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Economics and Ecology - United for a Sustainable World (Hardcover, New)
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Economics and Ecology - United for a Sustainable World (Hardcover, New)
Series: Social Environmental Sustainability
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The earth, our home, is in crisis. There are two sides to this
crisis-our global economy, and its effect on the ecology of our
home planet. Despite conventional thinking that typical monetary
and fiscal manipulations will put us back on the path of economic
growth, the reality is not that simple. Meanwhile, the natural
environment is sending unmistakable warnings. Glaciers are melting;
oceans are becoming dangerously acidic; species and their
ecological services are becoming extinct; and weather patterns are
becoming increasingly severe and unpredictable each year. The
stress on resource systems of all kinds threatens to shrink the
carrying capacity of the planet, even as we call upon it for
increased contributions to support a burgeoning human population.
Co-written by an ecologist and an economist, Economics and Ecology:
United for a Sustainable World counsels the replacement of
symptomatic thinking with a systemic worldview that treats the
environment and the economy as an ecosystemic unit. The first part
of the book establishes the methodological and biophysical
principles needed to develop the concept of socioeconomic
sustainability. The second part of the book examines the misuse of
economics in the service of what increasingly appears to be a
ruinous pursuit of material wealth and expansion. The third part
offers advice on reconciling economics and ecology by proposing an
economics in which the principles employed are aligned with the
biophysical principles of ecology. This timely volume puts forth a
sustainable worldview based on systemic thinking, with the emphasis
more on what and how people think than on what they do. A unique
reference for professionals and laypersons alike, it can also serve
as a supplementary classroom text for students of economics,
ecology, biology, and environmental science.
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