New Dimensions in Ecological Economics

Edited by Stephen Dovers, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, David I. Stern, Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Michael D. Young, Water Economics and Management, Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia

It provides an extremely valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion about the value of ecological economics and should be read carefully by anyone involved in the promotion of sustainability.'

• Contents: Preface 1. Ecological Economics: Prospects for Integration and Interdisciplinarity Part I: First Dimension: Challenges and Reviews 2. Research Challenges in the Twenty-First Century 3. Passion and Ecological Economics: Toward a Richer Coevolution of Value Systems and Environmental Systems 4. Beyond Disciplines: Exploring Exploratory Research as a Framework for Integration Part II: Second Dimension: Reorientations and Openings 5. Sustainability and Interdisciplinarity 6. Environmental, Ecological and Behavioural Economics 7. Economic Psychology and Ecological Economics 8. A Policy Orientation as Integrative Strategy Part III: Third Dimension: Frameworks and Applications 9. Towards an Ecological–Economic Theory of Nature Policy 10. Modelling Stochastic Technological Change in Economy and Environment Using the Kalman Filter 11. Effective Policy Interventions in Environmental Systems Using Material Budgets 12. Expanding the Concept of Flows and Developing Frameworks for Linking Social, Economic and Environmental Accounting Systems: Two Approaches for Integration Index