New frontiers of forest economics
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- 作者：Shashi Kant ; Sen Wang ; Peter Deegen ; Martin Hostettler ; Roderich von Detten ; Theodore Howard ; David Lab ; Claire Montgomery ; Nicolas Robert ; Walter Sekot ; Gregory Valatin ; Daowei Zhang
- 关键词：Complexity theory ; Forest economics ; Frontiers ; Multidisciplinary ; Transdisciplinary ; Integration
- 刊名：Forest Policy and Economics
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：October, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：35
- 期：Complete
- 页码：1-8
- 全文大小：247 K
文摘
This special issue of Forest Policy and Economics is based on the papers presented and discussions held at the International Conference on the New Frontiers of Forest Economics, June 26-30, 2012 held at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. This paper discusses the need of new frontiers of forest economics, provides an overview of the special issue, and presents thoughts about new frontiers. The paper suggests that all knowledge of forest economists is conjectural, and without the competition of contradictorily theories forest economics sinks into intellectual poverty. The progress of forest economics will need a never ending fabrication on new and venturous theories for solving problems and strong attempts to refute, to critically assess and discuss, and to test empirically the new theories. The paper discusses three areas for new frontiers of forest economics ¡ª integration of sciences using multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, incorporation and integration of various streams of economics, and answering the unanswered questions by developing new models and methods.