Sustainable Economics

A handbook with wide potential usage for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners, presenting current thinking on sustainability. It explores the ecological models which underpin economic sustainability theory and re-examines the consequences of modern ecological thought on business strategies relating to sustainability.

Keith Skene, Alan Murray

Preface1. Human economic activity: an environmental impact assessment2. The three horsemen of the modern apocalypse: climate, pollution and habitat 3. Water, energy and the green paradox4. Business and biology: can we learn from nature?5. Current schools of sustainable thinking: origins, strengths and weaknesses6. The circular economy7. Design to redesign8. Generic barriers to change9. Transition to a sustainable economy10. Appropriate indicators of a sustainable transitionAppendix: a brief guide to thermodynamicsGlossaryAbout the authorsIndex