National Accounts And Environmentally Sustainable National Income

Author : Roefie Hueting,Bart de Boer
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789463012522

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National Accounts and environmentally Sustainable National Income by Roefie Hueting,Bart de Boer Pdf

This book looks at some key economic aspects of the environment. Our planet is threatened by a wrong belief in a wrongly formulated growth. The term “economic growth” can only mean an increase in welfare but is often wrongly identified with production growth that may be destructive to the environment. The figure of standard national income (NI) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is useful for many purposes but inadequate for environmental policy making. This book develops the concept of an environmentally Sustainable National Income (eSNI). eSNI is defined as the maximally attainable level of production, using the technology of the year under review, whereby the vital environmental functions (possible uses) of the not-human-made physical surroundings remain available for future generations. Judgement of environmental sustainability requires that both NI and eSNI are looked at jointly, alongside each other. The distance eΔ = NI – eSNI provides the relevant information about environmental sustainability. Calculations for the Netherlands for 1990-2015 provide a proof of concept. National statistical bureaus around the world are advised to provide this information for their own countries, so that policy making around the world can use sound information about the national economies and the global environment. Dr Roefie Hueting (1929) is an economist and was head of the department of environmental statistics at CBS Statistics Netherlands. Ir Bart de Boer (1947) is an electrotechnical engineer who applied systems analysis to environmental issues and sustainability.

Author : Wouter van Dieren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461242468

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Taking Nature Into Account by Wouter van Dieren Pdf

Indicators used to direct ecomonic policy are based on a number of factors - none of which, however, acknowledge the degradation of natural resources. Continued deterioration of the environment is leading us closer to crisis, while policymakers and the public base their decisions on dangerously incomplete information. In Taking Nature into Account, a number of the world's leading experts state the ethical, historical, economic, and ecological arguments for including environmental factors when measuring fiscal health. Initiated by the Club of Rome (an international group of influential businesspeople, statesmen, and scientists), and written in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature, the report reviews existing methodologies and makes recommendations for adjusting the way we think about and measure the economy.

Author : Martin O'Connor,Anton Steurer,Marialuisa Tamborra
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental auditing
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123854460

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Greening National Accounts by Martin O'Connor,Anton Steurer,Marialuisa Tamborra Pdf

This policy briefing series communicates the findings from nine workshops and three plenary meetings under the EVE programme. These showed the diversity of research currently being undertaken in the area of environmental values and their policy expression. The type of information relevant to the decision process extends from ecological functioning to moral values.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309173384

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Nature's Numbers by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting Pdf

In order to really see the forest, what's the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business decisions. How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment? Nature's Numbers responds to concerns about how the United States should make these measurements. The book recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation's income and product accounts. The panel explores alternative approaches to environmental accounting, including those used in other countries, and addresses thorny issues such as how to measure the stocks of natural resources and how to value non-market activities and assets. Specific applications to subsoil minerals, forests, and clean air show how the general principles can be applied. The analysis and insights provided in this book will be of interest to economists, policymakers, environmental advocates, economics faculty, businesses based on natural resources, and managers concerned with the role of the environment in our economic affairs.

Author : I. Musu,D. Siniscalco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400915923

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National Accounts and the Environment by I. Musu,D. Siniscalco Pdf

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy's Central Statistical Office (ISTAT) to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the so-called `green GDP' or `net national product' (NNP).

Author : Jacob Jan Krabbe,Willem Heijman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792315294

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National Income and Nature: Externalities, Growth and Steady State by Jacob Jan Krabbe,Willem Heijman Pdf

The aim of this book is to provide an insight into the ways economists analyze the problems of environmental pollution and the depletion of natural resources. To this purpose, selected papers are presented.

Author : Yusuf J. Ahmad,Salah El Serafy,Ernst Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UCSD:31822015038144

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Environmental Accounting for Sustainable Development by Yusuf J. Ahmad,Salah El Serafy,Ernst Lutz Pdf

Author : Roefie Hueting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UCSD:31822016667313

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Methodology for the Calculation of Sustainable National Income by Roefie Hueting Pdf

Author : Thomas Alexander,Ms.Claudia H Dziobek,Tadeusz Galeza
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484345894

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and GDP: What National Accounts Bring to the Table by Thomas Alexander,Ms.Claudia H Dziobek,Tadeusz Galeza Pdf

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represent a new global consensus to end poverty, promote prosperity, and protect the environment. Goal 8 seeks to improve global resource efficiency in consumption and production and to decouple economic growth (GDP) from environmental degradation while Goal 12 focuses on sustainable consumption and production. While GDP does not capture these broader goals, we suggest that the System of National Accounts which incorporates but goes well beyond GDP, can be used for the measurement of these SDGs and to support policy. We construct a conceptual “super balance sheet” with an expanded asset boundary to include durable consumer goods used to produce services, human capital, and access to resources such as clean water and air, education, health, and infrastructure, to produce an expanded household net worth.

Author : Joy E Hecht
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136525643

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National Environmental Accounting by Joy E Hecht Pdf

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical manuals of international organizations, on the other. Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to accounting applied to pollution, recycling, and the management of natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fisheries. The third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures and how accounting data can be used to build them. National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability.

Author : Ernst Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9994426982

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Toward Improved Accounting for the Environment by Ernst Lutz Pdf

Accounting for wealth and income is important. Individuals as well as nations wish to measure their capital stock and in particular their sustainable income which they may consume without living beyond their means and drawing down their assets. There are various kinds of capital: man-made, natural/environmental, and various forms of social capital. Most national accounting in the past has focused on the man-made capital. To be able to properly maintain it, one needs to be aware of and compute a capital consumption (or depreciation) allowance. This allowance is subtracted from a nation's gross domestic product (GDP) to arrive at a nation's net domestic product (NDP). If one only considers man-made capital, the NDP so computed is sustainable in the sense that one can consume that amount while maintaining the capital stock intact, which forms the basis for future production and income. The author deals with the question of how to better account for natural capital in an integrated way within the usual economic accounting framework. He describes the progress that has been made in recent years in conceptualizing and operationalizing the proposed approaches and measures. The author has made an important contribution to this topic in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Agency (UNSTAT). The publication's goal is to be able to measure environmentally sustainable income.

Author : Joy E Hecht
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136525636

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National Environmental Accounting by Joy E Hecht Pdf

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical manuals of international organizations, on the other. Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to accounting applied to pollution, recycling, and the management of natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fisheries. The third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures and how accounting data can be used to build them. National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability.

Author : Sandrine Simon,John L. R. Proops
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110314577

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Greening the Accounts by Sandrine Simon,John L. R. Proops Pdf

Finding such accounts of national wealth as Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product to stand for all that is unsustainable and to be a relic to an industrial age that has passed and must be repudiated, European and North American scholars of accounting, economics, and politics describe an approach to accounting that is compatible with ecological economics. In a dozen studies they cover the history of national accounts, green accounting as a policy instrument, and uses of green accounting. The intended readers are scholars of ecological economics, environmental studies, and business and national accounting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Peter Bartelmus,E.K. Seifert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351770835

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Green Accounting by Peter Bartelmus,E.K. Seifert Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Our cherished economic indicators of income, product, consumption and capital fail in taking a long-term view of social progress. They do not account for environmental deterioration, which impairs the quality of life of present and future generations, and hence the sustainability of development. "Greening" the conventional national (and corporate) accounts introduces environmental impacts and costs into these accounts and balances. The result is a new compass for steering the economy towards sustainability, which may change not only our main measures of economic performance but also the basic tenets of environmental and resource policies. This book presents methodological advances and case studies of environmental accounting, and discusses their use in environmental management and policies. In their introduction, the editors provide a critical perspective of historical developments and current debates.

Author : Salah El Serafy
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781007365

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Macroeconomics and the Environment by Salah El Serafy Pdf

'This is an important book. It not only serves as a valuable contribution to green accounting, it is a testament to Salah El Serafy's tireless efforts to reform the national income accounts in ways that would better reveal the sustainable product of nations and the value of development policies. No matter what differences the reader may have with some of the points made, there is no denying that the world would be a much improved place if the reforms suggested by El Serafy were implemented.' – Philip Lawn, Flinders University, Australia 'This book is a fabulous summary of Salah El Serafy's seminal contributions to "greening" national income accounts. If only we had employed the famous "El Serafy method" of investing depletion of non-renewable resources into renewable alternatives, the world would be in a much stronger and more sustainable place today. Hopefully it is not too late to take up this and El Serafy's many other recommendations for improving national income accounting.' – Robert Costanza, Portland State University, US Though scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issue's relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental degradation, calling for a fundamental shift in how economists measure and discuss national income. Through a combination of new material reflecting recent developments in the field and previously published essays that provide a history of green accounting, the author emphasizes the importance of considering natural resources as part of a nation's economic capital. Setting forth what has become known as the 'El Serafy Method', this fascinating and complex volume presents both the justification and the methodology for giving the environment a place in the global economic conversation. Students, professors, researchers and policymakers in the field of environmental and ecological economics will no doubt find much to appreciate in this thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the intersection between economics and the environment.