Sustainability In Question
The Search for a Conceptual Framework

Edited by
Jörg Köhn, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rostock University, Germany
John Gowdy, Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US
Friedrich Hinterberger, Senior Economist, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
Jan van der Straaten, Senior Lecturer, Department of Leisure Studies, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

This book explores approaches to sustainability by linking the economy, society and the environment. The international group of experts uses concepts of sustainability from the physical and social sciences to develop a framework for creating policies for sustainability.

Contents
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Conceptual Frameworks Revised
Part III: Sustainable Production
Part IV: Sustainable Consumption
Part V: Sustainability and Political Economy Index

Contributors
F.J. Dietz, A. Femia, M.-E. Fischer, J. Gowdy, J. Haake, F. Hinterberger, W. Jager, M. Kane, J. Köhn, M. Kuhndt, C. Liedtke, F. Luks, R.B. Norgaard, T. Orbach, D. Pimentel, A. Renner, R.B. Rettig, H. Rohn, I. Røpke, J. Rotmans, E.C. Schmieman, J. Schütz, T. Sikor, P. Söderbaum, C.L. Spash, M. van Asselt, J. van der Straaten, E.C. van Ierland, C. Vlek, N. Yavuz

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