We clarify the definition and interpretation of sustainability economicsʺ (Baumgärtner and Quaas, 2010) in response to … specific definitions of sustainability and sustainability economics, as well as between conceptual and practical approaches. …

While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades, it is just … recently that the term sustainability economicsʺ was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term sustainability economicsʺ do not refer to any explicit definition of the …

Strong sustainability, according to the common definition, requires that different natural and economic capital stocks … define strong sustainability under uncertainty in an operational manner we propose to use the concept of viability. Viability …