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Wild Capital : Nature's Economic and Ecological Wealth /

In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be v...

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Auteur principal: Jones, Barbara K. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be viewed as a capital asset like any other in order for environmental preservation to be a competitive alternative to construction projects.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781683401339