Ecological Economics

On dimensions of ecological economics

a r t i c l e i n f o A recent paper (Ecological Economics 69, 2010, pp. 1604–1609) has addressed the issues of dimensional homo-geneity of equations and non-linear transformations of variables in economic and ecological economic models. The authors argued that logarithmic transformation cannot be used when variables are dimensional, presented several examples of purportedly incorrect use in ap...

Cross-cultural environmental research in New Zealand: Insights for ecological economics research practice

a r t i c l e i n f o Indigenous cultures and knowledge systems have been virtually ignored by Ecological Economics theory and practice, in spite of the increasing willingness of indigenous peoples to engage in the holistic and integrative research that ecological economists aspire to. This paper draws on the involvement of ecological economists in cross-cultural research in New Zealand, to dis...

Ecological economics.

This course introduces students to the field of ecological economics and explores how the field's simple premise — to recognize the fundamental dependence of the economic system on the environment — complicates matters for conventional economic theory and practice. While focusing on ecological economics, the intent is to expose students to a variety of thought on the theoretical relationship be...

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Beyond environmental and ecological economics: Proposal for an economic sociology of the environment ¬リニ

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Environmental economics Ecological economics Economic sociology of the environment Regulation theory Social movement theory Environmental policy Ecological modernisation The vast majority of approaches in environmental economics attribute the current ecological crisis to the fact that, from its inception, the industrial economic system was founded on premises tha...

Finding common ground between ecological economics and post-Keynesian economics

a r t i c l e i n f o Post-Keynesian economics and ecological economics have in common that they are considered to be 'heterodox' schools of thought. Aside from that, there has not been a strong connection between them. Previous books on post-Keynesian economics contain no chapter on environmental or ecological issues. This neglect has led leading ecological economists to criticize post-Keynesi...