Ecological Economics inherently faces a challenge akin to sailing between Scylla and Charybdis. In Greek mythology these are two monsters located on opposite sides of a narrow strait, and falling victim to one or other of them is unavoidable. In the recurring process of establishing and refining...

This book presents interdisciplinary approaches towards achieving regional sustainability. The relevance of interdisciplinary research and its consequences for economic research into the environment are elaborated, and new approaches are developed to integrate knowledge from ecological and...

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Anreizwirkungen ökologischer Finanzausgleichsysteme auf die Ausweisung von Schutzgebieten. Mittels eines mikroökonomischen Modells werden die Potenziale eines ökologischen Finanzausgleiches für solch eine fiskalische Anreizsetzung im Naturschutz aufgezeigt...

Tropical deforestation has been one of the most significant global environmental changes of recent decades and has spurned a substantial academic literature. Despite this, the most basic theoretical predictions — such as the role of income and population growth in driving forest changes —...