Structural Economics: Measuring Change in Technology, Lifestyles, and the Environment

by Faye Duchin

In all societies, the main causes of environmental degradation are resource extraction and the generation of wastes by households and industries. Realistic strategies for mitigating these impacts require an understanding of both the technologies by which resources are transformed into products, and the lifestyle choices that shape household use of such products. Structural Economics provides a framework for developing and evaluating such strategies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559636068
• ISBN13: 9781559636063
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"