1Preface
12512.3.3 Interactive Simulation Model
2Chapter 1. The Dilemma of Sustainability
12612.3.4 DEA Analysis
31.1 Sustainable development
12712.4 Summary
41.2 Sustainable development as a panacea
12812.5 Exercise
51.3 The Discourse of Development
12912.6 References
61.4 The challenge of poverty
130Chapter 13. Energy Investigations of different Intensive Rape Seed Rotations – A German Case Study
71.5 The Challenge of Environmental Change
13113.1 Introduction
81.6 Environment and Development
13213.2 Materials and Methods
91.7 Cultures
13313.3 Results
101.8 Outline of the Book
13413.3.1 Energy Input
111.9 Summary
13513.3.2 Energy Intensity
121.10 Exercise
13613.3.3 Energy Productivity
131.11 References
13713.4 Summary
14Chapter 2. The Origins of Sustainable Development
13813.5 Exercise
152.1 Environmentalism
13913.6 References
162.2 The Emergence of Sustainable Development
140Chapter 14. Modelling Energy Saving Technology Choices in Dutch Glasshouse Horticulture
172.3 Global Environmentalism
14114.1 Introduction
182.4 Nature Preservation and Sustainable Development
14214.2 Theoretical Model
192.5 International Environmental Organization
14314.3 Empirical Model
202.6 Ecology and the Balance of Nature
14414.4 Data
212.7 Ecology and Tropical Development
14514.5 Summary
222.8 Global Science and Sustainable Development
14614.6 Exercise
232.9 Summary
14714.7 References
242.10 Exercise
148Chapter 15. Energy Intensity Decomposition in EU Agriculture, using a Demand Analysis
252.11 References
14915.1 Introduction
26Chapter 3. The Development of Sustainable Development
15015.2 The Analysis of Energy Intensity at A sectoral Level
273.1 Integrating Conservation and Development
15115.2.1 Decomposition Of Intensity Indexes
283.2 The Brundtland Report
15215.2.2 Derived Demand Approaches
293.3 Caring for the earth
15315.2.3 Data and Estimation
303.4 Summary
15415.2.4 Intensity Analysis
313.5 Exercise
15515.3 Summary
323.6 References
15615.4 Exercise
33Chapter 4. Sustainable Development: Making the Main-stream
15715.5 References
344.1 The Rio Conference
158Chapter 16. Energy Use Efficiency in Biomass Production Systems
354.2 Sustainable Development at Rio
15916.1 Introduction
364.3 Conversion of Biological Diversity
16016.2 Material and Methods
374.4 The Framework Convention on Climate Change
16116.2.1 Description Of The Biomass Production Systems Studied
384.5 From Rio to Johannesburg
16216.2.2 Determination Of The Required Inputs
394.6 The World Summit on Sustainable Development
16316.2.3 Inputs Required For Various Production Systems
404.7 Summary
16416.3 Summary
414.8 Exercise
16516.4 Exercise
424.9 References
16616.5 References
43Chapter 5. Mainstream Sustainable Development
167Chapter 17. Yield Increases of the Biomass Crops
445.1 Market Environmentalism
16817.1 Introduction
455.2 Corporations and Sustainability
16917.2 Methods
465.3 Ecological Modernization
17017.2.1 Analysis Of Statistical Trends In Current Crops
475.4 Environmental Populism
171Winter wheat and other cereals
485.5 Environmental Limits and the Mainstream
172Salix viminalis
495.6 Summary
173a. Partitioning
505.7 Exercise
174b. Prolonging crop duration and cutting cycle
515.8 References
17517.3 Summary
52Chapter 6. Delivering Mainstream Sustainable Development
17617.4 Exercise
536.1 Natural Capital and Sustainability
17717.5 References
546.2 Weak and Strong Sustainability
178Chapter 18. Agricultural Reference Systems in Life Cycle Assessment
556.3 An Ecological Economics?
17918.1 Objective and Procedure
566.4 Trade-offs, Equity, and Complexity
18018.2 Definition and Relevance of Agricultural Reference Systems within LCA
576.5 Measuring Sustainable Economies
18118.3 Examples of the Influence of Agricultural Reference Systems on Calculation Results
586.6 Sustainability at the Project Scale
18218.3.1 Different Reference System Options For Equal Lca Objectives
596.7 The Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts
18318.3.2 Different Geographical Boundaries
606.8 Aid Agencies and Environmental Policy
18418.3.3 Different Combinations Of Land Use Producing The Same Utilities
616.9 Towards Sustainable Projects
18518.3.4 Different Reference System Options For Equal Lca Objectives
626.10 Learning for Change
18618.3.5 Different Geographical Boundaries
636.11 Summary
18718.4 Summary
646.12 Exercise
18818.5 Exercise
656.13 References
18918.6 References
66Chapter 7. Counter-Currents in Sustainable Development
190Chapter 19. Energy from Hemp? Analysis of the Competitiveness of Hemp Using a Geographical Information System
677.1 Beyond the Mainstream
19119.1 Introduction
687.2 Green Critiques of Developmentalism
19219.2 Objective, Analytical Methods, and Data
697.3 Eco-socialism and Sustainability
19319.3 Model Construction
707.4 Eco-anarchism
19419.4 Summary
717.5 Deep Ecology
19519.5 Exercise
727.6 Eco-feminism
19619.6 References
737.7 Towards a Political Ecology
197Chapter 20. The Role of Forestry in Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Production
747.8 Summary
19820.1 Introduction
757.9 Exercise
19920.2 Forestry’s Contribution to Climate Change Land Use Change
767.10 References
20020.2.1 Land Use Change
77Chapter 8. Sustainable Forest
20120.2.2 Enhanced Management Of Existing Forests And Afforestation In Northern Countries
788.1 The political ecology of degradation
20220.2.3 Forest Activities In Developing Countries And The Clean Development Mechanism
798.2 Desertification and the Scientific Imagination
20320.2.4 Biomass Burning and Wood Supply
808.3 The science of Desertification
20420.3 Summary
818.4 Neo-Malthusian Narratives
20520.4 Exercise
828.5 The Political Ecology of Famine
20620.5 References
838.6 The Politics of Desertification Policy
207Chapter 21. Modelling Water Resource Allocation: A Case Study on Agriculture Versus Hydropower Production
848.7 Overgrazing and New Range Ecology
20821.1 Introduction
858.8 Overpopulation or Intensification?
20921.2 Agents, Variables, and Optimization Framework
868.9 Desertification as Policy Fact
21021.2.1 The Agents
878.10 Summary
21121.2.2 Variables
888.11 Exercise
21221.2.3 The Model
898.12 References
21321.3 Application of the Model to a Case Study
90Chapter 9. The Politics of Preservation
21421.3.1 The Starting-point Situation
919.1 Tropical deforestation
215a) Case 1: Reallocation in response to drought
929.2 Explaining Forest Loss
216b) Case 2: Reallocation in response to extension in the surface area under irrigation
939.3 The Political Ecology of Deforestation
21721.4 Summary
949.4 Forest Clearance and Forest People
21821.5 Exercise
959.5 Sustainable Forestry?
21921.6 References
969.6 Regulating Tropical Forests
220Chapter 22. Developments and Implementation of the Danish Centralized Biogas Concept – Financial Aspects
979.7 Timber Certification
22122.1 Introduction
989.8 Summary
22222.2 The Centralized Biogas Plant Concept
999.9 Exercise
22322.3 Key Figures from Existing Plants Constructed from 1990 – 1997
1009.10 References
22422.4 The Overall Framework in Which the Enlargement of Plants was Possible
101Chapter 10. Sustainability and River Control
22522.4.1 Economic Results
10210.1 Conservation and Sustainability
22622.4.2 Waste Treatment Costs
10310.2 Protecting the Wild
22722.4.3 Derived Economic Benefits for Involved Farmers
10410.3 The Political Ecology of Parks
22822.4.4 Perspectives on a National and European Level
10510.4 The Costs and Benefits of Conservation
22922.5 Summary
10610.5 Parks for People?
23022.6 Exercise
10710.6 Conservation with Development
23122.7 References
10810.7 The Politics of Global Conservation
232Glossary
10910.8 Summary
233Index
11010.9 Exercise
234A
11110.10 References
235B
112Chapter 11. Sustainable Energy in Agriculture
236C
11311.1 Introduction
237D
11411.2 Relation between Agriculture and Energy
238E
11511.3 Scope of the Book
239F
11611.4 Summary
240G
11711.5 Exercise
241I
11811.6 References
242M
119Chapter 12. Better Management Can Improve The Efficiency Of Indirect Energy
243N
12012.1 Introduction
244O
12112.2 Theoretical Background
245P
12212.3 Methods and Material
246S
12312.3.1 Methods
247T
12412.3.2 Workshop, Management Indicators, And Objectives
