This study focuses on the economic, market-related context of consumptionpatterns and incorporates the regulatory settings and values. The aim is tosystemise the influences on sustainable consumption patterns. Special attention isdrawn to the question how existing niche markets could be extended...

This Handbook compiles the state of the art of current research on sustainable consumption from the world’s leading experts in the field. The implementation of sustainable consumption presents one of the greatest challenges and opportunities we are faced with today. On the one hand,...

What are the implications of the current international political, and economic settings for consumer policy, and, in particular, those regarding sustainable consumption? In terms of improvements in the efficiency of consumption, the settings have induced efforts to this effect and show potential...

The objective of this paper is to identify those areas of consumption in which private households can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability, and to present a transparent and comprehensive set of indicators for them. The analysis of the environmental impacts of households...

During the UNCED conference in Rio de Janeiro 1992 unsustainable consumption and production patterns were identified as one of the key driving forces behind theunsustainable development of the world (Agenda 21, chapter 4). These consumption and production patterns are based on the European model...

The objective of this paper is to identify those areas of consumption in which private households can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability, and to present a transparent and comprehensive set of indicators for them. The analysis of the environmental impacts of households...

Diese Untersuchung widmet sich der veränderten Kommunikationslandschaft im Bereich des Stadt- und Regionalmarketings. Die Städte und Regionen befinden sich in einem intensiven Standortwettbewerb und haben vor diesem Hintergrund in den letzten Jahren ihre Marketingaktivitäten verstärkt....

Die "Ökonomie der Aufmerksamkeit" hat zur Herausbildung spezifischer Märkte für Kommunikations-, Media- und Marketingdienstleistungen geführt. Ein dynamisch wachsender Markt ist der Markt für Live-Kommunikation, der in dieser Arbeit vertiefend untersucht wird. Hierbei werden drei Fragen...