1st Edition
Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability The Prospects for Green Growth
By Paul Ekins
Copyright 2000
388 Pages
by
Routledge
388 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Perceptions of Environmental Scarcity 3. Wealth Creation: Distinguishing between Production, Welfare, Growth and Development 4. The Concept of Environmental Sustainability 5. Accounting for Production and the Environment 6. Population, Affluence, Technology and Environmental Impacts 7. Review and Critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis 8. The Dividends from Environmental Taxation 9. Decision-Making and the Costs Related to Climate Change 10. Sustainability and Sulphur Emissions: The Case of the UK, 1970-2010 11. Conclusions
Biography
Paul Ekins is Reader in Environmental Policy in the Department of Environmental Studies, Keele University and a Programme Director of the sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, directing its Sustainable Economy Programme. He is the author of numerous books, including A New World Order (1992) and editor, with M. MaxNeef, of Real-Life Economics (1992). In 1994 he received the United Nations Environmental Programme Global 500 Award ‘for outstanding environmental achievement’.
