Greening the South African economy : scoping the issues, challenges and opportunities /

Greening the South African economy : scoping the issues, challenges and opportunities /

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Imprint:Cape Town, South Africa : UCT Press, 2016.
©2016
Description:liii, 440 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Environmental economics -- South Africa.
Sustainable development -- South Africa.
Environmental policy -- South Africa.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Environmental economics.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
South Africa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10814139
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Other authors / contributors:Swilling, Mark, editor.
Musango, Josephine Kaviti, editor.
Wakeford, Jeremy, editor.
ISBN:1775820696
9781775820697
9781775820864
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The depletion of South Africa's (and in some cases the world's) natural resources and the degradation of environmental sinks (including the atmosphere, lakes and rivers, and land) are continuing at such a rate that natural resource prices are climbing and many critical ecosystem services that underpin human welfare are increasingly threatened. The concept of the green economy has gained increasing traction in South African policy discourses over the past few years. However, in much of this discourse it is viewed in a piecemeal way as one part or sector of the economy (e.g. an industrial sector dealing with manufacture and installation of renewable energy technologies and energy-efficient equipment and appliances). In the view of the authors, greening the South African economy requires an application of sustainability principles and practices across the full range of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy in an integrated manner. The aim of this book is therefore to apply principles of sustainability and green economics to the entire South African socio-economic system and its major elements in an integrated and comprehensive manner. Recommended for Economists, academics, students and policymakers with an interest in sustainable development and green futures in South Africa and similar developing countries."--Publisher description.
Table of Contents:
  • Editors and contributors
  • Figures and tables
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Deepening the green economy discourse in South Africa
  • Part 1. Rationale for the Green Economy
  • Chapter 1. The Green Economy Accord: Launchpad for a green transition?
  • Chapter 2. Beyond GDP: A green economy dashboard for South Africa
  • Chapter 3. Climate change and the low-carbon transition
  • Chapter 4. Economy-wide material flow accounting for the South African economy
  • Chapter 5. Green growth engines and green jobs
  • Part 2. Resources, Extractivism and Production
  • Chapter 6. Agro-ecological farming and soil rehabilitation
  • Chapter 7. Towards sustainable food systems and nutrient flows
  • Chapter 8. Sustainable forestry
  • Chapter 9. Extractivism, its deadly impacts and struggles towards a post-extractivist future
  • Chapter 10. Greening the manufacturing sector
  • Chapter 11. From the political economy of the MEC to the political ecology of the green economy'
  • Part 3. Infrastructure Transitioning
  • Chapter 12. Unlocking the potential of energy efficiency and renewable energy
  • Chapter 13. Transport beyond oil
  • Chapter 14. Water for greening the economy
  • Chapter 15. Waste management reform and the green economy: When will they meet?
  • Part 4. Investing in the Green Economy
  • Chapter 16. Mainstreaming ecological infrastructure in planning and investment
  • Chapter 17. Greening the National Infrastructure Plan
  • Chapter 18. Financing the green economy
  • Chapter 19. Infrastructure planning for resource-efficient cities
  • Part 5. Changing Futures
  • Chapter 20. Ecological literacy a sense of wonder, and more ...
  • Chapter 21. Facilitating social change
  • Chapter 22. The conceptual power of currere and the transition to a green economy
  • Chapter 23. Innovation systems for green business
  • Chapter 24. One Million Climate Jobs Campaign
  • Index

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