The Economics of Non-Convex Ecosystems

by Karl-Göran Mäler

Book Overview

Economists all too often assume that ecosystem and population dynamics are subject to convex (even linear) processes. However, research by ecosystem and population ecologists has shown that the processes in question are very often non-convex. This has important implications for environmental and resource economics. Typically, a system under study or being managed would contain multiple basins of attraction. So the system would flip from one basin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402018649
• ISBN13: 9781402018640
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"