CD 623 - Ecological Economics

Credits: 3

The course seeks a synthesis across the notion of utility as represented in traditional environmental/natural resource economics and the notion of ecology in the newer ecological economics. This course seeks ways to treat both economy and community/ecosystem as being on par, each influencing the other. This synthesis results in a search for the win-win through recognizing the potential for a kind of symbiotic complementarity between the two perspectives, the two systems, and the forces each puts in place. We seek sustainability in both economy and community over longer time periods. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.

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