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HANDBOOK OF ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Handbook of Ecological Economics Edited by Joan Martínez-Alier Professor of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Roldan Muradian Visiting Professor, Graduate Program of Economics, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA © Joan Martínez-Alier and Roldan Muradian 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2015938376 This book is available electronically in the Economics subject collection DOI 10.4337/9781783471416 ISBN 978 1 78347 140 9 (cased) ISBN 978 1 78347 141 6 (eBook) Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire 1 0 Contents List of contributors vii 1 Taking stock: the keystones of ecological economics 1 Joan Martínez- Alier and Roldan Muradian 2 The content, direction and philosophy of ecological economics 26 Clive L. Spash 3 Analytical philosophy and ecological economics 48 John O’Neill and Thomas Uebel 4 Value deliberation in ecological economics 74 Christos Zografos 5 Social metabolism: a metric for biophysical growth and degrowth 100 Marina Fischer- Kowalski and Helmut Haberl 6 Macroeconomic policies and environmental sustainability 139 Alejandro Nadal 7 Modeling a non- growing economy: an autobiographical note 164 Peter A. Victor 8 Degrowth: between a scientific concept and a slogan for a social movement 176 Panos Petridis, Barbara Muraca and Giorgos Kallis 9 Water: ecological economics and socio- environmental conflicts 201 Beatriz Rodríguez- Labajos and Joan Martínez- Alier 10 The contributions of the ecosystem services paradigm to sustainability science, policy and practice 233 Rudolf de Groot and Leon Braat 11 Ecological economics perspectives on ecosystem services valuation 260 Erik Gómez- Baggethun and Berta Martín- López 12 The values of traditional ecological knowledge 283 Victoria Reyes- García v vi Handbook of ecological economics 13 From conventional economics to complexity in social dilemmas: lessons from CPR experiments in the lab and the field 307 Juan Camilo Cárdenas 14 Sustainable consumption: transitions, systems and practices 332 Inge Røpke 15 Consumers, the environment and the new global middle classes 360 Alejandro Guarín and Imme Scholz 16 Global environmental governance 382 Arild Vatn 17 Economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem governance 413 Irene Ring and David N. Barton 18 The rise of PES in Brazil: from pilot projects to public policies 450 Emilie Coudel, Joice Ferreira, Maurício de Carvalho Amazonas, Ludivine Eloy, Marcelo Hercowitz, Luciano Mattos, Peter May, Roldan Muradian, Marie- Gabrielle Piketty and Fabiano Toni 19 Looking forward: current concerns and the future of ecological economics 473 Joan Martínez- Alier and Roldan Muradian Index 483 Contributors David N. Barton, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway Leon Braat, Alterra- Wageningen UR, the Netherlands Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Facultad de Economía, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia Maurício de Carvalho Amazonas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CDS), Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil Emilie Coudel, CIRAD, UR Green, France Rudolf de Groot, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Ludivine Eloy, CNRS, UMR Art- Dev 5281, Montpellier, France Joice Ferreira, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Brazil Marina Fischer- Kowalski, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen–Adria Universität, Austria Erik Gómez- Baggethun, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway Alejandro Guarín, German Development Institute, Germany Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen–Adria Universität, Austria Marcelo Hercowitz, Pau Brasil, Economia Ecológica e Gestão Socioambiental, Brazil Giorgos Kallis, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Berta Martín- López, Social- Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Joan Martínez- Alier, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Luciano Mattos, Embrapa Cerrados, Brazil vii viii Handbook of ecological economics Peter May, CPDA, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro and PPED/IE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Barbara Muraca, Oregon State University, USA Roldan Muradian, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Alejandro Nadal, Centre for Economic Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico John O’Neill, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Panos Petridis, Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen–Adria Universität, Austria Marie- Gabrielle Piketty, CIRAD, UR Green, France Victoria Reyes- García, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Irene Ring, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany Beatriz Rodríguez- Labajos, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Inge Røpke, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark Imme Scholz, German Development Institute, Germany Clive L. Spash, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Multi-L evel Governance and Development, Austria Fabiano Toni, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil Thomas Uebel, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Arild Vatn, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway Peter A. Victor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada Christos Zografos, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 1. Taking stock: the keystones of ecological economics Joan Martínez- Alier and Roldan Muradian 1. TAKING STOCK After some decades of existence, ecological economics is a thriving field of knowledge. Our purpose here is not to engage in the normative debate about what it should be, but rather to introduce the Handbook we have edited, while also trying to provide some insight into what constitutes the ontological foundations of ecological economics. In the conclud- ing chapter we shall elaborate on the most salient current concerns of the field, as well as on its future. This compilation of chapters aims, on the one hand, to present and stimulate the debate on the scope and methods of the multifaceted transdisciplinary field that was baptized as ecological economics in the late 1980s and, on the other, to comprehen- sively review the ‘state of the art’ in several exciting, relevant and rather new subjects dealing with the fluid interface between economic and eco- logical systems. The Handbook covers a wide range of appealing topics but it would be too ambitious to attempt to review the vast history and current production of ecological economics in a single volume. Moreover, this compendium is the result of combining the tastes of the editors with the generous avail- ability of the invited authors. Therefore, we do not pretend to have made a full overview of all major trends and issues of ecological economics. Our goal is more modest. We have invited some of the leading authors in the field to reflect on the most important developments in the subjects in which they are experts, and in doing so to contribute to disseminate within the ecological economics and other communities what they consider to be the most significant achievements and challenges in specific areas of knowledge. The outcome is stimulating and we hope enjoyable both for junior and experienced readers. The rest of section 1 contains a historical account of ecological eco- nomics, while also describing what we consider to be its foundations. The review is not done in a chronological order, but along main foundational propositions. It is meant to be particularly useful for readers not yet familiar with the field. Section 2 briefly summarizes major organizational 1
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