Der Sammelband greift eine Thematik auf, die seit einigen Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt: die kulturellen Dimensionen sozialwissenschaftlicher und (anwendungsorientiert-)ethischer Forschung. Er behandelt übergeordnet die Frage, wie Kultur als allgegenwärtiger Aspekt menschlichen...

In this paper a method is developed to derive prices for natural goods from information about material and energy flows within ecosystems. The derivation is based on an analogy between ecological and economic systems: both systems are characterized by flows of material and energy. To derive...

This book presents interdisciplinary approaches towards achieving regional sustainability. The relevance of interdisciplinary research and its consequences for economic research into the environment are elaborated, and new approaches are developed to integrate knowledge from ecological and...