LEADER 04493nam 22006611 450 001 9910787506503321 005 20230803031518.0 010 $a1-60917-393-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000428197 035 $a(EBL)1672317 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000999912 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11587638 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999912 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10942715 035 $a(PQKB)11616653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338333 035 $a(OCoLC)865080920 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1672317 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338333 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769730 035 $a(OCoLC)868953015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1672317 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000428197 100 $a20121221d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBuilding a green economy $eperspectives from ecological economics /$fedited by Robert B. Richardson 210 1$aEast Lansing :$cMichigan State University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61186-102-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Preface; Perspectives on a Green Economy; Building a Green Economy: The Case for an Economic Paint Job / Robert B. Richardson; Taking Ecological Economics Seriously: It's the Biosphere, Stupid / David Korten; Beyond the Ivory Tower: Why Progress Needs More Ecological Economists to Actively Engage / Kristen A. Sheeran ; Ruin and Recovery: The Economics of Michigan's Natural Resources / David Dempsey; Historical and Theoretical Perspectives; Noble Savages or Consummate Consumers: The Behavioral Ecology of Building a Green Conservation Future / Bobbi S. Low 327 $aGreen Keynesianism: Beyond Standard Growth Paradigms / Jonathan M. HarrisThe Economics of Information in a Green Economy / Joshua Farley and Skyler Perkins; The Evolution of Ego'n'Empathy: Progress in Forming the Centerpiece for Ecological Economic Theory / William M. Hayes and Gary D. Lynne; Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Excess / Ed Lorenz; Environmental Justice Challenges for Ecosystem Service Valuation / Matthew A. Weber; Applications and Practice; Assessing the Trade-Offs for an Urban Green Economy / Myrna Hall, Ning Sun, Stephen Balogh, Catherine Foley, and Ruqi Li 327 $aGreen Jobs: Who Benefits? : Demographic Forecasting of Job Creation in U. S. Green Jobs Studies / Kyle Gracey Great Lakes, Great Debates: Facilitating Public Engagement on Offshore Wind Energy Using the Delphi Inquiry Approach / Erik Nordman, Jon VanderMolen, Betty Gajewski, and Aaron Ferguson; Endogenous Environmental Discounting and Climate-Economy Modeling / Philip Sirianni; A Genuine Metric for Assessing Business Sustainability / Matthew P. H. Taylor, Darrell Brown, David E. Ervin, Jim Thayer, and Brett Cassidy 327 $aThe Case for ""Improvement"" in Corporate Sustainability Indicators / Richard GroganEvolutions in Methods and Technology for Research in Pro-environmental Behavior / Douglas L. Bessette and Robert B. Richardson; Contributors 330 $a The first decade of the twenty-first century has been characterized by a growing global awareness of the tremendous strains that human economic activity place on natural resources and the environment. As the world's population increases, so does the demand for energy, food, and other resources, which adds to existing stresses on ecosystems, with potentially disastrous consequences. Humanity is at a crossroads in our pathway to future prosperity, and our next steps will impact our long-term sustainability immensely. In this timely volume, leading ecological economics scholars offer a 606 $aEcology$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental economics$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental policy$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSustainable development$zUnited States 615 0$aEcology$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental economics 615 0$aEnvironmental policy$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSustainable development 676 $a333.70973 701 $aRichardson$b Robert B$0270524 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787506503321 996 $aBuilding a green economy$93773050 997 $aUNINA