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Weak versus strong sustainability : exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms / Eric Neumayer

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northhampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2010Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 272 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781849805438
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1848448732 (pbk.) | 9781848448728 (hardback) | 9781848448735 (pbk.) | 1848448724 (hbk.) | Erscheint auch als: Weak versus strong sustainability. Druck-Ausgabe 3. ed. Cheltenham[u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2010. XIV, 272 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.927 22
RVK: RVK: QT 000LOC classification:
  • HD75.6
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849805438Online resources: Summary: This insightful book explores the limits of the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an accessible way. It examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and services, and the environmental consequences of economic growth. The critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future are also examined. The author provides a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. As indicators of weak sustainability, he analyses Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare, also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator. Indicators of strong sustainability covered include ecological footprints, material flows, sustainability gaps and other measures, which combine the setting of environmental standards with monetary valuationSummary: 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Sustainable development : conceptual, ethical and paradigmatic issues -- 3. Resources, the environment and economic growth : is natural capital substitutable? -- 4. Preserving natural capital in a world of risk, uncertainty and ignorance -- 5. Measuring weak sustainability -- 6. Measuring strong sustainability -- 7. ConclusionsPPN: PPN: 102344741XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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