This book examines the "oil-tourism interface", the broad range of direct and indirect contact points between offshore oil extraction and nature-based tourism. Offshore oil extraction and nature-based tourism are pursued as development paths across the North Atlantic region. Offshore oil...

Making consumption patterns sustainable is a prerequisite to achieve the goal of sustainable development. Ten years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, it is time to ask: are OECD countries moving towards sustainable consumption? What are the best policy options to effectively promote...

Nachhaltige Entwicklung erfordert in ihrer ökologischen Dimension die Erhaltung der natürlichen Lebensbedingungen und damit des "Naturkapitals". Die ökologisch-ökonomische Theorie bemüht sich, naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit...