Capitalizing on Nature: Ecosystems as Natural Assets

by Edward B. Barbier

Book Overview

The basic unit of nature - the ecosystem - is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107007275
• ISBN13: 9781107007277
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"