03161oam 2200661I 450 991022222440332120240402091753.01-134-68939-X0-203-01175-91-134-68940-31-280-33374-X0-203-15880-610.4324/9780203011751 (CKB)1000000000249421(EBL)165349(OCoLC)277852102(SSID)ssj0000079933(PQKBManifestationID)11107847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079933(PQKBWorkID)10075217(PQKB)11680638(MiAaPQ)EBC165349(Au-PeEL)EBL165349(CaPaEBR)ebr10054192(CaONFJC)MIL33374(OCoLC)1000442431(EXLCZ)99100000000024942120180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomic growth and environmental sustainability the prospects for green growth /Paul Ekins1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (387 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-17333-7 0-415-17332-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Perceptions of environmental scarcity; Wealth creation: distinguishing between production, welfare, growth and development; The concept of environmental sustainability; Accounting for production and the environment; Population, affluence, technology and environmental impacts; Review and critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis; The dividends from environmental taxation; Decision making and the costs related to climate changeSustainability and sulphur emissions: the case of the UK, 1970 2010Conclusions; Bibliography; IndexA 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 these issues, Ekins provides rigorous expositions of the concept of sustainability, integrated environmental and economic accounting, the Environmental Kuznets Curve, the economics of climate chanSustainable developmentEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsSustainable development.Economic developmentEnvironmental aspects.333.715338.9Ekins Paul.124778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910222224403321Economic growth and environmental sustainability1963280UNINA