Social Costs and Sustainability: Valuation and Implementation in the Energy and Transport Sector Proceeding of an International Conference, Held at...

Social Costs and Sustainability: Valuation and Implementation in the Energy and Transport Sector Proceeding of an International Conference, Held at...
ISBN-10
3642603653
ISBN-13
9783642603655
Category
Science
Pages
560
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Klaus Rennings, Richard L. Ottinger, Olav Hohmeyer

Description

Important progress has been made in recent years in the valuation of social costs of energy and transport. This progress has encouraged the insight that systems of "Green Accounting" considering social costs and policy instruments for the internalization of social costs are necessary tools to realize the worldwide goal of sustainable development. This workshop report provides an excellent survey of the latest results of social costs in the energy and transport sector. Further, the theoretical framework of social costs is extended to a broader concept of sustainable development. Finally, concepts and first experiences of the internalization of social costs e.g. through least cost planning or an ecological tax reform are reviewed.

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