"Bach's Butterfly Effect: Culture, Environment and History"
I.G. Simmons examines the basic thesis that environmental values must spring from the economic relations of human societies.
I.G. Simmons examines the basic thesis that environmental values must spring from the economic relations of human societies.
Giuseppe Munda presents a systematic discussion, mainly for non-economists, on economic approaches to the concept of sustainable development.
Michael Prior discusses the theory behind economic valuation, concluding that all environmental valuation is at odds with beliefs based upon the existence of objective and intrinsic values.
Andrew Vincent examines the economic evaluation of the environment, concluding it is at odds with beliefs based upon objective and intrinsic values.
Brent K. Marshall discusses globalization, environmental degradation, and Ulrich Beck’s “Risk Society.”
Roy Brouwer, Neil Powe, R. Kerry Turner, Ian J. Bateman, and Ian H. Langford outline support for both the individual WTP based approach and a participatory social deliberation approach to inform environmental decision-making processes.
Clive L. Spash traces the thinking of a sub-group of established economists trying to convey an environmental critique of the mainstream into the late 20th century, via the development of associations and journals in the USA and Europe.
Marian K. Deblonde outlines the case for an economic paradigm that differs from conventional (i.e. neo-classical welfare) environmental economics, arguing that an alternative paradigm demands a different interpretation of economic “objectivity.”
This paper addresses problems related to transferring market concepts to non-market domains.
In their article, John O’Neill and Clive L. Splash analyse how local processes of envrionmental decision-making can enter into good policy-making processes.