Unveiling Wealth On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability
Does money blur perspectives for a better life? Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account
- Unveiling wealth — accounting for sustainability
- Discussion
- On expectations and efforts — some introductory observations
- Indicators for sustainable development — a systems analysis approach
- Economic, ecological and social indicators
- Acquisition and numerical hocuspocus — profits and costs are misleading targets and indicators
- The debate about sustainability in industry
- Indicators of sustainable employment
- Discussion
- Dematerialisation and energy efficiency — the message of ecoindicators
- Material Flow Analysis — unveiling the physical basis of economies
- Emergy accounting
- Assessment of sustainability in growth and development—approaches and policy applications
- Questions and Answers
- How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics ?
- Economic growth models and the role of physical resources
- Post-fossil development patterns in the North
- Outlook: From paradigm to policy