Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-26-2017
Abstract
Environmental pollution lands us in zero-sum games. The more interesting question is: Do we discover these games? Or do we invent them? In other words, are there hard environmental limits on how much anthropogenic pollution natural systems can absorb, which we eventually discover? Or do we create zero-sum games for pollution purely as a result of our own goals for both ecosystems and social-ecological systems (SESs, a recognition that human societies are both part of and depend upon functioning ecosystems)? In fact, we do both, and the intersection of the two in a climate change era is worth examination.
Recommended Citation
Craig, Robin Kundis, "Zero Sum Games in Pollution Control: The Games We Create versus the Games We Discover" (2017). Utah Law Faculty Scholarship. 12.
https://dc.law.utah.edu/scholarship/12