Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities and Strategies

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

The book contains 17 chapters, written by analysts coming from many continents, which portray the state of the art in ecological economics thinking on sustainable development. The selection of methodological contributions, richly 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:2010-12-04
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:511 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Economy & Environment
Antal sidor:326
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048149704

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.