A new blueprint for a green economy / Edward B. Barbier and Anil Markandya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbier, Edward, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Markandya, Anil, 1945-

Pearce, David W. (David William).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Sustainable development.

Environmental impact charges.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in 1989, Blueprint for a Green Economy presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for 'greening' modern economies and putting them on a path to sustainable development. This new book, written by two of the Blueprint for a Green Economy authors, revisits and updates its main messages by asking, first, what has been achieved in the past twenty years, and second, what more needs to be done to generate a truly 'green economy' in the twenty-first century? Blueprint for a Green Economy had one over-arching theme. Making economies more sust

Contents:

Introduction

Blueprint for a green economy in the 21st century

Sustainable development

Progress in valuing the environment

Accounting for the environment and sustainability

Progress in prices and incentives for environmental improvement

Towards a green global economy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Update to: Blueprint for a green economy / a report by David Pearce, Anil Markandya, Edward B. Barbier for the UK Department of the Environment. 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Related Work:

Pearce, David W. (David William). Blueprint for a green economy.

ISBN:

1-136-22217-0

0-203-09729-7

1-136-22218-9

9780203097298

OCLC:

852756928