TY - BOOK ID - 52583595 TI - Building a green economy : perspectives from ecological economics PY - 2013 SN - 1611861020 1609173937 9781609173937 9781611861020 PB - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ecology KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmental economics KW - Sustainable development KW - Economic aspects KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52583595 AB - The first decade of the twenty-first century has been characterized by a growing global awareness of the tremendous strains that human economic activity place on natural resources and the environment. As the world's population increases, so does the demand for energy, food, and other resources, which adds to existing stresses on ecosystems, with potentially disastrous consequences. Humanity is at a crossroads in our pathway to future prosperity, and our next steps will impact our long-term sustainability immensely. In this timely volume, leading ecological economics scholars offer a ER -