Nicholas Georgescu‐Roegen: His Bioeconomics Approach to Development and Change

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Development and ChangeVolume 40, Issue 6 p. 1235-1254 Legacies Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen: His Bioeconomics Approach to Development and Change Kozo Mayumi, Kozo Mayumi graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics of Kyoto University. Between 1984 and 1988 he studied bioeconomics at the Department of Economics of Vanderbilt University under Prof. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's supervision, and since then has worked in the fields of energy analysis, ecological economics and complex hierarchy theory. Since 1998, he has been involved in organizing a biennial international workshop (Advances in Energy Studies) in which many distinguished scholars have taken part. Mayumi is a professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima City 770-8502, Japan (e-mail: mayumi@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp). He is currently an editorial board member of Ecological Economics, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics and International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research. He has authored or co-authored many books and articles, including Bioeconomics and Sustainability: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, co-edited with John Gowdy (Edward Elgar, 1999); The Origins of Ecological Economics: The Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen (Routledge, 2001); The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements, with Blake Alcott, Mario Giampietro and John Polimeni (Earthscan, 2008); and The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large-Scale Agro-Biofuel Production, with Mario Giampietro (Earthscan, 2009).Search for more papers by this author Kozo Mayumi, Kozo Mayumi graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics of Kyoto University. Between 1984 and 1988 he studied bioeconomics at the Department of Economics of Vanderbilt University under Prof. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's supervision, and since then has worked in the fields of energy analysis, ecological economics and complex hierarchy theory. Since 1998, he has been involved in organizing a biennial international workshop (Advances in Energy Studies) in which many distinguished scholars have taken part. Mayumi is a professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima City 770-8502, Japan (e-mail: mayumi@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp). He is currently an editorial board member of Ecological Economics, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics and International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research. He has authored or co-authored many books and articles, including Bioeconomics and Sustainability: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, co-edited with John Gowdy (Edward Elgar, 1999); The Origins of Ecological Economics: The Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen (Routledge, 2001); The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements, with Blake Alcott, Mario Giampietro and John Polimeni (Earthscan, 2008); and The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large-Scale Agro-Biofuel Production, with Mario Giampietro (Earthscan, 2009).Search for more papers by this author First published: 15 December 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01603.xCitations: 13Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume40, Issue6FORUM 2009November 2009Pages 1235-1254 RelatedInformation