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"Cows are Better than Condos, or How Economists Help Solve Environmental Problems"
This essay explores three case studies that illustrate the exemplary use of economic analysis in environmental decision-making.
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"Future Generations and Environmental Ethics"
In his article, Lawrence E. Johnson discusses the moral significance of future generations.
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"The Misbegotten Child of Deep Ecology"
This paper offers a critical examination of efforts to use Heidegger’s thought to illuminate deep ecology.
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"Concepts of Nature as Communicative Devices: The Case of Dutch Nature Policy"
In this article, Jozef Keulartz, Henny van der Windt, and Jacques Swart examine the role of concepts of nature as communicative devices in public debates and political decision-making.
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"Ideology, Bureaucracy and Aesthetics: Landscape Change and Land Reform in Northwest Scotland"
By investigating landscape change and land reform in Northwest Scotland, this study illustrates how the multifaceted concept of landscape mediates cultural, social and political issues, and is continually evolving in response to aesthetic, ideological and institutional agencies.
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"An Institutionalist Approach to Environmental Valuation: The Regional Forest Programme of Southwest Finland as an Example"
This paper discusses the impacts of different formal and informal institutions upon the Regional Forest Programme of Southwest Finland (1997–2001).
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"Operationalising Strong Sustainability: Definitions, Methodologies and Outcomes"
This analysis raises questions about the extent to which ecological economics has been able to influence real-world decisions and policy.
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"Private Property Rights, Moral Extensionism and the Wise-Use Movement: A Rawlsian Analysis"
In this essay, Eric Reitan analyzes the claims of the “wise-use” movement, its implications for private property rights and the extent to which these rights should influence public policy decisions.
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"Shifting Forest Value Orientations in the United States, 1980–2001: A Computer Content Analysis"
This paper examines three forest value orientations—clusters of interrelated values and basic beliefs about forests—that emerged from an analysis of the public discourse about forest planning, management, and policy in the United States.
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"Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation: A Response"
This appraisal of Carol A. Kates’ “Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation” challenges her call for world-wide population control measures—using compulsory methods if necessary—to save the world’s environment.