Confronting the persisting polarization of environmentalists and economists, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and professionals with an interest in environmental and ecological economics, sustainability indicators and environmental policy.
Confronting the persisting polarization of environmentalists and economists, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and professionals with an interest in environmental and ecological economics, sustainability indicators and environmental policy.
Peter Bartelmus is an honorary professor at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany. After his work in the United Nations, he taught economics of sustainable development at Wuppertal and Columbia (USA) universities.
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Lists of figures List of tables List of boxes Preface Acknowledgements Part I: WHAT SHOULD WE SUSTAIN? 1 Environmental impacts: triggering sustainability concerns 2 A framework for concepts and measures of sustainability Part II: ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY: GETTING RICHER? 3 We, the people: are we better off? 4 We, the nation: towards a sustainable economy 5 Modeling economic sustainability: will we be better off? Part III: ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY: HOW MUCH NATURE DO WE NEED? 6 How much nature do we use? 7 Sustainability: reaching the limits? Part IV: CORNUCOPIA FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? 8 What do we want: happiness, wellbeing, the good life? 9 What can we get? 10 Sustainable development: blueprint or fig leaf? Part V: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? 11 What do the indicators tell us? 12 Strategies, policies, politics 13 Bridging the environmental-economic polarization 14 CONCLUSIONS Annex: A brief history of sustainability science and thought
Lists of figures List of tables List of boxes Preface Acknowledgements Part I: WHAT SHOULD WE SUSTAIN? 1 Environmental impacts: triggering sustainability concerns 2 A framework for concepts and measures of sustainability Part II: ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY: GETTING RICHER? 3 We, the people: are we better off? 4 We, the nation: towards a sustainable economy 5 Modeling economic sustainability: will we be better off? Part III: ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY: HOW MUCH NATURE DO WE NEED? 6 How much nature do we use? 7 Sustainability: reaching the limits? Part IV: CORNUCOPIA FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? 8 What do we want: happiness, wellbeing, the good life? 9 What can we get? 10 Sustainable development: blueprint or fig leaf? Part V: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? 11 What do the indicators tell us? 12 Strategies, policies, politics 13 Bridging the environmental-economic polarization 14 CONCLUSIONS Annex: A brief history of sustainability science and thought
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