Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies, Volume 2Anil Markandya, Marcella Pavan Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production. This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are. |
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Green Accounting in Europe - Four Case Studies Anil Markandya,Marcella Pavan No preview available - 1999 |
Green Accounting in Europe - Four Case Studies Anil Markandya,Marcella Pavan No preview available - 1999 |
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acid deposition acute effects agricultural air pollution air quality analysis annual mean approach areas assessment asthma average background levels buildings calculated Camposano changes chronic effects contingent valuation COPD costs countries critical loads crops dB(A defensive expenditures discount rate dose-response functions dose-response relationships ecosystems emissions endpoints Environment environmental accounting environmental damages European Commission exposure exposure-response functions EXTERNE project figures forest damage Germany grid health effects health impacts increase ISTAT Italy loss Low Mid High materials measured method methodology Mid value Range million ECU monitoring morbidity impacts Navrud Netherlands nitrogen noise levels ozone paint particulates population present protection receptors recreational region relevant respiratory response functions road traffic sector sensitive SO₂ sources species statistical stock at risk Synthesis Report Table traffic noise VOSL West Germany yield µg/m µg/m³