Lebel / Louis / Lorek Sustainable Production Consumption Systems

Knowledge, Engagement and Practice
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-90-481-3090-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten

Sustainable Production Consumption Systems brings together a set of designed case studies intended to provide a more in-depth understanding of challenges and opportunities in bringing knowledge and actions closer together for the sustainable management of specific production and consumption systems. The case study approach enabled researchers to engage directly with some of the actors involved in the production, consumption or regulation of specific goods or services and other stakeholders affected by those processes. Such engagement was particularly worthwhile when it helped mobilize actors to pursue linking knowledge with action in ways that improve the prospects for sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Louis, Lebel

Lorek, Sylvia

Daniel, Rajesh

Lebel, Louis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Lebel_Frontmatter.pdf;1
2;Lebel_Ch01.pdf;8
2.1;Chapter 1;8
2.1.1;Production–Consumption Systems and the Pursuit of Sustainability;8
2.1.1.1;Introduction;8
2.1.1.1.1;Pursuits;10
2.1.1.2;Box 1.1 PCS;13
2.1.1.3;Box 1.1 (continued);15
2.1.1.4;Gaps;11
2.1.1.5;Design;16
2.1.2;References;18
3;Lebel_Ch02.pdf;20
3.1;Chapter 2;20
3.1.1;Cultivating Consumer Restraint in an Ecologically Full World: The Case of “Take Back Your Time”;20
3.1.1.1;Making a “Movement” Real;24
3.1.1.1.1;From VSM to TBYT;24
3.1.1.1.2;The TBYT Agenda;26
3.1.1.1.3;Buzz but No Bounce;31
3.1.1.2;From “Politely Taking” to “Demanding Rights:” Moving from Mass Appeal to Targeted Action;33
3.1.1.2.1;Vacation?;35
3.1.1.2.2;One Research Need: Corporate Ecology;37
3.1.1.2.3;Another Research Challenge: Catalyzing Student Networks;39
3.1.1.2.4;Research Arena Three: Cementing an Environmental Politics of Time Famine;41
3.1.1.3;The Challenge to the Sustainable-Consumption Research Community;43
4;Lebel_Ch03.pdf;45
4.1;Chapter 3;45
4.1.1;Sustainability Transitions Through the Lens of Lifestyle Dynamics;45
4.1.1.1;Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Modern Consumer Societies;45
4.1.1.2;From Consumption to Lifestyle;47
4.1.1.3;The Success of the German Wind Energy Sector;52
4.1.1.4;Product Carbon Footprints: A New Tool for Systemic Innovation in Producer–Consumer Networks;57
4.1.1.5;Lifestyle Changes, Social Diffusion, and the Gestaltwandel of Environmental Issues;58
4.1.1.6;Conclusion;61
4.1.2;References;62
5;Lebel_Ch04.pdf;66
5.1;Chapter 4;66
5.1.1;Emerging Challenges of Consumer Activism: Protecting Consumers and Advocating Sustainable Consumption in Developing Countries;66
5.1.1.1;Introduction;66
5.1.1.2;Consumer Activism and Consumer Protection in Developing Countries;66
5.1.1.2.1;Protecting and Helping Consumers;67
5.1.1.3;Emergence of Consumer Activism;68
5.1.1.4;Consumer Activism and Sustainable Consumption in Developing Countries;70
5.1.1.4.1;Advocating Sustainable Consumption;70
5.1.1.4.2;Fight for a Share of Consumption in an Imbalanced Global Trading System;71
5.1.1.5;Consumer Activism and Sustaining Consumers in Developing Countries;73
5.1.1.5.1;Fighting for Equity, Fighting Against Poverty;73
5.1.1.5.2;Ensuring a New Economic Order;75
5.1.1.5.3;Conserving the Environment Under a Changing Climate;77
5.1.1.6;Emerging Goals for Consumer Activists in Developing Countries;79
5.1.1.7;Appendix;80
5.1.1.7.1;United Nations Guidelines on Consumer Protection and the Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption;80
5.1.2;References;81
6;Lebel_Ch05.pdf;83
6.1;Chapter 5;83
6.1.1;Sustainability in the Electricity Production and Consumption System – A Consumers’ Perspective;83
6.1.1.1;Introduction;83
6.1.1.2;Background: Sustainability Challenges of Electricity Production and Consumption;85
6.1.1.3;Knowledge Availability, Creation, and Linkage in Electricity Production and Consumption Systems;87
6.1.1.4;Matrix I: Actors’ Responsibilities;88
6.1.1.5;Matrix II: Regulators’ Responsibilities;89
6.1.1.5.1;Example 1: Insufficient Adaptation9;91
6.1.1.5.2;Example 2: Recommended Adaptation;91
6.1.1.6;From Knowledge to Action;92
6.1.1.6.1;The AKIDA Concept;92
6.1.1.6.2;The Knowledge-to-Action-Gap in Political Consumerism in Electricity PACS;93
6.1.1.6.3;Leverage;98
6.1.2;References;98
7;Lebel_Ch06.pdf;101
7.1;Chapter 6;101
7.1.1;Agrofuels in Thailand: Policies, Practices and Prospects;101
7.1.1.1;Introduction;101
7.1.1.2;Agrofuel Policies;102
7.1.1.2.1;Policies and Programmes;102
7.1.1.2.2;Tax Breaks and Subsidies;104
7.1.1.2.3;Expansion of Feedstock;105
7.1.1.2.3.1;Ethanol (Cassava and Cane Sugar);105
7.1.1.2.3.2;Biodiesel (Palm Oil and Jatropha);106
7.1.1.3;Environmental Consequences;107
7.1.1.3.1;Carbon Costs and Emissions Reductions;107
7.1.1.3.2;Land Conversion and Deforestation;109
7.1.1.3.3;Water-Use;110
7.1.1.4;Economic Considerations;112
7.1.1.4.1;Competitiveness;112
7.1.1.4.2;Under What Conditions Are Agrofuels Competitive?;113
7.1.1.4.2.1;Ethanol;113
7.1.1.4.2.2;Biodiesel;114
7.1.1.5;Social Assumptions and Implications;114
7.1.1.5.1;Food Security;115
7.1.1.6;Ripple Effect: Energy and Food;115
7.1.1.6.1;Consumers – Energy Users;117
7.1.1.6.2;Rural Livelihoods;118
7.1.1.7;Prospects;120
7.1.1.7.1;Sustainability Questions;120
7.1.1.7.2;Are Targets and Subsidies Justified?;121
7.1.1.7.3;Policy-Making Challenges;121
7.1.2;References;122
8;Lebel_Ch07.pdf;127
8.1;Chapter 7;127
8.1.1;Enabling Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture: Narrowing the Gaps Between Science and Policy in Thailand;127
8.1.1.1;Introduction;127
8.1.1.2;Research and Policy for Sustainability;129
8.1.1.2.1;Competitiveness;130
8.1.1.2.2;Social Benefits;132
8.1.1.2.3;Environmental Impacts;133
8.1.1.2.4;Resource Use;134
8.1.1.3;Boundary Initiatives;136
8.1.1.3.1;Private Industry Associations;136
8.1.1.3.2;Quasi-Public Agencies;138
8.1.1.3.3;Code of Conduct;139
8.1.1.3.4;Networks and Guides;140
8.1.1.3.5;International Certification;142
8.1.1.4;Closing Science Policy Gaps;143
8.1.1.5;Conclusion;145
8.1.2;References;145
9;Lebel_Ch08.pdf;149
9.1;Chapter 8;149
9.1.1;The Contribution of Organic Food Production to Sustainable Nutrition: A Case Study on the Organic Niche Market in Eastern Germa;149
9.1.1.1;Sustainability Problems Faced by the Food Sector;149
9.1.1.2;Organic Agriculture as a Sustainable Development Path in the Food Production Consumption System;151
9.1.1.3;The Organic Agriculture and Food Industries in the Berlin–Brandenburg Region;153
9.1.1.3.1;Environmental Protection and Landscape Aesthetics;155
9.1.1.3.2;Preservation and Creation of Social Resources;155
9.1.1.3.3;Knowledge Transfer About Dealing with Nature and Health Issues;156
9.1.1.4;The Role of Knowledge: What Do Consumers, Producers and Politicians (Need to) Know?;158
9.1.1.4.1;Knowledge of Consumers;158
9.1.1.4.2;Knowledge of Producers;159
9.1.1.4.3;Knowledge of Politicians and in Public Discourses;159
9.1.1.5;Action – Strategies for Expanding and Integrating the Organic Sector;160
9.1.1.5.1;Economic Integration;160
9.1.1.5.2;Social Integration;161
9.1.1.5.3;Political Integration;161
9.1.1.6;Conclusion: Organic Food Production – a Model for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition;162
9.1.2;References;163
10;Lebel_Ch09.pdf;165
10.1;Chapter 9;165
10.1.1;Sustainable Information in the Pork Chain;165
10.1.1.1;Introduction;165
10.1.1.2;Knowledge on Unsustainable Impacts of the Agricultural Production and Consumption System;166
10.1.1.3;Knowledge Provision along the Food Chain;168
10.1.1.4;Transparency in the Pork Production and Consumption System: Initiatives at the EU Level;170
10.1.1.4.1;Feed Sector;171
10.1.1.4.2;Farm, Slaughter, and Processing Sectors;172
10.1.1.4.3;Retail Sector6;173
10.1.1.5;Transparency in the Pork Production and Consumption System: Initiatives at the Dutch Feed Sector Level;175
10.1.1.5.1;Feed Sector;175
10.1.1.5.2;Farm, Slaughter and Processing Sectors;176
10.1.1.5.3;Retail Sector;178
10.1.1.5.4;Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs);178
10.1.1.6;Remaining Knowledge to Action Gaps and Concluding Remarks;179
10.1.1.7;Appendix;181
10.1.2;References;181
11;Lebel_Ch10.pdf;183
11.1;Chapter 10;183
11.1.1;Sustainable Consumption by Certification: The Case of Coffee;183
11.1.1.1;Rationale;183
11.1.1.2;Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production: Conceptual Deliberations;184
11.1.1.2.1;Porter’s Five Forces Model;184
11.1.1.2.2;The Multi-level and Multi-phase Model;186
11.1.1.3;Case Study: Certification in the Production Consumption System of Coffee;187
11.1.1.3.1;Introduction and Hypotheses;187
11.1.1.3.2;Actors in the Coffee Chain;188
11.1.1.4;Developments Between 1985 and 2005;189
11.1.1.4.1;Pre-1989: Regulated Markets;189
11.1.1.4.2;Enter the Free Market;189
11.1.1.4.3;Enter Vietnam;190
11.1.1.4.4;Conclusions;190
11.1.1.5;Certification Schemes: Approach, Market Share, and Impacts;191
11.1.1.5.1;Introduction: Overview of Schemes;191
11.1.1.5.2;Fair Trade/Max Havelaar: Target the Consumer by a Dedicated Brand;192
11.1.1.5.3;Organic Certification;194
11.1.1.5.4;Utz Certified: Target Producers by Offering Transparency and Credibility;194
11.1.1.5.5;Rainforest Alliance;196
11.1.1.6;Reflection: Knowledge, Links to Action and Leverage;197
11.1.1.6.1;Introduction;197
11.1.1.6.2;Knowledge;197
11.1.1.6.3;Links to Action;197
11.1.1.6.4;Leverage;199
11.1.1.7;Box 10.1 Forces in the Value Chain;200
11.1.1.8;Conclusion: A Judo Exercise by the Main Players;201
11.1.2;References;202
12;Lebel_Ch11.pdf;204
12.1;Chapter 11;204
12.1.1;Production and Consumption of Tourist Landscapes in Coastal Areas: Case Study of Tourism in Malaysia;204
12.1.1.1;Introduction;204
12.1.1.2;Developing the Production Consumption System of Island Resorts for Tourism;205
12.1.1.3;Prospects of an Ecological Agenda for Malaysian Coastal Tourism;207
12.1.1.4;Sustainability Issues in the Production and Consumption Systems of Island Tourism Landscapes;209
12.1.1.5;Conclusion;211
12.1.2;References;211
13;Lebel_Ch12.pdf;213
13.1;Chapter 12;213
13.1.1;Enhancing Sustainable Tourism in Thailand: A Policy Perspective;213
13.1.1.1;Introduction;213
13.1.1.1.1;Sustainable Tourism;214
13.1.1.2;What People Gain (Lose) from Tourism;214
13.1.1.3;Business Practices;216
13.1.1.3.1;Global Tourism Competition;216
13.1.1.3.2;Zero-Dollar Tour;217
13.1.1.3.3;Avoiding the “Low-Price Trap”;218
13.1.1.4;Sanitation and Hygiene at Tourism Sites;220
13.1.1.5;Tourist Education and Culturally Acceptable Behavior;222
13.1.1.6;Enhancing Sustainable Tourism: A Public Policy Perspective;226
13.1.1.6.1;Distributional Goals and Local Income Distribution Schemes;226
13.1.1.6.2;Finding Effective Ways to Deal with the Problems of Negative Externalities;228
13.1.1.6.3;Filing Complaints and Lawsuits: An Effective Way Out;228
13.1.1.6.4;Monopoly in Service and Substandard Quality;229
13.1.1.6.5;Using Public Good Principles to Enhance Sustainability;230
13.1.1.7;Limits to Public Intervention;231
13.1.1.7.1;Rent Seeking and Special Interests;232
13.1.1.7.2;Central Agencies vs. Local Governments;232
13.1.1.7.3;Local Participation;233
13.1.1.8;Conclusion: Knowledge to Policy Recommendations;233
13.1.1.8.1;Sustainable Business Practices;233
13.1.1.8.2;Government Intervention;234
13.1.1.8.3;Making Tourism Policy Work Effectively: Knowledge to Action;235
14;Lebel_Ch13.pdf;238
14.1;Chapter 13;238
14.1.1;Tourism Products, Local Host Communities and Ecosystems in Goa, India;238
14.1.1.1;Introduction;238
14.1.1.2;Coastal Tourism in Goa;240
14.1.1.2.1;Tourism Development;240
14.1.1.2.2;Study Focus and Design;242
14.1.1.3;Ecosystems and Tourists;242
14.1.1.3.1;Coastal Land Conversions;243
14.1.1.3.2;Coastal Aquifers;246
14.1.1.3.3;Degradation of Beaches, Dunes and Vegetation;247
14.1.1.4;Host Communities and Tourists;247
14.1.1.5;Discussion;248
14.1.2;References;250
15;Lebel_Ch14.pdf;251
15.1;Chapter 14;251
15.1.1;Conclusion: Linking Knowledge and Action;251
15.1.1.1;Introduction;251
15.1.1.2;Gaps;252
15.1.1.2.1;Missing;252
15.1.1.2.1.1;Agendas and Investments;252
15.1.1.2.1.2;Inherent Complexity;253
15.1.1.2.2;Inaccessible;254
15.1.1.2.2.1;Communication;255
15.1.1.2.2.2;Capacities;256
15.1.1.2.3;Unused;257
15.1.1.2.3.1;Incentives;257
15.1.1.2.3.2;Interests;258
15.1.1.2.3.3;Contested;259
15.1.1.3;Closures;260
15.1.1.3.1;Integrated;261
15.1.1.3.1.1;Boundary Management;261
15.1.1.3.1.2;Labels & Standards;262
15.1.1.3.1.3;Spanning Innovations;263
15.1.1.3.2;Deliberated;263
15.1.1.3.3;Validated;264
15.1.1.4;Reflections;265
15.1.1.4.1;Scholarship;265
15.1.1.4.2;Policy;267
15.1.1.5;Conclusions;268
15.1.2;References;269
16;Lebel_Backmatter.pdf;271