"Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of industrialisation. The relationships between economic processes and water use are complex and include many interwoven drivers such as: technological development, dietary choices and food...

"Degrowth is a planned economic contraction in wealthy countries that reduces production and consumption - and, by extension, greenhouse gas emissions and stresses on global ecosystems - to sustainable levels within ecological limits. This book explores the idea of degrowth as an economic...

Introduction: conversations on care in feminist political economy and ecology / Wendy Harcourt and Christine Bauhardt -- Nature, care, and gender : feminist dilemmas / Christine Bauhardt -- White settler colonial scientific fabulations on otherwise narratives of care / Wendy Harcourt --...

Introduction -- Food security and hunger -- Food availability, food requirements, and food production -- Food affordbility, entitlements, and poverty traps -- Food utilization and nutrition security -- Stability, sustainability, and resilience -- Summary and conclusions

The economy in a post-growth era : what project and what philosophy? / Isabelle Cassiers and Kevin Maréchal -- Work and employment in a post-growth era / Dominique Méda -- The new paths of decommodification / Bernard Perret -- Social economy and polycentric governance of transitions / Thomas...

This is a book about the work of scientists in the era of the Anthropocene: where human beings appear to have become a driving force in the evolution of the planet. It is a diverse collection of empirical, methodological and theoretical chapters concerned with the practice of interdisciplinary...

Economic Theory and Sustainable Development What can we preserve for future generations? Vincent Martinet Routledge Taylor & Francis Croup LONDON AND NEW YORK Contents List of figures x Preface ...