Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions: Theory and Measurement
1st Edition
By João F. D. Rodrigues, Tiago M. D. Domingos, Alexandra P.S. Marques
December 15, 2011
Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of...
Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs, and Well-being
1st Edition
Edited
By Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann, Johannes Frühmann
November 28, 2011
This groundbreaking new work establishes links between sustainable development, needs, well-being, and the capabilities approach that is central to human development and the United Nations Development Programme. By challenging the role of people in sustainability policy, this collection’s argument ...
Sustainability Networks: Cognitive Tools for Expert Collaboration in Social-Ecological Systems
1st Edition
By Janne Hukkinen
June 15, 2011
Sustainability is a word that means different things depending on who is using it, thus underlining the potential problems involved in experts from different fields teaming up to tackle sustainability problems. In this book, Janne Hukkinen argues for a reflexive approach to sustainability as a ...
Resilience, Reciprocity and Ecological Economics: Northwest Coast Sustainability
1st Edition
By Ronald Trosper
March 10, 2011
How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years? Can the answer to this question inform the current debate about sustainability in today’s social ecological systems? The answer to the ...
Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands
1st Edition
By Aletta Bonn, Tim Allott, Klaus Hubacek, Jon Stewart
November 09, 2009
The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage. This puts them in the focus of both environmental and social scientists as well as practitioners and land managers.. ...