Energy and the ecological economics of sustainability /:

Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability examines the roots of the present environmental crisis in the neoclassical economics upon which modern industrial society is based. The author explains that only when we view ourselves in the larger context of the global ecosystem and accept the...

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Main Author: Peet, John (Nelson John)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1992.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability examines the roots of the present environmental crisis in the neoclassical economics upon which modern industrial society is based. The author explains that only when we view ourselves in the larger context of the global ecosystem and accept the physical limits to what is possible can sustainability be achieved.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-298) and index.
ISBN:9781597269131
1597269131

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