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Nature's numbers : expanding the U.S. national economic accounts to include the environment

Title
Nature's numbers : expanding the U.S. national economic accounts to include the environment / William D. Nordhaus and Edward C. Kokkelenberg, editors.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Nordhaus, William D.
  • Kokkelenberg, Edward Charles.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting.
Description
ix, 250 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • "In order to really see the forest, what's the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business decisions. How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment?"--BOOK JACKET.
  • "Nature's Numbers responds to concerns about how the United States should make these measurements. This book recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation's income and product accounts."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • National income > United States > Accounting
  • Natural resources > United States > Accounting
  • Environmental auditing > United States
Note
  • "Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The National Income and Product Accounts: History and Application to the Environment -- 3. Accounting for Subsoil Mineral Resources -- 4. Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources -- 5. Overall Appraisal of Environmental Accounting in the United States -- App. A. Sustainability and Economic Accounting -- App. B. Sources of Physical and Valuation Data on Natural Resources and the Environment -- App. C. Accounting for Forest Assets -- App. D. Glossary -- App. E. Biographical Sketches.
ISBN
0309071518
LCCN
99006236
OCLC
  • 504550176
  • ocn504550176
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Columbia University Libraries