Research Catalog

Title

Natural capital : valuing the planet / Dieter Helm.

Author

Helm, Dieter

Publication

• New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xii, 277 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables-like species-keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards extinction. Non-renewables-like oil and gas-can only be used once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival and well-being, and the basis of all economic activity. In the face of the global, local, and national destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems, economist Dieter Helm here offers a crucial set of strategies for establishing natural capital policy that is balanced, economically sustainable, and politically viable. Helm shows why the commonly held view that environmental protection poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and he explains why the environment must be at the very core of economic planning. He presents the first real attempt to calibrate, measure, and value natural capital from an economic perspective and goes on to outline a stable new framework for sustainable growth. Bristling with ideas of immediate global relevance, Helm's book shifts the parameters of current environmental debate. As inspiring as his trailblazing "The Carbon Crunch", this volume will be essential reading for anyone concerned with reversing the headlong destruction of our environment.

Subjects

• Nachhaltigkeit
• Natural resources > Valuation
• Umwelt
• Environmental economics
• Ressourcenökonomie
• Wirtschaftswachstum

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-265) and index.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Taking Natural Capital Seriously -- Part One: What Is Sustainable Growth? -- 1 Facing up to the Challenges -- 2 Sustaining Economic Growth -- 3 Defining the Aggregate Natural Capital Rule -- Part Two: How Can Natural Capital Be Measured? -- 4 Accounting for Natural Capital -- 5 Measuring Natural Capital -- 6 Pricing and Valuing Natural Capital -- Part Three: What Needs to Be Done? -- 7 Compensating for Damage -- 8 Taxing Pollution -- 9 Protecting the Commons -- Part Four: How Can It Be Done? -- 10 The Prize: Restoring Natural Capital -- 11 Finance: Paying for Natural Capital -- 12 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 15-5951

ISBN

• 9780300210989
• 0300210981

LCCN

9780300210989

OCLC

898114269

Author

Helm, Dieter, author.

Title

Natural capital : valuing the planet / Dieter Helm.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-265) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

9780300210989

Research Call Number

JFE 15-5951