| Description |
1 online resource (577 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS FROM THE GROUND UP; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Notes on editors and main contributors; Introduction: NGOs and ecological economics; PART I Social metabolism: key theories, concepts and methods; 1 Aid, social metabolism and social conflict in the Nicobar Islands; 2 The mining enclave of the Cordillera del Cóndor; 3 The Manta-Manaus project: nature, capital and plunder; 4 High-speed Transport Infrastructure (TAV) in Italy; 5 Let them eat sugar: life and livelihood in Kenya's Tana Delta |
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6 South Africa's minerals-energy complexPART II Participation and institutions: key theories, concepts and methods; 7 Local governance and environment investments in Hiware Bazar, India; 8 Participatory forest management in Mendha Lekha, India; 9 Forestry and communities in Cameroon; 10 The waste crisis in Campania, Italy; 11 The sedentarization of Tibetan Nomads: conservation or coercion?; PART III Valuation and environmental policy: key theories, concepts and methods; 12 Nautical tourism development in the Lastovo Islands Nature Park |
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13 Local communities and management of the Djerdap protected area in Serbia14 Payments for ecosystem services (PES) in India from the bottom-up; 15 The potential of REDD and legal reserve compensation in Mato Grosso, Brazil; 16 Environmental justice and ecological debt in Belgium: the UMICORE case; 17 ECOTICOS: multi-dimensional valuation for environmental conflict analysis in Costa Rica; 18 The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: when is money valuation appropriate?; Conclusion: between science and activism: learning and teaching ecological economics and political ecology with EJOs |
| Summary |
Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that focus on a wide range of internationally relevant topics, to teach the principles, concepts, methods and tools of these fields, which are seen as increasingly important in the context of the current triple social, economic and environmental crisis. This book provides learning materials which are grounded in the experience of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), with case studies chosen by CSOs and developed co |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martínez-Alier, Joan
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Temper, Leah
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Walter, Mariana
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Gerber, Julien-François
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| ISBN |
9781135128784 |
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1135128782 |
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