Weak versus strong sustainability : exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms / Eric Neumayer

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Neumayer, Eric

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c 2010Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 272p. ; 24cmISBN:

9781848448735

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338.927 NEU

Summary: The book examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. The author identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future and opportunity costs of preservation. He provides a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. Indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare - also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator - are analyzed, as are indicators of strong sustainability, including ecological footprints, material flows and sustainability gaps. This book is an essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in ecological and environmental economics and sustainable development.

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The book examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. The author identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future and opportunity costs of preservation. He provides a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. Indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare - also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator - are analyzed, as are indicators of strong sustainability, including ecological footprints, material flows and sustainability gaps. This book is an essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in ecological and environmental economics and sustainable development.

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