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Shakarishvili, Salome. "Ecological economics and globalization." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31700.
Full textDistefano, Tiziano. "Essays in Ecological Economics." Thesis, IMT Alti Studi Lucca, 2015. http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/172/1/DiStefano_PhdThesis.pdf.
Full textMaslyukivska, O. "Ecological economics as the economics of sustainable development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2004. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/23063.
Full textSpash, Clive L. "New Foundations for Ecological Economics." Elsevier, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3711/1/Spash_EE_New_Foundations.pdf.
Full textCox, Mark. "Ecological economics of wildlife disease control." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310898.
Full textSpash, Clive L. "Substantive Economics and Avoiding False Dichotomies in Advancing Social Ecological Economics." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7045/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2019_05.pdf.
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Oliveira, Guilherme de. "Developing Ecological and Enviromental Macromodels." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12140/tde-02082016-131453/.
Full textO objetivo desta Dissertação é desenvolver modelos macro que exploram implicações econômicas de algumas questões ecológicas e ambientais. O primeiro ensaio desenvolve uma extensão ambiental de um modelo Lewisiano de economia dual para explorar efeitos de longo prazo de uma regra de abatimento da poluição em países em desenvolvimento. Mostra-se que tal regra pode gerar uma armadilha de desenvolvimento ecológica. Contudo, essa economia pode ser libertada da armadilha não apenas por meio de um Big Push padrão, mas também por meio do que o ensaio chama de um Big Push Ambiental. O segundo ensaio apresenta uma extensão de um modelo Harrodiano que explora uma relação causal bidirecional entre meio ambiente e demanda efetiva em economias duais de baixa renda com níveis baixos de qualidade ambiental. Mostra-se que círculos viciosos perpétuos podem caracterizar o padrão de flutuações cíclicas da atividade econômica. O terceiro ensaio apresenta um modelo clássico--Marxiano que explora uma possível dinâmica de transição para a tecnologia limpa baseada em jogos evolucionários. Mostra-se que a heterogeneidade na distribuição de frequência das estratégias de adoção de tecnologia limpa e suja pode ser persistente. Um resultado em que todas, ou uma grande proporção de firmas adota a tecnologia limpa, é teoricamente possível, mas só será atingido com um choque inicial redutor de lucros sobre a distribuição funcional da renda e uma queda no crescimento econômico
Spash, Clive L. "The Ecological Economics of Boulding's Spaceship Earth." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2013. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3919/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2013_02.pdf.
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Müller, Frank G. "The Discounting Confusion: An Ecological Economics Perspective." Economía, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117188.
Full textLos factores que influyen en el proceso de descuento se reflejan en todos los aspectos de la actividad humana, ya sea lo filosófico, lo estético o lo religioso a través de las experiencias ambientales y científicas. En resumen, el descuento es un concepto controvertido, y, sin embargo, la profesión económica parece ignorar que las cuestiones relacionadas al descuento de “largo plazo” son complejas, multifacéticas, y lejos de resolverse. La comunidad ambientalista, en particular, haexpresado reservas acerca del descuento, ya que este proceso —uno inherentemente miope—incorpora un sesgo implícito contra las futuras generaciones. Se argumenta que el peligro para la sostenibilidad ecológica es de carácter específico, es decir, que se refiere a la falta de posibilidad de sustitución entre el capital hecho por el hombre y el capital natural. Si se acepta esta hipótesis, entonces se deduce que el uso de una tasa de descuento es un instrumento inadecuado para el logro de la sostenibilidad. Por lo tanto, se puede argumentar que la aplicación del principio de precaución, por ejemplo, en la forma de “normas mínimas de seguridad” de protección del ecosistema, proporciona un enfoque exitoso para lograr la sostenibilidad.
Dalmazzone, Silvana. "Economic activity and the resilience of ecological systems : complexity, nonlinearities and uncertainty in economic-ecological modelling." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311013.
Full textWaechter, Matthias. "Rational action and social networks in ecological economics /." Zürich, 1999. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=13244.
Full textSpash, Clive L. "The Shallow or the Deep Ecological Economics Movement?" Elsevier, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.016.
Full textArias, Arévalo Paola. "Integrating plural values in ecosystem services valuation: An ecological economics approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458135.
Full textTo promote ecosystems conservation, ecosystem services (ES) scholars have encouraged the recognition of importance of ES through their valuation. Although the call of integrating plural values has been a mainstay in much of the ES conceptual literature, in practice monetary valuations have remained the dominant valuation tool. Monetary valuations have been criticized because they may obscure the values people attribute to ES and nature on the basis of ethical, emotional, cultural or social concerns. The main goal of this PhD dissertation is to contribute to the ES valuation practice by assessing how plural values can be recognized and integrated in valuations. By addressing the main goal, this dissertation aims to answer three research questions: How ES valuations can recognize and incorporate multiple human-nature relationships, value notions, and valuation methods? How the socio-cultural context influences the attribution of plural values to ES and nature? How do different valuation methods frame valuation outcomes? I answer these questions under the lens of three pillars of Ecological Economics: value pluralism, value incommensurability and value articulating institutions. First, I define a taxonomy of values and valuation methods that can be integrated in ES valuations. I argue that this taxonomy can help researches to representing people’s multiple and context specific ways of valuing nature. Following this analytical perspective, I then empirically explore the second and third research questions by applying a non-monetary valuation approach based on three methods: i) narratives of the importance of ES and nature, ii) prioritization of environmental motivations and iii) willingness to give up time for ES conservation (WTT). I performed qualitative and quantitative data analyses of 589 questionnaires that were collected in the mid-upper stream of the Otún watershed, Colombian Andes. The empirical research resulted in four main findings. First, respondents attribute multiple values to the ecosystems including intrinsic, instrumental and relational values, supporting the necessity of integrating value pluralism in ES valuations. Second, I found that rural people, compared with urban, prioritized altruistic and biospheric environmental motivations, were more likely to express intrinsic and relational values, and expressed a higher WTT for ES conservation. I argue that the differentiated valuation of nature by rural people emerges from their material dependence on ES and their strong cultural relations with ecosystems. Third, I found that socio-cultural factors (e.g. place of residence, age, education) and environmental motivations underpin the attribution of values by people. This finding supports the perspective that values are place-based and context specific. Fourth, I found that the different valuation methods frame valuation outcomes in different ways. I claim that non-monetary valuation approaches are suitable to capture the values of rural and indigenous people, usually excluded in monetary valuations, because are not inherent related to income distribution. However, I found that WTT can also restrict other social groups of expressing values such as women, elderly and people with high time restrictions. In sum, this dissertation contributes to current gaps of ES science-policy interface by i) integrating value pluralism and incommensurability in ES valuation practice, ii) understanding the multiple values people place on ES and nature and iii) further development of non-monetary valuation methods. Through the discussion of the ontological, epistemological and ethical assumptions, ES valuations cannot be further framed as technical tools but as political projects on sustainability. I argue that framing ES and nature valuations from Ecological Economics can contribute to depict a more sustainable and just future.
Spash, Clive L. "The Need for and Meaning of Social Ecological Economics." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5500/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2017_02.pdf.
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Dwarkasing, Chandni. "Essays on Ecological Economics and The Metabolic Rift Theory." Doctoral thesis, Università di Siena, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1144470.
Full textAment, Joe Allen. "A Socio-Ecological Revolution in Monetary Theory: An Argument for, the Development of, and an Application of Ecological Monetary Theory." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1158.
Full textTomaselli, Maria Fernanda. "Towards a new economic paradigm : exploring mental models and message framing effects about ecological economics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63407.
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Patterson, Trista Maj. "The ecological economics of sustainable tourism local versus global ecological footprints in Val di Merse, Italy /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2422.
Full textThesis research directed by: Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Bagstad, Kenneth. "Ecological Economic Applications for Urban and Regional Sustainability." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2009. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/14.
Full textUehara, Takuro. "A Systems Approach to Ecological Economic Models Developed Progressively in Three Interwoven Articles." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/553.
Full textPirgmaier, Elke. "Value, capital and nature : rethinking the foundations of ecological economics." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22895/.
Full textDemirel, Evrim. "Sustainable Economies: The Case of Turkish Economy within Steady-State Economies." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-188581.
Full textBakri, Alexander Salah. "Valor e sustentabilidade: um estudo comparativo entre economia ambiental neoclássica, economia ecológica e marxismo ecológico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100136/tde-04052018-010857/.
Full textThis work will systematize three analytical schemes aimed at examining the ecological crisis generated by the current global production and consumption model - Ecological Economics, Neoclassical Environmental Economics and Ecological Marxism. A structured presentation of these theoretical sets will be exposed, as their main premises, objects of analysis and logic are compared, continuing to examine their theories of value. This exhibition will pave the way for an analysis of the concepts of sustainability adopted by Neoclassical Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics and Ecological Marxism. Thus, one will try to gauge how a set of meta premises operates the construction of a theoretical framework dedicated to analyzing the ecological crisis, as it is reflected in the construction of a value theory, and, later, how it translates into its own conception of sustainability
Spash, Clive L. "Ecological Economics and Philosophy of Science: Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology and Ideology." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3472/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2012_03.pdf.
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Fernandez, Garcia Mariana. "How to transform foreign aid in Latin America through ecological economics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387668.
Full textEsposito, Valerie. "Promoting Ecoliteracy and Ecosystem Management for Sustainablity Through Ecological Economic Tools." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2009. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/80.
Full textDewsbury, Bryan. "The Ecology and Economics of Seagrass Community Structure." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1237.
Full textNaqvi, Syed Ali Asjad, and Stockhammer Engelbert. "Directed Technological Change in a post-Keynesian Ecological Macromodel." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5809/1/SFC_DTC_WP_version.pdf.
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Svedberg, Stefan. "THE IMPACT OF NON-FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY : Investigating ecological footprints." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184764.
Full textTacconi, Luca Economics & Management Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The process of forest conservation in Vanuatu : a study in ecological economics." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Economics and Management, 1995. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38725.
Full textMbaraka, A. "The sustainability of ecological economics and policy management in Dodoma region, Tanzania." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26656.
Full textTacconi, Luca. "The process of forest conservation in Vanuatu : a study in ecological economics /." [Canberra : s.n.], 1995. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/%7Ethesis/adt-ADFA/public/adt-ADFA20041111.140928/index.html.
Full textPhotocopy of original held in Defence Academy Library, University College, University of New South Wales. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.
Spencer, Phoebe. "Shaping Policy in the Anthropocene: Gender Justice as a Social, Economic and Ecological Challenge." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/672.
Full textFreiherr, von Gagern Cyrill Antonius. "Ecological and economic impacts of distant water fishing: three empirical studies." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/283544.
Full textIn the second half of the 20th century, the industrialization of fishing vessels led to an over-exploitation of marine resources in near-shore areas of traditional fishing nations. As a result, industrialized fishing nations started to explore distant waters, largely unhindered by legal boundaries, to fuel the growing demand of fish and seafood products. While the coming into force of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the 1995 United Nations “Fish Stocks Agreement”, dramatically restructured rights and responsibilities of marine capture fisheries, they left much room for economically inefficient and ecologically unsustainable exploitation of fisheries resources. In three essays, this thesis sheds light on the interplay between industrialized distant water fleets and the often vulnerable regions where they fish. The first essay critically reviews the development of distant water fishing in the tropical world over the past 50 years and provides a quantitative analysis of the relationship between distant water fleets and tropical host countries. It concludes that there is a clear shift in powers from traditional fishing countries to mainly Asian newcomers, and that small and economically weak countries are most vulnerable to exploitative relationships with distant water fishing nations. The second essay addresses the question whether, from an economic point of view, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) should continue granting access to distant water fishing nations or whether they should attempt to develop an own domestic fishing industry. To this end, a newly developed multispecies, multiplayer bioeconomic model is analyzed. It provides the insight that PICs would maximize their profits by phasing out access agreements with distant water fishing nations, replacing these by domestic fishing effort. The alternative is to considerably raise access fees, although this does of course may have different long term consequences. In the third essay, an empirical model is constructed to derive life catch weight for Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin tuna (EBFT) from monthly trade data for all major countries involved in its trade between 2005 and 2011. Based on estimated total catch we conclude that EBFT has persistently been overfished, throughout the entire period. In conclusion, this thesis has contributed to the literature on the impact of distant water fishing on fish stock health in the high seas and tropical Exclusive economic zones, and on the welfare of resource-rich developing countries.
Teixidó, Figueras Jordi Josep. "The international distribution of the ecological footprint: an empirical approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/127106.
Full textEcological distribution refers to the social, spatial and temporal asymmetries in the human use of environmental resources and services. This doctoral thesis focusses on empirical analyses of such ecological distribution from an Inequality economics perspective and also makes its primary contribution in this area. We analyse the international distribution of natural resource consumption as measured by the Ecological Footprint (henceforth, EF). Our main contributions represent an assessment of the international distribution of EF by analysing its change over time, as well as its underlying drivers. In the process, some methodological aspects are discussed in order to properly repurpose them from the income inequality viewpoint to that of environmental inequality. Additionally, the inequality approach has been complemented by the polarization approach. The thesis has been orientated towards contributing to the discussion of the range of topics found in the ecological economics literature, which usually have been tackled with different methodologies: firstly, the current scenario of resource scarcity unavoidably demands the monitoring of the distribution issues; secondly, fair consumption natural resources is also driven by the ethical motivation of environmental justice; thirdly, global environmental governance may improve its effectiveness if it considers distributional issues; and finally, the political economy of ecologically unequal exchange may underlie the distribution of natural resources itself. The conclusions drawn from the analyses point towards using the information derived from distributional analyses as an additional tool in order to build a more sustainable and equitable world. On the other hand, the conclusions are framed under a political economy umbrella and so contribute to the discussion of unequal exchange theories and world-system analyses.
Gray, Matthew. "Sustaining the ecological, social and economic values of the forests of Southern Tasmania." Thesis, University of New England, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41201/2/Gray_thesis_20061026-a.pdf.
Full textHolzer, Verena Leïla. "Ecological objectives and the energy sector : the German renewable energies act and the European emissions trading system." Universität Potsdam, 2004. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1405/.
Full textJensen, Nathan. "Exploring the Relationships Between Livelihood Dimensions and Socio-ecological Resilience in the Bolivian Altiplano." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13850739.
Full textHouseholds in the Bolivian Altiplano construct their livelihood strategies in a system marked by changing climate and volatile social systems. The strategies that they choose must work to decrease the household‘s vulnerability to shocks, such as drought and frost, and increase its ability to adapt to longer term changes, for instance the affects of globalization. Their strategies may also influence the resilience of their community and environment, either increasing or decreasing the likelihood of catastrophe.
This research uses canonical correlation analysis to analyze survey data collected from 330 rural households in two regions of the Bolivian Altiplano. It examines the impact that dominant livelihood strategies have on the resilience of the household and its socio-ecological environment. The analysis shows that access to land and lifecycle are two household characteristics most highly associated with resilience; that diversification into labor markets often works towards increasing resilience; and that many households use livestock as an insurance mechanism. The results suggest that policies that work towards increasing crop yields and reducing livestock loss in the face of climate change could effectively target the households that are most vulnerable. Programs that include transfer payments to older households for providing services, such as increasing ecosystem resilience by placing land in fallow, could reduce the negative impact of lifecycle experienced by many across both regions.
Bhatia, Natasha. "Ecological and economic valuation of managed realignment sites, Humber Estuary, UK : benefits for society." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8242.
Full textMumbunan, Sonny. "Ecological Fiscal Transfers in Indonesia." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-69240.
Full textOsgathorpe, Lynne M. "Reconciling ecology and economics to conserve bumblebees." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3019.
Full textDeblonde, Marian K. "Economics as a political muse : philosophical reflections on the relevance of economics for ecological policy = Economische wetenschap als politieke muze /." Wageningen, 2001. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/344099024.pdf.
Full textSpash, Clive L. "Towards the integration of social, economic and ecological knowledge." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3473/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2012_04.pdf.
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Cox, Christopher R. "Synthesizing the Vertical and the Horizontal: A World-Ecological Analysis of 'the Industrial Revolution', Part I." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1944.
Full textKlar, David. "Sustainable Dwellings and Intergenerational Equality - New Applications for Ecological Economics : A Systems Thinking Approach." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for energi- og prosessteknikk, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-15081.
Full textМаценко, Олександр Михайлович, Александр Михайлович Маценко, Oleksandr Mykhailovych Matsenko, and І. Honcharenko. "Economics for Ecology in conditions increasing global instability." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31636.
Full textPaulsen, Sandra Silva. "Topics on the ecological economics of coastal zones : linking land uses, marine eutrophication, and fisheries /." Uppsala : Dept. of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200773.pdf.
Full textClouston, Elizabeth, and n/a. "Linking the Ecological and Economic Values of Wetlands: A Case Study of the Wetlands of Moreton Bay." Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030828.140330.
Full textClouston, Elizabeth. "Linking the Ecological and Economic Values of Wetlands: A Case Study of the Wetlands of Moreton Bay." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366973.
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Silva, Macher Jose Carlos. "Studies of social metabolism at the commodity frontiers of Peru." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400656.
Full textThe thesis aims to contribute toward improved understanding of complex ecological distribution conflicts at the commodity frontiers, where increasing metabolism in industrial societies is leading to increased environmental destruction in resource rich countries throughout the world. The thesis consists of three case studies of social metabolism in Peru (i.e. Camisea, Conga, and Sierra del Divisor). Analytical representations of the central economic processes are developed based on the flow/fund theory (Georgescu-Roegen, 1971) in order to explore the anatomy of these environmental conflicts. The thesis develops an empirical methodological contribution that combines two approaches: the environmental valuation triadics representation of economic purpose (Farrell, 2007) and the multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM) representation of economic process (Giampietro and Mayumi, 2000a, 2000b, 2009). That is, the social actor’s economic purpose defines the boundaries of the economic process (i.e. frontier and duration), and therefore, the process elements identities in terms of flows and funds. This can be understood as the pre-analytical step of the MuSIASEM representation of an economic process. The Camisea case study analyzes the energy-water-mining complex, and poses the specific question: What are the long-term national energy system implications of the government-supported growth of the mining sector? This question is addressed by analyzing interactions between funds of human economic activity and flows of exosomatic energy across scales of the Peruvian economy, in 2000 and 2010, with a projection for 2020. The MuSIASEM empirical results indicate: (1) the extremely high electricity metabolic rate (eEMR) of the mining sector (61.6 MJ/h in 2010), which was found to be 11 times the eEMR of the building and manufacturing sector; and (2) the potential increase of the flow share of electricity used by the mining sector, which could reduce the availability of Camisea natural gas –the main fossil fuels reserve– for the rest of society. Based on these implications, it is argued that the Peruvian government strong support for growth of the mining sector may have to be reconsidered. The Conga case study in the Andes explores the anatomy of the ecological distribution conflict between the mining corporation and the campesinos (peasants). By complementing the concept of Ricardian land—an indestructible fund—with the concept of land materials, which is susceptible to qualitative change, and therefore can be either a fund or a flow element of the economic process, we illustrate that the minerals extraction process of multinational companies, which treats this land material as a flow, stands in conflict with the milk production process of campesinos, because that process is using these land materials as a fund, that is, in order to make production possible. In other words, from the perspective of campesinos (and the common sense) “el agua vale más que el oro” –that is, the market exchange value of gold is less important than the life support value of water (i.e. biophysical and spiritual). The Sierra del Divisor case study in the Amazonia applies the MuSIASEM in a simplified way in order to describe key economic processes in two periods of time, before and after the potential construction of the transcontinental Brazil-Peru railway project that would cross the Sierra del Divisor tropical rainforest, representing a major change in the boundary conditions of the observed system. The economic processes studied in this case include: industrial soybean production in Brazil, alluvial gold mining extraction in Peru, fishing by native communities, rice production by small farmers, and hunting and gathering activities of indigenous people living in voluntary isolation.