Weak versus strong sustainability exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms
1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Sustainable development : conceptual, ethical and paradigmatic issues -- 3. Resources, the environment and economic growth : is natural capital substitutable? -- 4. Preserving natural capital in a world of risk, uncertainty and ignorance -- 5. Measuring weak sustai...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2010
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Sustainable development : conceptual, ethical and paradigmatic issues -- 3. Resources, the environment and economic growth : is natural capital substitutable? -- 4. Preserving natural capital in a world of risk, uncertainty and ignorance -- 5. Measuring weak sustainability -- 6. Measuring strong sustainability -- 7. Conclusions This insightful book explores the limits of the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an accessible way. It examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and services, and the environmental consequences of economic growth. The critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future are also examined. The author provides a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. As indicators of weak sustainability, he analyses Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare, also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator. Indicators of strong sustainability covered include ecological footprints, material flows, sustainability gaps and other measures, which combine the setting of environmental standards with monetary valuation |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 272 p ill |
| ISBN: | 1848448732 9781849805438 9781848448728 1848448724 9781848448735 |