Environment and Economy—No Conflict

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Heal
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural World ◽  
External Costs ◽  
System Failure

The natural world matters greatly to economic performance: the economy and the natural world are strongly interdependent, and improving the natural environment improves economic performance directly. But nonetheless economic activity is seriously damaging the environment. There are four reasons for this, all connected with clearly identifiable shortcomings of our economic system – failure to charge for external costs, failure to manage common property, failure to recognize and value natural capital, and failure to properly evaluate economic performance. Subsequent chapters develop these points.

Aggressions of the Socio-Economic System on the Natural Capital

2017 ◽  
pp. 109-140
Author(s):  
Constanţa Popescu ◽  
Constantin Popescu ◽  
Maria Luiza Hrestic
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Acid Rain ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Vertebrate Species ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Almost All

Nearly 250 million years ago, the Earth was shaken by the amplest extinction known so far, which led to the extinction of up to 96% of all the marine species, 70% of the vertebrate species, and almost all the insects. This extinction affected the whole range of biodiversity so much. Nature took almost 10 million years to recover after this event. Life was really in danger on our planet at that moment, due to the dismal conditions that were created, and the current research shows that these dire conditions continued to occur, in the natural environment, after that, triggering numerous outbreaks that occurred for five to six million years following the initial crisis, triggered by the carbon rise and the repeated shortages of oxygen, the increased warming and other such adverse effects, which, once initiated, were uncontrollable and had disastrous effects. When life returned to normal and, gradually, after several million years, a new beginning was possible, the significant elements that caused the disaster - global warming, acid rain - sound strangely familiar to us today.

Aggressions of the Socio-Economic System on the Natural Capital

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-131
Author(s):  
Constanţa Popescu ◽  
Constantin Popescu ◽  
Maria Luiza Hrestic
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Acid Rain ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Vertebrate Species ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Almost All

Nearly 250 million years ago, the Earth was shaken by the amplest extinction known so far, which led to the extinction of up to 96% of all the marine species, 70% of the vertebrate species, and almost all the insects. This extinction affected the whole range of biodiversity so much. Nature took almost 10 million years to recover after this event. Life was really in danger on our planet at that moment, due to the dismal conditions that were created, and the current research shows that these dire conditions continued to occur, in the natural environment, after that, triggering numerous outbreaks that occurred for five to six million years following the initial crisis, triggered by the carbon rise and the repeated shortages of oxygen, the increased warming and other such adverse effects, which, once initiated, were uncontrollable and had disastrous effects. When life returned to normal and, gradually, after several million years, a new beginning was possible, the significant elements that caused the disaster - global warming, acid rain - sound strangely familiar to us today.

A Few Basis Points of the Ecological Economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 2871-2874
Author(s):  
Su Juan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Energy Flow ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Service Economy ◽  
Material Circulation

The ecological economy is a new economic model which replaces the traditional economic model. It is a theory about economic activity based on principles of material circulation and energy flow of the ecological system. It includes several basis points: development pursues to enhance the productivity of natural resources, nature is an unalienable capital of the economic system, sustainable production and bionic technology, to emphasize living life style instead of occupancy, to replace product economy with service economy, Investing in Natural Capital, the establishment of a new theoretical framework--the macro environmental economics.

scholarly journals Natural capital preservation and sustainable management as a prerequisite for year-round tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Lidija Runko Luttenberger ◽  
Ivana Gudelj
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Relationship

Increasing number of tourists wants to experience nature and at the same time have a positive impact on nature during their tourist stay. This paper presents the relationship between the preservation of natural capital of the locality and tourist season duration, as well as destination sustainable management and longevity. Tourism greatly depends on natural world, meaning the beauty of landscapes and seascapes and man's connection with nature itself. It simultaneously depends on local natural environment and exerts an impact thereon. Conservation and sustainable management of natural capital maybe achieved in various ways. Countries are attempting to preserve natural capital and to monitor its change through regular reporting, using selected indicators. Croatia should strive to preserve its unique natural resources and devise the tools to measure own performance with due consideration of its specific feature, all with the aim of ensuring sustainable all-year tourism. Finally, the paper considers comprehensively all pressures on natural environment exerted by tourism as well as benefits for the locality of preserving domestic natural capital in a long term, while ensuring the monitoring of changes in state thereof. A 'high value, low impact' approach would bring in the growing share of affluent nature-loving tourists throughout the year, thus reducing present tourism seasonality and highly negative impact on nature, local communities and microclimate change.

Economic resource of ethnic identity in the conditions of current migration processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-84
Author(s):  
Maryna Anatol'evna Igosheva
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
Ethnic Economy ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Ethnic Entrepreneurship

The object of this research is the problem of confrontation between the traditional forms of economic activity of ethnocultural communities and unifying effect of economic integration in the context of migration processes. The establishment of world economic system in the modern conditions of global transformation created an unprecedented level of interdependence of the economies of nation states and general rules of their functioning. At the same time, the traditional forms of economies that are greatly affected by ethnic factor also retain. The author explores such questions as definition of the concepts “ethnic economy” and “ethnic entrepreneurship” within the scientific discourse, the factors of emergence of these economic phenomena, proclivity of particular ethnoses for commercial activity and small business. Special attention is paid to the analysis of ethnic entrepreneurship as a form of economic activity of local communities in the foreign cultural space. It is demonstrated that being in a new social environment and attempting to adjust to it, the representatives of ethnic group occupy free zones in economic system of the country, or create own forms of economic activity related to cultural traditions of the ethnos. The acquires results allow to theoretically substantiate that ethnic identity has a strong economic potential, which manifests in the forms of ethnic economy, ethnic entrepreneurship, and stimulates the process economic adaptation of migrants in the accepting society. Affiliation to a particular ethnocultural community significantly influences economic behavior of the people; its specificity is defined by the set of historical, cultural, and economic and living conditions of the ethnos. Economic potential of ethnic identity is substantiated by a number of factors: historically established forms of organization of economic activity of the ethnos; preservation of economic structure due to localization of life of the traditional communities; reproduction of the tested model of economic behavior; specifics of economic culture with the value orientations of a local ethnic community.

Current Trends in the International Economic Activity of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Ljudmila Romaniuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Economic Relations

International economic activity occupies a special place in a complex system of the global economic relations. It reflects the mutual economic dependence of trade and economic activities of different countries of the world. The significance of the development of international economic performance of each country is growing. The purpose of the article is to determine the current state and trends of international economic performance of Ukraine, taking into account changes in the external environment. SWOT-analysis was introduced to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and ways to overcome weaknesses, solve problems in international economic activity, use strengths and opportunities. International economic activity is a powerful factor in the development of the country's economy and has a significant potential in regard of natural, economic and human resources, but the study has also revealed problems and negative trends. To identify trends in the effectiveness of the country's international economic activity, export-import performance indicators for 2019, 2020 and similar indicators for 2013 were analyzed. In 2020 a decline in exports in the machine-building industry is observed. Furthermore, the exports are dominated by the raw material component. The growth rate of exported goods refers to industries with a small share of value added. At the same time, imports are dominated by high-tech products, indicating a lack of strategy of technical and technological development, which leads to the deindustrialization of the country, which is a significant threat to the economy of Ukraine as a whole and its international economic activity. In the context of economic globalization, the importance of international economic relations is growing. To increase the efficiency of international economic performance it is crucial to address a number of domestic issues: stabilization of political situation, termination of military actions in the east of the country, overcoming corruption, ensuring technical and technological development, implementation of innovations at enterprises, development and implementation of multi-vector strategy, implementation of the strategy of public diplomacy in order to build a positive image of Ukraine. Further research will focus on assessing the effectiveness of international economic activity, identifying threats to national competitiveness and elaborating recommendations for overcoming them.

scholarly journals Sistem Ekonomi (Islam) dan Pelarangan Riba dalam Perspektif Historis

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Risanda Alirastra Budiantoro ◽  
Riesanda Najmi Sasmita ◽  
Tika Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Islamic Civilization

Allah has given the guidance in the form of Islam for Muslim to take and lead all the aspects of life including the economic activity. The Islamic economic system is believed to be the answer of the economic problems that exist at this time. The goal is to achieve falah in kaffah by not doing some economic activities that are in violation as prescribed by Islam. For example is riba. Discourse on riba can be said "classical" both in the development of Islamic thought and in Islamic civilization because riba often occurs in all aspects of public life, especially economic transactions (in Islam called muamalah). Riba is an additional retrieval, either in a sale and purchase transaction or lending in a false or contrary to the principle of muamalah in Islam. Prohibition of riba is obtained from various sources by the Qur'an and Hadith Rasulullah SAW, so the scholars firmly and clearly defined the prohibition of riba because there are exploitative elements that can harm the others. So, this study is aimed to identif yIslamic economic system and the prohibition of riba in historical perspective. From the results of this study is expected to be a good reference for the reader to understand the Islamic economic system and riba in the future.Saran sitasi: Budiantoro, R., Sasmita, R., & Widiastuti, T. (2018). Sistem Ekonomi (Islam) dan Pelarangan Riba dalam Perspektif Historis. Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi Islam, 4(01), 1-13. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.29040/jiei.v4i1.138

Technology and the Theory of Apocalypse

2021 ◽  
pp. 1638-1647
Author(s):  
Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Interesting Discussion

This chapter ignites an interesting discussion around the idea of apocalypse or at the best to the role of technology by slicing humanity from nature. In terms of the British anthropologist Tim Ingold, one of the conceptual limitations of “dwelling perspective” as a project is the clear-cut division of humans from the natural environment. Unlike hunters and gatherers who have developed “relational” ties with the sensual world, we are educated to imagine ourselves as administrators of natural world. In view of this, the eco-friendly projects (as conservation parks) often exclude the presence of humans. The employment of technology denotes certain rationality which while sorting the environment according to our needs it creates a sentiment of culprit, which is expressed in the bottom-days´ narratives. Mankind, as outstanding specie, is the only one gifted by Gods to administer nature, but failed. Moved by greed and speculations, men governed with energy in backs to God and for that, they should be heavily punished.

The Internet of Nature: How taking nature online can shape urban ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadinè J Galle ◽  
Sophie A Nitoslawski ◽  
Francesco Pilla
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Management ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Revolution

Many of our cities are going digital. From self-driving cars to smart grids to intelligent traffic signals, these smart cities put data and digital technology to work to drive efficiency and improve the quality of life for citizens. Yet, the natural capital upon which cities rely risks being left behind by the digital revolution. Bringing nature online is the next frontier in ecosystem management and will change our relationship with the natural world in the urban age. In this article, we introduce the ‘Internet of Nature’ to bridge the gap between greener and smarter cities and to explore the future of urban ecosystem management in an age of rapid urbanisation and digitisation. The creation of an Internet of Nature, along with the ecosystem intelligence it provides, is an opportunity to elicit and understand urban ecosystem dynamics, promote self-sufficiency and resilience in ecosystem management and enhance connections between urban social and ecological systems.

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