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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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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 |
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