Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability : Advances in Measuring Sustainable Development
K. Hamilton
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (214 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Wealth, Welfare and Sustainability; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Wealth and social welfare; 3. Population growth and sustainability; 4. Testing genuine saving; 5. Resources, growth and the 'paradox of plenty'; 6. A Hartwick Rule counterfactual; 7. Deforestation: accounting for a multiple-use resource; 8. Accounting for technological change; 9. Resource price trends and prospects for development; 10. International flows of resource rents; 11. Summary and conclusions; References; Index. - Economic theory suggests that there should be a link between future wellbeing and wealth. This book explores this linkage under a variety of headings: population growth, technological change, deforestation and natural resource trade. It emphasises on empirical measurement of the change in real wealth, a key indicator of sustainable development.
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| ISBN | 1843765764. - 9781843765769
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