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Unveiling Wealth

On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. Peter Bartelmus

    1. Division for Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal, Germany

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introductory Statement by the Executive Director of UNEP

    1. Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account

      • Klaus Töpfer
      Pages 3-5

  3. New Indicators of Sustainability

    1. Unveiling wealth — accounting for sustainability

      • Peter Bartelmus
      Pages 9-38

    2. Discussion

      • Karl Schoer
      Pages 39-47

  5. The physical basis of the economy

    1. Dematerialisation and energy efficiency — the message of ecoindicators

      • Peter Hennicke
      Pages 103-108

    2. Material Flow Analysis — unveiling the physical basis of economies

      • Stefan Bringezu
      Pages 109-134

    3. Emergy accounting

      • Howard T. Odum
      Pages 135-146

  6. Assessment and policy analysis

    1. Assessment of sustainability in growth and development—approaches and policy applications

      • Robert Repetto
      Pages 149-155

    2. Questions and Answers

      Pages 157-166

    3. How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics ?

      • Hansvolker Ziegler
      Pages 167-170

    4. Economic growth models and the role of physical resources

      • Robert U. Ayres, Benjamin Warr
      Pages 171-188

    5. Post-fossil development patterns in the North

      • Wolfgang Sachs
      Pages 189-204

    6. Outlook: From paradigm to policy

      • Peter Bartelmus
      Pages 205-212
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About this book

Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs.
Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output.
Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.

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"...particular attention to the pros and cons of attempting to internalise environmental costs into individual decision-making through the political process. On the whole, Unveiling Wealth is a very useful book for economists, environmentalists, policy makers as well as eco-conscious practitioners of business."
(Environmental Politics, 12:3 (2003)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division for Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal, Germany

    Peter Bartelmus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unveiling Wealth

  • Book Subtitle: On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability

  • Editors: Peter Bartelmus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48221-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0814-6Published: 31 August 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6101-0Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48221-2Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 226

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Environmental Economics, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Accounting/Auditing

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