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Ecological-economic viability as a criterion of strong sustainability under uncertainty

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In this article, the authors define strong sustainability under uncertainty in an operational manner using the concept of viability, which means that the different components and functions of a dynamic, stochastic system at any time remain in a domain where the future existence of these components and function is guaranteed with sufficiently high probability.
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This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2009-05-15 and is currently open access. It has received 125 citations till now.

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Ecosystem disservices research: A review of the state of the art with a focus on cities

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how ecosystem disservices have been recognized in the scientific literature and how the concept has been used in the discussion of socio-ecological systems, and they use a quantitative approach to assess geographical spread, focus and indicator choice.
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The Relationship Between Resilience and Sustainability of Ecological-Economic Systems

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between resilience and sustainability of ecological-economic systems and conclude that more criteria than just resilience have to be taken into account when designing policies for the sustainable development of ecological economic systems, and vice versa, the property of resilience should not be confused with the positive normative connotations of sustainability.
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The relationship between resilience and sustainability of ecological-economic systems

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between resilience and sustainability of ecological-economic systems and conclude that more criteria than just resilience have to be taken into account when designing policies for the sustainable development of ecological economic systems, and vice versa, the property of resilience should not be confused with the positive normative connotations of sustainability.
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Economic viability and small-scale fisheries — A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the current discourse on the economic viability of small-scale fisheries and conclude that economic viability is mainly equated with financial viability, where profitability is the goal.
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The triple bottom line: Meeting ecological, economic and social goals with individual transferable quotas

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility conditions under which a fishery manager can achieve sustainability objectives which simultaneously account for stock conservation, economic efficiency and maintenance of fishing activity for the agents along time.
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Our common future

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Risk, Uncertainty and Profit

TL;DR: In Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, Frank Knight explored the riddle of profitability in a competitive market profit should not be possible under competitive conditions, as the entry of new entrepreneurs would drive prices down and nullify margins, however evidence abounds of competitive yet profitable markets as mentioned in this paper.
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The Entropy Law and the Economic Process

TL;DR: In this paper, the Entropy Law and the economic process are discussed. But their focus is on the distribution of the entropy in the system, and not on the process itself, as we do.
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Blueprint for a green economy

TL;DR: The meaning of sustainable development is defined in this article as "the value of the environment" and "valuing the environment", and it is defined as "a way of thinking about the future rather than the past".
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Opportunistic management for rangelands not at equilibrium.

TL;DR: The state-and-transition (S2T) model as mentioned in this paper is a feasible way to organize information for management, not because it follows from theoretical models about dynamics, but rather because management rather than theoretical criteria should be used in deciding what states to recognize in a given situation.