Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability The Prospects for Green Growth

Name: Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability The Prospects for Green Growth
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ISBN: 9780203158807

ISBN-10: 0203158806

ISBN-13: 9780203158807

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Authors: Paul Ekins

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A key area of public policy in the last twenty years is the question of how, and how much, to protect vthe environment. At the heart of this has been the heated debate over the nature of the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Is environemental sustainability economic growth or green growth', a contradiction in terms?Avoiding the confusion that often surrounds these issues, Ekins provides rigorous expositions of the concept of sustainability, integrated environmental and economic accounting, the Environmental Kuznets Curve, the economics of climate change and environmental taxation. Individual chapters are organised as self-contained, state-of-the-art…

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List price: $110.00
Publisher: Routledge
Binding: E-Book
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements


Introduction


Perceptions of Environmental Scarcity


Wealth Creation


The Concept of Environmental Sustainability


Appendix 4


Accounting for Production and the Environment


Population, Affluence, Technology and Environmental Impacts





Review and Critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis


The Dividends from Environmental Taxation


Decision Making and the Costs Related to Climate Change


Sustainability and Sulphur Emissions: The Case of the UK, 1970-2010


Conclusions


Bibliography


Index