By their adoption of Agenda 21, most of the world's governments have acknowledged the need for sustainable development. This implies that new policies are needed, focusing on economic, social, cultural and ecological goals. At the same time, we also need to solve existing environmental and social problems, and prevent the occurrence of new ones. This volume presents, tests and illustrates a theoretically well-founded procedure for discovering regional opportunities for sustainable development, based on a systems approach to decision making. The procedure takes as its starting point the needs...
By their adoption of Agenda 21, most of the world's governments have acknowledged the need for sustainable development. This implies that new policies...
What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we have not succeeded at conserving, preserving, and sustaining. Priviledged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society suggests that our propensity toward environmental destruction - a tragic flaw of the modern economy - can be...
What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of th...
The authors give a brief history of the origins of conventional econom ic wisdom and critique it from a the standpoint of ecological economic s. They explain what natural capital -our life support system - is and does, and describe the severe strains that have been put on it. The authors conclude with some policy options (green taxes, for example) a nd suggestions for personal action that would conserve natural capital and thus make conserve resources for present and future generations. Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival is written for environmen talists, environmental studies majors...
The authors give a brief history of the origins of conventional econom ic wisdom and critique it from a the standpoint of ecological economic s. They ...
Since the ecological economics approach to sustainable development is still a relatively new paradigm, its long-term success rests heavily o n the formalized establishment of the most basic and fundamental princ iples. This volume discusses the formation of these principles and the ir implementation in the real world. Lawn establishes the ground-rules by showing that development need not be achieved at the expense of ec ological sustainability. He presents the tools, guidelines, and concep tual framework necessary to move toward sustainable development. Fill ed with figures, tables, and...
Since the ecological economics approach to sustainable development is still a relatively new paradigm, its long-term success rests heavily o n the for...
