Nature and Wealth Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality

Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barbier, Edward B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2015, 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies
Physical Description:XIII, 270 p online resource
ISBN:9781137403391