Bioregional Economy Land, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Name: Bioregional Economy Land, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
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ISBN: 9781849714587

ISBN-10: 1849714584

ISBN-13: 9781849714587

Edition: 2012

Authors: Molly Scott Cato

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In a world of climate change and declining oil supplies what is the plan for the provisioning of resources? Green economists suggest a need to replace the globalised economy, and its extended supply chains, with a more âlocalâ economy. But what does this mean in more concrete terms? How large is a local economy, how self-reliant can it be, and what resources will still need to be imported? The concept of the âbioregionâ, developed and popularized within the disciplines of earth sciences, biosciences and planning, may facilitate the reconceptualisation of the global economy as a system of largely self-sufficient local economies.A bioregional approach to economics assumes a different…

Book details

List price: $247.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/16/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgements



Making sense of the bioregion



Why bioregional economics?



Visioning the bioregional economy



The economist as shaman



Bioregional resourcing



Firms, farms and factories



Provenance and provisioning



Work as craft



What about my iPad?



Policies for a bioregional economy



Sharing our common wealth



Provisioning, exchange and sufficiency



Space, limits and boundaries



Living the full circle of life


Notes


References


Index