Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics

Author: Peter Soderbaum

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1134198337

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Ecological economics seeks to socially construct a political economics which will deal successfully with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. The author describes the principles, strategies and instruments of social change for key players - governmental agencies, business corporations, environmental and religious organizations and universities - and underlines their responsibilities in the market economy. Peter Soderbaum emphasizes the need to articulate ideologies, worldviews, ethics and related scientific perspectives as part of economics, and the importance of pluralism and democratic decision making. His account of the theories and means that will brings us closer to a sustainable society consider tools such as environmental impact assessment (EIA) and describes success indicators such as environmental labelling and environmental management systems (EMS). It highlights strategies and policies that facilitate social change and sets out future agendas for the individual actors in political economics.


Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 - Volume 1

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 - Volume 1

Author: Ahmad Nizan Mat Noor

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 981108730X

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This book examines how business, the social sciences, science and technology will impact the future of ASEAN. Following the ASEAN VISION 2020, it analyses the issues faced by ASEAN countries, which are diverse, while also positioning ASEAN as a competitive entity through partnerships. On the 30th anniversary of ASEAN, all ASEAN leaders agreed to the establishment of the ASEAN VISION 2020, which delineates the formation of a peaceful, stable and dynamically developed region while maintaining a community of caring societies in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. In keeping with this aspiration, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UitM) Perlis took the initial steps to organise conferences and activities that highlight the role of the ASEAN region. The Second International Conference on the Future of ASEAN (ICoFA) 2017 was organised by the Office of Academic Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis, to promote more comprehensive integration among ASEAN members. This book, divided into two volumes, offers a useful guide for all those engaged in research on business, the social sciences, science and technology. It will also benefit researchers worldwide who want to gain more knowledge about ASEAN countries.


Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics

Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics

Author: Richard P. F. Holt

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1849802084

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This book argues that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with environmental problems and sustainable development. Each chapter provides major insights into many of today s environmental problems such as global warming and sustainable growth. Building on the strengths and insights of Post Keynesian and ecological economics and incorporating cutting-edge work in economic complexity, bounded rationality and socio-economic dynamics, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to deal with a broad range of environmental concerns. The contributors show how and where the two traditions share common ground concerning environmental problems and shed light on how the two schools can learn from one another. The book will be of great value to Post Keynesian and ecological economists as well as to those interested in new approaches to important global environmental issues.


Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics

Author: Malte Michael Faber

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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An introduction to ecological economics, an emerging discipline combining economics, natural science, and philosophy in the study of the interaction between humans and the natural world. The nine contributors collate their individual knowledge in these traditionally isolated fields producing essays that speak to the roles of science and ethics, evolution in biology, physics, and economics, the relationship between a philosophical experience and an environmental reality, and test cases in linking ecology and economy in the chemical industry. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Quantitative Eco-nomics

Quantitative Eco-nomics

Author: Peter Bartelmus

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-04-19

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1402069669

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This thought-provoking and colorful book cuts through the fog of vision and advocacy by comparing and applying new quantitative tools of both environmental and ecological economics. Environmental accounts and empirical analyses provide operational concepts and measures of the sustainability of economic performance and growth. The text raises doubts, however, about the measurability of sustainable development. Further reading sections are provided at the end of each chapter.


Political Ecology

Political Ecology

Author: Enrique Leff

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 303063325X

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This book offers a conceptual framework for the critical understanding of the present socio-environmental conflicts. It reflects on the evolution of subject and thought, a shift in environmental thinking triggered by the development of eco-territorial conflicts and the social responses given to the environmental question. Bringing together 40 years of the authors writing and research, the book explores the transition from ecological economics and historical materialism to ecological Marxism. It unpacks the forging of political ecology from value theory in political economy, to ecological distribution and ecologies of difference; a transition to an environmental rationality grounded in the ontology of diversity, a politics of difference and an ethics of otherness. This evolution in thinking gives consistency to a theoretical discourse able to respond to the territorial conflicts generated by the radicalization of the environmental question as a key social issue of our times. The book is a call to respond to the urgent challenge of reversing the tendency towards the entropic death of the planet and to building a sustainable world order.


An Introduction to Ecological Economics

An Introduction to Ecological Economics

Author: Robert Costanza

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1420012673

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From Empty-World Economics to Full-World EconomicsEcological economics explores new ways of thinking about how we manage our lives and our planet to achieve a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future. Ecological economics extends and integrates the study and management of both "nature's household" and "humankind's household"-An Introduction to


Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics

Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics

Author: Emilio Padilla Rosa

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-09-06

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 180220041X

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With diverse contributions from over 100 authors around the globe, this comprehensive Encyclopedia summarises the developments of ecological economics from the fundamental contributions to the more recent methodological debates in the field. It provides an expansive list of topics including sustainable development, the limits to growth, agroecology, implications of thermodynamic laws for economics, integrated ecologic-economic modelling, valuation of natural resources and services, and renewable and non-renewable resources management. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.


Sustainability Assessment

Sustainability Assessment

Author: Alan James Bond

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0415598486

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Currently the writing on the subject is limited and comprises, for the most part, guidance documents and completed assessments.


Managing without Growth, Second Edition

Managing without Growth, Second Edition

Author: Peter A. Victor

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1785367382

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Ten years after the publication of the first edition of this influential book, the evidence is even stronger that human economies are overwhelming the regenerative capacity of the planet. This book explains why long-term economic growth is infeasible, and why, especially in advanced economies, it is also undesirable. Simulations based on real data show that managing without growth is a better alternative