Flourishing Within Limits to Growth - Following Nature''s Way

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Limits to Growth 3. How Nature Flourishes within Limits 4. How to Adopt Nature’s Properties in our Society? 5. Working with a Global Model 6. To Think Like an Ecosystem is Key to Win-win Outcomes for Humans and Environment 7. Ecological Footprint 8. Sustainability 9. Can We Overcome the Obstacles?

About the author

Sven Erik Jørgensen is Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the founder and President of the International Society of Ecological Modelling and co-author of key books on systems ecology and ecological modelling. He has received several awards, including the Stockholm Water Prize.
Brian D. Fath is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Maryland, USA, and Research Scholar in the Advanced Systems Analysis Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
Søren Nors Nielsen is Visiting Professor at the Section for Sustainable Transitions, Department of Planning, Aalborg University - Copenhagen, Denmark.
Federico M. Pulselli is Researcher in Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry at the University of Siena, Italy.
Daniel A. Fiscus is Lecturer and Sustainability Liaison at Frostburg State University, Maryland, USA, where he teaches in sustainability studies and does sustainable development work on campus and in the local community.
Simone Bastianoni is Professor of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry at the University of Siena, Italy.

Summary

This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise the economic system using nature as a model.

Product details

• Authors: Simone Bastianoni, Bastianoni Simone, Brian D. Fath, Fath Brian D., Daniel A. Fiscus, Fiscus Daniel A., Sven Erik Jørgensen, Sven Erik Fath Jrgensen, Søren Nors Nielsen, Federico M. Pulselli, Pulselli Federico M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138842526
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84252-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Politics & government, Biodiversity, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Political Economy, Politics and government, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Development Studies, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Botany and plant sciences