A Critical Introduction to the Economics of Sustainability
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-79735-9 (ISBN)
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Examining both economic thought and technological development through a historical lens, Brett Caraway sheds light on the relationship between patterns of economic growth and innovation on the one hand and escalating environmental and ecological crises on the other. The book is organized in two parts. In the first part, Caraway surveys the major theoretical frameworks and analytical approaches to the study of the linkages among value, economic growth, technological innovation, and environmental/ecological crises. He highlights contributions from pre-economic schools of thought, classical political economy, neoclassical economics, environmental economics, ecological economics, and Marxian theory. In the second half of the book, Caraway provides an overview of the history of the relationship between energy and wealth, paying particular attention to the Industrial Revolution and the concomitant development of an information economy. Using a series of case studies, he shows how the development of a global hydrocarbon economy and communications infrastructure dramatically increased matter/energy flows and destabilizing global ecosystems. Caraway concludes the book by presenting a robust set of criteria for assessing the ecological impact of business practices and industries, especially with regard to green technology.
Diverse in scope, this will book will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecological and environmental economics, sustainability, environmental communication and eco-media studies.
Brett Caraway is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he serves as the Director of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program in the Institute for Management & Innovation and teaches media economics in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology.
List of figures
Chapter 1. Promises, Promises: An Introduction to Sustainability
Chapter 2. From Richness to Riches: Early Valuations of Nature
Chapter 3. Benevolent Butchers: Classical Economics and Nature
Chapter 4. In tall Cotton: Neoclassical Economics and the Environment
Chapter 5. Everyone’s a Winner: Environmental Economics and the Human-Centered World
Chapter 6. Irreconcilable Differences: Ecological Marxist Critiques
Chapter 7. Available for work: Ecological Economics and the Steady State Economy
Chapter 8. Step Right Up: Energy Transitions and the Fossil Economy
Chapter 9. All That Glitters: Critical Minerals and the Extractive sector
Chapter 10. Smoke and Mirrors: Sustainability and Artificial intelligence
Chapter 11. Bottomless Pits: E-waste Flows in the Green economy
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 26 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-79735-5 / 1032797355 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-79735-9 / 9781032797359 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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