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Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics
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.
This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
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Critical Acclaim
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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.
This Encyclopedia further reflects the relevant state of research including past and present major debates about particular concepts, theories, actors and issues at hand. 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. With a strong normative focus, entries include theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions, as the field orientates its efforts to improve environmental policy and governance to enhance wellbeing, environmental quality, and social justice.
This unique reference will be a key tool to students, scholars, policy makers and anyone else seeking to understand the link between economic systems and the environment from the perspective of ecological economics, business management, environmental and urban studies.
Key Features:
• Entries include selected references for further study
• Entries by both leading scholars and up-and-coming voices
• Addresses the links between the ecological crisis and economic activity
• Over 90 entries with accessible explanations of key concepts and methods
• Multi-disciplinary approach across the fields of economics, ecology, sociology, geography, and also political science and history.
This Encyclopedia further reflects the relevant state of research including past and present major debates about particular concepts, theories, actors and issues at hand. 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. With a strong normative focus, entries include theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions, as the field orientates its efforts to improve environmental policy and governance to enhance wellbeing, environmental quality, and social justice.
This unique reference will be a key tool to students, scholars, policy makers and anyone else seeking to understand the link between economic systems and the environment from the perspective of ecological economics, business management, environmental and urban studies.
Key Features:
• Entries include selected references for further study
• Entries by both leading scholars and up-and-coming voices
• Addresses the links between the ecological crisis and economic activity
• Over 90 entries with accessible explanations of key concepts and methods
• Multi-disciplinary approach across the fields of economics, ecology, sociology, geography, and also political science and history.
Critical Acclaim
‘Economics for the twenty-first century? This is what this book is all about. It will become the definitive international reference. Top scholars in the field provide thoughtful summaries of key concepts in ecological economics. By doing this, they offer insights and tools on how to reconcile human development with planetary boundaries, arguably the most important challenge of our time.’
– Federico Demaria, University of Barcelona, Spain
‘This amazing volume reflects that ecological economics has become a mature transdisciplinary field, with consolidated concepts, methods and analytical frameworks. The Editors have done an impressive job in mobilizing contributors to offer stepping stones to those interested in learning how to reconcile our economy with a living planet.’
– Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil
– Federico Demaria, University of Barcelona, Spain
‘This amazing volume reflects that ecological economics has become a mature transdisciplinary field, with consolidated concepts, methods and analytical frameworks. The Editors have done an impressive job in mobilizing contributors to offer stepping stones to those interested in learning how to reconcile our economy with a living planet.’
– Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil
Contributors
Contributors include: Jonathan Aldred, Brigitte Baptiste, Andrea Baranzini, Francesc Baró, Stefan Baumgärtner, Sam Bliss, James K. Boyce, Mark T. Brown, Guiomar Calvo, Óscar Carpintero, Esteve Corbera, Bryan Steven Cortés-Lumbi, Robert Costanza, Herman Daly, Corinna Dengler, Monica Di Fiore, Stefan Drews, Paul Ekins, Karl-Heinz Erb, Jon D. Erickson, Fander Falconí, Kai Fang, Kuishuang Feng, Miguel Fernández-Maldonado, Jaume Freire, Doris Fuchs, Silvio Funtowicz, Amelia Fuselier, Eduardo García-Frapolli, Mario Giampietro, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Manuel González de Molina, Clemens M. Grünbühel, Miquel A. Gual, Adrien Guisan, Helmut Haberl, Charles A.S. Hall, Jonathan M. Harris, Richard B. Howarth, Klaus Hubacek, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, William K. Jaeger, Giorgos Kallis, Jasper Kenter, Christian Kerschner, Nicolas Kosoy, Fridolin Krausmann, Éloi Laurent, Philip Lawn, Samuele Lo Piano, Pedro L. Lomas, Gabriel A. Lozada, Tommaso Luzzati, Cristina Madrid-López, Joan Martínez Alier, Verónica Martínez Sánchez, Kozo Torasan Mayumi, Rigo E.M. Melgar, Giuseppe Munda, José Manuel Naredo, Jaime Nieto, Richard B. Norgaard, Jouni Paavola, Emilio Padilla Rosa, Mario Pérez-Rincón, Cédric Philibert, Ignasi Puig, Arnald Puy, Jesús Ramos-Martín, Jerome R. Ravetz, William E. Rees, Maddalena Ripa, Jordi Roca, Beatriz Rodríguez Labajos, Inge Røpke, Mar Rubio-Varas, Andrea Saltelli, María Eugenia Santori-Aymat, Ivan Savin, Anke Schaffartzik, Arnim Scheidel, Johannes Schiller, Mònica Serrano, Peter Söderbaum, Clive L. Spash, David I. Stern, Andy Stirling, Óscar Tomaiconza, Sergio Ulgiati, Joaquín Valdivielso, Antonio Valero, Jeroen van den Bergh, Arild Vatn, Carlotta Verita, Peter A. Victor, Silvio Viglia, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Hernán G. Villarraga, Joseph Henry Vogel, Sylvain Weber, Jennifer Welchman, Christos Zografos
