LEADER 03161oam 2200661I 450 001 9910222224403321 005 20240402091753.0 010 $a1-134-68939-X 010 $a0-203-01175-9 010 $a1-134-68940-3 010 $a1-280-33374-X 010 $a0-203-15880-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203011751 035 $a(CKB)1000000000249421 035 $a(EBL)165349 035 $a(OCoLC)277852102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000079933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11107847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10075217 035 $a(PQKB)11680638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165349 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054192 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33374 035 $a(OCoLC)1000442431 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000249421 100 $a20180331d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEconomic growth and environmental sustainability $ethe prospects for green growth /$fPaul Ekins 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-17333-7 311 $a0-415-17332-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 change 327 $aSustainability and sulphur emissions: the case of the UK, 1970 2010Conclusions; Bibliography; Index 330 $aA 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 chan 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a333.715 676 $a338.9 700 $aEkins$b Paul.$0124778 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910222224403321 996 $aEconomic growth and environmental sustainability$91963280 997 $aUNINA