1st Edition
Transitioning Fossil-Based Economies Sustainable Strategies for Energy Change
Chapter 1: Introduction: Energy Transition and Sustainability
Chapter 2: Understanding Fossil-Based Economies
Chapter 3: Navigating the Imperatives for Sustainability
Chapter 4: The Green Economies: Success Stories
Chapter 5: Renewable Energy Technologies
Chapter 6: The Nexus of Government Policies, Regulations, and International Collaboration
Chapter 7: Technological Innovation and Research
Chapter 8: Economic Impacts of Transition
Chapter 9: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability Transition
Chapter 10: Global Leadership and Cooperation for Energy Transition
Chapter 11: Conclusion and A Way Forward for Energy Transition and Sustainability
Index
Biography
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah is a professor of decision sciences with the School of Administrative Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Hassan has over 20 years of teaching, research, industry, and consulting experience in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Norway, the United Kingdom, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Latvia, Switzerland, Spain, and Pakistan. He is a well-known scholar in “decision sciences,” “energy policy modeling,” and “system dynamics” areas. He has authored and edited over 150 refereed publications, including 20 books (including edited volumes), 43 journal articles, and numerous conference proceedings and presentations. In 2017, he won York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies’ Excellence in Research Award. He is also an appointed member of the Program Advisory and Editorial Board of Springer Complexity, United States. He has been honored as a state guest of Pakistan in 2016 and 2017. He loves traveling and the exploration of various cultures across the globe. He has been to 140 countries: part business and part pleasure.
