the European Commission and literally all member states have set up ambitious installations targets for alternative energy sources. These aims can only be reached by...