Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
Economic Theory and Sustainable Development: What Can We Preserve for Future Generations?
1st Edition
By Vincent Martinet
May 16, 2014
Is development sustainable? When addressing the sustainability issue, decision-makers are faced with two challenges: taking into account conflicting issues, such as economic development and environmental preservation, while also ensuring intergenerational equity. Tackling these challenges amounts ...
The Business Case for Sustainable Finance
1st Edition
Edited
By Iveta Cherneva
May 16, 2014
This edited volume brings together finance industry perspectives from top global institutions, which focus on the bottom line for integrating ESG factors into the operations of the finance industry. Executives and senior practitioners answer the question: 'does following sustainable finance ...
The Economics of Climate Change and the Change of Climate in Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin Maréchal
May 16, 2014
Climate change is without question the single most important issue the world faces over the next hundred years. The most recent scientific data have led to the conclusion that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming and that continued greenhouse gas ...
Greening the Economy: Integrating economics and ecology to make effective change
1st Edition
By Robert Williams
November 08, 2013
Professor Bob Williams examines the essential elements that give ecosystems their durability. These key characteristics are: self-regulating cycles of key materials, a plentiful and durable energy source, an ability to adjust to changing circumstances, and the capacity for resiliency in the face of...
Frontiers of Environmental Input-Output Analysis
1st Edition
By Shigemi Kagawa
September 11, 2013
Input-Output Analysis (IOA) is widely used in the field of ecological economics, industrial ecology, and environmental sciences. Industrial Ecology (IE) and Ecological Economics (EE) are promising and growing fields. IOA plays a crucial role in analyzing the related environmental and resource ...
Waste and Recycling: Theory and Empirics
1st Edition
By Takayoshi Shinkuma, Shunsuke Managi
September 11, 2013
As "business as usual" has become the mantra of today's world, it's unlikely to see a decrease in hazardous waste generated from greater economic growth. Written by renowned experts, the book suggests a solution, supported by theoretical arguments to this waste problem. The book discusses how main ...
Environment and Employment: A Reconciliation
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Lawn
November 20, 2012
Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a ...
Ecology and Power: Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark, Kenneth Hermele
October 19, 2012
Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a ...
Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange: Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World
1st Edition
By Alf Hornborg
October 18, 2012
In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is united in a common development toward increasingly efficient technologies. Instead it argues that modern technology ...
The Planet in 2050: The Lund Discourse of the Future
1st Edition
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By Jill Jäger, Sarah Cornell
July 23, 2012
In 2050, the billions of people living on Earth have found a way to manage the planetary system effectively. Everyone has access to adequate food, shelter, and clean water. Human health is no longer considered outside of the health of the ecosystems in which people live. Ecological awareness is an ...
Philosophical Basics of Ecology and Economy
1st Edition
By Malte Faber, Reiner Manstetten
June 28, 2012
In today's world – despite the dramatic anthropogenic environmental changes – a proper understanding of the relationship between humanity and nature requires a certain detachment. The pressing problems in their whole extent will only be fully understood and solved with comprehensive and patient ...
Environmental Social Accounting Matrices: Theory and applications
1st Edition
By Pablo Martínez de Anguita, John E. Wagner
May 09, 2012
In this book Professors Pablo Martínez de Anguita and John E. Wagner put two disciplines together, regional and ecological economics, presenting a way to understand ecological economic concerns from a regional perspective, and providing a mathematical tool to measure their interrelationships. This ...