ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY
ØKOLOGISK ØKONOMI
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Ecological economics – an introduction
THEMES
THE ENERGY BASIS
Introduction
Humanity’s energy history
The importance of the energy base
The current challenge
THE BIOPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE
Introduction
A metabolic organism
Measuring the economy’s metabolism
GROWTH AND THE ENVIROMENT
Introduction
Biophysical limits to growth
Production result – the ’real cake’
The growth dilemma
DRIVING FORCES AND DISTRIBUTION
Introduction
The growth engine
Trade and globalisation
Distribution of use values in a society
VIEW ON NATURE AND ETHICS
Introduction
Nature and ecophilosophy
Nature – in the service of humans
Environmental ethics
POLITICAL DECISIONS
Introduction
Socio-economic analyses in practice
Alternatives to cost-benefit analysis – an example
Ecological economists’ view on value and prices
CONTROL AND REGULATION
Introduction
Specific environmental problems
The problem of side-effects and third parties
Markets and environmental regulation
Property rights and commons
SUSTAINABLES TRANSITIONS
Introduction
Theories of sustainable transition
Cities as transition arenas
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Introduction
Circular thinking
Product chains
The circular economy is not the same as ecological economics
THEORETICAL GLASSES
Introduction
Institutions
Systems thinking
Tools of persuasion
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