Indicators used to direct ecomonic policy (GDP, national income, etc.) are based on a number of factors but nowhere in their calculation is there an acknowledgement of the degradation of natural resources. The numbers may look good, but continued deterioration of the environment is leading us close...

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Other Authors:	Dieren, Wouter Van (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Springer New York 1995
Subjects:	Earth Sciences Earth Sciences, general Ecology Geoecology/Natural Processes Nature Conservation Earth sciences Geoecology Environmental geology Nature conservation Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung
Online Access:	BTU01 Volltext
Summary:	Indicators used to direct ecomonic policy (GDP, national income, etc.) are based on a number of factors but nowhere in their calculation is there an acknowledgement of the degradation of natural resources. The numbers may look good, but continued deterioration of the environment is leading us closer to crises; meanwhile, policymakers and the public are basing decisions on dangerously incomplete information. In Taking Nature into Account, a number of the world's leading experts make the ethical, historical, economic, and ecological arguments for including environmental factors when measuring fiscal health. Initiated by the Club of Rome (an international group of influential businesspeople, statesmen, and scientists), and written in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature, the report reviews existing methodologies and makes recommendations for adjusting the way we think about and measure the economy
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 332 p. 42 illus)
ISBN:	9781461242468
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4612-4246-8