Economics of Nature and the Nature of Economics

Edited by Cutler J. Cleveland, College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University, US, David I. Stern, Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Robert Costanza, Professor and VC’s Chair in Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Australia

• Contents: Introduction: The Changing Nature of Economics – Towards an Ecological Economics Part I: The Nature of Economics: Historical Perspectives for Ecological and Social Economic 1. Early Links between Sciences of Nature and Economics 2. Theories and Methods in Ecological Economics: A Tentative Classification 3. The Improvisation of Discordant Knowledges 4. Searching for Sustainability: The Poverty of Spontaneous Order 5. The Challenges of Valuation: Ecological Economics between Matter and Meaning Part II: The Economics of Nature 6. The Need for a New Growth Paradigm 7. Implementing Sustainable Development: A Practical Framework 8. The Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Review 9. Alternatives to Gross Domestic Product: A Critical Survey 10. Natural Resource Scarcity Indicators: An Ecological Economic Synthesis 11. Green National Accounting: Goals and Methods Index

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