Papers by Michael Von Hauff
Nachhaltige Wirtschaftspolitik, 2013
Sustainability Science, 2016
The debate about sustainability can be traced back into the eighteenth century. It was revived fo... more The debate about sustainability can be traced back into the eighteenth century. It was revived following the publication of the Brundtland Report “Our Common Future” (1987) and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (1992). Since then, interest has been focused on developing new concepts between the seemingly opposing paradigms of strong and weak sustainable development as well as on their application in practice. Moreover, sustainable development entails normative implications that affect inter- and intragenerational justice.
It is very tough trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability in a faster g... more It is very tough trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability in a faster growing developing country like India. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that environmental degradation initially increases with the income rise, and then begins to decrease once a certain threshold of income growth is achieved. The present study is an endeavour to explore EKC in relation to safe drinking water access, groundwater resource development and utilisation, as well as its correlation with waterborne diseases in 32 Indian States/Union Territories (UTs) within a period of 11 years, 2001-2012. Results from the panel analysis reveal that no EKC relationship exists with the considered indicators in the Indian context. Furthermore, income growth is observed to present no significant effect on all of the considered indicators. Income growth in lower-income States/UTs immensely helps to improve the access to safe drinking water compared to the higher-income Stat...
Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2015
The authors of this paper suggest applying the concept of resilience in the process of setting up... more The authors of this paper suggest applying the concept of resilience in the process of setting up Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be implemented in the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda. Referring to the synopsis of the scientific basis of resilience and sustainability presented by Bloesch et al., the proposed general goals and specific targets of sustainable development are introduced and discussed. The aims of the SDGs and the corresponding targets can only materialize when applying as guiding principles advanced knowledge (science), transfer of knowledge and skills (education and training), encouragement of creativity and ethical values (governance and policy). Moreover, the fundamental values of ecosystem function are to be acknowledged as well as the need to balance the three sub-systems of the eco-social triad. It appears necessary to focus on integrative resilience. The Post-2015 Development Agenda should stress the crucial role of self-regulation in ecosystems, and a corre
v. Hauff, M.: How to realize sustainable growth, in: Krämer, H. M., Kurz, H. D., Trautwein, H.-M.: Macroeconomics and the History of Economic Thought. Festschrift in Honour of Harald Hagemann, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon 2012, S. 426-439
v. Hauff, M., Schiffer, H.: Anforderungen des Paradigmas nachhaltiger Entwicklung, in: v. Hauff, M., Nguyen, T. (Hrsg.): Nachhaltige Wirtschaftspolitik, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2013, S. 9-34
Studies in Contemporary Economics, 1996
In recent years, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has opened up economically and politically. Th... more In recent years, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has opened up economically and politically. This opening process can be expected to be continued with all due determination in the years to come. Both Japan and the Western industrialized nations have paid increasing attention to Vietnam’s new course. However, it is striking that particularly the Asian Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs), such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, see an interesting economic partner in Vietnam. They lead the list of foreign investors in terms of countries of origin. However, Vietnam still counts as one of the poorest developing countries. Yet none of the other countries which can be included in the class of “Socialist-Oriented Developing Countries” (SODCs), such as Benin, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Laos, Madagascar, Tanzania, Burma, Iraq, Mozambique, Nicaragua or Syria, has been the subject of such a relatively large amount of attention. The fascination exercised by Vietnam can be explained by a number of factors, including the way it has taken in its stride the daunting after-effects of the war, the reunification of July 1976 and the process of transformation introduced at the end of the 1970s.
Industrial Ecology Management, 2012
Die Volkergemeinschaft hat sich auf der Konferenz der United Nations Conference on Environment an... more Die Volkergemeinschaft hat sich auf der Konferenz der United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCTAD) in Rio de Janeiro im Jahr 1992 zu dem Leitbild der Nachhaltigen Entwicklung verpflichtet. Es waren 178 Nationen die sich zur Nachhaltigen Entwicklung als Leitbild des 21. Jahrhunderts bekannten. Die Weltkonferenz, aber auch die Folgekonferenz im Jahr 2002 in Johannesburg fuhrte dazu, dass dieses Leitbild international eine grose Popularitat und eine wachsende Gestaltungsorientierung erfahren hat. Besondere Beachtung erfuhr die Agenda 21 als handlungsleitendes Programm. Das Programm besteht aus einer Vielzahl von Zielen und Masnahmen die fur die Trager Nachhaltiger Entwicklung eine klare Richtung vorgeben. In der Folge wurden Ansatze bzw. Konzepte entwickelt, die versuchen die Forderungen der Agenda 21 in Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft zu integrieren (v. Hauff, Kleine 2009, S. 11). Besondere Bekanntheit haben die zahlreichen Aktivitaten von Kommunen zur lokalen Agenda 21 erfahren. Aber auch auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene entstanden handlungsorientierte Ansatze wie beispielsweise die nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien. Als weitere Trager Nachhaltiger Entwicklung werden in der Agenda 21 auch Unternehmen genannt. Gewerbegebiete wurden jedoch bisher als potenzielle Trager nicht erkannt, obwohl sie – wie in diesem Beitrag gezeigt wird – einen grosen Beitrag zur Nachhaltigen Entwicklung leisten konnen, d.h. vielfach einen groseren Beitrag als einzelne Unternehmen zu leisten vermogen.
Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2008
Sustainable Development Policy, 2017
IAB Discussion Paper, 2008
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