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020			_a9781781007099
028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/103A, H.No. 15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi _c: ZBD0355 _d: 03/12/2025
082			_a131.1 NEU
100			_aNeumayer, Eric.
245			_aWeak versus strong sustainability _b: Exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms. _c/ Eric Neumayer.
260			_aCheltenhaaaam _b : Edward Elgar _c , 1999.
300			_axiii, 275p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b4150
520			_aThis fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable development is the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable. The author examines the availability of natural resources for the production of consumption goods and the environmental consequences of economic growth. He identifies the critical forms of natural capital in need of preservation given risk, uncertainty and ignorance about the future and opportunity costs of preservation. He goes on to provide a critical discussion of measures of sustainability. Indicators of weak sustainability such as Genuine Savings and the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare - also known as the Genuine Progress Indicator - are analysed, as are indicators of strong sustainability, including ecological footprints, material flows and sustainability gaps. This book will prove essential reading for students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in ecological and environmental economics and sustainable development.
650			_aSustainable development
650			_aEnvironmental economics
650			_aNeoclassical school of economics
700			_aEric Neumayer
942			_cBOOK
999			_c66940 _d66940