Main Title |
Getting down to earth : practical applications of ecological economics / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Island Press, |
Year Published |
1996 |
OCLC Number |
34710904 |
ISBN |
1559635037 (pbk.) 9781559635035 (pbk.) |
Subjects |
Environmental economics ;
Sustainable development
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
HC79.E5G478 1996 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
05/08/1998 |
ESAM |
HC79.E5G478 1996 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/17/1997 |
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Collation |
xxii, 472 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
The product of a workshop held in Costa Rica, following a conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Socio-ecological principles for a sustainable society / John Holmberg, Karl-Henrik Rob ert, Karl-Erik Eriksson -- Consumption : value added, physical transformation, and welfare / Herman E. Daly -- Complexity, problem solving, and sustainable societies / Joseph A. Tainter -- From ecological economics to productive ecology : perspectives on sustainable development from the south / Enrique Leff -- Social and ethical dimensions of ecological economics / Anil Gupta. Envisioning a sustainable world / Donella Meadows -- Towards economics for environmental sustainability / Paul Ekins -- Ecological and economic distribution conflicts / Juan Martinez-Alier, Martin O'Connor -- Technological intensity, technological quality, and sustainable development / Gilberto C. Gallopin -- Renewable resource appropriation by cities / Carl Folke, Jonas Larsson, Julie Sweitzer. Emergent complexity and procedural rationality : post-normal science for sustainability / Martin O'Connor, Sylvie Faucheux, Geraldine Froger ... {et al.} -- Integrating spatially explicit ecological and economic models : theory and application in the Patuxent River watershed, Maryland / Robert Costanza, Lisa Wainger, Nancy Bockstael -- Ecological economics : the second stage / Faye Duchin -- Modeling the dynamics of resource depletion, substitution, recycling, and technical change in extractive industries / Matthias Ruth, Cutler J. Cleveland. Institutional change and development towards sustainability / Johannas B. Opschoor -- Creating the institutional setting for sustainability in Latin America / Marc. J. Dourojeanni -- Applying agroecology to improve peasant farming systems in Latin America : an impact assessment of NGO strategies / Miguel A. Altieri, Andres Yurjevic, Jean Marc Von der Weid ... {et al.} -- Property rights, people, and environment / Susan S. Hanna -- Will new property rights regimes in central and eastern Europe serve nature conservation purposes? / Tomasz Zylicz. Valuing social sustainability :
environmental recuperation on Fevela hillsides in Rio de Janeiro / Peter H. May, Marilia Pastuk -- Resources planning should integrate conservation and development needs : the case of Tegucigalpa's water requirements / Carlos A. Quesada-Mateo -- Political dimension of implementing environmental reform : lessons from Costa Rica / David Kaimowitz, Olman Segura -- Envisioning sustainable alternatives within the framework of the UNCED process / Alicia Barcena, Diomar Silveira.
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Place Published |
Washington, D.C. : |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
International Society for Ecological Economics. |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1996. |
Series Title Traced |
International Society for Ecological Economics series |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
96022628 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20071019120838 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
04546cam 2200553 a 45020 |