Table of Contents

List of tables

List of figures

List of boxes

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction - Mark Diesendorf/Clive Hamilton

PART 1 - BASIC CONCEPTS

1 Humans in the biosphere - Stephen Boyden/Stephen Dovers

2 Foundations of ecological economics - Clive Hamilton

3 Principles of ecologically sustainable development - Mark Diesendorf

4 Economic growth and human well-being - Steve Dodds

5 Values and ethics - Janis Birkeland/Steve Dodds/Clive Hamilton

6 Trade and the environment - Henry Leveson-Gower

PART 2 - CASE STUDIES AND POLICY DIRECTIONS

7 Soils and agriculture - Jim Derrick/Paul Dann

8 Greenhouse response in the energy sector - Mark Diesendorf

9 Impacts of energy use - Bent Sorensen

10 Urban transport and urban form - Paul Mees

11 The ecologically sustainable development process in Australia - Mark Diesendorf/Clive Hamilton

12 Some path

Promotional Information

Shortlisted, Minter Ellison Award for the Best Designed Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and Professional Book, Australian Publishers Association Design Awards 1997

About the Author

Mark Diesendorf is senior lecturer in the Human Ecology program at the Australian National University. Clive Hamilton is the Executive Director of the Australia Institute.