limited impact, 86

limiting factor, 19

limits, 19, 23–26, 28, 30–31, 34, 56, 62, 74, 80, 85–86, 96, 127, 170, 199, 224

limits to growth, 2, 23, 46, 95

lost wisdom, 21

macroeconomic system, 22

mainstream economist, 27, 89

mainstream policy process, 86

Malthus, Thomas, 21, 52

market economy, 22, 66, 170–172, 175, 178

Marx Karl, 17, 21, 71

Marxist philosophy, 51–52

mental model, 193, 197–198, 214, 216, 220

metaphor, 30

methodological

framework, 10–11, 14, 185–186, 206, 213, 250, 252–256

pluralism, 11, 40, 56, 112, 115, 189

synthesis, 11, 14, 183, 185, 202–203, 206, 242, 253, 255, 257

methodology, 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 39, 52, 55, 65, 186–188, 201, 212, 243, 252–253, 257

model

building, 195–196, 216, 219–220, 222, 243

description, 220

sector, 220–227

modelling language, 193

modern

conventional agriculture, 5, 121, 154

economics, 21–22

Western science, 52, 97

moral capital, 22

multidisciplinary, 9, 37–38, 140

national policy, 141, 165, 177

natural capital, 9, 12, 19–20, 33

natural resource management, 12, 118, 190, 213, 220, 255

nature, 4, 8, 12, 17, 19–21, 26, 29, 41–42, 45–46, 50–52, 58, 61, 65, 68, 72, 74, 80, 92–98, 100–101, 104, 107, 118–123, 128, 133–137, 139, 149, 159, 163, 167, 187, 203, 206, 208, 211, 256, 258

necessity, 2, 11, 39, 47, 55, 63–64, 99, 169, 199, 244, 254, 258–259

neoclassical economics, 3, 7, 22–25, 31–32, 36, 45, 61, 63, 65, 78, 86, 104, 115–116, 189, 202

normal science, 26–27, 29, 79

objective, 3, 6, 10–11, 13–14, 18–19, 28–29, 33–34, 41, 59, 62–63, 65–66, 74–75, 82, 88, 105, 111, 124, 131, 139, 161–162, 166, 170, 173–174, 177–178, 181, 200, 208, 210, 214, 227, 234, 241, 246, 250, 252–253, 255

open-ended, 196, 234

overview, 13, 17, 44, 68, 117, 188, 214–215

paradigm, 4, 12, 22, 26–29, 39–41, 47, 51, 62–65, 68, 81, 83, 88, 91, 96, 105, 109, 115, 119, 121, 126, 135, 150, 153, 155, 164, 166, 180, 188–189, 200, 208