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Book SynopsisAn outgrowth of the 1992 Symposium and Exhibit of Environmental Technologies (ECOTECH), held in Rio de Janiero as part of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), this book addresses our ecological future and explores alternatives to mainstream solutions.
Trade ReviewRemarkable and noteworthy... The authors of the papers are recognized authorities in the fields of environmental and ecological economics... The diversity of topics dealt within the various chapters is remarkable. The emphasis on case studies from developing countries and the perspectives of scholars from the same is an unusual and therefore valuable contribution. Ecological Economics This volume... provides an important discussion of the implications of unequal distributions of population, wealth, and consumption for sustainable development. -- D.C. Parker Land Degradation and Development
Table of ContentsSustainability: Challenges to Economic Analysis and Policy, by Peter H. May Consumption Patterns: The Driving Force of Environmental Stress, by Jyoti Parikh A Tradable Carbon Entitlements Approach to Global Warming Policy: Sustainable Allocations, by Adam Rose and Brandt Stevens Back-of-the-Envelope Estimates of Environmental Damage Costs in Mexico, by Sergio Margulis Health Costs Associated with Air Pollution in Brazil, by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Ana Paula Fernandes Mendes Managing the Transition to Sustainable Development: The Role for Economic Incentives, by Thomas H. Tietenberg Ecological Economics: Creating a Transdisciplinary Science, by Robert Costanza Carrying Capacity as a Tool of Development Policy: The Ecuadoran Amazon and the Paraguayan Chaco, by Herman Daly Green Accounting for Sustainable Development, by Peter Bartelmus Measuring Sustainable Income: The Cases of Mineral and Forest Depletion in Brazil, by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and Peter H. May
