Auch wenn die Dringlichkeit einer sozial-ökologischen Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit längst von praktisch allen Seiten anerkannt wird - moderne Gesellschaften verteidigen ihren Wohlstand und Lebensstil entschiedener denn je. Beharrlich wird eine sozial und ökologisch zerstörerische...

Biodiversität stellt die Grundlage allen Lebens dar. Häufig wird Biodiversitätsschutz jedoch noch mit Schutzgebietsschaffung und -management assoziiert. Es stellt sich jedoch die Frage, welche Politikbereiche Teil einer tatsächlich umfassenden und effektiven Biodiversitätspolitik sein...

In recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook,...

'For at least two decades, scholars and practitioners have argued that international beneficiaries of ecosystem conservation should help pay for the supply of services from which they benefit. Yet these arguments have remained inchoate and have had little real impact on the ground. Bishop and...

This resourceful book draws on several case studies to derive implications for the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that are very relevant to current climate change negotiations and the implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD)...

"[This book] is an essential reference publication for the latest research on green entrepreneurship and its impacts on investment activity within sustainable development and competitive markets. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as contemporary enterprises,...

Chapter 6: The Role of Waste Management in the Green EconomyChapter 7: Green Marketing; Chapter 8: Green Airport Investments to Mitigate Externalities; Chapter 9: Cover Crops; Compilation of References; About the Contributors; Index

Contingent Valuation and Endangered Species provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the contingent valuation method as applied to the profound social problem of biodiversity conservation. The contingent valuation method allows the explicit identification and valuation of the non-use...

Einleitung -- Theoretische Debatten um strukturelle Heterogenität und Verflechtung -- Forschungsdesign und Methode -- Peripher-extraktivistischer Kapitalismus und sozialökologische Konflikte in Chile -- Grenzkämpfe im Süden Chiles -- Sozialökologische Konflikte der »Überflüssigen«:...