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Author:   Jon D. Erickson ,  John M. Gowdy
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781843768883

ISBN 10:   1843768887
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   25 April 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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. Muller 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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'... because of the high quality of many of the chapters and the selection of topics, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature on ecological economics... the book adds much that is helpful to the burgeoning literature on ecological economics.' -- Peter Victor, Ecological Economics 'This book presents the best evidence yet that ecological economists in the United States are becoming a strong and unified voice on biodiversity loss, climate change, and energy options. The arguments presented here are rich, sound, convincing, timely, and are not about to lose their saliency any time soon.' -- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US 'Erickson and Gowdy have put together a wonderful collection of contributions from a wide range of scholars that will greatly advance ecological economics.' -- Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, US

'This book presents the best evidence yet that ecological economists in the United States are becoming a strong and unified voice on biodiversity loss, climate change, and energy options. The arguments presented here are rich, sound, convincing, timely, and are not about to lose their saliency any time soon.' - Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US 'Erickson and Gowdy have put together a wonderful collection of contributions from a wide range of scholars that will greatly advance ecological economics.' - Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, US

Author Information

Edited by Jon D. Erickson, Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, US and John M. Gowdy, Rittenhouse Professor of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

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