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The Environmental Consequences of Growth: Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline (New Directions in Social Economics)

By Douglas Booth

Book information

Year
1998
ISBN
0415169909, 9780415169905, 9780203010785
LCC
HD75.6 .B66 1998
Open Library ID
OL668032M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1611618 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
240\238
Topic
Economy
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book presents a new perspective on the link between economic growth and environmental change. All the key issues in environmental economics are covered, including: * industry, creation and environmental change * air, water and toxic pollution * economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation * ethics and the limits of environmental economics. The central thesis is that whilst new industries are necessary for economic growth, their development creates new environmental problems which become difficult to reverse. An alternative approach, 'steady-state economics', based on the concept of ethical commitment, is put forward as a possible alternative to a high-growth, environmentally destructive economy. Providing a welcome alternative to conventional, neoclassical microeconomic thought on environmental issues, this will be vital reading for students of environmental economics and related subjects.

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