Environmental Policy and Societal Aims

Sustainable development and environmental improvement are often regard ed as intrinsically valuable a priori. As a result, the policies by wh ich these goals are to be attained is often inadequately scrutinised. In this book, ecological economics addresses the institutional and pol icymaking aspects of environmental problems, thus covering a broad soc ioeconomic research agenda, in contradistinction to mainstream economi c approaches. The approach advocated here is open to differing viewpoi...