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Choices from an Ecological Economics Perspective: Strong Sustainability V.S. Weak Sustainability
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Abstract
The school of ecological economics has proposed the idea of 'resource substitution', in which natural resources are gradually replaced by man-made resources in order to gradually reduce human dependence on natural resources, in order to balance environmental protection and economic development, the two most important goals of humanity today. In order to prove the feasibility of this idea, academics have proposed two different perspectives: 'strong sustainability' and 'weak sustainability'. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate the viability of the resource substitution theory and how to weigh the degree of substitution between man-made and natural resources. The paper first introduces the basic framework and analytical logic of ecological economics and the criteria for assessing the viability of the perspective, then presents regional, national, and global case studies of the positive and negative impacts of the substitution of natural resources by man-made resources in different contexts, and finally draws conclusions based on the assessment criteria.
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How to cite this paper
Choices from an Ecological Economics Perspective: Strong Sustainability V.S. Weak Sustainability
How to cite this paper: Xinya Pan. (2023) Choices from an Ecological Economics Perspective: Strong Sustainability V.S. Weak Sustainability. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(12), 2575-2580.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.12.033
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