Quantifying economic sustainability: Implications for free-enterprise theory, policy and practice

By Sally Goerner, Bernard Lietaer, Robert E. Ulanowicz. 2009

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Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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What Might We Say about a Circular Economy? Some Temptations to Avoid if Possible (2013, background): “…for example, that, whether the flow is energy, data, or nutrients, there is a tradeoff between efficiency—the degree to which flow is streamlined (simplified) and therefore increased, and resilience—the ability of a system to get back in shape after a shock (Goerner, Lietaer, and Ulanowicz 2009).”
Resilience of local food systems and links to food security – A review of some important concepts in the context of COVID-19 and other shocks (2020, background): “…negative) between different actors within and across socio-economic groups (farmers, traders, processors, etc.) Frank and Penrose-Buckley 2012; Goerner et al. 2009; Downing et al. 2018; Kangogo et al. 2020; Like diversification or substitution, connectivity would reduce the disruptions faced…”
Sustainability Matters in National Development Visions—Evidence from Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030 (2017, unknown): “Some commonly used terms include “sustainable development” [4,5], “urban sustainability” [6–9], “sustainable society” [10,11], “economic sustainability” [12,13], “social sustainability” [14,15], “ecological sustainability” [16], and “sustainable growth” [17].”
Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework (2017, background): “This is clarified in later work by the same authors (Goerner et al., 2009 p.76) where a measure called Quantitative Economic Development (QED) is developed to provide a mathematical basis to support “current theory [which] fails to differentiate healthy development from mere growth”.”
Methodological and Ideological Options Quantifying the sustainability of economic resource networks : An ecological information-based approach (2013, methodology): “Recently, this approach has been employed to quantitatively explore the robustness of network systems from the perspective of their structural and organizational relationships (Goerner et al., 2009; Ulanowicz, 2009a, 2009b; Ulanowicz et al., 2009).”
Tensions in Corporate Sustainability: Towards an Integrative Framework (2014, unknown): “the sustainability of economic systems from the perspective of thermodynamics and (eco)system theory (Goerner et al. 2009) suggest that efficiency considerations need to be complemented by the notion of resilience.”
[Editorial] Trade-offs in corporate sustainability: you can't have your cake and eat it (2010, background): “Finally, there is a discussion of trade-offs between the effi ciency and the resilience of the economic system (Goerner et al., 2009).”