This textbook provides an overview of economic perspectives on sustainability. It synthesises economic, ecological and … interdisciplinary sustainability research and by applying an integrated social-ecological and economic framework, demonstrates how this … forming the basis of knowledge needed to understand the varying sustainability discourses in economics, ecology and …

in an energy-constrained world, and serves as an ideal teaching text for the growing number of courses, such as the … EROI, to show how the economy is embedded in a biophysical world subject to scientific rules and constraints Provides a … prices Offers economic analysis from the real-world perspective of peak oil, high energy prices, the role of alternative …