New Economics for Sustainability
Time for Transformation
- 1st Edition - May 5, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editor: Angeliki Menegaki
- Language: English
New Economics for Sustainability: Time for Transformation offers a timely and critical examination of sustainability and economics. Each chapter provides fresh insights into sustai… Read more
Description
Description
New Economics for Sustainability: Time for Transformation offers a timely and critical examination of sustainability and economics. Each chapter provides fresh insights into sustainability, offering both a critical assessment of the present and a roadmap for redefining how economic agents can collaborate to protect the environment, strengthen societal bonds, and measure genuine progress. This book serves the crucial purpose of consolidating the latest research and insights on sustainability, addressing the growing need for a cohesive resource in a world where sustainability is a core aspect of governance, economics, and societal well-being.
It presents a systematic approach to the often fragmented and ever-evolving field of sustainability, allowing readers to reevaluate past achievements and future challenges, thus making it an essential tool for comprehending and navigating the intricate web of issues shaping our sustainable future.
It presents a systematic approach to the often fragmented and ever-evolving field of sustainability, allowing readers to reevaluate past achievements and future challenges, thus making it an essential tool for comprehending and navigating the intricate web of issues shaping our sustainable future.
Key features
Key features
- Provides up-to-date research on the topic of sustainability
- Explains how economics can provide answers to sustainability in the economy, environment, society, and culture
- Highlights how sustainability is an interdisciplinary approach that has not currently unfolded its full potential and contribution
Readership
Readership
Research students, professors, academicians, and specialists interested in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Climate Change
Table of contents
Table of contents
PART 1: ECONOMY
1. Sustainable income- equality of income
2. Sustainable labor- black economy-volunteering work
3. Sustainable capital accumulation
4. Defensive expenditures and sustainability
5. Education economics and sustainability
6. Health economics and sustainability
7. Green finance
8. Others
PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT
9. Air pollution economics and sustainability
10. Land economics- Land degradation- Soil pollution and sustainability
11. Water economics and sustainability
12. Energy economics and sustainability
13. Resource extraction and sustainability
14. Climate change, Carbon emissions and sustainability
15. Food economics and sustainability
16. Road and other networks and sustainability
17. Others
PART 3: SOCIETY AND CULTURE
18. Artificial intelligence and sustainability
19. Balance of family life with work life and sustainability
20. Neighboring and sustainability
21. Happiness and sustainability
22. Immigration and sustainability
23. Addictions and sustainability
24. Culture and identity preservation and sustainability
25. Others
1. Sustainable income- equality of income
2. Sustainable labor- black economy-volunteering work
3. Sustainable capital accumulation
4. Defensive expenditures and sustainability
5. Education economics and sustainability
6. Health economics and sustainability
7. Green finance
8. Others
PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT
9. Air pollution economics and sustainability
10. Land economics- Land degradation- Soil pollution and sustainability
11. Water economics and sustainability
12. Energy economics and sustainability
13. Resource extraction and sustainability
14. Climate change, Carbon emissions and sustainability
15. Food economics and sustainability
16. Road and other networks and sustainability
17. Others
PART 3: SOCIETY AND CULTURE
18. Artificial intelligence and sustainability
19. Balance of family life with work life and sustainability
20. Neighboring and sustainability
21. Happiness and sustainability
22. Immigration and sustainability
23. Addictions and sustainability
24. Culture and identity preservation and sustainability
25. Others
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 7, 2026
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Angeliki Menegaki
Dr. Angeliki N. Menegaki is Professor of Applied Economics in Environment, Energy and Tourism at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece. She has taught in various universities and has also worked both in the public and private sector. She holds a PhD from the University of Stirling and a master's degree from the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on environment, energy, and tourism. She has authored more than 90 journal articles and several books, and has extensive editorial experience with Elsevier and other academic publishers. She serves as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of the Energy-Growth Nexus, is Associate Editor for several major Elsevier journals, and is a co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Energy Economics (Edward Elgar).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Applied Economics in Environment, Energy and Tourism, Department of Business Administration and Tourism, Hellenic Mediterranean University, GreeceView book on ScienceDirect
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