TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental aspects of natural resource intensive development
T2 - the case of agriculture
AU - Johnson, Bjørn Harold
AU - Villumsen, Gert
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper is about the environmental impacts of modern agriculture on the background of the challenges for sustainable development raised by the Anthropocene. We argue that the Anthropocene makes it necessary to sharpen the notion of sustainability in order to get a clearer picture of the most serious problems and for this reason we relate agriculture’s source and sink problems to the notion of planetary boundaries. It is also important to develop an environmental ethic that relates to the Anthropocene. In order to discuss policy options, we take departure in the so-called IPAT (Environmental Impact = Population × Affluence × Technology) equation and address the issues of population growth, increased material well-being and technological change. We conclude that it is not lack of information, goals or instruments that prevent effective policies to be implemented. The reasons are rather structural and systemic.
AB - This paper is about the environmental impacts of modern agriculture on the background of the challenges for sustainable development raised by the Anthropocene. We argue that the Anthropocene makes it necessary to sharpen the notion of sustainability in order to get a clearer picture of the most serious problems and for this reason we relate agriculture’s source and sink problems to the notion of planetary boundaries. It is also important to develop an environmental ethic that relates to the Anthropocene. In order to discuss policy options, we take departure in the so-called IPAT (Environmental Impact = Population × Affluence × Technology) equation and address the issues of population growth, increased material well-being and technological change. We conclude that it is not lack of information, goals or instruments that prevent effective policies to be implemented. The reasons are rather structural and systemic.
U2 - 10.1080/2157930X.2017.1317915
DO - 10.1080/2157930X.2017.1317915
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2157-930X
VL - 8
SP - 167
EP - 188
JO - Innovation and Development
JF - Innovation and Development
IS - 1
ER -