NEEDED - EXAMPLES OF APPLYING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Nothing is as effective as examples in conveying the usefulness of ecological economics to present and potential practitioners. I suggest ten example areas or problems where ecological economics can and should make specific analyses and recommendations. One example: a resolution, or creative rephrasing, of the dichotomous views of Japan that contrast its economic successes with its precarious dependence on imported renewable and nonrenewable resources and its high population density. For background, I also briefly review nine efforts to date in the general direction of total environmental cost.