Screen LibraryIs economic growth sustainable?
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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IEA conference volume ; no. 148 |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 280 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
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9780230232471 (hc) 0230232477 |
| Index Number: | X22 |
| CLC: | X22 |
| Call Number: | X22/I731 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The sustainability of economic growth / Geoffrey Heal -- What are the health effects of air pollution in China? / Maureen Cropper -- Why climate change impacts on agriculture could be economically substantial / Michael J. Roberts and Wolfram Schlenker -- Wealth, saving and sustainability / Kirk Hamilton -- China, the US, and sustainability : perspectives based on comprehensive wealth / Kenneth J. Arrow ... [et al.] -- Counting nonmarket, ecological public goods : the elements of a welfare-significant ecological quantity index / James Boyd -- The challenge of crafting rules to change open-access resources into managed resources / Elinor Ostrom -- How does trade affect the environment? / Brian R. Copeland -- Corporate environmentalism : doing well by being green / Geoffrey Heal. "How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so? This volume addresses these issues in a rigorous yet accessible fashion, presenting the current research of some of the world's leading scholars"--Provided by publisher. |