Overview
- Applies new quantitative tools of both environmental and ecological economics
- Provides operational concepts and measures of the sustainability of economic performance by making use of environmental accounts and empirical analyses
- Further Reading” sections at the end of each chapter
- 16 full colour plates
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Strategic Outlook
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Back Matter
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About this book
“Quantitative Eco-nomics” cuts through the fog of vision and advocacy by comparing and applying new quantitative tools of both environmental and ecological economics. Environmental accounts and empirical analyses provide operational concepts and measures of the sustainability of economic performance and growth. They facilitate rational and compatible environmental and economic policies.
This thought-provoking text raises doubts, however, about the measurability of sustainable development. Has the paradigm run its course? The answer is a guarded ‘yes’ – guarded because the concept still carries considerable environmental goodwill. At the same time the opaque concept fosters contradictory policy advice, or worse, inaction. Do we need zero- or accelerated economic growth? Should we reduce conspicuous consumption or enjoy spending as we see fit? Will rules and regulation or adjusted markets prevent environmental disaster?
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantitative Eco-nomics
Book Subtitle: How sustainable are our economies?
Authors: Peter Bartelmus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6966-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6965-9Published: 09 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7778-3Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6966-6Published: 19 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 329
Topics: Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Environmental Management, Environment, general, Sustainable Development