Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application

Contents:

Preface
Jon D. Erickson and John M. Gowdy

PART I: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC THEORY
An Overview of Part I
Herman E. Daly

1. Wrong in Retrospect: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Past Successes
Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel I. Massey

2. Reorienting Macroeconomic Theory Towards Environmental Sustainability
Jonathan M. Harris

3. Growth and Equity: Dismantling the Kaldor-Kuznets-Solow Consensus
Brendan P. Fisher and Jon D. Erickson

4. Ecological Economics as a Basis for Distributive Justice
Frank G. Mueller

PART II: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH
An Overview of Part II
Carl N. McDaniel

5. The Technological Juggernaut and Nature's Ecological Systems
Paul P. Christensen

6. Assessing Ecosystem Health in Dutchess County, New York
Karin E. Limburg and Karen M. Stainbrook

7. Safe Minimum Standard Analysis of the Florida Manatee
Barry D. Solomon, Cristi M. Corey-Luse and Kathleen E. Halvorsen

8. Development in the Adirondack Park, New York: Projections and Implications
Michale J. Glennon and William F. Porter

PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Overview of Part III
Stephen H. Schneider

9. Problems in Economic Assessments of Climate Change with Attention to the United States of America
Clive L. Spash

10. Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Valuing Snowpack Loss for Agriculture and Salmon
Eban Goodstein and Laura Matson

11. A Contingent Behavior Analysis of the Effects of Climate Change on National Park Visitation
Robert B. Richardson

12. Second-Best Pollution Taxes in the Economics of Climate Change
Richard B. Howarth

13. Ranking the Adaptive Capacity of Nations to Climate Change when Socio-Political Goals are Explicit
Brent M. Haddad

PART IV: ENERGY
An Overview of Part IV
Nathan John Hagens

14. Energy Quality, Net Energy and the Coming Energy Transition
Cutler J. Cleveland

15. The Hydrogen Futures Simulation Model: Pathways to a Hydrogen Future
Thomas E. Drennen and Jennifer E. Rosthal

16. Measuring Sustainable Energy Development with a Three-Dimensional Index
Brynhildur Davidsdottir, Daniel A. Basoli, Sarah Fredericks and Claire Lafitte Enterline

17. The Elasticity of Substitution, the Capital-Energy Controversy and Sustainability
David I. Stern

Index

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• Economia ambiental
• Ciência ambiental, engenharia e tecnologia
• Pensamento e ideologia ambientalista