Thomas Prugh (Consultant, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA), Herman Daly (University of Maryland, College Park, USA), Robert Goodland (World Bank, Washington DC, USA)

Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoroughly revised and updated, Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival, Second Edition focuses on a key aspect of ecological economics, natural capital, in the context of Sustainable Development. It uses real-world examples and case studies to describe what natural capital does - and the severe strains that have been put on it. The authors give a brief history of the origins of conventional economic wisdom and critique it from the standpoint of ecological economics. They conclude with some policy options, such as green taxes and suggestions for personal action that would conserve natural capital and resources for present and future generations.

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Produktdetails

• Ecological Economics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 231mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780367399726
• ISBN-10: 0367399725
• Artikelnr.: 59983749

Autorenporträt

Prugh, Thomas; Daly, Herman; Goodland, Robert; Cumberland, John H; Norgaard, Richard B

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Section I: The Ecological Economics Perspective and Why It's Needed
1 The Origins of Our Economic Worldview
Classical Economics, Key Figures, Assumptions
The Birth of Neoclassicism
Driven to Abstraction: The Neoclassical Legacy
2 The Ecological Economics Perspective
The Coevolutionary Paradigm
Scale, Throughput, and Carrying Capacity
The Mostly Invisible City
Substitutability vs. Complementarity
Technological Optimism vs. Prudent Skepticism
Entropy and Economics
What Sustainability Means
Section II: The Definition, Function, and Valuation of Natural Capital
3 What Natural Capital Is and Does
What Does Natural Capital Do?
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, and the Economy
Four Functions of Natural Capital
4 Depletion and Valuation
Some Evidence of Natural Capital Depletion
The Green Devolution
A Fearful Asymmetry: Accounting for Natural Capital
The Monetary Valuation of Natural Capital
When "Discounted" Doesn't Mean a Bargain
An Alternative
Section Ill: Managing Natural Capital for Sustainability
5 Investing in Natural Capital: Incentives and Obstacles
The Nutshell Case for Natural Capital Investment
Why We Ignore Natural Capital
Command
and
Control Regulation
Incentive
Based Systems
6 Some Investment Strategies
Green Taxes
Graded Ecozoning
Natural Capital Depletion Taxes
The Link Between Human and Natural Capital
The Precautionary Polluter
Pays Principle
Ecological Tariffs
Natural Capital and International Trade
Property Rights Regimes
Resource Utilities
Two Sustainability Profiles
Afterword
Appendix: Some Tools For Personal and Community Action
Glossary
References
Index.