Avit Kumar Bhowmik
Biographic Data
| ID | 7999892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avit Kumar Bhowmik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avit Kumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhowmik |
| SIGNATURE | BHOWMIK A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm Resilience Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7137-0741 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Powers of 10: Seeking ‘sweet spots’ for rapid climate and sustainability actions between individual and global scales
Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and related sustainability initiatives will require halving of global greenhouse gas emissions each decade from now on through to 2050, when net zero emissions should be achieved. To reach such significant reductions requires a rapid and strategic scaling of existing and emerging technologies and practices, coupled with economic and social transformations and novel governance solutions. Here we present a…
Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science
Background: The Planetary Boundaries concept (PBc) has emerged as a key global sustainability concept in international sustainable development arenas. Initially presented as an agenda for global sustainability research, it now shows potential for sustainability governance. We use the fact that it is widely cited in scientific literature (>3500 citations) and an extensively studied concept to analyse how it has been used and developed since its fi…
Industries’ Location as Jeopardy for Sustainable Urban Development in Asia: A Review of the Bangladesh Leather Processing Industry Relocation Plan
The article reviews the Bangladesh leather processing industries’ relocation plan by applying the Social Theories of the City and the three environmental economics theories—Willingness to Pay, Pigovian Tax and Hedonic Pricing Method on the data collected by a questionnaire survey among the industries’ owners and from the original project documents. Results prove the strong unwillingness of leather industries’ owners to relocate and pay for reloca…
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Industries’ Location as Jeopardy for Sustainable Urban Development in Asia: A Review of the Bangladesh Leather Processing Industry Relocation Plan
The article reviews the Bangladesh leather processing industries’ relocation plan by applying the Social Theories of the City and the three environmental economics theories—Willingness to Pay, Pigovian Tax and Hedonic Pricing Method on the data collected by a questionnaire survey among the industries’ owners and from the original project documents. Results prove the strong unwillingness of leather industries’ owners to relocate and pay for reloca…
Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science
Background: The Planetary Boundaries concept (PBc) has emerged as a key global sustainability concept in international sustainable development arenas. Initially presented as an agenda for global sustainability research, it now shows potential for sustainability governance. We use the fact that it is widely cited in scientific literature (>3500 citations) and an extensively studied concept to analyse how it has been used and developed since its fi…
Powers of 10: Seeking ‘sweet spots’ for rapid climate and sustainability actions between individual and global scales
Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and related sustainability initiatives will require halving of global greenhouse gas emissions each decade from now on through to 2050, when net zero emissions should be achieved. To reach such significant reductions requires a rapid and strategic scaling of existing and emerging technologies and practices, coupled with economic and social transformations and novel governance solutions. Here we present a…
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Economics (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works) · Social sustainability (2 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (2 works) · Sustainability science (2 works)