Theory and implementation of economic models for sustainable development / edited by Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh and Marjan W. Hofkes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den, 1965-

Hofkes, Marjan W., 1963-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Economics & environment ; 15.

Economics & environment ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Mathematical models.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

viii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer, 1998.

Contents:

1. Sustainable Development and Formal Models: background and summary / Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Marjan W. Hofkes 1

Part I Theoretical Approaches

2. A Survey of Economic Modelling of Sustainable Development / Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Marjan W. Hofkes 11

3. Technological Change, Economic Growth and Sustainability / Sjak Smulders 39

4. Evolutionary Complex Systems and Sustainable Development / Peter M. Allen 67

5. Theoretical Aspects of the Economic Modelling of Sustainable Development / Cees Withagen 101

Part II Empirical Testing and Delinking

6. Indicators of Natural Resource Scarcity: review, synthesis, and application to US agriculture / Cutler J. Cleveland, David I. Stern 113

7. The Environmental Kuznets Curve / Alberto Ansuategi, Edward Barbier, Charles Perrings 139

8. Delinking, Relinking and the Perception of Resource Scarcity / Hans Opschoor 165

Part III Measurement and Implementation

9. The Measurement of Sustainable Development / David Pearce, Giles Atkinson, Kirk Hamilton 175

10. Industrial Metabolism: work in progress / Robert U. Ayres 195

11. On the Paradigmatic and Spatial Dependency of Indicators / Harmen Verbruggen 229

12. Macroeconomic Modelling for Sustainable Development: the Dutch experience / Frank A.G. den Butter 235

13. Multidimensional Sustainability Analysis: the Flag model / Peter Nijkamp, Hans Ouwersloot 255

Part IV Policy and the International Dimension

14. Economic Aspects of Global Environmental Models / Richard S.J. Tol 277

15. The International Policy Dimension of Sustainability

the effect of policy harmonization within the EU using the GEM-E3 model / Klaus Conrad, Tobias F.N. Schmidt 287

16. Policy Models for International Environmental Problems / Stef Proost 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0792349989

OCLC:

39855986

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