Cornucopian / Accomodating / Comunalist / Deep Ecologist

	technology	sustainability	other
Cornucopian	optimistic technologist	very weak	individual and property rights
Accommodating - industrial ecology	use efficient technologies and market incentives	all capital is interconvertable, weak sustainability	equity for all instrumental value in nature, utilitarianism
Communalist - committed environmentalist	preserve resources	strong sustainability	green economy collective interests take precedence over individual human interests
Deep ecology	preservationist severely limit resource take	very strong sustainability	broader definition of rights (animal, plant and earth system)

 

Turner et al. 1993

 

Immaterialist / Pessimist / Technocrat / Carpe diem / Optimist

see pdf for table

van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. 1997. An assessment of the growth debate: A comparison of perspectives

 

Individualist / Egalitarian / Hierarchist

The Cultural Theory of risk, often referred to simply as Cultural Theory (with capital letters; not to be confused with culture theory), consists of a conceptual framework and an associated body of empirical studies that seek to explain societal conflict over risk (Wikipedia) World views would be self-reinforcing beliefs and actions.

characterisitc	Hierarchist	Egalitarian	Individualist
myth of nature	tolerant within limits	fragile	robust
myth of human	sinful	good and malleable	self-seeking
ethical attitude	partnership	ecocentrism	anthropocentrism
management style	control	prevention	adaptation
salient value	stability	equity and equality	growth
attitude towards risk	risk-accepting	risk-averse	risk-seeking

 

 

van Asselt, M. B. A., and Jan Rotmans (1996). "Uncertainty in perspective." Global Environmental Change 6(2): 121-157.

van Asselt, M. B. A., and Jan Rotmans (2002). "Uncertainty in integrated assessment modelleing: from positivism to pluralism." Climate Change 54: 75-105.