Culture of Ecology: Reconciling Economics and Environment

by Robert E. Babe

There is a fundamental contradiction between economics and ecology. Activities that increase well-being by economic criteria often erode ecosystem vitality, and what preserves and enhances environmental well-being is often deemed 'inefficient' to economic demands. Regrettably, in our culture, we usually accord much greater importance to economic concerns than to ecology. However, given many indicators of continued environmental degradation - escalating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802035957
• ISBN13: 9780802035950
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher