Frontier issues in ecological economics / Philip Lawn.
Ecological economics formally emerged in the late 1980s in response to the failure of mainstream economic paradigms to deal adequately with the interdependence of social, economic and ecological systems. Frontier Issues in Ecological Economics focuses on a range of cutting-edge issues in the field o...
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Table of Contents:
- COPYRIGHT; Contents; The author; Acknowledgements; PART I An introduction to ecological economics, sustainable development and the steady-state economy; 1. Introduction; 2. What is sustainable development?; PART II Sustainable development and natural capital; 3. Is human-made capital an adequate long-run substitute for natural capital?; 4. The potential conflict between sustainability and welfare maximisation; 5. Natural resource prices and natural resource scarcity; PART III Sustainable development indicators; 6. An introduction to sustainable development indicators.