Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities and Strategies

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

The text contains 17 chapters, written by analysts coming from many continents, which portray late 1990s state-of-the-art in ecological economics thinking on sustainable development. The selection of methodological contributions, illustrated by empirical observations, highlights how a new generation of economists is confronting new problems of irreversible environmental change, uncertainty and social equity in the long-term.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-31
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:670 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Economy & Environment
Antal sidor:326
Upplaga:1998
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792348849

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Innehållsförteckning

Editors’ Introduction.- The Implications of Environmental Sustainability for Economic Growth.- Ecological Distribution and Distributed Sustainability.- Bioeconomic Conceptions and the Concept of Sustainable Development.- Sustainable Development and Public Policy.- The Political Economics of Sustainability.- Rational Assumptions in Energy Scenarios.- Short-run and Long-run Adjustment to Environmental Policy: a Neo-Austrian Approach.- Sustainability and Structural Change.- Sustainability Concepts and Total Economic Valuation.- A Practical Sustainability Criterion when there is International Trade.- How Strong is Weak Sustainability?.- Sustainability Principles and Depreciation Estimates of Natural Capital in Brazil.- Environmental Decision Making-a Comparison between Cost-Benefit Analysis and Multicriteria Decision Aid.- Sustainability, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Fairness.- Sustainable Development, Rationality and Time.- Towards a Decision-making Framework to Address Sustainable Development Issues.- Sustainable Development and the Process of Justifying Choices in a Controversial Universe.