National Accounts and the Environment

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. Thi...

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Other Authors: Musu, I. (Editor), Siniscalco, D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Economics, Energy and Environment
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One — Fundamental Concepts for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by ISTAT
  • 1. First Report of the Commission Istat-Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei for the Study of a System of Environmental Accounting
  • Two — Contributions towards an Environmental Accounting System
  • 2. Environmental Accounting: Introductory Remarks
  • 3. Environmental Accounting: Problems and Proposals
  • 4. Environmental Accounting and Policy: A Theoretical Framework
  • 5. The Input-Output System Extended to Environmental Accounting
  • 6. Proposal for a General Approach for the Development of a System of Environmental Accounts by Istat
  • 7. Information Bases for Environmental Policies
  • Three — International Experiences of Environmental Accounting
  • 8. A Methodological and Operative Analysis of the Most Recent Developments in Environmental Accounting in the EEC, the UN and the OECD
  • 9. Elements of Environmental Accounting in Some European Countries — A Methodological and Operational Analysis: The Cases of France, Germany and the Netherlands
  • 10. Environmental Accounting and Environmental Policy: The Case of Norway
  • Four — Basic Statistical Information: Some Experience
  • 11. An Inventory of Atmospheric Pollution Emissions in Italy: Structure and Evolutionary Development
  • 12. An Estimate of Environmental and Defensive Expenditures
  • 13. Data Banks on Environmental Information Sources
  • 14. The Environmental Budget of the Firm
  • Appendix — Forum on Environmental Reporting: Company Environmental Reports