Costing the Earth? - Perspectives on Sustainable Development - Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Bernd Meyer is Professor of Macro Economics at the University of Osnabräck. He was chairman of the department of Evolutionary Economics at the Society of Economic and Social Sciences, and chairman of the Council of Advisors for Economic-Environmental Accounting at the German Ministry for the Environment. Bernd Meyer explains why we need to decouple resource consumption from economic growth to live sustainably. Zusammenfassung Sustainable behavior must pay off this is one of the central tenets of The Sustainability Project. This book outlines the economic conditions for achieving the goal of sustainable development, in Europe and around the world. It also explains the incentives for sustainable economic management using economic tools.

Product details

• Authors: Bernd Meyer
• Assisted by: Klaus Wiegandt (Editor), Baker & Harrison (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9781906598129
• ISBN: 978-1-906598-12-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Sustainability Project; Sustainability Project
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics