TY - BOOK TI - Bioeconomy: Shaping the Transition to a Sustainable, Biobased Economy SN - 978-3-319-68152-8 PY - 2018/// PB - Springer Nature KW - Agricultural science KW - bicssc KW - Ecological science, the Biosphere KW - Environmental economics KW - Environmental management KW - Sustainability KW - Agribusiness & primary industries KW - Agricultural Economics KW - Agriculture KW - Biomass Management KW - Ecosystems KW - Environmental Economics KW - Environmental Social Sciences KW - Macroeconomics KW - Natural Resource and Energy Economics KW - Natural Resources KW - Open Access KW - Resource Management KW - Solid Earth Sciences KW - Sustainable Development N1 - Open Access N2 - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book defines the new field of "Bioeconomy" as the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy and ecological services. The chapters highlight the importance of bioeconomy-related concepts in public, scientific, and political discourse. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors outline the dimensions of the bioeconomy as a means of achieving sustainability. The authors are ideally situated to elaborate on the diverse aspects of the bioeconomy. They have acquired in-depth experience of interdisciplinary research through the university's focus on "Bioeconomy", its contribution to the Bioeconomy Research Program of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, and its participation in the German Bioeconomy Council. With the number of bioeconomy-related projects at European universities rising, this book will provide graduate students and researchers with background information on the bioeconomy. It will familiarize scientific readers with bioeconomy-related terms and give scientific background for economists, agronomists and natural scientists alike. ; Broadens your understanding of a sustainable economy Simplifies multidisciplinary approaches for the transition to a Bioeconomy Combining principles from agriculture, biotechnology and macroeconomics UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29970 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42905/1/2018_Book_Bioeconomy.pdf ER -