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From Lotka's biophysics to Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomics

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Alfred Lotka was one of the founders of modern ecology. This paper explores Lotka's contribution to biophysical economics resulting from the marriage of the three disciplines: biology, physics and economics. Lotka founded the concept of “exosomatic evolution” to characterise the economic activities in their biophysical environment as a continuation of biological processes. Like Vernadsky, he adopted a holistic perspective of planet-system — the biosphere.

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  • Bobulescu, Roxana, 2015. "From Lotka's biophysics to Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomics," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 194-202.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:120:y:2015:i:c:p:194-202
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.016
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