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

Roxana Bobulescu

Ecological Economics, 2015, vol. 120, issue C, 194-202

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Lotka; Georgescu-Roegen; Bioeconomics; Biophysical economics; Ecology; Exosomatic evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.016

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