Biodiversity Loss - Economic and Ecological Issues

Zusammenfassung The book reports key findings of a research program in which economists and ecologists considered the consequences of biodiversity loss. While immediate causes of biodiversity loss lie in habitat destruction and harvesting! the underlying causes are incentives which encourage resource users to ignore the effects of their actions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Framing the problem of biodiversity loss C. Perrings, K.-G. Maler, C. Folke, C. S. Holling and B. O. Jansson; Part I. Conceptualising Diversity and Ecosystem Functions: 1.1. Diversity functions M.Weitzman; 1.2. Biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems C. S. Holling, D. W. Schindler, B. W. Walker and J. Roughgarden; 1.3. Scale and biodiversity in coastal and estuarine ecosystems R. Constanza, M. Kemp and W. Boynton; Part II. Integrating Ecology and Economics in the Analysis of Biodiversity Loss: 2.1. Wetland valuation: three case studies R. K. Turner, C. Folke, I. M. Gren and I. Bateman; 2.2. An ecological economy: notes on harvest and growth G. Brown and J. Roughgarden; 2.3. Biodiversity loss and the economics of discontinuous change in semi-arid rangelands C. Perrings and B. W. Walker; Part III. The Economic Issues: 3.1. Economic growth and the environment K.-G. Maler; 3.2. The international regulation of biodiversity decline T. Swanson; 3.3. Policies to control tropical deforestation E. B. Barbier and M. Rauscher; 3.4. On biodiversity conservation S. Barrett; Part IV. Conclusions: 4.1. Unanswered questions C. Perrings, K.-G. Maler, C. Folke, C. S. Holling and B. O. Jansson; References.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Beijer Institute, Charles Perrings, Charles (University of York) Maler Perrings, Charles Maler Perrings
• Collaboration: Carl Folke (Editeur), Folke Carl (Editeur), Holling C. S. (Editeur), Jansson Bengt-Owe (Editeur), Karl-goran Maler (Editeur), Maler Karl-Goran (Editeur), Charles Perrings (Editeur), Perrings Charles (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.01.1997
• EAN: 9780521588669
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58866-9
• Pages: 352
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Technique de la construction et de l'environnement; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Conservation of the environment, Environmental science, engineering and technology