Overview

Taking as its starting point the interdependence of human and natural systems, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of ecological economics. It assumes no prior knowledge of economics and is well suited for use on interdisciplinary environmental science and management courses.

Key Features

• A truly introductory textbook filled with student-friendly features.
• Ideal for students from science, economics and management backgrounds
• Assumes no previous knowledge of economics.
• End of chapter exercises encourage students to work with and apply the material, gaining increasing mastery of concepts, models analysis techniques.
• Carefully explained Excel simulations illustrate key ideas and have accompanying exercises.
• Review of important terms through highlighted keywords and end of chapter lists.
• Guides to Further Reading at the end of each chapter including online links.
• Features a companion website with supplementary information, data and analysis. Part of the website is designed for instructors only and contains transparencies for all graphs in the book, answers to end of chapter exercises and notes on discussion questions.