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Institutions and preferences determine resilience of ecological-economic systems
Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan; Derissen, Sandra; … - 2008
that the resilience properties of the ecosystem are essentially determined by the management institutions and consumers … that the role of human preferences and management institutions is not just to facilitate adaptation to, or transformation … of, some natural dynamics of ecosystems. Rather, human preferences and management institutions are themselves important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793404
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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics : the role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Frank, Karin; … - 2008
We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims of ecological economics require a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469523
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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics : the role of concepts, models and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Frank, Karin; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013444559
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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics : the role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Frank, Karin; … - 2008
We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims of ecological economics require a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003648399
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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics : the role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Frank, Karin; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 67 (2008) 3, pp. 384-393
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003781720
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What is sustainability economics?
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin - 2009
While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades, it is just recently that the term "sustainability economics" was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics community. Yet, the contributions that use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879656
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Sustainability economics : general versus specific, and conceptual versus practical
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 69 (2010) 11, pp. 2056-2059
We clarify the definition and interpretation of sustainability economicsʺ (Baumgärtner and Quaas, 2010) in response to recent comments by van den Bergh (2010), Bartelmus (2010) and others. For that sake, we distinguish between general and specific definitions of sustainability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008700023
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The relationship between resilience and sustainable development of ecological-economic systems
Derissen, Sandra; Quaas, Martin; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2009
Resilience as a descriptive concept gives insight into the dynamic properties of a system. Sustainability as a normative concept captures basic ideas of inter- and intragenerational justice. In this paper we specify the relationship between resilience and sustainable development. Based on an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003921511
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What is sustainability economics?
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 69 (2010) 3, pp. 445-450
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003921527
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Sustainability economics : general versus specific, and conceptual versus practical
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2010
We clarify the definition and interpretation of “sustainability economics” (Baumgärtner and Quaas 2010) in response to recent comments by van den Bergh (2010), Bartelmus (2010) and others. For that sake, we distinguish between general and specific definitions of sustainability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962282