The new environmental economics : sustainability and justice / Éloi Laurent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laurent, Éloi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Too often, economics disassociates humans from nature, the economy from the biosphere that contains it, and sustainability from fairness. When economists do engage with environmental issues, they typically reduce their analysis to a science of efficiency that leaves aside issues of distributional analysis and justice.The aim of this lucid textbook is to provide a framework that prioritizes human well-being within the limits of the biosphere, and to rethink economic analysis and policy in the light of not just efficiency but equity. Leading economist Éloi Laurent systematically ties together sustainability and justice issues in covering a wide range of topics, from biodiversity and ecosystems, energy and climate change, environmental health and environmental justice, to new indicators of well-being and sustainability beyond GDP and growth, social-ecological transition, and sustainable urban systems.This book equips readers with ideas and tools from various disciplines alongside economics, such as history, political science, and philosophy, and invites them to apply those insights in order to understand and eventually tackle pressing twenty-first-century challenges. It will be an invaluable resource for students of environmental economics and policy, and sustainable development." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Economics for the 21st century

Part 1. Ideas and tools. What the classics know about our world, what 20th century economics forgot

Humans within the biosphere: the paradox of domination and dependence

Governing the commons fairly

Spheres of environmental justice

Natural resources, externalities and sustainability: a critical toolbox

Part 2. 21st century social-ecological challenges. Biodiversity and ecosystems under growing and unequal pressure

Beyond EXPOWA (Extraction, pollution and waste)

Energy, Climate and Justice

Well-being and our environment: from trade-offs to synergies

Social-ecology: connecting the inequality and ecological crises

The social-ecological transition in context: capitalism, democracy, globalization and digitalization

Urban sustainability and polycentric transition

Open economics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Laurent, Éloi, author. New environmental economics

ISBN:

9781509533800

150953380X

9781509533817

1509533818

OCLC:

1096517439

Publisher Number:

9781509533817