Joint production and responsibility in ecological economics: on the foundations of environmental policy

This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. At its centre is the concept of joint production. This captures the phenomenon whereby several effects necessarily emerge fro...

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Main Author: Baumgärtner, Stefan 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham [England] Edward Elgar 2006
Series:Advances in ecological economics
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Summary:This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. At its centre is the concept of joint production. This captures the phenomenon whereby several effects necessarily emerge from one activity and whereby human action always entails unintended consequences. This, according to the authors, is the structural cause behind modern-day environmental problems
pt. 1. Conceptual foundations -- pt. 2. Economics -- pt. 3. Ethics -- pt. 4. Case studies
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 380 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781781007525