Economists often assume that ecosystem and population dynamics are subject to convex, even linear processes. But research by ecosystem and population ecologists suggests that such processes are very often non-convex, for example a possible flip of the Gulf Stream due to fresh water intrusion from melting glaciers. This has dramatic implications for environmental and resource economics, since mistakes in management could prove more costly than imagined.
- ISBN10 1402025157
- ISBN13 9781402025150
- Publish Date 8 September 2004 (first published 31 January 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Springer
- Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Format eBook
- Pages 196
- Language English