Economics and Ecology: New Frontiers and Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9789401046633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 205 str.

Edward B. Barbier; Edward B. Barbier

Opis

There is a growing literature on the interface between the two disciplines of ecology and economics. Most of the international leaders in this are contributors to this book. It includes a number of topics on environmental resource utilization which concern scientists, ecologists, policy decision makers, economists, etc.

Recenzje

Interesting and useful - Integrated Environmental Management

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction: economics and ecology - the next frontier. Environmentally sustainable development: optimal economic conditions. Ecological economic systems analysis: order and chaos. Sustainable agriculture: the trade-offs with productivity, stability and equitability. Stress, shock and the sustainability of optimal resource utilization in a stochastic environment. Economic and ecological carrying capacity: applications to pastoral systems in Zimbabwe. Tropical forests and biodiversity conservation: a new ecological imperative. Optimal economic growth and the conservation of biological diversity. The viewing value of elephants. Ecology and economics in small islands. Constructing a framework for sustainable development. Sustainable development: ethical foundations. Postscript.

O autorze

Edward B. Barbier is the John S. Bugas Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming. He has over twenty-five years of experience as an environmental and resource economist, working mainly on the economics of environment and development issues. He is the author of many books on environmental policy.