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Linking the Natural Environment and the Economy: Essays from the Eco-Eco Group

  • Carl Folke
  • Tomas Kåberger
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Part of the Ecology, Economy & Environment book series (ECEE, volume 1)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-X
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  2. Perspectives on Environment and Economy

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Contextual Features of the Economy-Ecology Dialogue
      Uno Svedin
      Pages 3-29
    3. Actors, Roles and Networks: An Institutional Perspective to Environmental Problems
      Peter Söderbaum
      Pages 31-42
    4. Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts
      Jan Bojö
      Pages 43-59
    5. Measuring Instrumental Value in Energy Terms
      Tomas Kåberger
      Pages 61-75
    6. Socio-Economic Dependence on the Life-Supporting Environment
      Carl Folke
      Pages 77-94

  3. The Role and Value of the Natural Environment

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 95-95
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    2. Ecological Consequences of Long-Term Landscape Transformations in Relation to Energy Use and Economic Development
      Ann Mari Jansson
      Pages 97-110
    3. Arable Land as a Resource
      Knut Per Hasund
      Pages 111-140
    4. The Societal Value of Wetland Life-Support
      Carl Folke
      Pages 141-171
    5. Costs for Nitrogen Source Reduction in a Eutrophicated Bay in Sweden
      Ing-Marie Andréasson-Gren
      Pages 173-188
    6. Marine Ecosystem Support to Fisheries and Fish Trade
      Monica Hammer
      Pages 189-209

  4. Environment and Economy in Developing Countries

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 211-211
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    2. Use and Impacts of Chemical Pesticides in Smallholder Agriculture in the Central Kenya Highlands
      Carl Christiansson
      Pages 213-235
    3. Multinational Firms and Pollution in Developing Countries
      Thomas Andersson
      Pages 237-252
    4. Environmental Conservation for Development in Central America
      Johan Åshuvud
      Pages 253-270

  5. Synthesis

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 271-271
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    2. Recent Trends in Linking the Natural Environment and the Economy
      Carl Folke, Tomas Kåberger
      Pages 273-300
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 301-305
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About this book

Keywords

economy environment research

Editors and affiliations

  • Carl Folke
    • 1
  • Tomas Kåberger
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Systems Ecology, Divisions of Marine Ecology and Natural Resources ManagementStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
  2. 2.Physical Resource Theory GroupChalmers University of Technology, and the Swedish Society for the Conservation of NatureGothenburgSweden

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6406-3
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1991
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-90-481-4089-3
  • Online ISBN 978-94-017-6406-3
  • Series Print ISSN 0926-9754
  • Buy this book on publisher's site
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