Sustainable Development in Practice
Sustainomics Methodology and Applications

A practical analysis of current sustainable development prospects using the innovative sustainomics framework.

Mohan Munasinghe (Author)

9780521895408, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 April 2009

652 pages, 15 b/w illus.
25.3 x 17.7 x 3.3 cm, 1.42 kg

'This book on sustainable development is an impressive presentation of policy-oriented research by Mohan Munasinghe … In a trans-disciplinary spirit, but with his feet firmly on the ground and drawing on knowledge from economic, ecological and social disciplines, the author presents a set of well chosen and eminently practical case studies. These examples at various levels ranging from the global/transnational to the local, convincingly demonstrate the relevance of his approach.' J. B. Opschoor, Institute of Social Studies and Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This book provides a rigorous and practical analysis of sustainable development prospects today by applying the innovative sustainomics framework. Developed by the eminent environmental scientist Mohan Munasinghe, sustainomics explores the practical steps in making the transition from the risky business-as-usual scenario to a safe and sustainable future. Its main message is optimistic – although the problems are serious, an effective response can be mounted to make development more sustainable if initiated immediately. The book explains the key principles underlying sustainomics cogently, concisely and with minimum technical jargon. It illustrates the methodology with empirical case studies that are practical and policy-relevant over a wide range of time and geographic scales, countries, sectors, ecosystems and circumstances. The extensive bibliography is useful to researchers of specific issues within sustainable development. This book appeals to a wide audience, including students, researchers from many disciplines, policy analysts, public and private-sector decision makers, and development practitioners.

Foreword
Prologue
Part I. Framework and fundamentals: 1. Overview and summary
2. Sustainomics framework
3. Economics of the environment
4. Ecological and social aspects
Part II. Global and transnational applications: 5. Global analytical applications
6. International process applications: multi-level, multi-stakeholder, trans-disciplinary dialogues
Part III. National and macroeconomic applications: 7. National economywide applications
8. Mathematical macro-model applications
9. Computable general-equilibrium (CGE) modelling
Part IV. Sub-National sectoral and system applications: 10. Energy sector applications
11. Transport sector applications
12. Water resource applications
13. Ecological and agricultural system applications
14. Resource pricing policy applications
Part V. Project and local applications: 15. Project applications
16. Local applications -- hazards, disasters and urban growth
Bibiography
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Geography [RG], Environmental economics [KCN], Politics & government [JP]