This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in this context arguing that the currently dominant model of sustainable development, underpinned by a particular understanding of this metaphor, is impeding progress towards genuine sustainability, and secondly that it will continue to do so until the metaphor can be reworked in both thought and practice.This book explores an alternative economic model of natural capital value, based on recent 'real options' thinking which reworks the natural capital idea and provides a framework for articulating two major and closely-related shifts of emphasis.
| ISBN: | 9780415464239 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 2007 |
| Author: | John Foster |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Environmental economics Sustainability |
This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in this context arguing that the currently dominant model of sustainable development, underpinned by a particular understanding of this metaphor, is impeding progress towards genuine sustainability, and secondly that it will continue to do so until the metaphor can be reworked in both thought and practice.This book explores an alternative economic model of natural capital value, based on recent 'real options' thinking which reworks the natural capital idea and provides a framework for articulating two major and closely-related shifts of emphasis.
Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development features in the following genres: Economics, Adult education, continuous learning, Philosophy and theory of education
Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development is available in Paperback
Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development was written by John Foster and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development has 144 pages
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