Environmental Options: Accounting for Sustainability

1995
ISBN: 978-94-010-4040-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 421 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Economy & Environment

In this study, the author constructs a systematic statistical framework for studying the environment and technology, the economy and society, and performs a series of analyses of the impact of human activities on the environment. The many topics analyzed include: energy consumption, resource use, water and air pollution, technology, recycling, and pollution prevention.
From the theoretical perspective, provides not only a model at the global level, but also at the level of individual industries, and for various social groups. Of equal significance, the framework also allows international linkages to be examined.
The proposed framework will serve as a common yardstick in formulating environment policy in both developed and less developed countries, setting the standard for further international cooperation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uno, K.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I What is at Issue.- 1 Global Environment and Governance.- II Energy and Environment.- 2 Environmental Options.- 3 Energy Demand and Supply.- 4 Lifestyle and Environment.- 5 Transportation.- III Coping with Environmental Disruption.- 6 Pollution Prevention Investment.- 7 Produce-Consume-and-Recycle.- 8 Environment-Related R&D.- IV Natural Environment and the Economy.- 9 Land Use.- 10 Resource Endowment and International Linkages.- V Measuring Quality of Environment.- 11 Composite Measures of Quality of Life.- 12 Social, Economic, and Environmental Data Set.- References.