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The green myth : economic growth and the quality of the environment /

The book challenges the common belief that economic growth constitutes an insurmountable threat to the environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radetzki, Marian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brentwood, Essex, UK : Multi-Science Pub. Co., ©2001.
Subjects:
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
Croissance économique.
Qualité de l'environnement.
Asie centrale.
Europe orientale.
Nachhaltigkeit
Umweltqualität
Wirtschaft
Wirtschaftswachstum
Table of Contents:
  • Definitions and points of departure
  • Level of economic activity and environmental wear
  • Adjustment of the environment to specific human needs
  • Economic density, external effects and environmental damage
  • The content of economic activity, and the intensity of environmental wear
  • Strengthening environmental preferences in the economic development process
  • Sustainable versus unsustainable economic growth processes.