Integration of System Thinking in Environmental Policy
2010
Andra Blumberga, Dagnija Blumberga, Gatis Bažbauers, Elīna Dāce, Alise Ozarska, Gatis Žogla, Erling Moxnes, Pal I. Davidsen

In the book which is planned to use as an integrated environmental policy evaluation methodology a formation process of environmental policy on global and local level is observed and factors impacting this process, basic principles of systemic thinking and several systemic thinking methods and use of them for analyses and environment problem solving are analysed. In the book examples of three branches with developed system dynamics models are analyzed – energy sector transition policy from imported fossil fuel to local fuel, analyses of existing building energy efficiency policy and suggestions for improvement and packaging waste management system tax policy and ecodesign efficiency analyses.


Keywords
system dynamics, environmental policy, energy efficiency, renewable sources, waste management

Blumberga A., Blumberga D., Bažbauers G., Dāce E., Bērziņa A., Žogla G., Moxnes E., Davidsen P. Integration of System Thinking in Environmental Policy. - Rīga : Rīgas Tehniskās universitātes Siltuma sistēmu un vides aizsardzības institūts, 2010. - 225 p.

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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