Economics and ecology : new frontiers and sustainable development

There is a growing literature on the interface between the two disciplines of ecology and economics. Most of the international leaders in this are contributors to this book. It includes a number of topics on environmental resource utilization which concern scientists, ecologists, policy decision makers, economists, etc.

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"There is a growing literature on the interface between the two disciplines of ecology and economics. Most of the international leaders in this are contributors to this book. It includes a number of topics on environmental resource utilization which concern scientists, ecologists, policy decision makers, economists, etc."@en
"There is a growing literature on the interface between the two disciplines of ecology and economics. Most of the international leaders in this are contributors to this book. It includes a number of topics on environmental resource utilization which concern scientists, ecologists, policy decision makers, economists, etc."
"Economics and ecology - the next frontier. A short parable. Natural capital, economics and ecology in development. Outline the book. Environmentally sustainable development: optimal economic conditions. A model of environmentally sustainable economic activity. Optimal sustainable economic growth. Ecological economic systems analysis: order and chaos. What is systems analysis?. Scientific uncertainty: beyond risk, into the abyss. Sustainable agriculture: the trade-offs with productivity, stability and equitability. Agroecosystems. The measurement of agroecosystem properties. Trade-offs. Stress, shock and the sustainability of optimal resource utilization in a stochastic environment. An ecological model. The management problem. A simulation. The economic environment and ecological stress. Stress, shock and the discount rate. Economic and ecological carrying capacity: applications to pastoral systems in zimbabwe. The productivity of CA cattle: what is the economic CC?. Ecological sustainability: limits to livestock numbers in CAs. Investigating land degradation. The determinants of ecological CC: how do cattle survive in CAs?. Livestock management in variable environments: some policy implications. Tropical forests and biodiversity conservation: a new ecological imperative. What is biodiversity?. What do we know about biodiversity?. The role of tropical forests as 'sources' of global biodiversity. Interpretations of biodiversity for planning. Issues concerning biodiversity and tropical forests. Empirical efforts to research and resolve these issues. Optimal economic growth and the conservation of biological diversity. The viewing value of elephants. Ecology and economics in small islands: constructing a framework for sustainable development. Sustainable economic development: economic and ethical principles."
"Economics and ecology - the next frontier; Environmentally sustainable development: optimal economic conditions; Ecological economic systems analysis: order and chaos; Sustainable agriculture: the trade-off with productivity, stability and equitability; Stree, shock and the sustainability of optimal resources utilization in a strochastic environment; Economic and ecological carrying capacity: applications to pastoral systems in Zimbadwe; Tropical forests and biobiodiversity conservation: a new ecological imperative; Optimal economic growth and the conservation of biological diversity; The viewing value of elephants; Ecology and economics in small islands: constructing a framework for sustainable development; Sustainable economic development: economic and ethical principles."