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  • The contribution of environmental economics to understanding and solving the problems of the scarcity of goods [Elektronski vir]
    Knez-Riedl, Jožica
    Scarcity of goods is the main subject of traditional and environmental economics. They both investigate why scarcity of goods emerges and how the issue of scarcity can be solved. There are several ... reasons causing scarcity, resulting in the increasing gap between human needs and the available resources. Environmental economics puts attention to the interaction between humans and natural environment. Thus, it investigates how humans are transforming their natural environment, both by their activities (technology, scale, location, externalities), as well as by their attitude to the nature, in general. It can be seen in the so-called commodifying of natural environment and over-consumption of natural resources. Environmental economics treats natural environment as a resource, which offers different types of services, being of life-importance not only to humans but to all beings. In this context additional reasons why human needs remain unsatisfied and the quality of life, as well as future of humans and the whole planet, are threatened, can be identified. The paper presents some views on scarcity and shortly mentions some related concepts contributing to the solving of the problems, being both of economic and environmental nature. As an evolving scientific discipline environmental economics explores the ways for far-reaching environment-friendly and, at the same time, economically sound decisions, on both macro and micro level, and, recently, on global level.
    Source: Narava in človek [Elektronski vir] = Nature and humans : zbornik prispevkov (Str. 1-6 (loč. pag.))
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2010
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 10194204

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