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Scarcity and growth revisited : natural resources and the environment in the new millennium

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Scarcity and growth revisited : natural resources and the environment in the new millennium / R. David Simpson, Michael A. Toman, Robert U. Ayres, editors.
Publication
Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Simpson, Ralph David.
  • Toman, Michael A.
  • Ayres, Robert U.
Description
xi, 292 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction : the "new scarcity" / R. David Simpson, Michael A. Toman and Robert U. Ayres -- 2. Mineral resources and consumption in the twenty-first century / W. David Menzie, Donald A. Singer and John H. DeYoung, Jr. -- 3. Economics of scarcity : the state of the debate / Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer -- 4. Ecosystem goods and services and their limits : the roles of biological diversity and management practices / David Tilman and Stephen Polasky -- 5. Emerging scarcities : bioenergy-food competition in a carbon constrained world / Christian Azar -- 6. Sustainability and its economic interpretations / John C. V. Pezzey and Michael A. Toman -- 7. Resources, scarcity, technology, and growth / Robert U. Ayres -- 8. Endogenous technological change, natural resources, and growth / Sjak Smulders -- 9. Evolutionary analysis of the relationship between economic growth, environmental quality, and resource scarcity / Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh -- 10. Environmental policy as a tool for sustainability / David Pearce -- 11. Public policy : inducing investment in innovation / Molly K. Macauley -- 12. The marvels and perils of modernity : a comment / Sylvie Faucheux -- 13. Intragenerational versus intergenerational equity : views from the south / Ramon Lopez -- 14. Sustainable economic development in the world of today's poor / Partha Dasgupta.
ISBN
  • 1933115106 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1933115114 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004030206
OCLC
  • ocm57344159
  • SCSB-5203155
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries