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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"ecological economics"”.
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Energy Use Caps under Scrutiny: An Ecological Economics Perspective
To tackle climate change from an ecological economics perspective, systematic approaches are needed, which maxime environmental and social benefits, while minimizing harmful trade-offs. To avoid climate catastrophe, radical solutions are needed, but these solutions should consider social justice …
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Ecological Regionalism: A Synthesis of Ecological Economics and Organicist Regionalism
To realize visions of regional ecological and economic sustainability—extant the ecological economics literature—a unified understanding and philosophy of the region is needed. Additionally, this philosophy needs to be institutionally informed; i.e. aware of the social structures that contribute to …
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An Ecological Economics Inquiry into the Social and Solidarity Economy - Insights from an Action Research
… and solidarity economy (SSE) with the critical ecological discourse. The practice- and movement-based theory of SSE promotes a systemic change, social transformation toward an environmentally and socially just future through resisting and building alternatives to the prevailing economic system, …
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THE ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; LOCAL VERSUS GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS IN VAL DI MERSE, ITALY
… This dissertation utilizes concepts from ecological economics towards defining a sustainable scale for tourism development. In addition, an ecological footprint indicator (EF) is applied to two populations (residents and tourists) responsible for both local and global environmental …
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The Impact of Relational Model Bases on Organizational Decision Making: Cases in E-Commerce and Ecological Economics
… The second scenario is a non-recursive ecological economics case, with the target application being preservation of biodiversity through land (habitat) protection.
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… tourism in protected areas. The thesis takes an ecological economics approach to the question of operationalising the concept of sustainable tourism in protected areas. The reasons for selecting an ecological economics approach are discussed. An ecological economics model is developed in order to …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… tourism in protected areas. The thesis takes an ecological economics approach to the question of operationalising the concept of sustainable tourism in protected areas. The reasons for selecting an ecological economics approach are discussed. An ecological economics model is developed in order to …
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The Ontopolitics of Complexity: Toward Agonistic Democracy and Ecological Political Economy
… key interlocutors in the pluralism debate within ecological economics to illustrate how conventionalized complexity has created barriers to pluralistic engagement between ecological economics and political ecology. Following radical democratic theorists, I argue that the distinction between thick …
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Towards sustainable land stewardship : reframing development in Wisconsin's dairy gateway
… with neo-classical economic theory. An ecological economics framework is then applied in an attempt to better explain what it happening in the Dairy sector and to support policy directions that might lead the dairy community back towards both economically and ecologically sustainable …
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A quest for a sustainable and equitable society
This dissertation examines the intertwined ecological and social crises perpetuated by the capitalist mode of production and proposes a transformative path toward a sustainable and just society. Grounded in critiques of capitalism and its incompatibility with environmental sustainability and social …
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Population growth as a problem in the public sphere: current state of play and future prospects
… integration of other literatures (in particular, ecological economics and feminist scholarship), and delivery of argument.
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Social Ecography : International trade, network analysis, and an Emmanuelian conceptualization of ecological unequal exchange
This thesis demonstrates how network analysis, ecological economics and the world-system perspective can be combined into an ecographic framework that can yield new insights into the underlying structure of the world-economy as well as its surrounding world-ecology. In particular, the thesis …
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Reconciling Twin Transitions with sustainability. A Circular Economy perspective.
… streams of literature (Innovation studies, Ecological Economics, International Economics, Environmental Economics) and types of data (international trade, patents, waste management, resources extraction, material composition of technologies, scientific production). Ultimately, the project …
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The potential of sustainable coastal tourism as a driver of economic development within Mthunzini area, Umlalazi Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… To this end, the study employed the Ecological Economics theory to strengthen arguments for economic possibility with a strong emphasis on the concept of sustainable development. This study adopted a qualitative research approach, and data was gathered through semi- structured …
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A Framework for Development in Rural Arid and Semi-Arid Environments in Africa: The Somalia Case
… concepts for localized, pro-poor development. Ecological Economics Theory (EET) and Endogenous Growth Theory (EGT) are the philosophical bases establishing investment priorities. Additional research regarding Somali culture, key conflict factors, and potential business opportunities, provides …
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A pathway to sustainability in urban sanitation for developing Asian countries
… on perspective, by comparing how neoclassical economics’, ecological economics’ and Buddhist economics’ perspectives indicate different approaches to these, with different alignments with sustainability. By arguing that these perspectives are complementary rather than mutually exclusive, I …
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Foreign Investment in African Resources: The Ecological Aspect to Imperialism and Unequal Exchange
… resources from the theoretical perspective of ecological imperialism and ecologically unequal exchange theory (EUE). Pulling from Marxist ecology, critical political ecology, and an environmental reading of Polanyi, this dissertation seeks to theoretically deepen and clarify the concept of …
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WATER ECONOMY: SUSTAINABILITY IN BOTTLED WATER SUPPLY CHAIN. THE ROLE OF CONSUMER AND ENTERPRISE TO ENHANCE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM.
… scope by assessing the Carbon Footprint (CF) and Ecological Footprint (EF) of Italian food consumption. The analysis confirms that deviations from the MD amplify environmental pressures. Using the SDM, the study evaluates alternative dietary scenarios, showing that flexitarian, pesco-vegetarian, …
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