The Development of Ecological Economics
- ISBN-10
- 185898386X
- ISBN-13
- 9781858983868
- Category
- Environmental economics
- Pages
- 777
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-01-01
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Pub
- Authors
- Charles Perrings, Cutler J. Cleveland, Robert Costanza
Description
' . . . by including a vast number of papers that are generally reflective of the historical and the current state of the subject, the editors have - for the most part - succeeded in providing a useful reference on the development of ecological economics. the acquisition of this book is likely to benefit libraries and active researchers in ecological economics the most.' - Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Kyklos This major authoritative collection prepared by leading figures from North America and Europe presents a careful selection of the most important published articles and papers on ecology and economics. Ecology and economics have developed as separate disciplines throughout their recent histories in the twentieth century. A signal contribution of this important collection is that it brings these different traditions together and successfully integrates the natural and social sciences in a volume that will be indispensable to anyone interested in ecological economics.
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