La Economía ecológica estudia las distintas interacciones que existen entre los sistemas económicos y los ecológicos. Common y Stagl, quienes han escrito extensamente sobre la economía de la sostenibilidad, nos ofrecen en este libro una completa introducción a este incipiente campo de estudio. Los estudiantes de Ciencias Económicas encontrarán aquí los fundamentos biofísicos básicos para comprender el impacto ambiental de la actividad económica, mientras que los de Ciencias ambientales encontrarán una introducción fundamentada y comprensible de los conceptos y métodos económicos, especialmente aquellos que están relacionados con el crecimiento económico, el agotamiento de los recursos naturales y el logro del desarrollo sostenible.
Trata del cambio de una economía que ignora la interdependencia entre desarrollo económico y la vida en el planeta hacia una economía con un enfoque fundamentalmente ecológico. Analiza el desafío de vivir bien dentro de los límites materiales de un planeta finito. Explica la manera de hacer frente a este reto, de cómo combinar los límites de los recursos y el umbral ecológico, abogando por el logro de tres metas intrínsecamente ligadas: un nivel medioambiental sostenible, una justa distribución y una asignación eficaz de los recursos. Esta obra recoge los siguientes apartados: - Los dilemas actuales de la humanidad. - El desarrollo histórico de la economía y la ecología. - Problemas y principios de la economía ecológica. - Políticas, instituciones e instrumentos.
La Economía ecológica estudia las distintas interacciones que existen entre los sistemas económicos y los ecológicos. Common y Stagl, quienes han escrito extensamente sobre la economía de la sostenibilidad, nos ofrecen en este libro una completa introducción a este incipiente campo de estudio. Los estudiantes de Ciencias Económicas encontrarán aquí los fundamentos biofísicos básicos para comprender el impacto ambiental de la actividad económica, mientras que los de Ciencias ambientales encontrarán una introducción fundamentada y comprensible de los conceptos y métodos económicos, especialmente aquellos que están relacionados con el crecimiento económico, el agotamiento de los recursos naturales y el logro del desarrollo sostenible.
This book invites us to reflect on the restoration of terrestrial ecosystems in the context of a region whose identity is still under construction, Latin America and the Caribbean, immersed in a social, economic, ecological and political crisis, whose roots originate historically and politically in colonialism and in the prevailing model of capital accumulation. For the first time, insights and practical experiences on restoration are gathered from most Latin-American and Caribbean countries. Furthermore, this book offers a social approach to restoration, which will likely become preponderant in this field and in this region. The authors claim that a Latin-American knowledge of restoration is under construction and that this discipline can be a significant tool to empower local populations, which might, in turn, lead to a collective action of change. Case studies from 11 countries of the region were compiled, involving multiple voices that emerge beyond generalist principles and with a bottom-up approach. The main idea of the book is to open a debate about the identity of ecological and social restoration in this region. This book is targeted to restoration specialists, volunteers, environmental managers, researchers, politicians and NGOs working on the complexity of socioecological restoration in a region with unavoidable social problems. It is intended for people with similar concerns to those of the chapters' authors. This work tries to integrate a movement on the rise, almost silent, born with its own narratives of successes and failures that do not hinder its development. Finally, the determination and commitment of Latin-American and Caribbean social actors to restore not only natural values but also social, ethical and cultural ones is remarkable.
The Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment provides an in-depth and accessible analysis and theorization of environmental issues in the region. It will help readers make connections between Latin American and other regions’ perspectives, experiences, and environmental concerns. Latin America has seen an acceleration of environmental degradation due to the expansion of resource extraction and urban areas. This Handbook addresses Latin America not only as an object of study, but also as a region with a long and profound history of critical thinking on these themes. Furthermore, the Handbook departs from most treatments on the topic by studying the environment as a social issue inextricably linked to politics, economy, and culture. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for those wanting not only to understand the issues, but also to engage with ideas about environmental politics and social-ecological transformation. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics organized according to three areas: physical geography, ecology, and crucial environmental problems of the region. These are key theoretical and methodological issues used to understand Latin America’s ecosocial contexts, and institutional and grassroots practices related to more just and ecologically sustainable worlds. The Handbook will set a research agenda for the near future and provide comprehensive research on most subregions relative to environmental transformations, challenges, struggles and political processes. It stands as a fresh and much needed state of the art introduction for researchers, scholars, post-graduates and academic audiences on Latin American contributions to theorization, empirical research and environmental practices.
This book combines the field of economics —especially monetary theory— with other disciplines like ecology, physics, humanities, social sciences and development theory. This transdisciplinary approach makes the book a unique contribution for researchers, students, policy makers and professionals working in governmental or nongovernmental institutions, as well as anyone interested in society’s well-being and achieving a true social-ecological transformation. It is written in an accessible language in order to reach a broad audience. In 2015, more than 190 world leaders recognized that the world is on a “collision course” (Max-Neef) and committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many conferences and high-level meetings have been held since then, and one of the most frequently discussed topics is how to finance these goals. There is a widespread belief that coming up with more money for sustainable development will “do the trick”. Usually, the discussions focus on finding additional financial resources in order to achieve the goals faster. In this book it is argued that not only is more money needed, but it needs to be a different kind of money. The book demonstrates that ALL but one of the SDGs are directly linked to our monetary system, which —being completely unnatural— can be seen as the most important, but at the same time least recognized, reason for market failure. Many people think we just need to do more, faster, better. Very few say that we have done things fundamentally wrong and that the institutions and values which motivated us to do those things need to be changed. It will be concluded that only if we change our unnatural design of money to a more natural one, will we be able to reach these goals
