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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Introductory Statement by the Executive Director of UNEP
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New Indicators of Sustainability
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Which indicators, and for what?
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Assessment and policy analysis
Keywords
About this book
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.
Reviews
(Environmental Politics, 12:3 (2003)
Editors and Affiliations
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
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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