| Description |
xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Humanity's Current Dilemma -- 1.1 The Global Ecosystem and the Economic Subsystem -- 1.2 From Localized Limits to Global Limits -- 1.3 Population and Poverty -- 1.4 Beyond Brunt Land -- 1.5 Toward Sustainability -- 1.6 The Fragmentation of Economics and the Natural Sciences -- 2. The Historical Development of Economics and Ecology -- 2.1 The Early Codevelopment of Economics and Natural Science -- 2.2 Economics and Ecology Specialize and Separate -- 2.3 The Reintegration of Ecology and Economics -- 3. Problems and Principles of Ecological Economics -- 3.1 Sustainable Scale, Fair Distribution, and Efficient Allocation -- 3.2 Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Ecological Services -- 3.3 Substitutability vs. Complementarity of Natural, Human, and Manufactured Capital -- 3.4 Population and Carrying Capacity -- 3.5 Measuring Welfare and Well-Being -- 3.6 Valuation, Choice, and Uncertainty -- 3.7 Trade and Community -- 4. Policies, Institutions, and Instruments -- 4.1 The Need to Develop a Shared Vision of a Sustainable Society -- 4.2 History of Environmental Institutions and Instruments -- 4.3 Successes, Failures, and Remedies -- 4.4 Policy Instruments -- Further Reading. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index. |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental economics.
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| Added Author |
Costanza, Robert.
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International Society for Ecological Economics.
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| Added Title |
Ecological economics |
| ISBN |
1884015727 (acid-free paper) |
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