Blueprint for a green economy /
a report by David Pearce, Anil Markandya, Edward B. Barbier for the UK Department of the Environment.
- London : Earthscan, 1989.
- xvi, 192 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The meaning of sustainable growth -- Ch. 3. Valuing the environment -- Annex: Difficulties in the application of estimation techniques -- Ch. 4. Accounting for the environment -- Ch. 5. Project appraisal -- Ch. 6. Discounting the future -- Ch. 7. Prices and the incentives for environmental improvement -- Annex: Sustainable development – A gallery of definitions.
Popularly known as the "Pearce report" this book presents government, for the first time, with a series of practical proposals for financing a sustainable environment. This blueprint, not just for Britain but for governments world-wide, has been widely hailed as a great step forwards.
Writing clearly and simply, the authors have provided an economics of hope for the world around us.