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Taking nature into account : a report to the Club of Rome : toward a sustainable national income

Title
Taking nature into account : a report to the Club of Rome : toward a sustainable national income / Wouter van Dieren, editor.
Publication
New York : Copernicus, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Dieren, Wouter van.
  • Club of Rome.
Description
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index.
Contents
  • Ch. 1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Economic Growth and Western Society. Ch. 2. The History and Roots of Growth. Ch. 3. Economic Growth and Gross National Product -- Pt. II. Paradoxes of Growth. Ch. 4. State of the Environment. Ch. 5. Failures of the System of National Accounts -- Pt. III. Sustainable Development. Ch. 6. From Growth to Sustainability. Ch. 7. The Concept of Sustainability. Ch. 8. Vision of the South. Ch. 9. Indicators for Measuring Welfare. Ch. 10. The Role of Social Indicators -- Pt. IV. Environmental Adjustment of the System of National Accounts. Ch. 11. Defensive Expenditures. Ch. 12. Depletion of Natural Resources. Ch. 13. Estimating Sustainable National Income. Ch. 14. Environmental Accounting and the System of National Accounts -- Pt. V. Taking Nature into Account: Conclusions and Recommendations. 2. Steering By the Right Compass. 3. SNA 1993 Revision and the UN Handbook on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting.
  • 4. Adjustment of GDP: Different Objectives. 5. The Current SNA: A Narrow Economic Point of View. 6. Cost Accounting from a Comprehensive Economic Point of View. 7. Cost Accounting from a Responsibility Point of View. 8. Resistance to and Solutions for Change. 9. Strengthening International Coordination. 10. Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations.
ISBN
0387945334 (softcover : acid-free paper)
LCCN
95015974
OCLC
  • 32347277
  • ocm32347277
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Columbia University Libraries