Ecological Economics and Sustainability

Author: Fan Wansuan
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book aims to take the innovation of ecological economics and sustainable development theory as its starting point, with the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society as its main thread. It elaborates on the new development concept of coordinated economic and ecological environment sustainability, clarifies the dialectical relationship between ecological moral civilization, sustainable development, and the construction of a moderately prosperous society; conducts an in-depth exploration of the sustainable development issues related to water and land resource utilization and industrial and agricultural development; and conducts an in-depth study of the concept renewal and institutional support for sustainable forest development in China. In the section on "Regional Development and Governance," the author proposes principles for regional ecological-economic-social coordinated development planning, the construction of regional sustainable development indicator systems, and mathematical statistical analysis and econometric methods. From the perspective of sustainable development strategy, the author offers insightful ideas and suggestions for the national land consolidation in the Taihang Mountains, the development and construction of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, the Yellow River Basin, and the Yangtze River Basin.
Regarding the implementation of Henan's ecological economy and sustainable development strategy, the author studies Henan's agricultural ecological resources and ecological agriculture construction, sustainable forest development and the transformation of management methods, ecological environment construction, biodiversity protection, mountain ecological-economic coordination development, and the implementation of sustainable development strategies and their legal safeguards. Based on the author's personal experiences and research conducted domestically and internationally, the book discusses the agricultural ecology and land resource management in the United States, farm operations and national medium-term sustainable development strategies in Canada, and the ecological and physiological issues in British cities, offering insights for China's strategic implementation.