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



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Autore: Cato Molly Scott Visualizza persona
Titolo: The bioregional economy : land, liberty and the pursuit of happiness / / Molly Scott Cato Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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