Nature's numbers : expanding the national economic accounts to include the environment / William D. Nordhaus and Edward C. Kokkelenberg, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Nordhaus, William D.

Kokkelenberg, Edward Charles.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National income--United States--Accounting.

National income.

Natural resources--United States--Accounting.

Natural resources.

Environmental auditing--United States.

Environmental auditing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In order to really see the forest, what's the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business decisions. How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment? Nature's Numbers responds to concerns about how the United States should make these measurements. The book recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation's income and product accounts. The panel explores alternative approaches to environmental accounting, including those used in other countries, and addresses thorny issues such as how to measure the stocks of natural resources and how to value non-market activities and assets. Specific applications to subsoil minerals, forests, and clean air show how the general principles can be applied. The analysis and insights provided in this book will be of interest to economists, policymakers, environmental advocates, economics faculty, businesses based on natural resources, and managers concerned with the role of the environment in our economic affairs.

Contents:

Introduction

The national income and product accounts : history and application to the environment

Accounting for subsoil mineral resources

Accounting for renewable and environmental resources

Overall appraisal of environmental accounting in the United States.

Notes:

"Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-238) and index.

ISBN:

9780309173384

0309173388

9780309514613

0309514614

OCLC:

923256527