Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective

A Multidisciplinary Approach
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-33447-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4238 g

Reihe: Energy, Climate and the Environment

Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Achilles, Manuela

Elzey, Dana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Manuela Achilles and Dana Elzey PART I. BROADER CONTEXTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. Putting a Price on the Planet: Economic Valuation of Nature's Services; Mark White 2. International Trade and the Environment: Does Globalization Create Havens of Pollution?; Peter Debaere 3. New Directions in Green City Building; Timothy Beatley PART II. GERMANY'S ENERGY REVOLUTION 4. The German Green Party: From a Broad Social Movement to a People's Party; Arne Jungjohann 5. Germany's Ecological Tax Reform: A Retrospective; Michael Mehling 6. 'Nuclear Power? No, Thank You!': Germany's Energy Revolution Post-Fukushima; Manuela Achilles 7. Ambitions and Realities of the German Energy Revolution; Brian Marrs PART III. TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION AT THE MACRO AND MICRO LEVELS 8. The Transatlantic Climate Bridge: Challenges and Opportunities; Anja Kueppers-McKinnon, Georg Maue and Carmen Kristan 9. Formalizing the Transfer and Application of Environmental Policies and Lessons From Germany to the United States: The Case of Northern Virginia; Dale Medearis 10. Cultivating the Cross-Cultural Engineer: Key Insights; Dana M. Elzey and Kerstin Steitz 11. Designing for the Anthropocene: The Duisburg RhinePark; Jorg Sieweke 12. Eco-Revelatory Design: An Approach you Can Bank On; Eugene Ryang

Über Autor(innen)

Manuela Achilles, University of Virginia, USA
Timothy Beatley, University of Virginia, USA
Peter Debaere, University of Virginia, USA
Dana Elzey, University of Virginia, USA
Arne Jungjohann, State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Carmen Kristan, German Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Anja Kueppers-McKinnon, German Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Georg Maue, German Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Brian Marrs, Yale University, USA
Dale Medearis, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, USA
Michael Mehling, Ecologic Institute,Washington DC, USA
Jorg Sieweke, University of Virginia, USA
Kerstin Steitz, University of Virginia, USA
Mark White, University of Virginia, USA
Eugene Ryang, Waterstreet Studio, Virginia, USA