Inclusive Wealth Report 2012

Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability
Herausgeber: United Nations University International Human Dimensions Programme; United Nations Environment Programme

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents an economic index that measures the wealth of nations through a comprehensive analysis of a country's productive base.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1293g
• ISBN-13: 9781107032316
• ISBN-10: 1107032318
• Artikelnr.: 36054561

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Achim Steiner; Preface Partha Dasgupta and Anantha Duraiappah;
Executive summary; Part I. Wealth Accounts: 1. Well-being and wealth Partha
Dasgupta and Anantha Duraiappah; 2. Accounting for the Inclusive Wealth of
nations: empirical evidence Pablo Muñoz, Elorm Darkey, Kirsten Oleson, and
Leonie Pearson; 3. The significance of the 'Natural Wealth' of nations
Leonie Pearson, Pablo Muñoz, and Elorm Darkey; 4. Measuring Comprehensive
Wealth in the United States Kevin J. Mumford; 5. Are national economies
(virtually) sustainable?: an empirical analysis of natural assets in
international trade Giles Atkinson, Matthew Agarwala and Pablo Muñoz; Part
II. Foundations of Wealth Accounting: 6. Natural capital as economic asset:
a review Partha Dasgupta; 7. Biodiversity, ecosystem services and wealth
accounting Charles Perrings; 8. Ecosystem services and wealth accounting
Edward B. Barbier; 9. Inclusive wealth accounting for regulating ecosystem
services Heather Tallis, Stephen Polasky, Juan Sebastian Lozano and Stacie
Wolny; 10. Accounting for water: stocks, flows and values Chris Perry; 11.
Assuring the future of the wealth of nature: sustainability,
substitutability, measurement, thresholds and aggregation issues in natural
capital accounting Paul Ekins; 12. Conclusion: lessons, findings and
recommendations Anantha Duraiappah and Pablo Fuentenebro.