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Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin - 2009

recently that the term sustainability economics was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term sustainability economics do not refer to any explicit definition of the term … background. The question thus arises: What is sustainability economics? In this essay, we make an attempt at systematically …

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What is sustainability economics?

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2009

recently that the term “sustainability economics” was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term “sustainability economics” do not refer to any explicit definition of the … institutional background. The question thus arises: What is “sustainability economics”? In this essay, we make an attempt at …

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Trade-offs between justices, economics, and efficiency

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Glotzbach, Stefanie; Hoberg, Nikolai - 2011

We argue that economics - as the scientific method of analyzing trade-offs - can be helpful (and may even be …

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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics: the role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Frank, Karin; … - 2008

We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical … considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and … aims of ecological economics require a specific combination of inter- and transdisciplinary research, and discuss the …

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Ecological-economic viability as a criterion of strong sustainability under uncertainty

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2007

Strong sustainability, according to the common definition, requires that different natural and economic capital stocks have to be maintained as physical quantities separately. Yet, in a world of uncertainty this cannot be guaranteed. To therefore define strong sustainability under uncertainty in...

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Characterizing commercial cattle farms in Namibia: Risk, management and sustainability

Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012

Commercial cattle farming in Namibia, a prime example of livestock farming in semi-arid rangelands, is subject to a variety of risks, predominant among which is precipitation risk. At the same time it suffers from rangeland degradation that is at least partly due to inadequate management. We...

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A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability

Fünfgelt, Joachim; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012

We develop and formalize a utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability which is inspired by Singer's (1972) principle and the Brundtland Commission's notion ofsustainability (WCED 1987). We relate this notion of responsibility to established criteria forthe assessment of...

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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management: The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2011

We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the normactivation theory and operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability, for commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands of Namibia, a system that is subject to extensive...

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Sustainability economics: General versus specific, and conceptual versus practical

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin - 2010

We clarify the definition and interpretation of 'sustainability economics' (Baumgärtner and Quaas 2010) in response to … specific definitions of sustainability and sustainability economics, as well as between conceptual and practical approaches. …

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