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International Journal of Environmental Sustainability and Protection
ISSN:2737-5447
Frequency: Quarterly Published by lIKll


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 IJESP 2021/12
Vol.1, Iss.1 : 3-15
https://doi.org/10.35745/ijesp2021v01.01.0002

Sustainability and Economics: The Environmental Valuation Controversy


Nima Norouzi1*
1Department of Energy Engineering and Physics, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran polytechnic), 424 Hafez Avenue, PO Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran


Abstract:
On sustainable development, a fundamental controversy is a value assigned to environmental goods and services. Economics approaches it from two perspectives: the traditional neoclassical approach (environmental economics) and another, more comprehensive one, where different sciences converge (ecological economics). This work offers a critical review of conventional economic theory associated with sustainable development, also highlights the need to assign values to environmental services for better decision-making, in which individual and social preferences are considered, thereby it would advance towards the central goals of sustainable development: economic efficiency, social justice, and ecological sustainability. This paper’s main contribution and novelty are to frame a discussion about the controversy between the various disciplines involved in the commensurability of nature. This link is a necessity of today’s world and must be considered an important issue to enhance sustainable development.

Keywords:  Sustainable Development, Ecological Economics, Environmental Economics, Green Economics, Sustainable Economics

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Received:N/A; Revised:N/A; Accepted:N/A; Published:December 30, 2021
*Corresponding author; e-mail: n.nima1376@gmail.com


Citation:Norouzi, N.(2021). Sustainability and Economics: The Environmental Valuation Controversy. International Journal of Environmental Sustainability and Protection, 1(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.35745/ijesp2021v01.01.0002

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