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Preserving natural capital in a world of uncertainty and scarce financial resources

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

Natural capital should be preserved because it exhibits features that distinguish it from all other kinds of capital. The notorious prevalence of risk, uncertainty and ignorance makes it difficult, however, to state which parts of it should be preserved. Some forms of natural capital are more...

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Like mixing oil and water?: the take up of sustainability in hard-to-reach places - an East Texas case study

Holman, Nancy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Following studies about the adoption of sustainability initiatives in both innovative and ordinary US cities, this … article offers a unique view of sustainability in hard-to-reach places where regulation and planning are viewed with suspicion …

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A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable amazon network

Gardner, Toby A.; Ferreira, J.; Barlow, J.; Lees, A. C.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian … Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the … in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the …

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Climate change and sustainable welfare: an argument for the centrality of human needs

Gough, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

is critical for understanding sustainability. The capability approaches of Sen and Nussbaum are compared but argued to be …

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Smart growth: the future of the American metropolis?

Katz, Bruce - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

In the past few years, widespread frustration with sprawling development patterns has precipitated an explosion in innovative thinking and action across the United States. This new thinking ¿ generally labeled as ¿smart growth¿ ¿ contends that the shape and quality of metropolitan growth in...

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