Edited by Giles Atkinson, Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Simon Dietz, Co-Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Director, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and Eric Neumayer, Professor of Environment and Development, Vice President (Planning and Resources), Deputy President and Vice Chancellor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

'The book is a useful source/reference material for the students and teachers of environmental and natural resource economics. The editors have done a wonderful job in putting together the comprehensive volume that provides analytical and policy inputs for the researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the field.'

• Contents:Preface1. IntroductionGiles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric NeumayerPART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT2. Ethics and Sustainable Development: An Adaptive Approach to Environmental ChoiceBryan G. Norton3. The Capital Approach to SustainabilityGiovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton4. Sustainable Development in Ecological EconomicsJeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh5. Ecological and Social ResilienceW. Neil Adger6. Benefit–Cost Analysis and a Safe Minimum Standard of ConservationAlan RandallPART II: INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY7. Valuing the Far-off Future: Discounting and its AlternativesCameron Hepburn8. Population and SustainabilityGeoffrey McNicoll9. Technological Lock-in and the Role of Innovation Timothy J. FoxonPART III: INTRAGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DIMENSION10. Distribution, Sustainability and Environmental PolicyGeoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström11. Environmental Justice and SustainabilityJulian Agyeman12. Vulnerability, Poverty and Sustaining Well-being W. Neil Adger and Alexandra WinkelsPART IV: GROWTH, CONSUMPTION AND NATURAL WEALTH 13. The Resource Curse and Sustainable DevelopmentRichard M. Auty14. Structural Change, Poverty and Natural Resource DegradationRamón López15. Economic Growth and the EnvironmentMatthew A. Cole16. Sustainable ConsumptionTim JacksonPART V: PROGRESS IN MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 17. Environmental and Resource AccountingGlenn-Marie Lange18. Genuine Saving as an Indicator of SustainabilityKirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt19. Measuring Sustainable Economic WelfareClive Hamilton20. Environmental Space, Material Flow Analysis and Ecological FootprintingIan MoffattPART VI: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT SCALES21. Sustainable Cities and Local SustainabilityYvonne Rydin22. Sustainable AgricultureClement A. Tisdell23. Corporate Sustainability: Accountability or Impossible Dream?Rob Gray and Jan BebbingtonPART VII: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 24. International Environmental Cooperation: The Role of Political FeasibilityCamilla Bretteville Froyn25. Trade and Sustainable DevelopmentKevin P. Gallagher26. The International Politics of Sustainable DevelopmentJohn Vogler27. Financing for Sustainable DevelopmentDavid PearceIndex

Edited by Giles Atkinson, Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Simon Dietz, Co-Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Director, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and Eric Neumayer, Professor of Environment and Development, Vice President (Planning and Resources), Deputy President and Vice Chancellor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

'The book is a useful source/reference material for the students and teachers of environmental and natural resource economics. The editors have done a wonderful job in putting together the comprehensive volume that provides analytical and policy inputs for the researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the field.'

• Contents:Preface1. IntroductionGiles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric NeumayerPART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT2. Ethics and Sustainable Development: An Adaptive Approach to Environmental ChoiceBryan G. Norton3. The Capital Approach to SustainabilityGiovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton4. Sustainable Development in Ecological EconomicsJeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh5. Ecological and Social ResilienceW. Neil Adger6. Benefit–Cost Analysis and a Safe Minimum Standard of ConservationAlan RandallPART II: INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY7. Valuing the Far-off Future: Discounting and its AlternativesCameron Hepburn8. Population and SustainabilityGeoffrey McNicoll9. Technological Lock-in and the Role of Innovation Timothy J. FoxonPART III: INTRAGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DIMENSION10. Distribution, Sustainability and Environmental PolicyGeoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström11. Environmental Justice and SustainabilityJulian Agyeman12. Vulnerability, Poverty and Sustaining Well-being W. Neil Adger and Alexandra WinkelsPART IV: GROWTH, CONSUMPTION AND NATURAL WEALTH 13. The Resource Curse and Sustainable DevelopmentRichard M. Auty14. Structural Change, Poverty and Natural Resource DegradationRamón López15. Economic Growth and the EnvironmentMatthew A. Cole16. Sustainable ConsumptionTim JacksonPART V: PROGRESS IN MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 17. Environmental and Resource AccountingGlenn-Marie Lange18. Genuine Saving as an Indicator of SustainabilityKirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt19. Measuring Sustainable Economic WelfareClive Hamilton20. Environmental Space, Material Flow Analysis and Ecological FootprintingIan MoffattPART VI: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT SCALES21. Sustainable Cities and Local SustainabilityYvonne Rydin22. Sustainable AgricultureClement A. Tisdell23. Corporate Sustainability: Accountability or Impossible Dream?Rob Gray and Jan BebbingtonPART VII: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 24. International Environmental Cooperation: The Role of Political FeasibilityCamilla Bretteville Froyn25. Trade and Sustainable DevelopmentKevin P. Gallagher26. The International Politics of Sustainable DevelopmentJohn Vogler27. Financing for Sustainable DevelopmentDavid PearceIndex

Edited by Giles Atkinson, Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Simon Dietz, Co-Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Director, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and Eric Neumayer, Professor of Environment and Development, Vice President (Planning and Resources), Deputy President and Vice Chancellor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

'The book is a useful source/reference material for the students and teachers of environmental and natural resource economics. The editors have done a wonderful job in putting together the comprehensive volume that provides analytical and policy inputs for the researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the field.'

• Contents:Preface1. IntroductionGiles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric NeumayerPART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT2. Ethics and Sustainable Development: An Adaptive Approach to Environmental ChoiceBryan G. Norton3. The Capital Approach to SustainabilityGiovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton4. Sustainable Development in Ecological EconomicsJeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh5. Ecological and Social ResilienceW. Neil Adger6. Benefit–Cost Analysis and a Safe Minimum Standard of ConservationAlan RandallPART II: INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY7. Valuing the Far-off Future: Discounting and its AlternativesCameron Hepburn8. Population and SustainabilityGeoffrey McNicoll9. Technological Lock-in and the Role of Innovation Timothy J. FoxonPART III: INTRAGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DIMENSION10. Distribution, Sustainability and Environmental PolicyGeoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström11. Environmental Justice and SustainabilityJulian Agyeman12. Vulnerability, Poverty and Sustaining Well-being W. Neil Adger and Alexandra WinkelsPART IV: GROWTH, CONSUMPTION AND NATURAL WEALTH 13. The Resource Curse and Sustainable DevelopmentRichard M. Auty14. Structural Change, Poverty and Natural Resource DegradationRamón López15. Economic Growth and the EnvironmentMatthew A. Cole16. Sustainable ConsumptionTim JacksonPART V: PROGRESS IN MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 17. Environmental and Resource AccountingGlenn-Marie Lange18. Genuine Saving as an Indicator of SustainabilityKirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt19. Measuring Sustainable Economic WelfareClive Hamilton20. Environmental Space, Material Flow Analysis and Ecological FootprintingIan MoffattPART VI: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT SCALES21. Sustainable Cities and Local SustainabilityYvonne Rydin22. Sustainable AgricultureClement A. Tisdell23. Corporate Sustainability: Accountability or Impossible Dream?Rob Gray and Jan BebbingtonPART VII: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 24. International Environmental Cooperation: The Role of Political FeasibilityCamilla Bretteville Froyn25. Trade and Sustainable DevelopmentKevin P. Gallagher26. The International Politics of Sustainable DevelopmentJohn Vogler27. Financing for Sustainable DevelopmentDavid PearceIndex