Hussein Abaza Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Decision-makers are increasingly focused on creating environmental and development policies that promote sustainable development, highlighting the urgent need for practical tools to formulate and assess these policies. This work addresses this demand by examining both analytical and empirical aspects of decision-making processes. The authors investigate methods for integrating environmental and social sciences to enhance participatory policy design, implementation, and evaluation. These methods are illustrated through various global case studies, providing a comprehensive understanding of how sustainable development is perceived and assessed by society. The interdisciplinary approach underscores the importance of incorporating diverse disciplines and stakeholder perspectives into the policy-making process to improve the acceptance of sustainable development initiatives. The authors advocate for increased transparency in modeling and integrated assessment processes to foster meaningful stakeholder participation in decision-making. By avoiding technical jargon, the work is accessible to a wide audience, including environmental, resource, and development economists, as well as those interested in the scientific and policy dimensions of measuring and assessing sustainable development.

This volume presents the results of a three-year collaborative effort involving research institutions in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Case studies demonstrate the diversity of environmental problems to which a variety of economic instruments can be applied - air and water pollution, packaging, deforestation, over-grazing, wildlife. They also show what is needed for them to work successfully and the pitfalls to avoid in introducing them, providing guidance for future applications. Written to be accessible to non-economists, the book offers source material for students and academic economists, as well as for professionals working with economic instruments.