Contents:
Theories and Methodologies for the Low-Carbon Economy:
◦Introduction to Low-Carbon Economics (Jinjun Xue)
◦Low-Carbon National Economics (Ross Garnaut)
◦The Philosophy of Low-Carbon Economy (Hans-Peter Duerr)
◦Low-Carbon and Sustainable Development (Kunmin Zhang)
◦Low-Carbon Political Economy (Angang Hu)
◦Low-Carbon Growth Theory (Jinjun Xue)
◦The Kaya Identity for Carbon Emission Estimation (Yoichi Kaya)
◦Low-Carbon Econometrics (Kejun Jiang)
◦Low-Carbon International Economics (Shijin Liu and Yongsheng Zhang)
◦Low-Carbon Environmental Economics (Hidefumi Imura)
◦Low-Carbon Development Strategy (Mukul Sanwal)
◦Low-Carbon Tariff Theory (Libo Wu and Weiqi Tang)
◦Energy Taxation and Low-Carbon Economy (Soo-Cheol Lee and Kazuhiro Ueta)
◦Low-Carbon Economic Indicators (Hideaki Itoh)
◦Low-Carbon Business Model (Satoshi Watanabe and Makoto Nishimura)
◦Low-Carbon Economy of Forest Ecosystems: From the Perspective of Global Climate Change (Shin-Ichi Yamamoto)
•Strategies and Policies for a Low-Carbon Economy:
◦Low-Carbon Economic Policies (Kazuhiko Takemoto)
◦Low-Carbon Society (Shuzo Nishioka)
◦Toward a Low-Carbon City (Keisuke Hanaki)
◦Low-Carbon Green Growth Strategy (Yong-Ho Choi)
◦Carbon Emissions Trading System (Peter Heindl and Andreas Löschel)
◦Low-Carbon Economic Mechanisim (Thomas Gries)
◦Carbon Kuznets Curve and Its Turning Points (Jinjun Xue and Ziqi Lin)
◦Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions (Lin Guo)
Jinjun Xue, Professor of Nagoya University, Japan
Description:
By providing a theoretical analysis for the issues of climate change, carbon emission mitigation, energy-saving and low-carbon development, this book develops a new branch of economics known as Low-carbon Economics. It explores economic theories, analysis methodologies, measurements, indexes and business models for the low-carbon economy. It is an important source of reference for researchers and government officers on policy design and low-carbon city planning.
Readership: Researchers, government officers and organizations interested in policy design and low-carbon city planning; undergraduates and post-graduates interested in economic theories on climate change, environment economics and models for the low-carbon economy.
If you would like to buy this book, click here.