Ecological Economics Sustainability in Practice
In a concise and crisp manner, this book presents the state of the art in ecological economics, an interdisciplinary field focused on the analysis of sustainability of global, national and regional economic systems. An elegant guide, the book offers a ran
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Stanislav E. Shmelev
Ecological Economics Sustainability in Practice
Dr. Stanislav E. Shmelev University of Oxford Queen Elizabeth House Flat 3, Banbury House 1 Staverton Road Oxfordshire Oxford OX2 6XH UK [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-1971-2 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1972-9 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1972-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939209 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Part I
Theory of Ecological Economics
1
The Economic System and the Environment........................................ Definitions ................................................................................................. Ecological and Environmental Economics ............................................... Systemic Vision ........................................................................................ Non-renewable Resources......................................................................... Renewable Resources........................................................................... Energy Generation ............................................................................... Emissions and Waste ............................................................................ Land Use .............................................................................................. Early History ............................................................................................. Key Dimensions ........................................................................................ Key Methods ............................................................................................. References .................................................................................................
3 3 5 8 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 16
2
Industrial Ecology: Material and Energy Flows, Life Cycle Analysis.................................................................................. Biogeochemical Cycles............................................................................. Industrial Ecology ..................................................................................... Life Cycle Analysis................................................................................... Material Flows Analysis ........................................................................... Environmentally-Extended Input–Output Analysis .................................. References ...........................................................
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