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Economic growth and environmental sustainability : the prospects for green growth /

Defining the conditions of compatibility between economic growth and environmental sustainability, this text provides measures and criteria by which the environmental sustainability of economic growth can be judged.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ekins, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Perceptions of environmental scarcity
  • 3. Wealth creation: distinguishing between production, welfare, growth and development
  • 4. The concept of environmental sustainability
  • 5. Accounting for production and the environment
  • 6. Population, affluence, technology and environmental impacts
  • 7. Review and critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis
  • 8. The dividends from environmental taxation
  • 9. Decision making and the costs related to climate change
  • 10. Sustainability and sulphur emissions: the case of the UK, 1970-2010
  • 11. Conclusions.