Economy & Ecology: Towards Sustainable Development
After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development on 'Our Common Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst for a revival of the environmental...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: | Economy & Environment
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Challenge of Sustainable Development
- 2. ‘Our Common Future’, Sustaining the Momentum
- 3. Ecological Sustainability and Economic Development
- 4. Towards Sustainable Development: an Environmental Perspective
- 5. Steady-State and Growth Concepts for the Next Century
- 6. Externalities: Economics & Thermodynamics
- 7. Ecological Modernization of Industrial Society Three Strategic Elements
- 8. Economics versus Ecology
- 9. An Assessment of Environmental Progress: the Reason for Failure
- 10. Comprehensive Social Assessment: an Essential Instrument for Environmental Policy-Making
- 11. Environmental Quality in a New System of Social Accounts
- 12. Multicriteria Analysis: a Decision Support System for Sustainable Environmental Management
- 13. Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Soil Erosion
- 14. Environmental Policy in Relation to Territorial Distribution and Productive Activities
- 15. Physical Planning and Environmental Protection in the Long Term
- 16. Four Important Changes in the American Approach to Environmental Regulation
- 17. Economic Growth and Environmental Change in Japan; Net National Welfare Beyond
- 18. Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policies