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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450160603321

Autore

Booth Douglas E.

Titolo

The environmental consequences of growth : steady-state economics as an alternative to ecological decline / / Douglas E. Booth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-70018-0

1-280-47828-4

0-203-01078-7

9786610478286

Descrizione fisica

xi, 227 p. : ill

Collana

Advances in social economics

Disciplina

363.7

Soggetti

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Economic development - Moral and ethical aspects

Environmental degradation - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: Economic growth and environmental change -- chapter 2 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Theory -- chapter 3 The link between industry creation and environmental change -- chapter 4 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Natural habitat loss -- chapter 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Air, water, and pesticide pollution -- chapter 6 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION -- chapter 7 ETHICS AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS -- chapter 8 THE STEADY-STATE ALTERNATIVE -- chapter 9 The macroeconomics of a steady state -- chapter 10 ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE -- chapter 11 GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, AND STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS: Conclusion.