Towards a sustainable economy : the application of ecological premises to long-term planning in Norway / Stein Hansen, Pål Føyn Jespersen, and Ingeborg Rasmussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Stein.

Contributor:

Jespersen, Pål Føyn.

Rasmussen, Ingeborg

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Norway.

Sustainable development.

Environmental policy--Norway.

Environmental policy.

Norway.

Physical Description:

x,331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book presents a major new study of the potential for a "sustainable economy" in Norway. With support from the Research Council of Norway and the Ministries of Finance and the Environment, the research team structured a dialogue between leading economists, environmental NGO's and politicians. The goal of the project was to integrate ecological indicators proposed by a so-called "Green Parliament" into the macro-economic models and projections used by the Official governmental planning apparatus. The book recounts in detail the structure of the project and the results of the analysis, laying particular weight on the fact that a more sustainable economy is clearly possible without a serious disruption of consumption of welfare. The implications of factoring in more stringent ecological demands for a number of sectors are explored, providing thereby specific parameters and scenarios for a more sustainable economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0312232292

OCLC:

42955060