... Sustainability Ecology Resources Social justice Waste hierarchy Circular economy There is an urgent need for a fundamental transition to meet the grand challenge of our time: securing a safe and just operating space for humanity within planetary boundaries (Sjåfjell, 2018). As a result, the mantra...

... Economics Ecology Secular worldview Anyone familiar with the battles waged in land courts between developers and conservationists will immediately recognise the allusion to wars of religion in the title of this intriguing book. The vehemence which characterises such disputes stems from a clash...

... for the community as such. Ecosystem ethics implies non‐declining natural wealth. In more exact terms it requires that the ecological value of the natural ecosystems be not decreasing over time. freedom from thirst and hunger – by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigor...

.... Originality/value The paper shows the clear and Juggernaut type connections between energy‐economic output‐CO₂ emissions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Ecology Economic development Economic growth Environmental management CO₂ emissions GDP Conversion factor...

...Roy Allen; Norman Bedford; András Margitay‐Becht Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a “human ecology economics (HEE)” framework for understanding economic growth and development challenges in Eastern Europe. Design/methodology/approach The HEE approach relies on evolutionary...

... to pay (WTP) of the stakeholders and tourists to conserve the forest eco‐system. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws upon theories and issues of eco‐tourism to examine the economic value of forest ecosystem, including direct and indirect use values of the ecological regulatory services...

... in the Ecological Footprint Framework consisting of the hectares, or area of land, air or sea, used by mankind in production and consumption (demand) as well as the hectares that a country has inherited from its past (supply). Biocapacity tends to be country specific. Findings When total ecological imprint...

... ecological context designed to account simultaneously for all facets/parts of the farmer's decision‐making process. Social ecology provides a contextual platform conceptualizing global‐regional‐local relationships within which niche markets for food products are created. Emphasis is placed on farmers...

... of economic change. Variation in the system's capacity for legal responsiveness to unpredicted change is hypothesized to have an impact on crime. Economic crime can be an indication of dysfunction in the adaptation systems of the economy. The concepts of ecological and evolutionary economics such as stability...

...Laszlo Zsolnai The paper analyzes two major ways of aiming at ecological sustainability. One is represented by the green business movement while the other is represented by different models of the community economy (e.g. community‐supported agriculture). Ecological sustainability requires...

...Udo E. Simonis Economic growth Free trade Environmental impact Crisis Ecology Sustainable development Regarding the free trade paradigm, Ayres also finds strong words. The benefits of free trade are appropriated by a few; across the globe environmental limits are being reached...

...Werner Hediger A conceptual and analytical approach is presented to reconcile weak and strong sustainability. It involves a reconsideration of the conception of total capital from an ecological‐economic system perspective. In particular, natural capital is classified into non‐renewable resources...

... Ecology Environment Green issues India Land use The concept of economic development has been changing over a period of time. In the early 1980s a new concept of development had emerged as a reaction to the negative experiences of development, which is known as “sustainable development...

...D.J. Rapport Economic thought has had considerable influence on ecology and environmental management. This has been by and large to the detriment of ecology for two reasons: first, much of the neo‐classical economics (the economics of resource allocation) is based on untested and highly improbable...

... scientific advice as to the seriousness/irreversibility of the action ‐ will have to be made. What the economist can do is suggest the use of economic or price incentives to find a cost‐effective solution to this non‐economic objective. Ecology Economics Environment Free trade Labour market...

...Michael Szenberg Examines the Biblical positions concerning humankind’s relationship to nature. The Biblical ecological system is a hierarchical system with human beings at the pinnical of nature and the animal and vegetative worlds below to serve humans. The same hierarchical structure prevails...

...J.A. Sinden Professor Clem Tisdell has written widely on the application of economics to resolve ecological, environmental and resource problems. Reviews a selection of his papers to identify how, and how well, an economist can contribute to these problems. Those who read Tisdell’s papers...

... of the human species. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Conservation Discounts Ecology Economics Hierarchy Valuation Perhaps no other theoretical issue divides economists more deeply than that of discounting future costs and benefits. The dissenters against the morality of discounting future...

...; others will see investments in biodiversity as being sound business decisions which yield benefits in terms of ensuring supplies of raw materials, access to markets, and long‐term social, political, and economic stability. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Conservation Ecology Environment World...

...John Asafu‐Adjaye Undertakes a survey of traditional and non‐traditional production activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia. Ecologically sustainable development issues in relation to indigenous people have not been paid...