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9780415169905

The Environmental Consequences of Growth: Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415169905

  • ISBN10:

    0415169909

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

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; and the ethics and the limits of environmental economics. The central thesis is that while 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.

Table of Contents

List of figures
viii(1)
List of tables
ix(1)
Preface x
1 Introduction: economic growth and environmental change
1(6)
2 Economic growth and environmental change: theory
7(13)
3 The link between industry creation and environmental change
20(35)
4 Economic growth and environmental change: natural habitat loss
55(26)
5 Economic growth and environmental change: air, water, and pesticide pollution
81(20)
6 Economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation
101(24)
7 Ethics and the limits of environmental economics
125(17)
8 The steady-state alternative
142(19)
9 The macroeconomics of a steady state
161(9)
10 Economic democracy as an environmental measure
170(18)
11 Growth, environmental change, and steady-state economics: conclusion
188(3)
Notes 191(7)
Bibliography 198(14)
Index 212

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