How sustainable are our economies_6 pdf

... (2007). In turn, many sources are based on primary data from national and international statistics. More com- monly accepted data are shown in bold. economic development are the result of neglecting ... economy are all sensitive to climate change; many regions are adversely affected, some effects are beneficial for some regions [3, p. 215]. - Climate change is an overriding cha...

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... capacity are the drawbacks of overlay mapping. Plate 5.1 Overlay mapping: global warming and precipitation effects Source: UNEP/GRID-Arendal (2005), Vital Climate Change Graphics. (See Colour Plates) 5.1 ... in the above-mentioned examples show progress or regress in the particular areas they represent. They do not show the relative significance of any specific area or target. The reason...

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... increasingly on foreign resources (op. cit.). Globalization, together with domestic resource depletion, are significant factors in this outsourcing of natural resource supply (Section 14.1). 6.3.3 ... sites, are indirect indicators of preferences for environmental amenities. The closeness of welfare valuations to economic (utility/welfare maximizing) theory makes these valuations the...

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... and other resource taxes as a significant source of governmental property income (shown in the primary income distribution accounts) ● The acquisition of tradable emission and resource use permits ... (Landefeld & Howell, 1998). Other (developing) countries show more significant effects on their natural capital. At a time, Costa Rica and Indonesia exploited their natural resources a...

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... concept for attaining sustainable eco- nomic performance and growth? ● How realistic is consistency for avoiding environmental impacts? ● Should we change our life(style) to attain sustainable development? ... of natural resources by TNCs (tragedy of the commons) - Natural resource saving (from least-cost sources) - Spread of wasteful consumption patterns - Rebound effects from re...

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... environmental sinks and (re)sources are sometimes considered to be public goods (in the public domain): in general, however, only produced (usually by the government) such goods are deemed to be public. ... emissions are measured in the official environmental statistics. Natural resource depletion is less significant in Germany (0.6% of total environ- mental cost), as there are few...

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... Sweden 1994 Source: Wall (2001b), The use of natural resources in society, plate 30; Copyright Eolss, with permission from Eolss. Colour Plates 323 Plate 5.2 Ecological footprint Source: Copyright ... holder. 320 Colour Plates Plate 2.2 Hans Carl von Carlowitz (1645–1714) 322 Colour Plates Plate 5.1 Overlay mapping: global warming and precipitation effects Source: UNEP/GRID-Arendal (2005), ....

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... ecological economics by taking in environmental economics and sustainable development in an easy-to-read introduction. The Ecological Economics journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics ... questionable. 2.3.2.2 Natural Resource Economics Environmental CGE models typically ignore natural resource depletion. The reason might be the separate development of nat...

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... in the above-mentioned examples show progress or regress in the particular areas they represent. They do not show the relative significance of any specific area or target. The reason is incomparability ... statistics developed and promoted by the United Nations. Further Reading 83 Box 4.6 A reductionist view SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ⇓ SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH ⇓ ENVIRONMENTALLY SUST...

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... increasingly on foreign resources (op. cit.). Globalization, together with domestic resource depletion, are significant factors in this outsourcing of natural resource supply (Section 14.1). 6.3.3 ... obliteration of income generated by natural resource exploitation: ‘Countries with marketable natural resources are evidently better off than those without such resources’. His method...

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... and other resource taxes as a significant source of governmental property income (shown in the primary income distribution accounts) ● The acquisition of tradable emission and resource use permits ... disaggregated by economic sectors. The case studies of Mexico and Thailand show that the depletion costs incurred by forestry and mining reduce the conventional value added of these ind...

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... Welfare (MEW), the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) or the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) supposedly indicate past and, by extrapolation, future trends of economic welfare generated ... in this regard over their corporate counterparts: they are less confined by accountancy laws and rules, they are not directly affected by their own calculations, and their macroe...

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... non-declining welfare generation. In fact, if the welfare package is broad enough, non-decline of welfare can also be viewed as sustainable development (Mäler, 1991). Note however that the search ... level, shared responsibility for outsourcing hazardous production processes and importing natural resources would justify some compensation of sustainability ‘exporting’ countries by the...

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... Welfare (MEW), the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) or the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) supposedly indicate past and, by extrapolation, future trends of economic welfare generated ... studies are still isolated efforts, dealing with selected pollutants or the usual environmental placeholder of CO 2 emission. 10.1 Welfare Secured? Dematerialized? Capital Maintained? 10...

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... concept for attaining sustainable eco- nomic performance and growth? ● How realistic is consistency for avoiding environmental impacts? ● Should we change our life(style) to attain sustainable development? ... of natural resources by TNCs (tragedy of the commons) - Natural resource saving (from least-cost sources) - Spread of wasteful consumption patterns - Rebound effects from re...

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