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245 0 0 _aModelling sustainable development
260 _aCheltenham, UK ;
_aNorthampton, MA :
_bEdward Elgar,
_cc2009.
300 _axvi, 259 p. :
_billustrations ;
490 0 _aThe Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment, and sustainable development
500 _aIncluded Index.
505 _aEconomic models for sustainable development / Richard S.J. Tol -- Designing sustainability policy / Barbara K. Buchner -- An American view of sustainability / Ray Kopp -- Implementing the EU sustainability indicators / Christoph Böhringer, Andreas Löschel -- Interpreting environmental policy cost measures / Jean-Charles Hourcade, Frédéric Ghersi -- Technical progress in TranSust models / Valentina Bosetti, Marzio Galeotti -- Revenue recycling and labour markets: effects on costs of policies for sustainability / Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon, Hector Pollitt -- Carbon dioxide capture and storage supporting sustainable energy systems / Bob van der Zwaan -- Market Allocation Model (MARKAL) at ECN / Koen Smekens, Gerard Martinus, Bob van der Zwaan -- A hybrid model: DEMETER / Reyer Gerlagh, Bob van der Zwaan -- Impact assessment of climate policies (IMACLIM-S) / Frédéric Ghersi -- The Energy-Environment-Economy model for Europe (E3ME) / Terry Barker, Sebastian De-Ramon, Hector Pollitt -- An endogenous technical change model: FEEM-RICE / Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Marzio Galeotti -- Policy analysis based on computable equilibrium (PACE) / Christoph Böhringer, Andreas Löschel, Thomas F. Rutherford -- Economic impacts of GHG emission reductions: an overview of multiple model calculations / Reyer Gerlagh [and others] -- Transition to sustainability: some preliminary conclusions / Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro.
520 _aThis insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require.
650 0 _aSustainable development
700 1 _aBosetti, Valentina.
700 1 _aGerlagh, Reyer.
700 1 _aSchleicher, Stefan.
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