Contents: Preface -- 1. Cconomics and environmental change : an overview -- 2. Growing economic activity and environmental change : historical and general perspectives. -- 3. Sustainable (economic) development. what is it? is it desirable? can it be achieved and if so, how? -- 4. Values,...

This fully updated and comprehensively revised edition of a classic text concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. It begins by covering the ethical foundations and basic economic paradigms--essential for understanding and assessing ecological economics. General...

pt. 1. Biological conservation : basic economic issues -- pt. 2. Human developed biological capital : germplasm and ecosystems -- pt. 3. Natural biological capital : wild genetic resources and natural ecosystems.

The role of competition and diversity in economic performance : an overview -- Concepts of economic competition and performance in context -- Diversity of consumers, product innovation and economic performance -- Schumpeter and the dynamics of capitalism : the driving force of business...