The neoclassical models of economics seem to have eluded the concept of physical limits to growth by assuming that the market and the technological advances evoked by it will make it possible to tap new resources and create substitution of production factors. They have also rarely addressed...

The thoroughly revised second edition of this authoritative Handbook, complete with new chapters, comprehensively examines the current status and future directions of model-based systems in decision support and their application to sustainable development planning.