City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows And The Governance Of Infrastructure Transitions
By Unknown Author.
Description
The core argument of the Decoupling Report is that a transition to a green economy depends on finding ways to sustain economic growth rates without escalating rates of resource use. To achieve this decoupling, appropriate sustainability-oriented innovation will need to be initiated, promoted and applied on a large scale. Because the majority of the worlds population now live in cities where most resource consumption takes place, the pressures and potentials to find ways to reconcile economic growth, well-being and the sustainable use of natural resources will be greatest in cities. Indeed, ...
ISBN(s)
9280732986, 9789280732986
