کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5050118 1476393 2013 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
رشد پول سبز نقشه های ارزهای جامعه برای توسعه پایدار
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی

Parallel sustainable monetary systems are being developed by civil society groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), informed by ecological economics perspectives on development, value, economic scale and growth, and responding to the unsustainability of current global financial systems. These parallel systems of exchange (or community currencies) are designed to promote sustainable development by localising economic development, building social capital and substituting for material consumption, valuing work which is marginalised in conventional labour markets, and challenging the growth-based monetary system. However, this international movement towards community-based ecological economic practices, is under-researched. This paper presents new empirical evidence from the first international study of the scope and character of community currencies. It identifies the diversity, scale, geography and development trajectory of these initiatives, discusses the implications of these findings for efforts to achieve sustainable development, and identifies future research needs, to help harness the sustainability potential of these initiatives.

► Community currencies (CCs) with sustainability goals exist across the world. ► Four core types exist and have evolved as they have spread. ► Explicitly pro-environmental CCs are rare; most claim social/economic goals. ► Europe has the largest number of CC projects and national movements. ► Potential is hampered by lack of resources and structures for learning and networking.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 86, February 2013, Pages 65-77
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