UID:
edocfu_9959235183502883
Format:
xi, 227 p. :
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-70017-2
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1-134-70018-0
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1-280-47828-4
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0-203-01078-7
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9786610478286
Series Statement:
Advances in social economics
Content:
This book presents a new perspective on the link between economic growth and environmental change. All the key issues in environmental economics are covered, including: * industry, creation and environmental change * air, water and toxic pollution * economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation * ethics and the limits of environmental economics. The central thesis is that whilst new industries are necessary for economic growth, their development creates new environmental problems which become difficult to reverse. An alternative approach, 'steady-state economics', based on the concept of ethical commitment, is put forward as a possible alternative to a high-growth, environmentally destructive economy. Providing a welcome alternative to conventional, neoclassical microeconomic thought on environmental issues, this will be vital reading for students of environmental economics and related subjects.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: Economic growth and environmental change -- chapter 2 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Theory -- chapter 3 The link between industry creation and environmental change -- chapter 4 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Natural habitat loss -- chapter 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Air, water, and pesticide pollution -- chapter 6 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION -- chapter 7 ETHICS AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS -- chapter 8 THE STEADY-STATE ALTERNATIVE -- chapter 9 The macroeconomics of a steady state -- chapter 10 ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE -- chapter 11 GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, AND STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS: Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-16990-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-16991-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203010785