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WEAK VERSUS STRONG SUSTAINABILITY
EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF TWO OPPOSING PARADIGMS |
| By: |
Eric Neumayer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£75.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1843764881 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781843764885 |
| Publisher: |
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 September, 2003 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
In the debate about sustainable development, a key question is whether natural capital can be substituted by man-made capital. In this volume, Eric Neumayer assesses the extent to which certain forms of natural capital should be preserved. |
| Synopsis: |
In this fully updated and revised edition of an original and popular text, Eric Neumayer offers an authoritative contribution to one of the most important questions concerning sustainable development: can natural capital be substituted by other forms of capital? Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable. This insightful book identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation and evaluates the most important indicators of weak and strong sustainability.The book explores the limits of the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an accessible and illuminating way. The author begins by examining the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. He also identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future, and addresses the important topic of sustainability indicators. In doing so, he analyses indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare, and indicators of strong sustainability including ecological footprints, material flows, sustainability gaps and other measures which combine the setting of environmental standards with monetary valuation.For the most part, requiring only a basic knowledge and understanding of economics, this accessible book will ensure the important theoretical and empirical debates surrounding sustainable development are available for a wide audience including undergraduate and postgraduate students of environmental and ecological economics. It will also be of interest to researchers and policymakers involved in the sustainable management of environmental resources. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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