Economy and Ecology: Towards Sustainable Development
After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development on 'Our Common Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst
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Economy and Ecology: Towards Sustainable Development edited by
F. Archibugi Department of Planning Theory. University of Naples. Naples, Italy and
P. Nijkamp Faculty of Economics. Free University. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.v.
ISBN 978-90-481-4056-5 ISBN 978-94-015-7831-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-7831-8
3-0692-250 ts
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.
The Challenge of Sustainable Development F. Archibugi, P. Nijkamp, F.J. Soeteman
Part A
1
Growth, Development and Suatainability
2.
'Our Common Future', Sustaining the Momentum J. MacNeill
15
3.
Ecological Sustainability and Economic Development D.E. James, P. Nijkamp, J.B. Opschoor
27
4.
Towards Sustainable Development: an Environmental Perspective R.E. Munn
49
5.
Steady-State and Growth Concepts for the Next Century H.E. Daly
73
6.
Externalities: Economics R.U. Ayres, A.V. Kneese
7.
Ecological Modernization of Industrial Society Three Strategic Elements U.E. Simonis
119
8.
Economics versus Ecology S. Lombardini
139
Part B 9.
& Thermodynamics
89
Environmental Assessment and Policy Evaluation
An Assessment of Environmental Progress: the Reason for Failure B. Commoner
151
10.
Comprehensive Social Assessment: an Essential Instrument for Environmental Policy-Making F. Archibugi
169
11.
Environmental Quality in a New System of Social Accounts K.A. Fox
189
12.
Multicriteria Analysis: a Decision Support System for Sustainable Environmental Management P. Nijkamp
203
13.
Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Soil Erosion P. Dasgupta, K.-G. Maler
221
14.
Environmental Policy in Relation to Territorial Distribution and Productive Activities M. Bresso
261
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page 15.
Physical Planning and Environmental Protection in the Long Term B. Leeflang
279
16.
Four Important Changes in the American Approach to Environmental Regulation L.E. Susskind
295
17.
Economic Growth and Environmental Change in Japan; Net National Welfare and Beyond K. Uno
307
18.
Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policies G. Scimemi
333
Index
345
Preface After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of
the World Commission on Environment and Development on
'Our Common
Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst for a revival of the environmental awareness, not only regarding local and daily pollution problems, but also -and in particular- regarding global environmental decay and threats to a sustainable development. In a recent stud
