Pricing the Planet

Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, represented an unparalleled opportunity for scientists, economists, planners, energy specialists, and other professionals from around the world to exchange ideas and information. Bringing together the views discussed at the corresponding International Symposium and Exhibit of Environmental Technologies (ECOTECH)-an official event sponsored by the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Industry, Commerce, and Science Technology of Brazil-Pricing the Planet addresses our ecological future and explores alternatives to mainstream solutions. The contributors emphasize the need for alternatives that are both economically viable and ecologically sound, and challenge the conventional assumptions and assertions found in the work of many economists. Most importantly, Pricing the Planet makes clear the crucial role that both national and international policy plays in successfully achieving balance between economic and ecological goals.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-08-22
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231101745

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Peter H. May is professor of agro-food systems and sustainable development in the Graduate Program in Development, Agriculture, and Society at the Federal Rural University, Rio de Janeiro. He is also the executive director of Pro-Natura, an international environment and development organization. He is the coauthor of The Subsidy from Nature (1991) and editor of Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil (1999), both published by Columbia.Ronaldo Seroa da Motta is professor of environmental economics at Santa Ursula University, Rio de Janeiro. He is also coordinator of the Center for Environmental Studies at the Institute for Applied Economic Research in the Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Budget, and Management.

Recensioner i media

Remarkable and noteworthy... The authors of the papers are recognized authorities in the fields of environmental and ecological economics... The diversity of topics dealt within the various chapters is remarkable. The emphasis on case studies from developing countries and the perspectives of scholars from the same is an unusual and therefore valuable contribution. Ecological Economics This volume... provides an important discussion of the implications of unequal distributions of population, wealth, and consumption for sustainable development. -- D.C. Parker Land Degradation and Development

Innehållsförteckning

Sustainability: Challenges to Economic Analysis and Policy, by Peter H. May Consumption Patterns: The Driving Force of Environmental Stress, by Jyoti Parikh A Tradable Carbon Entitlements Approach to Global Warming Policy: Sustainable Allocations, by Adam Rose and Brandt Stevens Back-of-the-Envelope Estimates of Environmental Damage Costs in Mexico, by Sergio Margulis Health Costs Associated with Air Pollution in Brazil, by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Ana Paula Fernandes Mendes Managing the Transition to Sustainable Development: The Role for Economic Incentives, by Thomas H. Tietenberg Ecological Economics: Creating a Transdisciplinary Science, by Robert Costanza Carrying Capacity as a Tool of Development Policy: The Ecuadoran Amazon and the Paraguayan Chaco, by Herman Daly Green Accounting for Sustainable Development, by Peter Bartelmus Measuring Sustainable Income: The Cases of Mineral and Forest Depletion in Brazil, by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Peter H. May