. Unfortunately, co‐evolution often is so difficult or so slow that the sustainability of communities is endangered. Gives examples …

Reviews the discount rate controversy, and examines sustainability theory and optimal growth theory, tracing the rise … in prominence of the former and the decline of the latter. Presents the rule‐of‐thumb interpretation of sustainability …

Despite its now widespread use, the concept of sustainability remains ambiguous. Its varying definitions carry the … marks of the disciplines defining it. Sustainability as defined in economics is commonly conceptualized as economic … development constrained by considerations of environmental sustainability. This concept follows familiar notions of internalizing …

. Sustainability thus requires the expansions of welfare considerations to include the limits posed by the biophysical world within … operative in mainline economics influences our understanding of sustainability. The question pursued is whether this concept of … ethics can lead to sustainability or whether other ethical concepts are necessary to achieve a more compatible relationship …

to use forest sustainability. On the other hand, in Russia, pristine forests are being degraded because of lack of …

cases as background, we compare and contrast three policy approaches to sustainability: weak sustainability, strong … sustainability and Georgescu‐Roegen’s concept of a viable technology.  …

‐and‐burn agriculture is causing economic sustainability problems for the Jingpo. In addition, land ownership problems and conflicts about … property rights threaten their conservation of forests and entail economic sustainability problems as explained in this paper …