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The first decade of the twenty-first century has been characterized by a growing global awareness of the tremendous strains that human economic activity place on natural resources and the environment. As the world's population increases, so does the demand for energy, food, and other resources,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Richardson, Robert B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Ecology > Economic aspects > United States.
Environmental economics > United States.
Environmental policy > Economic aspects > United States.
Sustainable development > United States.
Écologie > États-Unis > Aspect économique.
Économie de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Développement durable > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Ecology > Economic aspects
Environmental economics
Environmental policy > Economic aspects
Sustainable development
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Perspectives on a Green Economy
  • Building a Green Economy: The Case for an Economic Paint Job / Robert B. Richardson
  • Taking Ecological Economics Seriously: It's the Biosphere, Stupid / David Korten
  • Beyond the Ivory Tower: Why Progress Needs More Ecological Economists to Actively Engage / Kristen A. Sheeran
  • Ruin and Recovery: The Economics of Michigan's Natural Resources / David Dempsey
  • Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
  • Noble Savages or Consummate Consumers: The Behavioral Ecology of Building a Green Conservation Future / Bobbi S. Low Green Keynesianism: Beyond Standard Growth Paradigms / Jonathan M. Harris
  • The Economics of Information in a Green Economy / Joshua Farley and Skyler Perkins
  • The Evolution of Ego'n'Empathy: Progress in Forming the Centerpiece for Ecological Economic Theory / William M. Hayes and Gary D. Lynne
  • Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Excess / Ed Lorenz
  • Environmental Justice Challenges for Ecosystem Service Valuation / Matthew A. Weber
  • Applications and Practice Assessing the Trade-Offs for an Urban Green Economy / Myrna Hall, Ning Sun, Stephen Balogh, Catherine Foley, and Ruqi Li
  • Green Jobs: Who Benefits? : Demographic Forecasting of Job Creation in U.S. Green Jobs Studies / Kyle Gracey
  • Great Lakes, Great Debates: Facilitating Public Engagement on Offshore Wind Energy Using the Delphi Inquiry Approach / Erik Nordman, Jon VanderMolen, Betty Gajewski, and Aaron Ferguson
  • Endogenous Environmental Discounting and Climate-Economy Modeling / Philip Sirianni
  • A Genuine Metric for Assessing Business Sustainability / Matthew P.H. Taylor, Darrell Brown, David E. Ervin, Jim Thayer, and Brett Cassidy The Case for Improvement in Corporate Sustainability Indicators / Richard Grogan
  • Evolutions in Methods and Technology for Research in Pro-environmental Behavior / Douglas L. Bessette and Robert B. Richardson
  • Contributors

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