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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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1993, 1993
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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