Journal•ISSN: 1744-9928
International Journal of Green Economics
Inderscience Publishers
About: International Journal of Green Economics is an academic journal published by Inderscience Publishers. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Green economy & Sustainability. It has an ISSN identifier of 1744-9928. Over the lifetime, 303 publications have been published receiving 1951 citations.
Topics: Green economy, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Human development theory, Applied economics
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TL;DR: Green economics as mentioned in this paper is a branch of economics that aims to manage economics for nature as usual, rather than to manage the environment for business as usual. But it does not address the main contradictions, deficiencies, assumptions, conventions, and inherent normative concepts to be found in dominant neo-classical economic thinking.
Abstract: Green Economics positions economics within a very long-term, earth-wide, holistic context of reality as a part of nature. It also incorporates and celebrates 'difference', diversity, equity and inclusiveness within its concepts of society and community. Its philosophy is to manage economics for nature as usual, rather than to manage the environment for business as usual. The paper introduces the new Green Economics discipline and reviews its shape and philosophical underpinnings. By combining economics with knowledge from the natural sciences, we argue that Green Economics can incorporate a much wider, more practical, multidisciplinary range of knowledge than other schools of economics. The paper suggests how Green Economics can offer unique insights into four of the key areas ('eco', intellectual, political and moral) of today's significant and mounting problems and highlights how its novel insights provide new solutions. The development of this new branch of Economics is justified in this text by reviewing the main contradictions, deficiencies, assumptions, conventions, and inherent normative concepts to be found in dominant neo-classical economic thinking, which have accumulated over the past two centuries.
85 citations
TL;DR: A review of the rapidly growing literature on CE covering its concept and current practices and assessing its implementation is presented in this article, which also serves as an assessment of the design, implementation and effectiveness of CE-related policies.
Abstract: Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. This study is a review of the rapidly growing literature on CE covering its concept and current practices and assessing its implementation. The review also serves as an assessment of the design, implementation and effectiveness of CE-related policies. It first presents the concept of CE and compares it with the current linear economy. The paper then introduces current practices that have been introduced and discusses standards for the assessment of CE's development and performance. Third, based on an analysis of literature, the paper identifies the underlying problems and challenges to CE in an entrepreneurial perspective. Finally, the review provides a conclusion on CE's current development and gives policy suggestions for its future development.
82 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of green practices in non-green hotels on customer satisfaction and their loyalty is measured using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and customer satisfaction mediates the relationship between green practice and loyalty.
Abstract: Environmental issues are one of the most pressing global concerns the world has currently to address and which has become most critical recently. Malaysia is having to determine its own response to contemporary problems such as water pollution, air pollution, waste disposal, climate change, global warming, deforestation and haze which have plagued Malaysia for some time. Green practices are an important aspect to be explored in the hotel industry. This study aims to measure the impact of green practices in non-green hotels on customer satisfaction and their loyalty. The structural model of the inter-relationships among green practices, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty is developed and executed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The study found that Green Practices in the hotel industry have a significant effect on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty. Furthermore, Customer Satisfaction mediates the relationship between Green Practice and Loyalty. Thus, hoteliers, of both a green and a non-green status, need to show concern and to participate in conserving the environment to survive in a competitive environment.
78 citations
TL;DR: A vibrant debate on the ways and timing characterising the need to scale down the dependence of the current economic system on fossil fuels is attracting the attention of governments worldwide as mentioned in this paper, and a number of papers have been published on this topic.
Abstract: A vibrant debate on the ways and timing characterising the need to scale down the dependence of the current economic system on fossil fuels is attracting the attention of governments worldwide. A s...
71 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the metaphor of an iceberg economy, where the largest part of the economy is hidden under the water, and they called this devaluation of work then a process of housewifisation.
Abstract: Patriarchy and accumulation - revisited' asks why a book, which first appeared in 1986, still finds so much interest today. The answer is that the analysis of that book is still valid, namely that the unpaid work of women in the household, the work of subsistence producers, working in the informal sector and the work of nature constitute the hidden underground of the capitalist world economy and its accumulation model. In this connection, I use the metaphor of an iceberg economy, where the largest part is hidden under the water. I called this devaluation of work then a process of housewifisation. Today, one speaks of precarisation of work. This work, however, is no longer restricted to women but includes men as well. It is the optimal work for capitalism. And most people in the world do this type of work. The problem is that our concept of labour which still refers only to wage labour, does not at all reflect this reality.
65 citations