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Relative and absolute scarcity of nature : assessing the roles of economics and ecology for biodiversity conservation
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Faber, Malte; … - 2004
scarcity, and show that this is not within the scope of economics, but has been a theme of ecology and ecological economics. We …. Against this background, we discuss the roles of economics and ecology for nature conservation. We conclude that the … interdisciplinary integration of ecology and economics requires a philosophical underpinning, and suggest a framework for further …
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Environmental economics : the 50th anniversary of the birth of this field around the first Earth Day
Fullerton, Don - 2020
How was the birth of "Environmental Economics" related to the first Earth Day fifty years ago (April 22, 1970)? This short note introduces some ideas about an amazing burst of intellectual activity from 1968 to 1974. Environmental economics was not a field of economics before this brief period,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158093
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Environmental and ecological economics in the 21st century: An age adjusted citation analysis of the influential articles, journals, authors and institutions
Hoepner, Andreas G.F.; Kant, Benjamin; Scholtens, Bert; … - In: Ecological Economics 77 (2012) C, pp. 193-206
We investigate the influence of articles, authors, journals and institutions in the field of environmental and ecological economics. We depart from studies that investigated the literature until 2001 and include a time period that has witnessed an enormous increase of importance in the field. We...
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On Species Substitutability, Resilience, and the Optimal Management of Ecological-Economic Systems
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2013
The significance of the concept of resilience in determining the static and the dynamic behavior of jointly determined ecological-economic systems has been recognized by ecologists at least since Holling (1973). This notwithstanding, there are very few formal studies of such systems that analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203939
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Environmental Economics : The 50th Anniversary of the Birth of this Field around the First Earth Day
Fullerton, Don - 2020
How was the birth of "Environmental Economics" related to the first Earth Day fifty years ago (April 22, 1970)? This short note introduces some ideas about an amazing burst of intellectual activity from 1968 to 1974. Environmental economics was not a field of economics before this brief period,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841931
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Introduction to Research Tools in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2015
Significant advances have now occurred in the theoretical and in the empirical knowledge-base of researchers studying problems in natural resource and environmental economics. This has been accompanied by the utilization of many and varied research tools. These developments notwithstanding,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037935
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Species Substitutability, Resilience and the Optimal Management of Ecological-Economic Systems
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2013
The salience of the notion of resilience in affecting the static and the intertemporal behavior of jointly determined ecological-economic systems has been understood by ecologists at least since 1973. Despite this, there are very few analyses of such systems that examine the ecological and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196575
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Biodiversity as a Commodity
Heal, Geoffrey M. - 2011
What is the nature of biodiversity as an economic commodity and why does it matter? How would its conservation contribute economically to our well being? I consider three issues: Why is biodiversity important from an economic perspective? What kind of commodity is it? Does our usual economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043332
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Introduction to Research Tools in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
Significant advances have now occurred in the theoretical and in the empirical knowledge-base of researchers studying problems in natural resource and environmental economics. This has been accompanied by the utilization of many and varied research tools. These developments notwithstanding,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044908
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Preserving the Ocean Circulation : Implications for Climate Policy
Keller, Klaus; Tan, Kelvin; Morel, Francois M. M.; … - 2021
Climate modelers have recognized the possibility of abrupt climate changes caused by a reorganization of the North Atlantic's current pattern (technically known as a thermohaline circulation collapse). This circulation system now warms north-western Europe and transports carbon dioxide to the...
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