Download or read book A Research Agenda for Environmental Economics written by Matthias Ruth and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting critical insights on how economic activity is constrained by the environment’s ability to provide material and energy resources, this timely Research Agenda explores how humanity shapes, and is shaped by, environmental change and sustainability challenges. Chapters highlight how, under these constraints, people may seek to improve their lives and standards of living without undermining the abilities of others to do so now or in the future.