Examines integrating the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development, within the framework of governance processes. This book covers the key actors, their agendas and methods, forms of organisation, problems and limits, and real-life examples of governance at the...

Examines integrating the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development, within the framework of governance processes. This book covers the key actors, their agendas and methods, forms of organization, problems and limits, and real-life examples of governance at the...

What relevance does economic growth have for achieving environmental policy goals? The report analyzes the arguments of various positions in this discourse and formulates an ideal-type "precautionary post-growth position". It also presents causes of economic growth and identifies social areas...

Part I: Economies of 3D Printing - Reorganizing Manufacturing -- Part II: Communities of 3D Printing - Makers, Entrepreneurs, Outlaws -- Part III: Futures of 3D Printing - Trajectories and Applications.

Structural change in basic industries is usually interpreted as an autonomous economic process. Some authors claim that there is a tendency to use the "end of the era of materials", thus resulting in a decline of the basic industries. Such a process would obviously benefit the environment....