A. R. G. Heesterman

Rediscovering Sustainability (eBook, ePUB)

Economics of the Finite Earth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This thought-provoking book summarises the present sustainability predicament and maps out financial and economic strategies. Rediscovering Sustainability helps bridge the gap in understanding between scientists and the green movement on the one side and many economists on the other. Greens worry about catastrophic climate change and mass extinction whilst economists express reservations about spending money to prevent environmental degradation. The authors argue that the limitations of standard economics cause blind spots in its environmental economics sub-field. Examining the limitations of the neoclassical economics framework, Aart and Wiebina Heesterman explore relationships bearing on issues such as the understated cost of fuel for transport. They reveal how flawed economic theory and political compromise bear unhelpfully on an energy market constrained by emissions targets. It is a book for those teaching, studying, campaigning, or policy-making in relation to environmental and sustainability issues, or with the application of economic theory in any context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317069843
• Artikelnr.: 44875842

Autorenporträt

A.R.G. Heesterman was a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK, where he supervised Ph.D. theses and managed the degree programme in economic planning. He has a degree in political and social sciences from the University of Amsterdam and has also taught and published in the areas of econometrics and mathematics. Before moving to Birmingham, Aart Heesterman was a research officer at the Central Planning Bureau of the Netherlands' Ministry of Economic Affairs. He has authored five books and numerous articles. W.H. Heesterman has degrees in information science and information technology and a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick in the UK, gained researching children's rights. Wiebina Heesterman has assisted in the creation of human rights databases in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Fully Conversant with the latest climate and environmental research, the authors have travelled extensively in developing countries witnessing how poverty is aggravated by erratic weather patterns.