Evolutionary Thinking in Environmental Economics

Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and environmental resources; economic and evolutionary progress; and individual behavior and environmental policy. The treatment will address both biological and economic—including institutional, organizational and technological-evolutionary phenomena. Attention will be drawn to the fact that evolutionary economics shows a surprising neglect of environmental and natural resource factors. <p>See publication in the <A href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/666w23722p831n14/"><I>Journal of Evolutionary Economics</I></A>, 2007, 17(5), 521-49.