Economics and Sustainability

Social-Ecological Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Split into three parts, the book begins by introducing a range of topics forming the basis of knowledge needed to understand the varying sustainability discourses in economics, ecology and interdisciplinary sustainability research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 30 mm
Vikt:628 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:447
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030566265

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Karl Bruckmeier is a retired Professor from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia and from the Human Ecology Programme at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is associated as researcher with the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, CICS-NOVA, Portugal, and the South Bohemian University, Faculty of Economics, Czech Republic.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: The sustainability process - context and scope.- Chapter 1: The policy context of the sustainability discourse.- Chapter 2: The historical context - sustainability in the modern society.-Chapter 3: The knowledge context of the sustainability discourse.- Part II: Economic and ecological knowledge in the sustainability process.- Chapter 4: Economics outright - management of natural resources.- Chapter 5: Environmental economics - orthodox perspectives.- Chapter 6: Ecological economics - critical perspectives.- Chapter 7: Conflicts, relapse and failure in the sustainability process - neglected problems.- Part III: The future - sustainability transformation.- Chapter 8: Changing relations of science and practice in the sustainability process.- Chapter 9: Re-thinking temporal perspectives of the sustainability transformation.- Chapter 10: Recreating sustainability – conjectures and conclusions.