Economic sustainability of the economy: concepts and
... Spangenberg et al., 2002) are not discussed, and rate of growth is considered the only relevant parameter. Specific qualities do not exist, as each quality can be expressed as a quantity by the same numeraire, which in economics is usually money. Expressing quantities of different factors in units o ...
... Spangenberg et al., 2002) are not discussed, and rate of growth is considered the only relevant parameter. Specific qualities do not exist, as each quality can be expressed as a quantity by the same numeraire, which in economics is usually money. Expressing quantities of different factors in units o ...
New and Appropriate Economics for the 21st
... burgeoning technology (for better and worse), globalization, large multinational enterprises, an aging-yet-still-expanding population with rising expectations and frustrations, and growing complexity, uncertainty, and concern for sustainability. Transition appears to be slowly underway, yet the dead ...
... burgeoning technology (for better and worse), globalization, large multinational enterprises, an aging-yet-still-expanding population with rising expectations and frustrations, and growing complexity, uncertainty, and concern for sustainability. Transition appears to be slowly underway, yet the dead ...
Greene argues, although environmental problems are not new in
... epistemology” (Lafferriere and Stoett 1999: 138). Positivism bases our rationality in anthropocentric (human centred) science, “from an instrumental view, nature has no meaning in itself; rather its meaning comes from our instrumental apprehension of it” (Dobson 1993: 193). Therefore, a different so ...
... epistemology” (Lafferriere and Stoett 1999: 138). Positivism bases our rationality in anthropocentric (human centred) science, “from an instrumental view, nature has no meaning in itself; rather its meaning comes from our instrumental apprehension of it” (Dobson 1993: 193). Therefore, a different so ...
Week 1 DQ 2 Doug`s Story Read Doug`s story in the Human Ecology
... survival of the fittest hence the poor tries hard to live on a day to day basis and get through with life. This is called economic inequality. This is like the United States taking advantage of other nations to get their riches and natural resources by showing that they care when in fact they don't. ...
... survival of the fittest hence the poor tries hard to live on a day to day basis and get through with life. This is called economic inequality. This is like the United States taking advantage of other nations to get their riches and natural resources by showing that they care when in fact they don't. ...
Ecological Relationships
... activities and relationships a species has while obtaining and using resources needed to survive and reproduce ...
... activities and relationships a species has while obtaining and using resources needed to survive and reproduce ...
Mass Extinctions Increase Evenness of Genus Diversity Across
... probability that two genera randomly selected at a point in time belong to different modes. While it follows the same trend as the Shannon index, the peaks and valleys in evenness are more pronounced. During mass extinctions, there is a spike in evenness, with the most genera being lost from modes w ...
... probability that two genera randomly selected at a point in time belong to different modes. While it follows the same trend as the Shannon index, the peaks and valleys in evenness are more pronounced. During mass extinctions, there is a spike in evenness, with the most genera being lost from modes w ...
The Construction of a Resource-saving Society in Hubei Based on
... The above calculation shows that 2000---2007 per capita ecological footprint in Hubei Province raised. It rose to 1.877 hm2 from 2.191 hm2. Its growth rate was 17%.In 2007 Hubei ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity ratio was 7.06 and ecological deficit was up to 1.779 hm2.. On the u ...
... The above calculation shows that 2000---2007 per capita ecological footprint in Hubei Province raised. It rose to 1.877 hm2 from 2.191 hm2. Its growth rate was 17%.In 2007 Hubei ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity ratio was 7.06 and ecological deficit was up to 1.779 hm2.. On the u ...
Ecosystem accounting in support of environmental management
... the linkages between environment and human activity. He considers that a systemic approach that encompasses both ecology and macro-economics is necessary to analyse changes in the capacity of ecosystems to generate ecosystem services at national or provincial scale. The System for Environmental Econ ...
... the linkages between environment and human activity. He considers that a systemic approach that encompasses both ecology and macro-economics is necessary to analyse changes in the capacity of ecosystems to generate ecosystem services at national or provincial scale. The System for Environmental Econ ...
Ch. 2 Environmental Laws, Economics and
... Hazardous waste Pesticides Federal regulation of pollution ...
... Hazardous waste Pesticides Federal regulation of pollution ...
A New Year Greeting
... “One possible outcome of competition between two species is the ability to live in the same ecosystem while adapting to take advantage of slightly different niches so they are no longer in direct competition with each other. “Another possible outcome is for one species to out-compete the other and f ...
... “One possible outcome of competition between two species is the ability to live in the same ecosystem while adapting to take advantage of slightly different niches so they are no longer in direct competition with each other. “Another possible outcome is for one species to out-compete the other and f ...
Communty structure changes after extreme
... complexity, i.e. where it is possible to study ecological mechanisms. This is in fact exactly what a scientific approach many times needs to render precise mechanistic knowledge from experimental laboratories, over to system-thinking in nature. Consequently, if the priority was on high precision stu ...
... complexity, i.e. where it is possible to study ecological mechanisms. This is in fact exactly what a scientific approach many times needs to render precise mechanistic knowledge from experimental laboratories, over to system-thinking in nature. Consequently, if the priority was on high precision stu ...
Conversation or Monologue? On Advising Heterodox Economists
... by Colander et al. (2007-8, p. 309). Methodology matters because it is the only way to differentiate between the parts of the mainstream, like the cutting edge, that sometimes sounds unorthodox (but aren’t) and heterodoxy. Unless one believes, like McCloskey (1983), that good economics is good conv ...
... by Colander et al. (2007-8, p. 309). Methodology matters because it is the only way to differentiate between the parts of the mainstream, like the cutting edge, that sometimes sounds unorthodox (but aren’t) and heterodoxy. Unless one believes, like McCloskey (1983), that good economics is good conv ...
chapter 4-ecological succession
... On March 23, 1989 oil tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska leaked 40 million L of crude oil into the ocean. THis event was the biggest environmental disaster in united states history ...
... On March 23, 1989 oil tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska leaked 40 million L of crude oil into the ocean. THis event was the biggest environmental disaster in united states history ...
introductory economics: tools for clear thinking, or
... little difficult to swallow. I'm sure that few of us who teach economics would honestly say that our "first duty" to students is to prevent their entertaining "dangerous thoughts" about the nature of our economy. Indeed most of the teaching economists I've known in my own experience, regardless of t ...
... little difficult to swallow. I'm sure that few of us who teach economics would honestly say that our "first duty" to students is to prevent their entertaining "dangerous thoughts" about the nature of our economy. Indeed most of the teaching economists I've known in my own experience, regardless of t ...
Review Booklet
... Food Webs allow energy (supplied by the Sun) to flow Matter continuously moves from non-living to living and back to non-living in two cycles: Water cycle and Carbon Cycle Changes in a food web affect all living things in that ecosystem 3.0 Environmental Monitoring Ecosystems provide all needs for l ...
... Food Webs allow energy (supplied by the Sun) to flow Matter continuously moves from non-living to living and back to non-living in two cycles: Water cycle and Carbon Cycle Changes in a food web affect all living things in that ecosystem 3.0 Environmental Monitoring Ecosystems provide all needs for l ...
2008 ECOLOGY (C) – Sample Tournament Desert Food Web Desert
... 1. – 5. Use the information from the chart to produce a Desert Food Web The food webs will vary but the usually have producers on the bottom and top consumers on the top. Arrows will flow from the producers to each of the consumers at each level. The Energy Pyramids should reflect the 10% energy pri ...
... 1. – 5. Use the information from the chart to produce a Desert Food Web The food webs will vary but the usually have producers on the bottom and top consumers on the top. Arrows will flow from the producers to each of the consumers at each level. The Energy Pyramids should reflect the 10% energy pri ...
Wetlands and Inner Floodplains of the Macquarie Marshes: a
... vegetation, such as a certain kind of woodland or grassland or rainforest. However, it can also apply to wetlands and river systems, or marine habitats. The native plants and animals within an ecological community have different roles and relationships that, together, contribute to the healthy funct ...
... vegetation, such as a certain kind of woodland or grassland or rainforest. However, it can also apply to wetlands and river systems, or marine habitats. The native plants and animals within an ecological community have different roles and relationships that, together, contribute to the healthy funct ...
this PDF file
... After the 1970s, ecologists began to doubt the assumption that what they called ecosystems or communities exhibit rule-governed behavior. One ecologist has remarked that the “striking absence of supporting empirical data” has by now produced “great doubts about the existence of universal laws in eco ...
... After the 1970s, ecologists began to doubt the assumption that what they called ecosystems or communities exhibit rule-governed behavior. One ecologist has remarked that the “striking absence of supporting empirical data” has by now produced “great doubts about the existence of universal laws in eco ...
effective: september 2003 curriculum guidelines
... Methods of Instruction This course involves 4 hours per week of classroom instruction and four hours per week of laboratory activity or field trip. C lassroo m wo rk will includ e lectures and tutorials, an d is integrated w ith textbo ok and scien tific journal readings. Field trips and laboratory ...
... Methods of Instruction This course involves 4 hours per week of classroom instruction and four hours per week of laboratory activity or field trip. C lassroo m wo rk will includ e lectures and tutorials, an d is integrated w ith textbo ok and scien tific journal readings. Field trips and laboratory ...
Ecological Succession- Definition,Types of
... (Such as: natural disasters, human activities, death of organisms) 1. Its typically a much faster process than primary succession, because there is already soil present. 2. It is a never ending process 3. Any disturbance in ecosystem result in secondary succession starting over. 4. If an ecosystem ...
... (Such as: natural disasters, human activities, death of organisms) 1. Its typically a much faster process than primary succession, because there is already soil present. 2. It is a never ending process 3. Any disturbance in ecosystem result in secondary succession starting over. 4. If an ecosystem ...
Towards an understanding of long
... sociological, political and economic processes, which directly or indirectly reshape ecosystem functions. They include: economic diversity, conservation relevant policy, local conflict, demography, land use and cover. These were suggested as a basic minimum set of data, which should be collected to ...
... sociological, political and economic processes, which directly or indirectly reshape ecosystem functions. They include: economic diversity, conservation relevant policy, local conflict, demography, land use and cover. These were suggested as a basic minimum set of data, which should be collected to ...
paper or powerpoint - University of Denver
... • What data can be used in the I = P*A*T formulation? • If you use Population for P, GDP/Capita for Affluence, and CO2 Emissions/GDP for Technology, then ‘Impact’ simplifies to total CO2 emissions • Daily & Ehrlich used Energy Consumption per Capita to capture the A*T • “Impact” is a function of bot ...
... • What data can be used in the I = P*A*T formulation? • If you use Population for P, GDP/Capita for Affluence, and CO2 Emissions/GDP for Technology, then ‘Impact’ simplifies to total CO2 emissions • Daily & Ehrlich used Energy Consumption per Capita to capture the A*T • “Impact” is a function of bot ...
Fig 1
... Drought in the northern part of Darfur has forced nomadic groups to immigrate southwards in search of water and herding ground, which resulted in conflict with sedentary tribes. ...
... Drought in the northern part of Darfur has forced nomadic groups to immigrate southwards in search of water and herding ground, which resulted in conflict with sedentary tribes. ...
Ecological Pyramids Foldable
... Ecological Pyramids Foldable 1. Follow my instructions to construct your foldable. 2. Lay your foldable out flat so that you can see all four quadrants. Choose three (3) quadrants to work with and leave the fourth quadrant blank. 3. Visit the “Food Web Resources” link on the webpage and as a group, ...
... Ecological Pyramids Foldable 1. Follow my instructions to construct your foldable. 2. Lay your foldable out flat so that you can see all four quadrants. Choose three (3) quadrants to work with and leave the fourth quadrant blank. 3. Visit the “Food Web Resources” link on the webpage and as a group, ...
Ecological economics
Ecological economics/eco-economics refers to both a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of academic research that aims to address the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems over time and space. It is distinguished from environmental economics, which is the mainstream economic analysis of the environment, by its treatment of the economy as a subsystem of the ecosystem and its emphasis upon preserving natural capital. One survey of German economists found that ecological and environmental economics are different schools of economic thought, with ecological economists emphasizing strong sustainability and rejecting the proposition that natural capital can be substituted by human-made capital.Ecological economics was founded as a modern movement in the works of and interactions between various European and American academics (see the section on history and development below). The related field of green economics is, in general, a more politically applied form of the subject.According to ecological economist Malte Faber, ecological economics is defined by its focus on nature, justice, and time. Issues of intergenerational equity, irreversibility of environmental change, uncertainty of long-term outcomes, and sustainable development guide ecological economic analysis and valuation. Ecological economists have questioned fundamental mainstream economic approaches such as cost-benefit analysis, and the separability of economic values from scientific research, contending that economics is unavoidably normative rather than positive (i.e. descriptive). Positional analysis, which attempts to incorporate time and justice issues, is proposed as an alternative. Ecological economics shares many of its perspectives with feminist economics, including the focus on sustainability, nature, justice and care values.