The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
- R. Costanza, R. D'arge, M. Belt
- GeologyNature
- 1 May 1997
The services of ecological systems and the natural capital stocks that produce them are critical to the functioning of the Earth's life-support system. They contribute to human welfare, both directly…
A safe operating space for humanity
- J. Rockström, W. Steffen, J. Foley
- PsychologyNature
- 23 September 2009
Identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change, argue Johan Rockstrom and colleagues.
Changes in the global value of ecosystem services
- R. Costanza, R. Groot, R. Turner
- Economics
- 1 May 2014
Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity
- J. Rockström, W. Steffen, J. Foley
- Environmental Science
- 18 November 2009
Anthropogenic pressures on the Earth System have reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. We propose a new approach to global sustainability in which we…
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment
- K. Arrow, B. Bolin, D. Pimentel
- EconomicsEnvironment and Development Economics
- 28 April 1995
The relation between economic growth and environmental quality, and the link between economic activity and the carrying capacity and resilience of the environment are discussed.
Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
- R. Groot, L. Brander, P. Beukering
- Environmental Science, Economics
- 1 July 2012
Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas
- S. Pickett, M. Cadenasso, R. Costanza
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2001
Ecological studies of terrestrial urban systems have been approached along several kinds of contrasts: ecology in as opposed to ecology of cities; biogeochemical compared to organismal perspectives,…
SPECIAL ISSUE: The Dynamics and Value of Ecosystem Services: Integrating Economic and Ecological Perspectives Economic and ecological concepts for valuing ecosystem services
- S. Farber, R. Costanza, M. Wilson
- Economics
- 1 June 2002
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