Taking Nature Into Account: A Report to the Club of Rome Toward a Sustainable National Income

by Wouter Van Dieren

Book Overview

Indicators used to direct ecomonic policy (GDP, national income, etc.) are based on a number of factors but nowhere in their calculation is there an acknowledgement of the degradation of natural resources. The numbers may look good, but continued deterioration of the environment is leading us closer to crises; meanwhile, policymakers and the public are basing decisions on dangerously incomplete information. In Taking Nature into Account,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387945334
• ISBN13: 9780387945330
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"