What is sustainability economics?

Arbeitspapier

While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades, it is just 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, and are not obviously joined by common or unifying characteristics, such as subject focus, methodology, or institutional background. The question thus arises: What is sustainability economics? In this essay, we make an attempt at systematically defining and delineating what sustainability economics could be in terms of its normative foundation, aims, subject matter, ontology, epistemology, and genuine research agenda.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 138

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
• Subject: Economics ; efficiency ; epistemology ; fairness ; future ; justice ; human-nature-relationship ; ontology ; philosophy of science ; sustainability ; uncertainty ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltökonomik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Baumgärtner, Stefan ; Quaas, Martin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (where): Lüneburg
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30222
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET