Quantitative Eco–nomics How sustainable are our economies? /

• Main Author: Bartelmus, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Environment.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Development Economics.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Environmental Management.; Environment, general.; Sustainable Development.

Fuzzy vision, anecdotal evidence, media hype and rhetoric characterise the debate of environment and economy. At the same time the cornucopian concept of sustainable development enjoys undiminished popularity. Hardly any publication or proclamation on the environment can resist summoning the paradig...