Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
Feminist Political Ecology and the Economics of Care: In Search of Economic Alternatives
1st Edition
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By Christine Bauhardt, Wendy Harcourt
September 30, 2020
This book envisages a different form of our economies where care work and care-full relationships are central to social and cultural life. It sets out a feminist vision of a caring economy and asks what needs to change economically and ecologically in our conceptual approaches and our daily lives ...
Water Resources and Economic Processes
1st Edition
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By Tiziano Distefano
September 28, 2020
Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of industrialisation. The relationships between economic processes and water use are complex and include many interwoven drivers such as: technological development, dietary choices and food production, ...
Physical Limits to Economic Growth: Perspectives of Economic, Social, and Complexity Science
1st Edition
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By Roberto Burlando, Angelo Tartaglia
August 14, 2020
The debate on the physical limits and constraints to the economic growth of globalized society is now widespread. This book explores the physical and economic aspects of the conflict between humans, with their thoughtless focus on growth through material production, and environmental constraints.In...
Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development: Reconsidering Policy, Economics and Accounting
1st Edition
By Judy Brown, Peter Soderbaum, Malgorzata Dereniowska
June 30, 2020
Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution of land and water, land-use changes, lack of equality and other problems at local, national and global levels represent a challenge for economics as a social science. Mainstream neoclassical economics may be able to contribute to a more sustainable ...
Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies: The bioscience revolution in Europe and Africa
1st Edition
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By Ivar Virgin, E. Jane Morris
December 12, 2019
The growing global demand for food, feed and bio-based renewable material is changing the conditions for agricultural production worldwide. At the same time, revolutionary achievements in the field of biosciences are contributing to a transition whereby bio-based alternatives for energy and ...
Post-growth Economics and Society: Exploring the Paths of a Social and Ecological Transition
1st Edition
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By Isabelle Cassiers, Kevin Maréchal, Dominique Méda
May 14, 2019
We stand on the threshold of a "post-growth" world – one in which the relentless pursuit of economic growth has ceased to constitute a credible societal project. The symptoms that mark the end of an era are clear and incontrovertible: a return to the regularities of the past is illusory. The ...
The Good Life Beyond Growth: New Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Hartmut Rosa, Christoph Henning
May 14, 2019
Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis. What if in the 21st century this is no longer an exception, but the general rule? Does an economy without growth necessarily bring hardship and crises,...
Economics of Feeding the Hungry: Sustainable Intensification and Sustainable Food Security
1st Edition
By Noel Russell
May 07, 2019
As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted. Yet, this triple dilemma oversimplifies the underlying complexity. This book explores this complexity from an ...
Transformative Ecological Economics: Process Philosophy, Ideology and Utopia
1st Edition
By Ove Daniel Jakobsen
March 05, 2019
When we look at the state of the world today, what is most evident is the fact that the major problems of our time – energy, environment, economy, climate change and social justice – cannot be understood in isolation. They are interconnected problems, which means that they require ...
The Green Fiscal Mechanism and Reform for Low Carbon Development: East Asia and Europe
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By Akihisa Mori, Paul Ekins, Stefan Speck, Soo-Cheol Lee, Kazuhiro Ueta
June 28, 2018
This book reviews how far East Asian nations have implemented green fiscal reform, and show how they can advance carbon-energy tax reform to realize low carbon development, with special reference to European policy and experience. East Asian nations are learning European experiences to adopt them ...
History of the Future of Economic Growth: Historical Roots of Current Debates on Sustainable Degrowth
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By Iris Borowy, Matthias Schmelzer
March 07, 2018
The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand to look for alternatives beyond ...
Biodiversity in the Green Economy
1st Edition
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By Alexandros Gasparatos, Katherine J. Willis
April 27, 2017
In the past decade, the growing realization that biodiversity and human wellbeing are inextricably linked has led to the adoption of numerous environmental policies. The concept of the Green Economy has gained particular attention as an economic system where growth is possible within environmental ...