Overview

The global community is increasingly preoccupied with the concept of sustainability, to the extent that the traditional measure of gross domestic product (GDP) is giving way to a 'green GDP'. Many attempts have also been made to measure the degradation of the environment and the depletion of natural resources. Environmental Accounting in Theory and Practice presents a comprehensive picture of the most modern research issues in the field, based on the experience of many countries with the introduction of integrated environmental and economic statistics, including physical accounting methods for material flows and spatial accounting for land use. Theoretical issues concerning the valuation of environmental goods and the concept of sustainability are also discussed. The 20 chapters in the book have been written by representatives of major international institutions, national statistical offices, research institutes and universities in Europe, the USA, Canada and Asia. Together with the comprehensive bibliography and the index, they form a state of the art report on the greening of the global economy.

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Author:   K. Uno ,  Peter Bartelmus
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.718kg
ISBN:  

9789048148516

ISBN 10:   9048148510
Pages:   461
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Overview.- 2. Implementation of environmental accounting: towards an operational manual.- 3. Japan: the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA) — trial estimates and remaining issues.- 4. Republic of Korea: SEEA pilot compilation.- 5. Philippines: Adaptation of the United Nations system of environmental accounting.- 6. Philippines: Environmental accounting as instrument of policy.- 7. USA: Integrated economic and environmental accounting: lessons from the IEESA.- 8. USA: Environmental protection activities and their consequences.- 9. Netherlands: What’s in a NAMEA? Recent results.- 10. Measuring Canada’s natural wealth: why we need both physical and monetary accounts.- 11. Building physical accounts for Namibia: depletion of water, minerals, and fish stocks, and loss of biodiversity.- 12. Material and energy flow analysis in Germany: accounting framework, information system, applications.- 13. Material flow accounts indicating environmental pressure from economic sectors.- 14. Land use accounting — pressure indicators for economic activities.- 15 Linking land cover, intensity of use and botanical diversity in an accounting framework in the UK.- 16. The value of nature — valuation and evaluation in environmental accounting.- 17. Environmental protection expenditure and its representation in national accounts.- 18. Valuing environment in developing countries: a challenge.- 19. Greening the national accounts: valuation issues and policy uses.- 20. Modelling and accounting work in national and environmental accounts.- 21. Alternative resource and environmental accounting approaches and their contribution to policy.- 22. Multisectoral policy modelling for environmental analysis.- 23. Identifying research priority.- References.- Notes oncontributors.

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