Evolution, Time, Production and the Environment

Evolution, Time, Production and the Environment by Malte Faber, John L.R. Proops.

Long-run interactions between the economy and the natural environment are studied from all points of view. First, the aims of this overview are illustrated in Part I. Part II then explores and develops the concept of evolution, in particular distinguishing between evolution which does not involve th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Faber, Malte (Author), Proops, John L.R (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental economics.
Ecology .
Water pollution.
Air pollution.
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Ecotoxicology.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Aims
  • 1 Introduction
  • II. Evolution
  • 2 The Concept of Evolution
  • 3 An Evolutionary Approach to Production and Innovation
  • III. Time
  • 4 Economic Analysis and Concepts of Time Irreversibility
  • 5 Time in the Natural Sciences: Some Lessons for Economics
  • 6 lime, Conceptual Structures and Economic Schools of Thought
  • IV. Production and Innovation
  • 7 Economy — Environment Interactions in the Long — Run
  • 8 Production, Accumulation and Time: A Neo — Austrian Approach
  • 9 The Neo — Austrian Approach: Extensions to the Model
  • 10 A Neo — Austrian Simulation Model of Economy — Environment Interactions
  • V. Final Thoughts
  • 11 Policy Implications and the Need for Interdisciplinary Research
  • References.

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