An Introduction to Ecological Economics

by Robert Goodland, John H. Cumberland, Herman E. Daly, et al.

Book Overview

Ecological economics is a way of rethinking the relationship between humans and the environment and working out the implications of how we manage our lives and the planet. An Introduction to Ecological Economics offers a starting point for undergraduate and graduate students and environmental professionals interested in this transdisciplinary field. Beginning in Section 1 with a description of some current problems in society and their underlying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884015727
• ISBN13: 9781884015724
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Important Framework

If you were browsing in a bookstore and had any interest in this subject, you would most likely buy this book. It provides an important foundation and is for the reader who wants to know the framework of ecological economics -- its origins, its scope (how it is distinct from environmental economics), its uses and its future direction.

An anticipated merge of economics with the environment

Ecological economics is concerned with extending and integrating the study and management of "nature's household" (ecology) and "humankind's household" (economics). Resistance to this new perspective may come from academia as well as industry and governments. On page 10: "Today's market price to polluters for using atmospheric sink capacity for carbon dioxide disposal is zero, although the real opportunity cost may turn out to be astronomical. Economists are almost unanimous in persisting in externalizing the costs of CO2 emissions, even though by 1993 more than 180 nations had signed a treaty to internalize such costs." It would be difficult to praise this book too highly.