Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment

Arrow, Kenneth J.; Bolin, Bert; Costanza, Robert; Dasgupta, Partha; Folke, Carl; Holling, C. S.; Jansson, Bengt; Levin, Simon A.; Mäler, Karl‐Göran; Perrings, Charles; Pimentel, David

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“…But it has to be stressed that even if a social-ecological system may seem to be on a sustainable biosphere pathway for human well-being, actions to improve resilience on that pathway may benefit resilience of some and undermine resilience and increase vulnerability of others (e.g., Lebel et al 2006, Leach et al 2010. In contrast, actions aimed at increasing resilience of individuals, communities, nations as the core focus may reinforce unsustainable pathways, undermine biosphere resilience and challenge sustainability (e.g., Arrow et al 1995. Determining when resilience is on a desirable or undesirable path, and for whom, is an inherently value-laden, subjective and political question, a question that, if sustainability is in focus, needs to be connected to human wellbeing as part of the biosphere.…”

Section: Resilience Of People or Planet In Development?mentioning

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“…This scale increase in relation to the life-supporting biosphere (e.g., Boulding 1966, Odum 1989, Daily and Ehrlich 1992, Arrow et al 1995 has moved humanity into a proposed new geological era, the Antropocene, the age of man (Steffen et al 2007, Brondizio et al 2016). Resilience and regime shifts are part of the challenges humanity is facing in the Anthropocene, from regional tipping points (e.g., Lenton et al 2008, Österblom and to possible shifts at planetary scales (e.g., Steffen et al 2011, Barnosky et al 2012) and assessments of dynamic planetary boundaries in this context (Rockström et al 2009.…”

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“…The volume Biodiversity Loss (Perrings et al 1995) presented an ecological primer on functional diversity, regime shifts, and ecosystem services in an ecosystem resilience and crossscale context , see also Folke et al 1996, Peterson et al 1998, Nyström et al 2000, Lundberg and Moberg 2003, Hughes et al 2007. Several papers as part of the Biodiversity Program (e.g., Perrings et al 1992, Gadgil et al 1993, Hammer et al 1993, Walker 1993) and a recognized paper on economic growth (Arrow et al 1995) incorporated resilience as a significant feature for human and environmental interactions (see also Levin et al 1998). Holling and colleagues released the innovative book Barrier and Bridges to the Renewal of Ecosystems andInstitutions in 1995 (Gunderson et al 1995).…”

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Resilience (Republished)

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2016

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ABSTRACT.Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about cultivating the capacity to sustain development in the face of expected and surprising change and diverse pathways of development and potential thresholds between them. The evolution of resilience thinking is coupled to socialecological systems and a truly intertwined human-environment planet. Resilience as persistence, adaptability, and transformability of complex adaptive social-ecological systems is the focus, clarifying the dynamic and forward-looking nature of the concept. Resilience thinking emphasizes that social-ecological systems, from the individual, to community, to society as a whole, are embedded in the biosphere. The biosphere connection is an essential observation if sustainability is to be taken seriously. In the continuous advancement of resilience thinking there are efforts aimed at capturing resilience of social-ecological systems and finding ways for people and institutions to govern social-ecological dynamics for improved human well-being, at the local, across levels and scales, to the global. Consequently, in resilience thinking, development issues for human well-being, for people and planet, are framed in a context of understanding and governing complex social-ecological dynamics for sustainability as part of a dynamic biosphere.This invited article is a republication of Folke, C. 2016. "Resilience" of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science

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“…Existe evidencia de este patrón en términos de polución atmosférica (Antweiler et al, 2001;Bradford et al, 2000;Selden y Song, 1994), deforestación (Shafik, 1994) y protección del territorio (Bimonte, 2001). Teóricamente, esta relación tiene diversas explicaciones (véase Andreoni y Levinson, 1998): En principio, la curva podría estar reflejando la progresión natural del desarrollo económico, desde una economía agraria «limpia» a una economía industrial «contaminante» y, finalmente, el paso a una economía de servicios que es, de nuevo, «limpia» (Arrow et al, 1995). Una explicación alternativa radica en que la internalización de las externalidades asociadas a la contaminación requiere de instituciones relativamente avanzadas que sólo están disponibles en las economías desarrolladas (Jones y Manuelli, 1995).…”

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¿Existe un conflicto entre la globalización del turismo y los recursos naturales?

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RESUMEN:La globalización, así como el turismo internacional, son dos de los fenómenos económicos más analizados en los últimos años, tanto por su creciente importancia como por sus visibles efectos sobre la economía. La notable expansión del turismo tiene como origen, en gran parte, las mismas causas que explican la globalización económica, de ahí que, a menudo, se hable de «globalización turística». Uno de los argumentos más utilizados por los detractores de la globalización es su elevado impacto en términos ambientales. En este sentido, resulta obligado reflexionar sobre la existencia de un potencial conflicto entre el, cada vez mayor, desarrollo turístico y la conservación de los recursos naturales. Una cuestión ésta que adquiere especial importancia en el caso de la industria turística, dado que la calidad ambiental no es sólo un fin en si mismo sino una condición necesaria para su viabilidad económica. De esta forma, la reducción de los problemas de degradación y sobreutilización a los que se ven sometidos los recursos naturales en los destinos resulta imprescindible para garantizar la supervivencia de una industria cada vez más globalizada. La gestión y planificación de los recursos naturales se convierte, así, en un elemento estratégico de la política turística. Con todo, la influencia del turismo sobre el medio ambiente depende no sólo de la existencia de impactos ambientales sino también de los esfuerzos públicos y privados dedicados a minimizarlos.PALABRAS CLAVE: Globalización. Turismo. Impactos ambientales. Instrumentos de gestión de recursos naturales.Clasificación JEL: F18, H23, L83, Q34.

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“…[4] Explores the role of the income elasticity of demand for environmental, showing that preferences consistent with a positive income elasticity of demand for environmental quality are neither necessary nor sufficient for the EKC. [5] conclude that economic growth is not a panacea for environmental quality; what matters is the content of growth. In the scope of the theory of productive efficiency [6] takes three categories of firm's factor into account, i.e.…”

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Searching Kuznets Environmental Curve in Selected Islamic Country: A GMM Approach

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Abstract-This article investigates the existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve, EKC relationship between countries' environmental performance and per capita income for sixteen Islamic countries during 1990-2007. In this regard, at first the environmental efficiency and Malmquist environmental productivity is measured for each country. Then the relationship between countries' environmental performance and per capita income has been investigated by a dynamic model. The result shows that there is an inverted-U pattern between income and environmental degradation in th studied countries.

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Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment

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Resilience (Republished)

¿Existe un conflicto entre la globalización del turismo y los recursos naturales?

Searching Kuznets Environmental Curve in Selected Islamic Country: A GMM Approach

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