Towards a Sustainable Economy: Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation [Hardcover]

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances  mainly in the domains of energy and transportation  contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it combines in the framework of a systems sciences approach, the book presents qualitative and quantitative studies on government regulation, resources management and firms' strategy. Topics covered include the state-market dilemma of government CO2 emission targets, implications of the electrification of the economy, incentives and coercion in government transport policies, and innovations in the electric vehicle industry.

 Introduction - Reframing the notion of sustainable economy through perspectives on limits, tensions and paradoxes within the system.-Part I. From energy market regulations to CO2 targets.-Part II. Eco-innovation and new production models.-Part III. The regional approach to sustainable transport as a new paradigm. 

Pascal Da Costa is an associate professor at Ecole CentraleSup?lec (France), head of the Research Chair Croissance Durable Capitaldon, and head of the Sustainable Economy Research Team at CentraleSup?lecs Laboratory of Industrial Engineering.

His research interests include the economics of sustainable growth and energy.

He has published 9 articles in refereed journals, 9 book chapters and edited 3 books. He is a current and former member of several scientific committees, has participated in 5 ANR projects (French Research Agency) and 4 EU Research programs, and has supervised 8 theses, 6 postdoctoral researchers and 9 masters students. 

 

Danielle Attias is a professor at Ecole CentraleSup?lec (France), head of the Research Chair of Armand Peugeot, Hybrid Technologies and Economy of Electro-mobility, alc)