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  • Addicted to Growth

    Societal Therapy for a Sustainable Wellbeing Future

    by Robert Costanza ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
    This book takes a compelling approach to describing what is needed to create the kind of future that most people on Earth really want. Our global society is hopelessly addicted to a particular vision of the world and a future that has become both unsustainable and undesirable.Addicted to Growth frames our current predicament as a societal addiction to a ‘growth at all costs’ economic paradigm. ... Read more

    Was $44.99 USD Now $38.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Ecological Economics

    by Robert Costanza, John H Cumberland, Herman Daly, Robert Goodland, Richard B Norgaard, Ida Kubiszewski, Carol Franco ...
    This completely revised and updated second edition integrates the study and management of humans and the rest of nature. It provides a unified understanding of natural and human-dominated ecosystems and reintegrates the market economy within society and the rest of nature. The new edition adds a series of boxes to expand and update information in the current text and addresses such topical issues ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

  • Creating A Sustainable And Desirable Future: Insights From 45 Global Thought Leaders

    by Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski ...
    The major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future offers a broad, critical discussion on what such a future should or can be, with global perspectives written by some of the world's leading thinkers, including: Wendell ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Toward an Integrated Science of Wellbeing

    Edited by Elizabeth Rieger, Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, Paul Dugdale ...
    There has always been interest in understanding what constitutes the good life and the basis for creating it. Much has been written about health and wellbeing at multiple scales, from the physical and psychological through to the societal and environmental. Wellbeing has been studied from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, economics, social science, ecology, and political science. However, ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health

    Edited by Sven Jørgensen, Liu Xu, Robert Costanza ...
    Series series Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
    Continuing in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, the Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Second Edition brings together world-class editors and contributors who have been at the forefront of ecosystem health assessment research for decades, to provide a sound approach to environmental management and sust ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Investing in Natural Capital

    The Ecological Economics Approach To Sustainability

    Edited by AnnMari Jansson, Monica Hammer, Carl Folke, Robert Costanza ...
    Series series International Society for Ecological Economics
    Investing in Natural Capital presents the results of a workshop held following the second biannual conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics. It focuses on the relation of human development to natural capital, and the relation of natural capital to environmental processes.Because we are capable of understanding our impact on the environment and the importance of managing it ... Read more

    Was $41.99 USD Now $35.99 USD

  • Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes

    Edited by Stephen Wratten, Ross Cullen, Robert Costanza, Harpinder Sandhu ...
    Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or water filtration by wetlands). They underpin life on earth, provide major inputs to many economic sectors and support our lifestyles. Agricultural and urban areas are by far the largest users of ecosystems and their services and (for the first ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • A New Century for Natural Resources Management

    by Vawter Parker, Peter Berck, Robert Costanza, Steward Pickett, James Kennedy, Jack Ward Thomas, Richard Ostfeld, Susan Kay Jacobson, Jeff DeBonis, Mark Brunson, Gloria Helfand, Winifred Kessler, Rupert Cutler, Robert H. Nelson, Curt Meine, Thomas Michael Power ...
    This book explores the changes that are leading to a new century of natural resources management. It places the current situation in historical perspective, analyzes the forces that are propelling change, and describes and examines the specific changes in goals, policy, and practice that are transforming all aspects of natural resources management.The book is an important overview for wildlife ... Read more

    Was $32.99 USD Now $28.79 USD

  • The Local Politics of Global Sustainability

    by Thomas Prugh, Robert Costanza, Herman E. Daly ...
    The most difficult questions of sustainability are not about technology; they are about values. Answers to such questions cannot be found by asking the "experts," but can only be resolved in the political arena. In The Local Politics of Global Sustainability, author Thomas Prugh, with Robert Costanza and Herman Daly, two ofthe leading thinkers in the field of ecological economics, explore the kind ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

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  • Environmental Governance

    Institutions, Policies and Actions

    by Arild Vatn ...
    Environmental governance encompasses our relations to nature, spanning institutions and policies in fields such as biodiversity loss, climate change, land use and pollution. This book offers tools for the study of environmental conflicts, analyzes the current status of environmental policies and discusses why we are so far from resolving many of the issues we face. It also offers alternative ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Happiness Explained

    What human flourishing is and what we can do to promote it

    by Paul Anand ...
    What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human flourishing plays a central role in the assessment of national and global progress. It shows why the traditional national ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Climate Resilient Organization

    Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change and Weather Extremes

    by Andrew Griffiths, Martina K. Linnenluecke ...
    Climate change has had a significant impact globally, predominantly for those vulnerable to its influence. The first book of its kind, The Climate Resilient Organization assesses the issues that have mounted for decision-makers in the field, while providing strategies to tackle them.With a particular focus on building climate-resilient pathways for private sector organizations, the expert authors ... Read more

    $35.09 USD