Bringing Ecologists and Economists Together

Dedication.- Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- List of Contributors.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Askö meetings.- 2.1 A Brief History.- 2.2 Why and How?- 2.3 A Personal View: Saving the World While Having Fun.- 2.4 Building Bridges Between Ecology and Economics.- 2.5 Guidelines for the Future?- 3. The Askö Papers.- 3.1 Askö 1993: Ecologists and Economists Can Find Common Ground.- 3.1.1 Commentary.- 3.1.2 Commentary.- 3.2 Askö 1994: Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment.- 3.2.1 Commentary.- 3.2.2 Commentary.- 3.3 Askö 1995: Resilience in Natural and Socioeconomic Systems.- 3.3.1 Commentary.- 3.3.2 Commentary.- 3.4 Askö 1997: Food Production, Population Growth, and the Environment.- 3.4.1 Commentary.- 3.4.2 Commentary.- 3.5 Askö 1998: The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value.- 3.5.1 Commentary.- 3.5.2 Commentary.- 3.6 Askö in Washington 1999: Managing Ecosystem Resources.- 3.6.1 Commentary.- 3.6.2 Commentary.- 3.7 Askö in Stanford 2000: Are We Consuming Too Much?- 3.7.1 Commentary.- 3.7.2 Commentary.- 3.8 Askö 2000: Genetic Diversity and Interdependent Crop Choices in Agriculture.- 3.8.1 Commentary.- 3.8.2 Commentary.- 3.9 Askö 2001: Sustainability's Compass: Indicators of Genuine Wealth.- 3.9.1 Commentary.- 3.9.2 Commentary.- 3.10 Askö 2002: Coping with Uncertainty: A Call for a New Ccience-policy Forum.- 3.10.1 Commentary.- 3.10.2 Commentary.- 4. Conclusion: The Askö Challenge.- Appendix: List of Askö Meetings, Participants and Publications 1993-2002.- Index.