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Economic development and environmental sustainability : new policy options / edited by Ramon Lopez and Michael A. Toman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Initiative for policy dialogue series.
- The initiative for policy dialogue series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays focuses on the importance of taking environmental issues into account in the process of development and poverty reduction. It deepens our understanding of environmental sustainability in a context of economic growth putting sustainable development back on the agenda.
- Contents:
- Natural capital, resource dependency, and poverty in developing countries : the problem of 'dualism within dualism' / Edward B. Barbier
- Measuring development prospects by 'greening' the national accounts / Kirk Hamilton and Rashid Hassan
- Impacts of macroeconomic policies on the environment, natural resources, and welfare in developing countries / Jon Strand and B. Gabriela Mundaca
- Political economy and natural resource use / Robert T. Deacon and Bernardo Mueller
- Structural adjustment and sustainable development / Ramon Lopez
- Trade and the environment in developing economies / Brian R. Copeland and Sumeet Gulati
- Environmental policy instruments and institutions in developing countries / E. Somanathan and Thomas Sterner
- Energy, equity, and economic development / Douglas F. Barnes and Michael A. Toman
- Water institutional reforms in developing countries / R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar
- Water quality issues in developing countries / Anil Markandya
- Urban air pollution, health, and policy instruments / Alan J. Krupnick
- The economics of terrestrial biodiversity conservation in developing nations / Heidi J. Albers and Paul Ferraro
- Conservation of tropical forests / Erwin Bulte and Stefanie Engel.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611155216
- 1-280-87031-1
- 1-281-15521-7
- 1-4356-1905-6
- 0-19-153822-1
- 9786610870318
- 0-19-929799-1
- OCLC:
- 427507803
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