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Green Accounting in Europe
. Ed(S): Markandya, Anil; Pavan, Marcella
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Description for Green Accounting in Europe
Paperback. Provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. Editor(s): Markandya, Anil; Pavan, Marcella. Series: Economics, Energy and Environment. Num Pages: 371 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1DFG; 1DST; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 692.
Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and ... Read more
Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
Series
Economics, Energy and Environment
Number of Pages
371
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792356004
SKU
V9780792356004
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Ref
99-15
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