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Author:   Partha Dasgupta (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.720kg
ISBN:  

9781009494304

ISBN 10:   1009494309
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   11 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; Part I. Foundations: How we got to where we are; 1. Nature as an asset; 2. Biodiversity and ecosystem services; 3. Biospheric disruptions; 4. Human impact on the biosphere; 4*. The bounded global economy; 5. Risk and uncertainty; 6. Laws and norms as social institutions; 7. Human institutions and ecological systems, 1: Unidirectional externalities and regulatory policies; 8. Human institutions and ecological systems, 2: Common pool resources; 8* Management of CPRs: A formal model; 9. Human institutions and ecological systems; 10. Well-being across the generations; 11. The content of well-being: Empirics; 12. Valuing biodiversity; 13. Sustainability assessment and policy analysis; 13* Accounting prices and inclusive wealth; Part II. Extensions: 14. Distribution and sustainability; 15. Trade and the biosphere; 16. Demand for provisioning services and its consequences; 17. Managing Nature-related financial risk and uncertainty; 18. Conservation of Nature; 19. Restoration of Nature; 20. Finance for sustainable engagement with Nature; Part III. The road ahead: Chapter 21. Options for change; Appendix.

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Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Emeritus Professor of Economics, Chair of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and a Fellow of St John's College, all at the University of Cambridge. He was knighted in 2002 for his services to economics, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, and Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He won the Volvo Environment Prize in 2002, the Blue Planet Prize in 2015 and the Tyler Prize in 2016. The UN Environment Programme named Professor Dasgupta as one of four 2022 Champions of the Earth, the first economist to have been awarded this honour.

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