The provision of adequate, reliable, and affordable energy has been considered as a
cornerstone of development. More than one-third of the world's population has a very limited …

The Jevons Paradox , which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in
relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to …

Ecologists, agronomists, and others who may question the validity of current models for
determining sustainable growth of agroecosystems, need a new set of analytical tools that …

'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in
relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to …

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen deserves to be called the father of ecological economics. This
book connects Georgescu-Roegen's earlier work such as consumer choice theory and a …

This book stimulates thinking on the topic of detrimental environmental change and how
research psychologists can help to address the problem. In addition to reporting …

Natural resource consumption has increased considerably in the past 200 years despite
more efficient technology advancements. This correlation between increased natural …

There is evidence in the literature that there exist gender-related differences in household
energy choices. However, most of these studies have assumed the homogenous slope …

There are two key issues which are not fully elaborated in the papers in a recent special
issue of Ecological Economics (The contribution of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vol. 22 …

This book weaves together nuclear power and social theory to explain the history and
predict the future of nuclear power in the United States and to explore the determinants of …