Economics, sustainability, and natural resources economics of sustainable forest management /

Forest resources are the ideal starting point for the economic analysis of sustainability. This book provides a critique of neoclassical economic approaches and their limitations with respect to sustainability. It discusses key economic aspects of sustainable forest management, including complexity,...

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Other Authors: Kant, Shashi, 1957-, Berry, R. Albert., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2005.
Dordrecht, the Netherlands : [2005]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Sustainability, economics, and natural resources ; 1.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Sustainability, Economics, and Forest Management; 2. Complexity, Muddling Through, and Sustainable Forest Management; 3. Inter-temporal Ethics, Modern Capital Theory and the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management; 4. Post-Keynesian Consumer Choice Theory for the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management; 5. Behavioral Economics and Sustainable Forest Management; 6. How Sustainable is Discounting?; 7. Intergenerational Equity and the Forest Management Problem; 8. Can Stock-specific Sustainability Constraints be justified?