Full Description
This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it combines in the framework of a systems sciences approach, the book presents qualitative and quantitative studies on government regulation, resources management and firms' strategy. Topics covered include the state-market dilemma of government CO2 emission targets, implications of the electrification of the economy, incentives and coercion in government transport policies, and innovations in the electric vehicle industry.
Contents
Introduction - Reframing the notion of sustainable economy through perspectives on limits, tensions and paradoxes within the system.-Part I. From energy market regulations to CO2 targets.-Part II. Eco-innovation and new production models.-Part III. The regional approach to sustainable transport as a new paradigm.
