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Biological economics is an interdisciplinary field in which the interaction of human biology and economics is studied. The journal Economics and Human Biology covers the field and has an impact factor of 2.722.
Bioeconomics (fisheries), the study of the dynamics of living resources using economic models; Bioeconomics (biophysical), the study of economic systems applying the laws of thermodynamics; Biological economics, the study of the relationship between human biology and economics; Bioeconomics, the social theory of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
A creative economy is based on people's use of their creative imagination to increase an idea's value.John Howkins developed the concept in 2001 to describe economic systems where value is based on novel imaginative qualities rather than the traditional resources of land, labour and capital.: [1] Compared to creative industries, which are limited to specific sectors, the term is used to ...
Evolutionary economics is a school of economic thought that is inspired by evolutionary biology.Although not defined by a strict set of principles and uniting various approaches, it treats economic development as a process rather than an equilibrium and emphasizes change (qualitative, organisational, and structural), innovation, complex interdependencies, self-evolving systems, and limited ...
This has economic benefits and maintaining natural pest control is important to humanity's ability to grow crops. [25] It can also be applied within horticulture. [26] Biological pest control can reduce economic losses incurred as a result of pests, disease vectors, and invasive species. [27]
Human ecology may be defined: (1) from a bio-ecological standpoint as the study of man as the ecological dominant in plant and animal communities and systems; (2) from a bio-ecological standpoint as simply another animal affecting and being affected by his physical environment; and (3) as a human being, somehow different from animal life in ...
A study found that the, as of 2019, current EU interpretation of the bioeconomy is "diametrically opposite to the original narrative of Baranoff and Georgescu-Roegen that told us that expanding the share of activities based on renewable resources in the economy would slow down economic growth and set strict limits on the overall expansion of ...
The creative class is the posit of American urban studies theorist Richard Florida for an ostensible socioeconomic class.Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, [1] maintains that the creative class is a key driving force for economic development of post-industrial cities in North America.