Future of the Environment Ecological Economics and Technological Change

Name: Future of the Environment Ecological Economics and Technological Change
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ISBN: 9780195085747

ISBN-10: 0195085744

ISBN-13: 9780195085747

Edition: 1994

Authors: Faye Duchin, Glenn-Marie Lange

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One of the most important and complex problems facing both developing and industrialized nations is how to sustain economic growth without harming the environment. Faye Duchin and Glenn-Marie Lange address this issue in a practical and realistic way: through a detailed evaluation of the well-known approach to sustainable development outlined in the Brundtland Report, Our Common Future. Taking issue with the Brundtland Report's optimistic and widely accepted assumptions, the authors show that the positive effects of recycling, increased fuel-efficiency, and other technological adjustments will not go far enough to provide for truly sustainable development in the long term. Through a new,…

Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/26/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.53" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Methods and Results



Can Technology Assure Environmentally Sound Economic Development?



The Ocf Scenario



Results and Conclusions



a Note About Results at Different Levels of Aggregation



Case Studies



Emissions



Electric Power Generation



Industrial Energy Conservation



Processing and Fabrication of Metals



Construction



Cement



Pulp and Paper



Chemicals



Household Energy Conservation



Motor Vehicles



Structure of the World Model



Building the World Data Base: Case Study Methodology



World Model Geographic Classification



World Model Sectoral Classification


References


Index