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Ecological Economics

 

Becker, C. Dustin and Elinor Ostrom. 1995. "Human Ecology and Resource Sustainability: The Importance of Institutional Diversity." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26: 113-33.

Clark, John G. 1995. "Economic Development vs. Sustainable Societies: Reflections on the Players in a Crucial Contest." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26: 225-48.

Daly, H. E. 1990. "Towards Some Operational Principles of Sustainable Development." Ecological Economics 2: 1-5.

Goodland, Robert. 1995. "The Concept of Environmental Sustainability." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26: 1-24.

Goodland, Robert J. A., Herman E. Daly and Salah El Serafy. 1993. "The Urgent Need for Rapid Transition to Global Environmental Sustainability." Environmental Conservation 20 (4): 297-309.

Gutes, Maite Cabeza. 1996. "Commentary: The Concept of Weak Sustainability." Ecological Economics 17: 147-56.

Norgaard, Richard. 1995. "Intergenerational Commons, Globalization, Economism and Unsustainable Development." Pp. 141-171 in L. Freese (ed.) Advances in Human Ecology, Vol 4 Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Pearce, David. 1992. "Green Economics." Environmental Values 1 (1) Spring: 3-13

Pezzey, John. 1992. "Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Guide." Environmental Values 1: 321-62.

Serageldin, Ismail, Herman E. Daly and Robert Goodland. 1994. "The Concept of Environmental Sustainability." Chapter for the Institute for Environment and Systems Analysis's (ed.) Principles of Sustainable Development. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Additional Readings:

Bartelemus, P. L. P. 1992. Environmental Accounting and Statistics. Natural Resources Forum. 16 (1): 77-84.

Daly, H. E. 1991. Steady-State Economics. Washington: Island Press.

Daly, H. E. 1992. Steady-State Economics: Economics of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth. London: Earthscan.

Ekins, P., M. Hillman and R. Hutchison. 1992. Green Economics. New York: Doubleday.

Martinez, Alier Juan. 1987. Ecological Economics: Energy, Environment, and Society. New York: Basil Blackwell

 

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Neo-Classical Economics

Articles in Support Articles in Critique

 

Articles in Support

Beckerman, Wilfred. 1994. "'Sustainable Development': Is it a Useful Concept?" Environmental Values 3: 191-209.

Beckerman, Wilfred. 1995. "How Would You Like Your 'Sustainability,' Sir? Weak or Strong? A Reply to my Critics." Environmental Vaues 4: 169-79.

Singer, S. Fred. 1992. "Sustainable Development and the Global Environment: Resolving the Conflict." International Journal on the Unity of the Sciences 5 (2): 107-22.

 

Articles in Critique

Daly, Herman E. 1995. "On Wilfred Beckerman's Critique of Sustainable Development. Environmental Values 4: 49-55.

Eden, Sally E. 1994. "Using Sustainable Development: The Business Case." Global Enviornmenal Change 4 (2): 160-67.

Gowdy, John M. 1994. "Progress and Environmental Sustainability." Environmental Ethics 16 (1): 41-55.

Jacobs, Michael. 1995. "Sustainable Development, Capital Substitution and Economic Humility: A Response to Beckerman." Environmental Values 4: 57-68.

Korton, David C. 1991. "Sustainable Development." World Policy Journal 9 (1): 157-90.

Templet, Paul H. 1994. "Equity and Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis." Society and Natural Resources 8: 509-23.

Tijmes, Pieter and Reginald Luiff. 1995. "The Sustainability of Our Common Future: An Inquiry into the Foundations of an Ideology." Technology in Society 17 (3): 373-84.

 

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Green Business

 

Bennet, S. J. 1991. Ecopreneuring: The Complete Guide to Small Business Opportunities from the Environmental Revolution. New York: Wiley.

Berle, G. 1991. Green Entrepreneur: Business Opportunities That can Save the Earth and Make You Money. United States: TAB Books.

David, Rhys. 1991. The Greening of Business. UK: Grower.

Davis, J. 1991. Greening Business: Managing for Sustainable Development. Oxford: Blackwell.

International Chamber of Commerce. 1989. "ICC: The Business Approach to Sustainable Development." Development. No. 2/3: 37-9.

Pennell, A. A., L. Molinaro Jr. And P. E. Choi (eds). 1992. Business and the Environment: A Resource Guide. California: Island Press.

Plant, C. and J. Plant (eds). 1991. Green Business: Hope or Hoax? Hartland: Green Books.

 

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Industrial Ecology

(including Ecological Modernization)

 

Bunker, Stephen G. 1996. "Raw Material and the Global Economy: Oversights and Distortions in Industrial Ecology." Society and Natural Resources 9: 419-29.

Carr, M. (ed). 1988. Sustainable Industrial Development: Seven Case Studies. London: Intermediate Technology Publications.

Hajer, Maarten A. 1996. "Ecological Modernization as Cultural Politics." In Risk, Environment, and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology, edited by Lash, Szersynski and Wynne. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Simonis, Udo E. "Ecological Modernization of Industrial Society: Three Strategic Elements." International Social Science Journal. 41 (3:121) Aug: 347-61.

Spaargaren, Gert and Arthur P.J. Mol. 1992. "Sociology, Environment, and Modernity: Ecological Modernization as a Theory of Social Change." Society and Natural Resources 5: 323-344.

 

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Investments toward Sustainable Development

International Development Assistance, Debt & Structural AdjustmentTechnology

 

International Development Assistance, Debt & Structural Adjustment

Eden, Sally E. 1994. "Using Sustainable Development: The Business Case." Global Environmental Change 4 (2): 160-7.

Plewes, Betty, Gauri Sreenivawsan and Tim Draimin. 1996. "Sustainable Human Development as a Global Framework." International Journal LI (Spring): 212-34.

Additional Readings:

Bakhoum, I., H. Bhaskara and C. Chimbano et al. 1989. Banking the Unbankable: Bringing Credit to the Poor. Washington: Panos.

Conroy, C. and M. Litvinoff. The Greening of Aid: Sustianable Livelihoods in Practice. London: Earthscan.

 

Technology

Elgin, Duane. 1994. "Building a Sustainable Species-Civilization: A Challenge of Culture and Consciusness." Futures 26 (2): 234-45.

Hall, Barbara Welling. 1994. "Information Technology and Global Learning for Sustainable Development: Promise and Problems." Alternatives 19: 99-132.

 

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