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020 _a9781786433534
028 _a:Saras Books
_b:2/31, Ansari Road Darya Ganj Delhi 110002
_c:IN38040
_d:02/11/2018
082 _a333.7 RUT
100 _aRuth, Matthias
245 _aAdvanced Introduction to Ecological Economics
_c/ Matthias Ruth
260 _aUSA
_b:Edward Elgar Publishing
_c2018
300 _aviii, 150p.
_c18cm.
365 _b1610
490 _aElgar Advanced Introductions
505 _a1. 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.
520 _aEcological 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
650 _aEconomics
650 _aEconomics
650 _aEnvironnement -- Aspect économique.
650 _aEconomic development.
650 _aEnvironmental economics.
700 _aRuth, Matthias
942 _cBOOK
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