Is economic growth sustainable?

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.

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Group Author: Heal, Geoffrey
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: International Economic Association
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230274280
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2010.
Carrier Form: 296 p. : 28 figures, 54.
ISBN: 9780230232471
9780230274280 :
0230274285 :
CLC: F061.3
Contents: Is Growth Sustainable? What Are the Health Effects of Air Pollution in China? Why Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Could be Economically Substantial Wealth Saving and Sustainability China, the U.S., and Sustainability: Perspectives Based on Comprehensive Wealth Counting Nonmarket, Ecological Public Goods: The Elements of a Welfare-Significant Ecological Quantity Index The Challenge of Crafting Rules to Change Open-Access Resources into Managed Resources How does Trade affect the Environment? Corporate Environmentalism: Doing Well by Being Green.