Format:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415686822
,
9781136309571
Series Statement:
Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics Series
Content:
The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, the result is a fully international study that should bridge the gap between disciplines and prove to be an essential guide to anyone interested in one of the most important concepts in the social sciences
Note:
Cover -- Sustainability Economics: An introduction -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: What's economics got to do with it? -- Part 1 Ecological sustainability: How much nature do we need? -- 2 How much nature do we have? -- 3 How much nature do we need?: Can we sustain its use? -- 4 What should we do about it? -- Part 2 Economic sustainability: How much for nature? -- 5 What is the value of nature? -- 6 Accounting for economic sustainability -- 7 What should we do about it? -- 8 Bridging the gap: Ecological and environmental economics -- Part 3 Sustainable development: What else do we need? -- 9 A cure-all paradigm? -- 10 What should we do about it? -- 11 Some conclusions: What is countable? What counts? What should we do about it? -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- Appendix: Historical perspective of eco-nomics
Additional Edition:
Print version Bartelmus, Peter Sustainability Economics Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415686822
Language:
English
Keywords:
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