Dear Economic Geography Members, I attach the following Call for Chapters.
Thanks Marco Tortora *CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010* * * *Sustainable Systems and Energy Management * *at the Regional Level: Comparative Approaches* A book edited by Dr. Marco Tortora University of Florence, Italy To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=843 *Introduction* In our time scholars, depending upon their field, do not always take a systemic and comparative look at energy and environmental issues, especially at the regional and national levels. Doing this from a triple perspective framework can help different disciplines communicate and be helpful for managers, politicians, and all those stakeholders involved in energy and environment systems. Starting from the concept of sustainability and energy management policies, this book will adopt a systemic, comparative and multidimensional perspective to develop an understanding of the possible relationships between the energy and environment fields, and what kind of impacts and effects they have on different sectors and actors. Three areas and their possible connections will be studied: regulation systems, facilitation policies, and communication policies. Therefore, this book sets out to explore the concept of sustainable systems with the aim to discuss, rather than to answer, the overall question of how it is possible, in a global world, for a regional system, to be environmental sustainable and energy efficient in a long term and how this impacts on the choices, strategies and behaviors of managers, politicians, and citizens. * * *Objective of the Book* This book will aim to provide an interdisciplinary look at all the possible multiple relationships which exist between energy and the environment. Relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the three areas will be welcomed. It will be written for researchers, professionals and all those stakeholders who want to improve their understanding of the following three areas: impacts of regulation policies; market-facilitations policies; communication models and policies. *Target Audience* This book will be beneficial to scholars, professionals, managers and others working in organizations, corporations, institutions interested in a deeper understanding of the possible multiple and multidimensional relationships between sustainable systems, energy and the environment. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support policy makers concerned with energy management policies at different scales and in different fields. * * *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:* - Globalization of environmental issues and regional and local responsiveness - Sustainable strategies of public and private actors in regional and national markets - Regulation of energy markets and regional competitiveness - Sustainable businesses and regional competitiveness, competition between places and the role of policies and regulations - The use of renewable resources in sustainable systems: opportunities for producers and consumers - Fiscal policies (e.g. customs duties, excise duties, international trade) and their effects on producers and final users - Role of research and development and technological innovation in public and private areas - Communication as tool or as social responsiveness and knowledge of citizens - Sustainable businesses and strategies, promotional activities, CSR, educational programs, sustainable communication policies, actions of divulgation and education * * Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit *on or before April 15, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2010* about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *September 1, 2010*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-pub.com/>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. *Important Dates:* *April 15, 2010: *Proposal Submission Deadline *April 30, 2010: *Notification of Acceptance *September 1, 2010: *Full Chapter Submission *October 31, 2010: *Review Result Returned *January 15, 2011: *Final Chapter Submission *February 15, 2011: *Final deadline * * *Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:* Dr. Marco Tortora Department of Economic Sciences University of Florence Tel.: +39 328 7217109 E-mail: [email protected] -- Marco Tortora, PhD Department of Economic Sciences University of Florence Florence, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Website: gislabs.wordpress.com
