Green Accounting
Published on 14. August 2003
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-0-7546-2232-1 (ISBN)
Description
Our cherished economic indicators of income, product, consumption and capital fail in taking a long-term view of social progress. They do not account for environmental deterioration, which impairs the quality of life of present and future generations, and hence the sustainability of development. "Greening" the conventional national (and corporate) accounts introduces environmental impacts and costs into these accounts and balances. The result is a new compass for steering the economy towards sustainability, which may change not only our main measures of economic performance but also the basic tenets of environmental and resource policies. This book presents methodological advances and case studies of environmental accounting, and discusses their use in environmental management and policies. In their introduction, the editors provide a critical perspective of historical developments and current debates. For them, green accounting is the best available tool for defining and assessing the environmental dimension of sustainable development. The sustainability of the paradigm may depend on it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 250 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-2232-1 (9780754622321)
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Content
Taking Environment Into Account - a Historical Perspective:; M. Kuczynski and R.L. Meek (1972), The "Third Edition" of the Tableu Economique; ; K.W. Kapp (1970), Environmental Disruption - General Issues and Methodological Problems; ; W.D. Nordhaus and J. Tobin (1972), Is Growth Obsolete?.; Physical Accounts - Assessing the Biophysical Base of the Economy:; N. Georgescu-Roegen (1979), Energy Analysis and Economic Valuation; ; R.U. Ayres (1976), Environment Statistics - Draft Guidelines for Statistics on Material/Energy Balances; ; S. Bringezu (2000), History and Overview of Material Flow Analysis; ; G. Strassert (1993). Towards an Ecological-Economic Accounting of the Provision-Transformation-Restitution Cycle:; M.T. Brown and S. Ulgiati (1999), Energy Evaluation of the Biosphere and Natural Capital.; Greening the National Accounts; ; P. Bartelmus, C. Stahmer and J. van Tongeren (1991), Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting - Framework for a SNA Satellite System; ; J.S. Landefeld and S.L. Howell (1998), USA, Integrated Economic and Environmental Accounting - Lessons from the IEEASA; ; Seung-Woo Kim, J. van Tongeren and A. Alfieri (1998); Republic of Korea - SEEA Pilot Compilation,; M. de Haan and S.J. Keuning (1996); Taking the Environment into Account - The NAMEA Approach.; Corporate Environmental Accounting,; A. Ullman (1976); The Corporate Environmental Accounting System: A Management Tool for Fighting Environmental Degradation; ; S. Schaltegger, (1998) Accounting for Ecoefficiency.; Policy Use and Analysis: ; K.-G. M ler (1991), National Account and Environmental Resources; ; W. Leontief (1970), Environmental Repercussions and the Economic Structure - An Input-Output Approach; ; R. Brouwer, M. O'Connor and W. Radermacher (1999), Greened National Statistical and Modelling Procedures - The GREENSTAMP Approach; ; Peter Bartelmus (1997), Wither Economics? From Optimality to Sustainability?.