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Capitalizing on nature : ecosystems as natural assets / Edward B. Barbier

Author
Barbier, Edward, 1957-
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
1. Ecological scarcity as an economic problem -- 2. Ecosystem services and ecological landscapes -- 3. The basic natural asset model -- 4. Spatial variation in ecosystems -- 5. The open economy -- 6. Ecological collapse -- 7. The way ahead -- 8. Policies in the age of ecological scarcity.
Summary
"The basic unit of nature - the ecosystem - is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth. It explains how this concept of ecosystem as natural capital sheds light on a number of important issues, including landscape conversion, ecological restoration, ecosystem resilience and collapse, spatial benefits and payments for ecosystem services. The book concludes by focusing on major policy challenges that need to be overcome in order to avert the worsening problem of ecological scarcity and how we can fund novel financing mechanisms for global conservation"--
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ISBN
1139141910 (electronic bk.)
9781139141918 (electronic bk.)
9781139145237 (electronic bk.)
1139145231 (electronic bk.)
9781139014922 (electronic bk.)
1139014927 (electronic bk.)
9781139137904
1139137905
128331519X
9781283315197
1139140183
9781139140188
1107227690
9781107227699
9786613315199
6613315192
1139139452
9781139139458
1139141031
9781139141031
9781107007277 (hardback)
1107007275 (hardback)
9780521189279 (pbk.)
0521189276 (pbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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