Capitalizing on nature : ecosystems as natural assets /
Edward B. Barbier.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
1. Ecological scarcity as an economic problem -- 2. Ecosystem services and ecological landscapes -- 3. The basic natural asset model -- 4. Spatial variation in ecosystems -- 5. The open economy -- 6. Ecological collapse -- 7. The way ahead -- 8. Policies in the age of ecological scarcity.