Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/taylor Recent documents in M. Scott Taylor en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:14:45 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/104 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/104 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:05:51 PDT A presentation on the economics of environmental crises. M. Scott Taylor VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/103 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/103 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:22:05 PDT M. Scott Taylor VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/102 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/102 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:40:10 PDT Environmental crises are distinguished by rapid and largely unexpected changes in environmental quality that are difficult if not impossible to reverse. Examples would be major extinctions and signicant degradations of an ecosystem. I argue there are three preconditions for crisis: failures in governance, an ecological system exhibiting a tipping point, and an economy/environment interaction with positive feedbacks. I develop a simple model to illustrate how a crisis may arise, and draw on our knowledge of past and present crises to highlight the mechanisms involved. I then speculate as to whether climate change is indeed a crisis in the making. M. Scott Taylor I. The Environmental Consequences of International Trade II. Trade, Resources, and Sustainability III. Economic Growth and the Environment IV. Environmental History http://works.bepress.com/taylor/99 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/99 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:03:59 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/98 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/98 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:02:44 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/97 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/97 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:01:04 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/96 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/96 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:59:00 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/95 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/95 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:57:16 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/94 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/94 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:55:56 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press http://works.bepress.com/taylor/93 http://works.bepress.com/taylor/93 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:09:30 PDT VII. Presentations and Popular Press