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The Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Making Local and Short-Term Goals Consistent with Global and Long-Term Goals ------- THE WORLD BANK SECTOR POLICY AND RESEARCH STAFF Environment Department The Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Making Local and Short-Term Goals Consistent with Global and Long-Term Goals Robert Costanza Ben Haskell Laura Cornwell Herman Daly and Twig Johnson June 1990 Environment Working Paper No. 32 This paper has been prepared for internal use. The views and interpretations herein are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the World Banlc, to its affiliated organizations or to any individual acting on their behalf. ~----------------- --- ---- -~~------ -- -------- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors are Robert cCostanza , Associate Professor at the Center for Marine and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland, and Ben Haskell and Laura Cornwell, who are both Research Associates at the same Center. Herman Daly is Senior Economist in the Environmental Policy and Research Division of the World Bank, and Twig Johnson is Acting Director at the USAID Office of Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources Department. Together they were the organizers for the 'Ecological Economics of Sustainability' Conference, the abstracts of which are presented here. Departmental Working Papers are not formal publications of the World Bank. They present preliminary and unpolished results of country analysis or research that are circulated to encourage discussion and comment; citation and the use of such a paper should take account of its provisional character. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to members of its Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent. Because of the informality and to present the results of research with the least possible delay, the typescript has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formal printed texts, and the World Bank accepts no responsibility for errors. j ! l i ' TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction .........................................................................................2 Organization of This Catalog ............................................................3 Authors and Titles by Topic ......................................................................4 Invited Session 1: AN ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC WORLD VIEW ... .4 Contributed Sessions - An Ecological Economic World View ......................5 Ecological Economics of Sustainable Agriculture ............................ 5 Ecological Economics of Sustainable Development .........................5 Developing and Ecological Economic World View: Theories .............6 Developing and Ecological Economic World View: Debate ................ 7 Questioning Basic Assumptions ...............................................7 Managing the Commons for Sustainability ...................................8 Invited Session 2: ACCOUNTING, MODELING AND ANALYSIS ..... 9 Contributed Sessions -Accounting, Modeling and Analysis ........................ 10 Ecological Economic Approach to Natural Resource Accounting.......... 10 Modelling Ecological Economic Systems ..................................... 11 Energy Analysis and Ecological Economics .................................. 12 Policy Implications of Ecologic-Economic Analysis ........................ 12 Measurement and Valuation of Natural Resources ........................... 13 Invited Session 3: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ............................. 14 Contributed Sessions - Institutional Changes ......................................... 15 Incentives and Disincentives for Achieving Sustainability ..................15 Ecological Economic Solutions to Environmental Degredation ............ 15 Ecologically Integrated Technology ........................................... 16 Institutions To Sustain Biological Resources ................................. 17 Individual Responsibilities in Achieving Sustainability ..................... 18 Invited Abstracts ................................................................................... 19 Contributed Abstracts .............................................................................34 Index of Authors ...................................................................................88 Conference Participants ...........................................................................91 1 INTRODUCTION This catalog is a research tool It presents the abstracts, classified by topic, of nearly 200 current works in :Ecological :Economics with authors' address and institutional affiliation. The process that generated this document was not a library search, because the field is too new. Nor is it a random sample of work in progress at various :research instinnions. Radler it was generated by a conference called by the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)l. The conference was held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. on May 21-23, 1990. Major funding was provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Additional funding was provided by the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, the World Bank and US AID. Additional sponsors of the conference included the Aspen Institute, the Coastal and Environmental Policy Program of the University of Maryland, the Center for Policy Negotiation, the Coastal SQciety, the International Society for Ecological Modeling, the World Wildlife Fund/Conservation Foundation, the Nature Conservancy, the Global Tomorrow Coalition, and the World Resources Institute. The theme of the conference was "The Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Making Local and Short Tenn Goals Consistent with Global and Long Tenn Goals." Over 370 people from all over the world attended, many others had to be turned away for lack of space. Because of the intense and widespread interest in this subject, which we feel accurately measures its importance, the ISEE and the World Bank have decided to make these absttacts available in this form. It is our hope that by doing so we will facilitate communication and the formation of a network or community among many researchers in different disciplines who have converged in identifying "The Ecological Economics of Sustainability" as a top priority for the policy research agenda. The statement of aims and scope for the conference, to which these abstracts were a response, was as follows: There is increasing awareness that our global ecological life support system is endangered Decisions made on the basis of local, short-term criteria can produce disastrous results glo!Jally and in the long run. There is also increasing awareness that traditiolllll economic and ecological models and concepts fall short in their ability to deal with these probkms. The International Society for Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the study and management of "nature's household" (ecology) and "humankind's household" (economics). Ecological Economics studies the ecology of humans and the economy of nature, the web of interconnections uniting the economic subsystem to the global ecosystem of which it is a part. It is this larger system that must be the object ofstudy if we are to adequately address the critical 'issues that nowface humanity. This international, interdisciplinary conference focused on these concerns and provided a forum for work on these topics from around the globe to be presented and discussed. lpor information about joining ISEE contact: Dr. Robert Costama, Coastal and Fnvinmmenta1 Policy Program, Center for Environmental and F.sblarine Studies, Univirsity of MaryJand, Box 38, Solomons, MD 20688-0038. Phone: (301) 326-4281 FAX: (301) 326-6342. 2 Or2a'nization of This Catalofl This catalog is organired similarly to the conference. It begins with a list of all the papers presented, organired by topic. Each day had a morning session with invited talks on a general topic and in the afternoon, several concurrent contributed sessions on several related subtopics. The authors' names, addresses, and the titles of their papers are listed alphabetically under each topic in the first section ofthis·catalog, beginning on page 4. Following this list of authors and papers by topic are the abstracts of all the papers presented alphabetically by author. The invited abstracts are in the first group, beginning on page 19. These are followed by the contributed abstracts, beginning on page 34. An index of authors follows the abstracts, beginning on page 88. The page numbers in the index refer to those places in the document where the author's name appears, either in the list of topics (the first number or numbers in the index) or in the list of abstracts (the last number or numbers). A list of all panicipants who attended the conference completes tlie catalog, page 91. , . The invited papers will appear in book form in early 1991. Selected contributed papers will be published in special issues of the journal Ecological Economics in 1991. If you wish to receive copies of the full papers before these publications appear, write directly to the authors. ~ .' . 3 • Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Ai1:thors (J,nd Titles by Topic ., AUTHORS AND TITLES BY TOPIC Invited Session 1: An Ecol2&:ical Economic World View BOULDING, KENNETH E.; Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at' Boulder, Campus Box 484, Boulder, Colorado 80309 · What Do We Want to Sustain? Environmentalism and Human Evaluations DALY, HERMAN E.; Environment Department, World Bank, l818 H. Street, NW_ Wa8hington,
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