Agroecological Economics (eBook)

Sustainability and Biodiversity

Paul Wojtkowski (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-055782-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. Agroecological economics, a subsection of agricultural economics, evaluates the ecological consequences of agricultural methods on the economic scale. Agroecological economics considers green engineering as a means of measurement.

As the environmental movement unfolds, the importance of biodiversity and long-term sustainability are indisputable. Progress depends on determining the economic viability of terrestrial agroecosystems. What is lacking is the analysis needed to bring biodiverse and sustainable systems to fruition. Agroecological Economics analyzes the current topics that must be addressed in order to provide sustainable agricultural systems. It explains the economics of land-use ecology with emphasis on changing over from a conventional model of agriculture to environmentally- and ecologically-friendly models and the financial incentives that are important to these practices.

* Analyzes agricultural solutions with economic testing
* Includes a complete analysis of recent biodiversity-based research with valuable new economic methodologies
* Provides various applications to mitigate the problems which have economic and ecological effects on agroecosystems
* Offers applications of ecologically-sound land-use practices in production and manufacturing

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Agroecological Economics: Sustainability and Biodiversity 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 20
About the Author 22
Chapter 1. Introduction 24
Ecology and Agroecology 24
A Philosophical Positioning 25
Agroecological Abstractions 26
Traditional Subdivisions 27
The Economic Scope 28
Key Abstractions 30
Measurement 31
Endnotes 33
Chapter 2. Lead-Up Agrobiomonics 36
Essential Resources 36
The Limiting Resource 36
Nutrient Profiles 37
Agroecological Niches 38
Governance 38
Analytical Underpinnings 41
Endnotes 48
Chapter 3. Vector Theory 50
Vectors 50
Design 59
Design Variables 59
Desirable Agroecosystem Properties 60
Agrotechnologies 61
Objectives 64
Optimization 66
Endnotes 66
Chapter 4. Agrobiodiversity 68
Applications 68
Underlying Biodynamics 69
Economic Measures 76
Design Variables 78
Associated Agrotechnologies 83
Endnotes 93
Chapter 5. Biodiversity 96
Applications 96
Underlying Biodynamics 96
Economic Measures 103
Design Variables 105
Associated Agrotechnologies 107
Endnotes 118
Chapter 6. Temporal Economics 120
Applications 120
Underlying Biodynamics 121
Economic Measures 125
Design Variables 129
Associated Agrotechnologies 131
Endnotes 136
Chapter 7. Genetic, Varietal and Locational 138
Applications 138
Underlying Biodynamics 140
Economic Measures 142
Design Variables 142
Associated Agrotechnologies 144
Endnotes 144
Chapter 8. Land Modifications 148
Applications 148
Underlying Biodynamics 148
Economic Measures 151
Design Variables 153
Associated Agrotechnologies 153
Endnotes 161
Chapter 9. Cross-Plot Influences 162
Applications 162
Underlying Biodynamics 163
Economic Measures 166
Design variables 167
Associated Agrotechnologies 167
Endnotes 173
Chapter 10. Ex-farm Inputs 174
Applications 174
Underlying Biodynamics 175
Economic Measures 177
Design Variables 179
Associated Agrotechnologies 181
Endnotes 183
Chapter 11. Microbial and Environmental Setting 186
Applications 186
Underlying Biodynamics 187
Economic Measures 190
Design Variables 190
Associated Agrotechnologies 191
Endnotes 192
Chapter 12. Single-Plot Design 194
Task Ordering or Layering 194
Multi-tasking 198
Design Economics 203
Endnotes 212
Chapter 13. Multi-Plot Analysis 214
Principal-Mode and Auxiliary Systems 215
Interplot Coordination 215
Economic Measures 219
Farm Spatial Patterns 222
Buffer Species 225
Coordinated Ecology 226
Cultural Landscapes 227
Endnotes 228
Chapter 14. Agrotechnological Expansions 230
Feed Systems 230
Support Systems 236
Riparian Buffers 238
Complex Agroecosystems 241
Other Dimensions 247
Endnotes 247
Chapter 15. Analytical Refinements 250
LER Variations 250
Continuums 252
Beyond the PPC 253
Spatial Concerns 253
Temporal Income Gaps 256
Overall Risk 258
Multi-participant Agroecosystems 259
Agroecological Mandates 260
Bioeconomic Modeling 264
Solution Theory 268
Endnotes 269
Chapter 16. Summary 272
Agriculture and Agroecology 273
The Paradigm 273
Vectors 274
Policy 274
The Agrotechnologies 275
Agroecological Economics 277
Conclusion 281
Endnotes 282
Appendix 284
References 292
Index 308

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.7.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-08-055782-1 / 0080557821
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-055782-3 / 9780080557823