CD 623 - Ecological Economics

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.Credits: 3

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