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Ecological Economics (collection)

Ecological Economics (collection)

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Updated: September 8, 2009, 2:32 pm
Topics: Ecological Economics
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Robert Costanza

 

 

Ecological Economics is the science of sustainability.  Ecological economics exists because a hundred years of disciplinary specialization in scientific inquiry has left us unable to understand or to manage the interactions between the human and environmental components of our world. While none would dispute the insights that disciplinary specialization has brought, many now recognize that it has also turned out to be our Achilles heel. In an interconnected evolving world, reductionist science has pushed out the envelope of knowledge in many different directions, but it has left us bereft of ideas as to how to formulate and solve problems that stem from the interactions between humans and the natural world.

All contributions were written by credentialed ecological economists. Authors are welcome to expand on or edit the contents list; please contact Ida Kubiszewski with suggestions.

 Note: This collection is a work in progress -- stay tuned for developing content, or contact the editors to contribute yourself!

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Ida Kubiszewski (Lead Author);Robert Costanza (Topic Editor) "Ecological Economics (collection)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 8, 2009; Last revised Date September 8, 2009; Retrieved May 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecological_Economics_(collection)>

The Author

Ida Kubiszewski Stewardship Committee The Encyclopedia of Earth Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth.  She is currently working as the Managing Editor for a new magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions.  Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in the context of whole systems design for a sustainable and desirable future.  Dr. Kubiszewski is also the managing editor of Ecological E ... (Full Bio)

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