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"The Quality of Life: What Quality? Whose Life?"
Sir Crispin Tickell scans what industrial countries can and have to do in order to give a lead in global arrangements to alleviate economic and ecological problems.
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"Intergenerational Justice and the Chain of Obligation"
Humans must define and carry out a way of life so that each generation can fulfill and forward their obligation to their children while enjoying a favourable way of life themselves.
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"Economics, Ecology and Sustainable Development: Are They Compatible?"
Anthony M. Friend on Ecological Economics—a new synthesis in which the traditional virtue of thrift is justified using modern ideas from systems theory and thermodynamics.
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"The Common Heritage: What Heritage? Common to Whom?"
The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.
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The American People and the National Forests
A history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.
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Desert Cities: The Environmental History of Phoenix and Tucson (2006)
The book examines the natural and economic resource competition between Phoenix and Tucson and the other factors contributing to the divergent growth of the two cities.
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"Sustainability and Environmental Valuation"
Common, Blamey, and Norton discuss the connections between sustainability and environmental valuation for economists.
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"How Would you Like your 'Sustainability,' Sir? Weak or Strong? A Reply to my Critics"
Wilfred Beckerman responds to the Jacobs and Daly criticisms of his earlier article in the same journal criticising the concept of “sustainable development.”
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"Balancing Hydropower and Environmental Values: The Resource Management Implications of the US Electric Consumers Protection Act and the AWARE(TM) Software"
Bartholow, Douglas, and Taylor review the AWARE(TM) software distributed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
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Karabash: The City of Pollution
Karabash is one of the largest copper-smelting centers in Russia and open-pit copper extraction has been conducted there since 1837. In 1996, Karabash and its surrounding area were declared an ecological disaster zone. The city is still considered to be one of the most polluted places in the world.