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UNINA9910824185803321 |
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Autore |
Cato Molly Scott |
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Titolo |
The bioregional economy : land, liberty and the pursuit of happiness / / Molly Scott Cato |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-18173-3 |
1-136-18174-1 |
1-283-86102-X |
0-203-08286-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable development - Social aspects |
Economic development - Environmental aspects |
Regional economics - Environmental aspects |
Human ecology - Economic aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Why bioregional economics? -- Visioning the bioregional economy -- The economist as shaman -- Firms, farms and factories -- Provisioning and provenance -- Work as craft -- What about my iPad? -- Sharing our common wealth -- Provisioning, exchange and sufficiency -- Space, limits and boundaries -- Living the full circle of life. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<P>In a world of climate change and declining oil supplies, what is the plan for the provisioning of resources? Green economists suggest a need to replace the globalised economy, and its extended supply chains, with a more 'local' economy. But what does this mean in more concrete terms? How large is a local economy, how self-reliant can it be, and what resources will still need to be imported? The concept of the 'bioregion' - developed and popularised within the disciplines of earth sciences, biosciences and planning - may facilitate the reconceptualisation of the global economy as a system of |
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