01825nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801170007608200160019310000200020924500980022926000450032730000280037236500090040050502020040952009530061165000210156465500140158570000200159920181130110418.0181128b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780815351740  aAtlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD.b;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002c;1086195d;19/11/2018  a338.927 BAR  aPeter Bartelmus  aSustaining Prosperity,Nature and Wellbeingb:What Do the Indicators Tell Usc/Peter Bartelmus  aLondonb:Earthscan from Routledgec,2018  axiii,224 Pagesc;24 cm.  b2573  a1.What should we sustain?
2.Economic sustainability:getting richer?
3.Ecological Sustainability:how much nature do we need?
4.Cornucopia from sustainable development?
5.What should we do about it?
  aThe book begins by assessing the validity of available data, indicators and indices in decision and policy making. It describes what the data tell us about the effects of economic activity on the quality of life and prosperity of people and nations, now and in the future, and highlights how a reliance on partial and distorted information can thwart rational policies. It also examines whether less tangible notions of wellbeing and happiness lend themselves to quantification and prediction. Overall, Bartelmus demonstrates the need for integrated accounting and analysis to revise policy priorities around environmental, social, economic and sustainability concerns.


Confronting the persisting polarization of environmentalists and economists, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and professionals with an interest in environmental and ecological economics, sustainability indicators and their use in integrative policy.  a Social sciences  aEconomics  aPeter Bartelmus