| Title: | World without end : economics, environment, and sustainable development |
| Authors: | David W. Pearce, Author ; Jeremy J. Warford, Author |
| Publisher: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-520881-8 |
| Size: | XI-440 p / 25 cm |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic conditions > economic development [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic policy > economic policy > development policy > sustainable development [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > deterioration of the environment > pollution [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > environmental policy [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > environmental policy > environmental policy > environmental economics [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > natural environment > natural resources |
| Abstract: |
The volume is the outcome of several years of research, fieldwork, and policy advice concerned with the rapidly growing subject of environmental economics in developing countries. The authors make no claim to originality of research and have borrowed freely from the existing literature. In at least two respects, however, the volume is unique. First, it uses a great deal of material, such as background papers and research conducted for the World Bank, that is not readily available to the wider public. Some of the chapters overlap. This is deliberate and, in fact, unavoidable. Since many readers may only want to read about a specific subject, such as population, poverty, market-based incentives, or tropical forests, the authors have attempted to make each chapter self-contained. The authors experimented with several sequences for the chapters and found that, regardless of the overall structure, the authors frequently had to share information among chapters to make each story coherent.
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| Contents note: |
pt. 1. Sustainable Development.
1. Environment and Development: An Overview. 2. The Concept of Sustainable Development. 3. Fairness and Time. 4. Measuring Sustainable Development. 5. Evaluating Environmental Damage and Benefits pt. 2. Resource Degradation: Causes and Policy Responses. 6. Population, Resources, and Environment. 7. Policy Failure: Pricing below Private Cost. 8. Market Failure: Social Pricing Distortions. 9. Planning Failure: Socialist Planning and the Environment. 10. Property Rights Failure and Renewable Resources. 11. Poverty, Income Distribution, and Environment pt. 3. International Environmental Issues. 12. World Markets and Natural Resource Degradation. 13. Transfrontier Environmental Issues. 14. Managing Global Resources. |
Copies (1)
| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status |
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| 000828 | WD 167 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Available |
