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Shakarishvili, Salome. "Ecological economics and globalization." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31700.

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One Professor of the University of Georgia defines globalization as “processes that lead towards global interdependence and the increasing rapidity of change across vast distances”. This definition by itself does not seem to be describing a malicious process—or for that matter, even a new process. gobalization has been around for thousands of years, ever since the first human groups started systems of trade and interaction with other groups. In the past this interaction has led to many positive exchanges and definitely some negative ones as well. When you are citing the document, use the follo

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Distefano, Tiziano. "Essays in Ecological Economics." Thesis, IMT Alti Studi Lucca, 2015. http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/172/1/DiStefano_PhdThesis.pdf.

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Ecological Economics (EE) is a novel, wide and heterogeneous branch of research which aims at studying the relationships between Ecological and Economic Systems, which are composed of large number of entities (state variables or stocks), that interact through the flows of matter, energy, and information passing through the systems’ boundaries. The two systems are strictly interwoven and each one have an impact on the other, i.e. the exploitation of natural resources for productive purposes and the potential economic losses due to environmental disasters (e.g. climate change). The curr

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Maslyukivska, O. "Ecological economics as the economics of sustainable development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2004. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/23063.

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Spash, Clive L. "New Foundations for Ecological Economics." Elsevier, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3711/1/Spash_EE_New_Foundations.pdf.

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Ecological economics has been repeatedly described as transdisciplinary and open to including everything from positivism to relativism. I argue for a revision and rejection of this position in favour of realism and reasoned critique. Looking into the ontological presuppositions and considering an epistemology appropriate for ecological economics to meaningfully exist requires rejecting the form of methodological pluralism which has been advocated since the start of this journal. This means being clear about the differences in our worldview (or paradigm) from others and being aware of the

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Cox, Mark. "Ecological economics of wildlife disease control." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310898.

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Spash, Clive L. "Substantive Economics and Avoiding False Dichotomies in Advancing Social Ecological Economics." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7045/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2019_05.pdf.

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The proposal has been put forward that ecological economics seek to become substantive economics (Gerber and Scheidel 2018). This raises important issues about the content and direction of ecological economics. The division of economics into either substantive or formal derives from the work of Karl Polanyi. In developing his ideas Polanyi employed a definition from Menger and combined this with Tönnies theory of historical evolution. In this paper I explore why the resulting substantive vs. formal dichotomy is problematic. In particular the article exposes the way in which trying to imp

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Oliveira, Guilherme de. "Developing Ecological and Enviromental Macromodels." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12140/tde-02082016-131453/.

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The objective of this Dissertation is to develop alternative macromodels that explore macroeconomic implications of some environmental and ecological economics concerns. The first essay develops an environmental extension of a Lewis dual economy model to explore long-run effects of a pollution abatement rule in developing economies. It is shown that this pollution abatement requirement makes for the possible emergence of an ecological development trap. Meanwhile, this economy can be released from such a trap not only through a standard Big Push, but also by means of what the essay calls an Env

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Spash, Clive L. "The Ecological Economics of Boulding's Spaceship Earth." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2013. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3919/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2013_02.pdf.

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The work of Kenneth Boulding is sometimes cited as being foundational to the understanding of how the economy interacts with the environment and particularly of relevance to ecological economists. The main reference made in this regard is to his seminal essay using the metaphor of planet Earth as a spaceship. In this paper that essay and related work is placed both within historical context of the environmental movement and developments in the thought on environment-economy interactions. The writing by Boulding in this area is critically reviewed and discussed in relationship to the work

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Müller, Frank G. "The Discounting Confusion: An Ecological Economics Perspective." Economía, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117188.

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Factors impacting on the discounting process are mirrored in every aspect of human activities, be it the philosophical, the aesthetic, the religious through to the environmental and scientific experiences. In short, discounting is a controversial concept, and yet, the economic profession seems to ignore that issues related to “long-term” discounting are complex, multifaceted, and far from settled. The environmental community in particular has expressed reservations about discounting, because this process —an inherently myopic one— embodies a built-in bias against the future generations.It will

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Dalmazzone, Silvana. "Economic activity and the resilience of ecological systems : complexity, nonlinearities and uncertainty in economic-ecological modelling." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311013.

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Waechter, Matthias. "Rational action and social networks in ecological economics /." Zürich, 1999. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=13244.

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Spash, Clive L. "The Shallow or the Deep Ecological Economics Movement?" Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.016.

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Ecological economics and its policy recommendations have become overwhelmed by economic valuation, shadow pricing, sustainability measures, and squeezing Nature into the commodity boxes of goods, services and capital in order to make it part of mainstream economic, financial and banking discourses. There are deeper concerns which touch upon the understanding of humanity in its various social, psychological, political and ethical facets. The relationship with Nature proposed by the ecological economics movement has the potential to be far reaching. However, this is not the picture portray

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Arias, Arévalo Paola. "Integrating plural values in ecosystem services valuation: An ecological economics approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458135.

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Para promover la conservación de los ecosistemas, el campo de los servicios ecosistémicos ha promovido el reconocimiento de la importancia de los servicios ecosistémicos a través de su valoración. Gran parte de la literatura conceptual sobre la valoración de servicios ecosistémicos ha llamado a integrar múltiples valores. Sin embargo, en la práctica, la valoración monetaria han sido la herramienta de valoración dominante. Las valoraciones monetarias han sido criticadas porque pueden ocultar los valores éticos, emocionales, culturales o sociales que las personas atribuyen a los servicios ecosis

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Spash, Clive L. "The Need for and Meaning of Social Ecological Economics." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5500/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2017_02.pdf.

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Ecological economics has arisen over a period of three decades with a strong emphasis on the essential need to recognise the embeddedness of the economy in the biophysical. However, that element of realism is not matched by an equally well informed social theory. Indeed the tendency has been to adopt mainstream economic concepts, theories and models formulated of the basis of a formal mathematical deductivist approach that pays little or no attention to social reality. Similarly mainstream economic methods are employed as pragmatic devices for communication. As a result ecological econom

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Dwarkasing, Chandni. "Essays on Ecological Economics and The Metabolic Rift Theory." Doctoral thesis, Università di Siena, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1144470.

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Ecological disruptions such as climate change, pollution, waste build-up and rapid biodiversity loss are generally seen as the result of human activity; economically, socially and culturally determined. When it comes to the economy, heterodox macroeconomic tools and models are becoming prominent. They provide assessments and scenarios which focus on the complex interactions between the economy and carbon emissions as well as the potential impact of climate policies on both the economy and climate change itself. At the same time, we witness the increasing recognition of the incompatibility betw

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Ament, Joe Allen. "A Socio-Ecological Revolution in Monetary Theory: An Argument for, the Development of, and an Application of Ecological Monetary Theory." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1158.

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Money is the most ubiquitous institution on the planet. It gave rise to literacy, mathematics, sedentary community, and the concept of universal value. Against this backdrop, however, hardly anyone understands what money is. Orthodox monetary theory conceives of money as a neutral commodity that facilitates barter. Presupposing this theory is a dualistic and atomistic ontology in which reality is organized into hierarchically ordered opposites of superiority and inferiority and complex interactions are reduced to summations of their attendant parts. Accordingly, monetary policy is enacted as t

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Tomaselli, Maria Fernanda. "Towards a new economic paradigm : exploring mental models and message framing effects about ecological economics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63407.

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The transition to a sustainable economic paradigm may be one of the most important issues of our times. This study contributes to the effective communication of ecological economics, by: 1) identifying mental models on people’s perceptions about economic growth and the environment, 2) exploring the prevalence of expansionist and ecological attitudes, and segmenting the audience based on these attitudes, and 3) exploring the effects of different messages (about the transition to economies not centered on growth) on people’s thoughts, emotions and attitudes. Sixty interviews and 1,250 online sur

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Patterson, Trista Maj. "The ecological economics of sustainable tourism local versus global ecological footprints in Val di Merse, Italy /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2422.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.<br>Thesis research directed by: Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Bagstad, Kenneth. "Ecological Economic Applications for Urban and Regional Sustainability." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2009. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/14.

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Urban and regional development decisions have long-term, often irreversible impacts on the natural and built environment. These changes impact society’s wellbeing, yet rarely occur in the context of well understood economic costs and benefits. The cumulative effects of these individually small land use decisions are also very large. Ecological economics provides several frameworks that could inform more sustainable development patterns and practices, including ecosystem service valuation (ESV) and the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). This dissertation consists of a series of articles a

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Uehara, Takuro. "A Systems Approach to Ecological Economic Models Developed Progressively in Three Interwoven Articles." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/553.

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My dissertation develops and analyzes ecological economic models to study the complex dynamics of an ecological economic system (EES) and investigate various conditions and measures which can sustain a developing economy over the long term in view of resilience and sustainability. Because of the intrinsic complexity of the system, I take a systems approach, using economics as the foundation for the basic structure of an ecological economic model, and system dynamics as the method to build and analyze such a complex ecological economic model. Throughout my dissertation, the model developed by B

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Pirgmaier, Elke. "Value, capital and nature : rethinking the foundations of ecological economics." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22895/.

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Ecological economists aim to study the interrelations between ecological and economic systems, with a view to promoting changes towards sustainability. They agree that the nature of global environmental crises is systemic and rooted in economic dynamics. Yet, core economic categories, such as prices, profits, money and their interrelations with ecological destruction, are surprisingly undertheorized. The 'economic' becomes either tied to neoclassical economics or remains neglected. Marxian Political Economy has the potential to address this gap, but is mostly ignored in ecological economics, e

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Demirel, Evrim. "Sustainable Economies: The Case of Turkish Economy within Steady-State Economies." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-188581.

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The main aim of this paper is to reveal if development and current state of the Turkish Economy are sustainable. Instead of the research tools offered in environmental economics, the holistic approach of ecological economics is used to answer this question. Within that context, the Turkish Economy is assessed within the concept of steady-state economics. Having assessed the data related to the three institutional changes suggested within the concept, this study shows the obstacles and advantages of the Turkish Economy to move towards the steady-state, in other words, sustainability.

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Bakri, Alexander Salah. "Valor e sustentabilidade: um estudo comparativo entre economia ambiental neoclássica, economia ecológica e marxismo ecológico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100136/tde-04052018-010857/.

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Este trabalho fará uma sistematização de três esquemas analíticos voltados ao exame da crise ecológica gerada pelo atual sistema global de produção e consumo - a Economia Ecológica, a Economia Ambiental Neoclássica e o Marxismo Ecológico. Uma apresentação estruturada dos referidos conjuntos teóricos será exposta, à medida que se comparam as suas principais premissas, objetos de análise e lógica, prosseguindo para o exame das suas teorias do valor. Esta exposição pavimentará o caminho para uma análise dos conceitos de sustentabilidade adotados pela Economia Ambiental Neoclássica, pela Economia

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Spash, Clive L. "Ecological Economics and Philosophy of Science: Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology and Ideology." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3472/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2012_03.pdf.

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Ecological economics has been repeatedly described as transdisciplinary and open to including everything from positivism to relativism. I argue for a revision and rejection of this position in favour of realism and reasoned critique. Looking into the ontological presuppositions and considering an epistemology appropriate for ecological economics to meaningfully exist requires rejecting the form of methodological pluralism which has been advocated since the start of this journal. This means being clear about the differences in our worldview (or paradigm) from others and being aware of the

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Fernandez, Garcia Mariana. "How to transform foreign aid in Latin America through ecological economics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387668.

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This study mainly argues the role that neoliberalism and neoclassical economics (mainstream economics) have had through foreign aid in Latin America and its effects over the years. The mere ideology of a market-centered society has been detrimental for many already. What this study aims to do is to portray that it has had the same effect on our environment as well. From poverty to environmental destruction, the neglect of social and environmental factors in our political socio-economic system has had its toll worldwide. The constant aim forgrowth and neoliberal approach in politics cannot be s

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Esposito, Valerie. "Promoting Ecoliteracy and Ecosystem Management for Sustainablity Through Ecological Economic Tools." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2009. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/80.

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The importance and contribution of healthy ecosystems to human well-being and poverty reduction have gained increasing awareness and attention in recent years. Despite this wide-scale acknowledgement, the majority of the benefits yielded by ecosystem services are currently exogenous to the economic system, so their value is not equally weighted in decisions that directly impact their functioning and welfare. Public understanding of the importance of these contributions and the necessity of healthy ecosystems and sound management is vital for their conservation. However, thorough understanding

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Dewsbury, Bryan. "The Ecology and Economics of Seagrass Community Structure." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1237.

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Coastline communities have experienced a marked increase in human populations over the last few decades. This increase in population places disproportionate pressure on coastal ecosystems to provide economic services to support local economies. At the same time, overuse of these services can aid in the destruction of the ecosystems responsible for them. Seagrass ecosystems are mainly found near coastlines, and are typically a chief provider of some of these economic goods and services. Many previous studies have documented the ecological functions of this seagrasses. Unfortunately, our increas

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Naqvi, Syed Ali Asjad, and Stockhammer Engelbert. "Directed Technological Change in a post-Keynesian Ecological Macromodel." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5809/1/SFC_DTC_WP_version.pdf.

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This paper presents a post-Keynesian ecological macro model that combines three strands of literature: the directed technological change mechanism developed in mainstream endogenous growth theory models, the ecological economic literature which highlights the role of green innovation and material flows, and the post-Keynesian school which provides a framework to deal with the demand side of the economy, financial flows, and inter- and intra-sectoral behavioral interactions. The model is stock-flow consistent and introduces research and development (R&D) as a component of GDP funded by pri

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Svedberg, Stefan. "THE IMPACT OF NON-FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY : Investigating ecological footprints." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184764.

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This study aims to investigate the impact of non-fossil energy consumption on environmental quality. The sample includes 36 OECD countries for the period 1993-2016. This study investigates environmental quality by analyzing the ecological footprint and its six components of cropland, forest land, grazing land, fishing grounds, built-up land, and carbon footprint. The ecological footprints’ six components underline a relationship between human demands and the biological supply of earth resources. This relationship is of major concern due to the hazardous development in global warming and climat

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Tacconi, Luca Economics &amp Management Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The process of forest conservation in Vanuatu : a study in ecological economics." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Economics and Management, 1995. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38725.

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The objective of this thesis is to develop an ecological economic framework for the assessment and establishment of protected areas (PAs) that are aimed at conserving forests and biodiversity. The framework is intended to be both rigorous and relevant to the decision-making process. Constructivism is adopted as the paradigm guiding the research process of the thesis, after firstly examining also positivist philosophy and ???post-normal??? scientific methodology. The tenets of both ecological and environmental economics are then discussed. An expanded model of human behaviour, which includes f

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Mbaraka, A. "The sustainability of ecological economics and policy management in Dodoma region, Tanzania." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26656.

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Ecological economic is a transdisciplinary field of academic research that aims to address the inter dependence and co-evolution of human economies and natural ecosystems over time, nature and space. It is distinguished from environm ental economics, which is the mainstream of economic analysis of the environment by its treatment of the economy as a subsystem of the ecosystem and its emphasis upon preserve natural resource, long-term outcomes, and sustainable development. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26656

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Tacconi, Luca. "The process of forest conservation in Vanuatu : a study in ecological economics /." [Canberra : s.n.], 1995. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/%7Ethesis/adt-ADFA/public/adt-ADFA20041111.140928/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of New South Wales.<br>Photocopy of original held in Defence Academy Library, University College, University of New South Wales. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.

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Spencer, Phoebe. "Shaping Policy in the Anthropocene: Gender Justice as a Social, Economic and Ecological Challenge." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/672.

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Environmental pressures such as natural disasters, resource scarcity, and conflict related to climate change have emphasized the importance of considering social justice within its ecological context. Gender inequality is one type of injustice that has traditionally been addressed as a social matter, yet gendered divisions in bargaining power, mobility, and access to resources are exacerbated by environmental instability. One barrier to gender equity in the face of a changing climate is the mainstream economic paradigm, which promotes growth and individualism, often at the cost of environmenta

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Freiherr, von Gagern Cyrill Antonius. "Ecological and economic impacts of distant water fishing: three empirical studies." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/283544.

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En la segona meitat del segle XX, la industrialització dels vaixells pesquers va donar lloc a una sobreexplotació dels recursos marins a les àrees costeres dels estats tradicionalment pesquers. En conseqüència, els països pesquers industrialitzats van començar a explorar les aigües llunyanes, en gran part sense traves legals, per alimentar la creixent demanda de peix i marisc. Amb l'entrada en vigor de la Convenció de les Nacions Unides de 1982 sobre el Dret del Mar (UNCLOS, en anglès), així com l’Acord de Recursos Pesqueres (“Fish stock agreement”) de les Nacions Unides de 1995, es van rees

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Teixidó, Figueras Jordi Josep. "The international distribution of the ecological footprint: an empirical approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/127106.

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La desigualtat internacional en el volum de recursos naturals consumits per part dels diferents països és un aspecte clau en un context internacional on l’escassetat d’aquests recursos es fa cada cop més palesa. En conseqüència, es generen tensions geopolítiques que posen traves a l’objectiu últim d’un desenvolupament sostenible, tant des del punt de vista ecològic com social. La tesi analitza empíricament l’evolució i les causes d’aquesta desigualtat i proposa mesures de política ambiental emmarcades en la governabilitat internacional per la sostenibilitat. Concretament, la tesi té com a prin

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Gray, Matthew. "Sustaining the ecological, social and economic values of the forests of Southern Tasmania." Thesis, University of New England, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41201/2/Gray_thesis_20061026-a.pdf.

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This thesis articulates a methodology that can be applied to the analysis and design of underlying organisational structures and processes that will consistently and effectively address ‘wicked problems’ (the most difficult class of problems that we can conceptualise: problems which consist of ‘clusters’ of problems; problems within these clusters cannot be solved in isolation from one another, and include sociopolitical and moral-spiritual issues (Rittel and Webber 1973)) in forestry. This transdisciplinary methodology has been developed from the perspective of institutional economics synthes

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Holzer, Verena Leïla. "Ecological objectives and the energy sector : the German renewable energies act and the European emissions trading system." Universität Potsdam, 2004. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1405/.

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Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Ecological regulation and cost effectiveness 2.1 Climate policy 2.2 Promotion of renewable energies 3 Ecological regulation and security of supply 3.1 Climate policy 3.2 Promotion of renewable energies 4 The German Renewable Energies Act (EEG) 4.1 Objectives 4.2 Design and mechanisms 5 The European emissions trading system (EETS) 5.1 Objectives 5.2 Framework 6 The EEG and the EETS: trade off between ecological objectivesand cost effectiveness, innovation and security of supply? 6.1 EEG 6.2 EETS 6.3 Comparison between the approaches of the EEG and the EETS 7 C

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Jensen, Nathan. "Exploring the Relationships Between Livelihood Dimensions and Socio-ecological Resilience in the Bolivian Altiplano." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13850739.

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<p> Households in the Bolivian Altiplano construct their livelihood strategies in a system marked by changing climate and volatile social systems. The strategies that they choose must work to decrease the household‘s vulnerability to shocks, such as drought and frost, and increase its ability to adapt to longer term changes, for instance the affects of globalization. Their strategies may also influence the resilience of their community and environment, either increasing or decreasing the likelihood of catastrophe.</p><p> This research uses canonical correlation analysis to analyze surv

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Bhatia, Natasha. "Ecological and economic valuation of managed realignment sites, Humber Estuary, UK : benefits for society." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8242.

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The valuation of ecosystem services through economic methods has exponentially increased in last twenty years. However these studies seldom incorporate the specific influence of the study sites’ ecological development on the local populations’ economic valuation. The primary aim of this thesis is to ecologically and economically value the societal benefits provided by four managed realignment sites on the Humber estuary, UK. Choice experiment and contingent valuation interview surveys were conducted with local residents, eliciting their willingness to pay (WTP) values for both maintenance of t

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Mumbunan, Sonny. "Ecological Fiscal Transfers in Indonesia." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-69240.

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Environmental positive externalities from public provision, such as the benefits yielded from the public measure of nature conservation, are often not internalized. Potential sub-optimal public service provision can be expected from such a condition, leading to inefficiency, if the benefits at a greater territorial scale are not acknowledged. This holds particularly true for intergovernmental fiscal relations in a decentralizing multi-tiered governmental system. Moreover, in developing countries the fiscal capacities to perform measures of ecological public functions are limited with their fis

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Osgathorpe, Lynne M. "Reconciling ecology and economics to conserve bumblebees." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3019.

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Many bumblebee species have experienced severe population declines in response to the use of intensive land management practices throughout the UK and western Europe during the latter half of the twentieth century. The loss of wildflower-rich unimproved lowland grasslands has been particularly detrimental and, as a result, in the UK two bumblebee species are now extinct, seven are listed on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), and only six extant species remain common and ubiquitous. Populations of the rarer species are often fragmented and restricted to isolated areas, such as the crofting

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Deblonde, Marian K. "Economics as a political muse : philosophical reflections on the relevance of economics for ecological policy = Economische wetenschap als politieke muze /." Wageningen, 2001. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/344099024.pdf.

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Spash, Clive L. "Towards the integration of social, economic and ecological knowledge." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3473/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2012_04.pdf.

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Integration of knowledge has become a contentious issue in an age where increasing specialisation creates boundaries and division. Yet, there is an identifiable need for integration across social, ecological and economic understandings if we are to address ever more threatening crises and alarming potential scenarios. This paper relates to the work of K. William Kapp and in so doing raises questions about how integration might be achieved. A core idea that arises is the role of common denominator concepts. (author's abstract)<br>Series: SRE - Discussion Papers

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Cox, Christopher R. "Synthesizing the Vertical and the Horizontal: A World-Ecological Analysis of 'the Industrial Revolution', Part I." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1944.

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'The Industrial Revolution' is simultaneously one of the most under-examined and overly-simplified concepts in all of social science. One of the ways it is highly under-examined is in the arena of the ecological, particularly through the lens of critical world-history. This paper attempts to analyze the phenomenon through the lens of the world-ecology synthesis, in three distinct phases: First, the history of the conceptualization of the Industrial Revolution is examined at length, paying special attention to the knowledge foundations that determine these conceptualizations. Secondly, I sift o

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Klar, David. "Sustainable Dwellings and Intergenerational Equality - New Applications for Ecological Economics : A Systems Thinking Approach." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for energi- og prosessteknikk, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-15081.

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A systems thinking based approach was used to define and investigate the current state of knowledge in the academic disciplines related to sustainable residential dwellings via literature review. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with respondents connected to the system definition. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which the academic disciplines, as well as the respondents, incorporated the social, economic, environmental and intergenerational aspects of sustainability. Significant variation was found in both the disciplines as well as in the responses of interviewee

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Маценко, Олександр Михайлович, Александр Михайлович Маценко, Oleksandr Mykhailovych Matsenko, and І. Honcharenko. "Economics for Ecology in conditions increasing global instability." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31636.

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Over the past 20 years, when our country was granted the status of an independent state, it and many other countries suffered from the consequences of instability. Some economies have suffered devastating effects of full scale ecological disasters military conflicts. But in modern terms into first place go global ecological problems, problems of instability harmonization cooperation between society and nature. But in modern terms into first place go global ecological problems, problems of instability harmonization cooperation between society and nature. When you are citing the document, use th

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Paulsen, Sandra Silva. "Topics on the ecological economics of coastal zones : linking land uses, marine eutrophication, and fisheries /." Uppsala : Dept. of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200773.pdf.

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Clouston, Elizabeth, and n/a. "Linking the Ecological and Economic Values of Wetlands: A Case Study of the Wetlands of Moreton Bay." Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030828.140330.

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This thesis examines the relationship between the underlying ecological values of wetlands and the economic values they produce. The importance of the roles that wetlands play is now well recognised yet losses continue at a global level. It is argued that one cause of wetland loss is a lack of awareness of the values of these systems due to inadequate information of the nexus between ecological functions and economic values. For example, the off-site, indirect benefits provided by wetlands have largely been ignored. This has led to an undervaluation of these ecosystems. The integration of

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Clouston, Elizabeth. "Linking the Ecological and Economic Values of Wetlands: A Case Study of the Wetlands of Moreton Bay." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366973.

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Three approaches for assessing non-market values (direct linkage models, revealed preference and stated preference models) are reviewed with respect to their ability to capture ecological value. An alternative biophysical approach, namely energy analysis, is also considered. The review suggests that it may be possible to measure ecological value using the contingent valuation method. The role of information in preference formation and willingness to pay bids is then investigated along with a number of other issues that need to be resolved before using the contingent valuation method. The we

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Silva, Macher Jose Carlos. "Studies of social metabolism at the commodity frontiers of Peru." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400656.

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La tesis busca contribuir a un mejor entendimiento de los complejos conflictos ecológico-distributivos en las fronteras de extracción, donde el aumento del metabolismo de las sociedades industriales conduce a una mayor destrucción del medio ambiente en países ricos en recursos naturales alrededor del mundo. Se desarrollan tres casos de estudios –Camisea, Conga y Sierra del Divisor, los cuales se explicarán más adelante. Se utiliza la teoría de flujos y fondos (Georgescu-Roegen, 1971) para desarrollar representaciones analíticas de los procesos económicos centrales que intervienen en cada cas

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