Natural capital and human economic survival / by Thomas Prugh ; with Robert Costanza ... [et al.].
Series: Ecological economics series | Ecological economics series (International Society for Ecological Economics)Publication details: Baco International Society for Ecological Economics ; c1999.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xv;180 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 1566703980
- 333.7 22 PRU
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
The Ecological Economics Perspective and Why It's Needed
1 The Origins of Our Economic Worldview 3
2 The Ecological Economics Perspective 19
The Definition, Function and Valuation of Natural Capital
3 What Natural Capital Is and Does49
4 Depletion and Valuation 67
Managing Natural Capital for Sustainability
5 Investing in Natural Capital: Incentives and Obstacles 101
6 Some Investment Strategies 119
Afterward 151
Appendix:
Some Tools for Personal and Community Action 161
Glossary 163
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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