Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application (Advances in Ecological Economics series)

Research on the cutting edge of economics, ecology, and ethics is presented in this timely study. Building from a theoretical critique of the tradition of cost-benefit analysis, the contributors lay the foundation for a macroeconomics of environmental sustainability and distributive justice. Attention is then turned to three of the most critical areas of social and environmental applied research - biodiversity, climate change, and energy. The contributors redefine progress away from growth and toward development. To this end, the first section of the book tackles the dominant framework used in the US today to evaluate tradeoffs between economic growth and its inherent externalities. Succeeding chapters cover a wide variety of studies related to biodiversity health and energy. Each section is anchored with overviews by top scholars in these areas - including Herman Daly, Carl McDaniel, Stephen Schneider, and Nathan Hagens - and followed by detailed analyses reflecting the transdisciplinary approach of ecological economics. Students and scholars of ecological, environmental, and natural resource economics, sustainability sciences, and environmental studies will find this book of great interest. Non-profit and government agencies in search of methods and cases that merge the study of ecology and economics will also find the analyses of great practical value. Wrong In Retrospect : Cost-benefit Analysis Of Past Successes / Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling And Rachel I. Massey -- Reorienting Macroeconomic Theory Towards Environmental Sustainability / Jonathan M. Harris -- Growth And Equity : Dismantling The Kaldor-kuznets-solow Consensus / Brendan P. Fisher And Jon D. Erickson -- Ecological Economics As A Basis For Distributive Justice / Frank G. Müller -- The Technological Juggernaut And Nature's Ecological Systems / Paul P. Christensen -- Assessing Ecosystem Health In Dutchess County, New York / Karin E. Limburg And Karen M. Stainbrook -- Safe Minimum Standard Anslysis Of The Florida Manatee / Barry D. Solomon, Cristi M. Corey-luse And Kathleen E. Halvorsen -- Development In The Adirondack Park, New York : Projections And Implications / Michale J. Glennon And William F. Porter -- Problems In Economic Assessments Of Climate Change With Attention To The United States Of America / Clive L. Spash -- Climate Change In The Pacific Northwest : Valuing Snowpack Loss For Agriculture And Salmon / Eban Goodstein And Laura Matson -- A Contingent Behavior Analysis Of The Effects Of Climate Change On National Park Visitation / Robert B. Richardson -- Second-best Pollution Taxes In The Economics Of Climate Change / Richard B. Howarth -- Ranking The Adaptive Capacity Of Nations To Climate Change When Socio-political Goals Are Explicit / Brent M. Haddad -- Energy Quality, Net Energy And The Coming Energy Transition / Cutler J. Cleveland -- The Hydrogen Futures Simulation Model : Pathways To A Hydrogen Future / Thomas E. Drennen And Jennifer E. Rosthal -- Measuring Sustainable Energy Development With A Three-dimensional Index / Brynhildur Davidsdottir [and Others] -- The Elasticity Of Substitution, The Capital-energy Controversy And Sustainability / David I. Stern. Edited By Jon D. Erickson , John M. Gowdy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.