Ruth, Matthias creator Ruth, Matthias text xxu USA :Edward Elgar Publishing 2018 monographic eng

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viii, 150p. 18cm. Ecological economics is a way of rethinking the relationship between humans and the environment and working out the implications of how we manage our lives and the planet. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students and environmental professionals, this work introduces important issues affecting our ecology, our economy, and our world 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. / Matthias Ruth Economics Economics Environnement -- Aspect économique Economic development Environmental economics 333.7 RUT 9781786433534 :Saras Books :2/31, Ansari Road Darya Ganj Delhi 110002 190110 20190128122038.0