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Table of Contents
List of Figures |
List of Tables |
Acknowledgments |
Abbreviations |
Introduction: Putting Ecological Economics into Sustainable Agricultural Practices |
General Background of the Research |
Research Problems and Contentions |
Justification of the Research |
Methodological Framework |
Outline of the Book |
Chapter 1: Ecological Economics as a Transdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability |
Ecosystems and Economic Subsystems: The Loss of Harmony |
A Critique of Neoclassical and Environmental Economics |
From Normal to Postnormal Science: A Paradigm Shift |
A Science of Synthesis |
Three Core Ecological Economic Concepts Revisited |
Summary |
Chapter 2: Ecological Economics in China |
Emerging Background |
Historical Review of Chinese Ecological Economics |