Economic development and environmental sustainability :
[Book]
new policy options /
edited by Ramón López and Michael A. Toman.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
xvii, 486 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
The initiative for policy dialogue series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 / Ramón López -- 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.
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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.
Economic development and environmental sustainability.