UID:
almafu_9961151226302883
Format:
1 online resource (387 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-68939-X
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0-203-01175-9
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1-134-68940-3
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1-280-33374-X
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0-203-15880-6
Content:
A key area of public policy in the last twenty years is the question of how, and how much, to protect vthe environment. At the heart of this has been the heated debate over the nature of the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Is environemental sustainability economic growth or `green growth', a contradiction in terms? Avoiding the confusion that often surrounds these issues, Ekins provides rigorous expositions of the concept of sustainability, integrated environmental and economic accounting, the Environmental Kuznets Curve, the economics of climate chan
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Perceptions of environmental scarcity; Wealth creation: distinguishing between production, welfare, growth and development; The concept of environmental sustainability; Accounting for production and the environment; Population, affluence, technology and environmental impacts; Review and critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis; The dividends from environmental taxation; Decision making and the costs related to climate change
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Sustainability and sulphur emissions: the case of the UK, 1970 2010Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-17333-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-17332-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203011751
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