The environmental consequences of growth : steady-state economics as an alternative to ecological decline / Douglas E. Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Booth, Douglas E.

Series:

Advances in social economics.

Advances in social economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

Environmental degradation--Economic aspects.

Environmental degradation.

Physical Description:

xi, 227 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a new perspective on the link between economic growth and environmental change. All the key issues in environmental economics are covered, including: * industry, creation and environmental change * air, water and toxic pollution * economic growth and the limits of environmental regulation * ethics and the limits of environmental economics. The central thesis is that whilst new industries are necessary for economic growth, their development creates new environmental problems which become difficult to reverse. An alternative approach, 'steady-state economics', based on the concept of ethical commitment, is put forward as a possible alternative to a high-growth, environmentally destructive economy. Providing a welcome alternative to conventional, neoclassical microeconomic thought on environmental issues, this will be vital reading for students of environmental economics and related subjects.

Contents:

chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: Economic growth and environmental change

chapter 2 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Theory

chapter 3 The link between industry creation and environmental change

chapter 4 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Natural habitat loss

chapter 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Air, water, and pesticide pollution

chapter 6 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

chapter 7 ETHICS AND THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

chapter 8 THE STEADY-STATE ALTERNATIVE

chapter 9 The macroeconomics of a steady state

chapter 10 ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE

chapter 11 GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, AND STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS: Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-211) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-70017-2

1-134-70018-0

1-280-47828-4

0-203-01078-7

9786610478286

9780203010785

OCLC:

437073688