The bioregional economy : land, liberty and the pursuit of happiness / / Molly Scott Cato

• Autore: Cato Molly Scott
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/27
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development - Social aspects; Economic development - Environmental aspects; Regional economics - Environmental aspects; Human ecology - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: <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
• Titolo autorizzato: The bioregional economy
• ISBN: 1-136-18174-1; 1-283-86102-X; 0-203-08286-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463023103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II