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dc.contributor.author | ANG, Frederic | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-28T10:20:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-28T10:20:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BIOSCIENCE, 62 (3), p. 251-259 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0006-3568 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13222 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Environmentalists generally argue that ecological damage will (eventually) lead to declines in human well-being. From this perspective, the recent introduction of the “environmentalist’s paradox” in BioScience by Raudsepp-Hearne and colleagues (2010) is particularly significant. In essence, Raudsepp-Hearne and colleagues (2010) claimed that although ecosystem services have been degraded, human well-being—paradoxically—has increased. In this article, we show that this debate is in fact rooted in a broader discussion on weak sustainability versus strong sustainability(the substitutability of human-made capital for natural capital). We warn against the reductive nature of focusing only on a stock–flow framework in which a natural-capital stock produces ecosystem services. Concretely, we recommend a holistic approach in which the complexity, irreversibility, uncertainty, and ethical predicaments intrinsic to the natural environment and its connections to humanity are also considered. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.subject.other | ecology; natural resources; assessments; sustainability | - |
dc.title | Beyond the Environmentalist's Paradox and the Debate on Weak versus Strong Sustainability | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 259 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 251 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 62 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.bibliographicCitation.oldjcat | A1 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000301561900008 | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2013 | - |
item.contributor | ANG, Frederic | - |
item.contributor | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
item.fulltext | No Fulltext | - |
item.accessRights | Closed Access | - |
item.fullcitation | ANG, Frederic & VAN PASSEL, Steven (2012) Beyond the Environmentalist's Paradox and the Debate on Weak versus Strong Sustainability. In: BIOSCIENCE, 62 (3), p. 251-259. | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0006-3568 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1525-3244 | - |
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