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Economics and Ecology New frontiers and sustainable development

In the Summer of 1991, Bob Carling, who was then Life Sciences Editor of Chapman & Hall, approached me over the possibility of producing an edited volume of works on economics and ecology. As we discussed the matter further, what became clear is that there is a growing literature on the' fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barbier, Edward B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Subjects:
Economics
Conservation Biology
Civil Engineering
Ecology 
Ecology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 11 Sustainable economic development: Economic and ethical principles
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Weak and strong sustainability paradigms
  • 11.3 The valuation of environmental resources
  • 11.4 Sustainability and ethics
  • 11.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • 12 Postscript
  • References
  • 5.2 An ecological model
  • 5.3 The management problem
  • 5.4 A simulation
  • 5.5 The economic environment and ecological stress
  • 5.6 Stress, shock and the discount rate
  • 5.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 Economic and ecological carrying capacity: Applications to pastoral systems in Zimbabwe
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The productivity of CA cattle: What is the economic CC?
  • 6.3 Ecological sustainability: Limits to livestock numbers in CAs
  • 6.4 Investigating land degradation
  • 6.5 The determinants of ecological CC: How do cattle survive in CAs?
  • 6.6 Livestock management in variable environments: Some policy implications
  • 6.7 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Archival sources
  • References
  • 7 Tropical forests and biodiversity conservation: A new ecological imperative
  • 7.1 What is biodiversity?
  • 7.2 What do we know aboutbiodiversity?
  • 7.3 The role of tropical forests as ‘sources’ of global biodiversity
  • 7.4 Interpretations of biodiversity for planning
  • 1 Introduction: economics and ecology – the next frontier
  • 1.1 A short parable
  • 1.2 Natural capital, economics and ecology in development
  • 1.3 Outline of the book
  • References
  • 2 Environmentally sustainable development: Optimal economic conditions
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 A model of environmentally sustainable economic activity
  • 2.3 Optimal sustainable economic growth
  • 2.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • 3 Ecological economic systems analysis: Order and chaos
  • 3.1 What is systems analysis?
  • 3.2 Scientific uncertainty: beyond risk, into the abyss
  • 3.3 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 4 Sustainable agriculture: The trade-offs with productivity, stability and equitability
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Agroecosystems
  • 4.3 The measurement of agroecosystem properties
  • 4.4 Trade-offs
  • 4.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • 5 Stress, shock and the sustainability of optimal resource utilization in a stochastic environment
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 7.5 Issues concerning biodiversity and tropical forests
  • 7.6 Empirical efforts to research and resolve these issues
  • 7.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Optimal economic growth and the conservation of biological diversity
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The species-area relation
  • 8.3 The model
  • 8.4 Solution to the autonomous control problem
  • 8.5 Solution to the nonautonomous control problem
  • 8.6 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 9 The viewing value of elephants
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 The viewing value of elephants
  • 9.3 Contingent valuation method
  • 9.4 Safari expenditures in Kenya
  • References
  • 10 Ecology and economics in small islands: Constructing a framework for sustainable development
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 The vulnerabilities of island economies and island ecologies
  • 10.3 Islands as opportunities for sustainable development
  • 10.4 Frameworks for sustainable development
  • References

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