Beyond GDP : National Accounting in the Age of Resource Depletion

Beyond GDP : National Accounting in the Age of Resource Depletion /

This book uses the metaphor “The economy is society's metabolism” as a springboard to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for a better system of national accounts which goes “Beyond GDP” and is relevant to the age of resource depletion. All stakeholders need a new way to understand our eco...

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Main Authors: Heun, Matthew Kuperus (Author), Carbajales-Dale, Michael (Author), Haney, Becky Roselius (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Lecture notes in energy ; 26.
Subjects:
Force and energy.
Energy policy.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Energy industries.
Sustainable development.
Environmental economics.
Energy.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Energy Economics.
Environmental Economics.
Sustainable Development.
Urban Ecology.
Power (Mechanics)
Power resources.
Russia (Federation)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The end of an era
  • Accounting for the wealth of nations
  • Stocks and flows of materials
  • Flows of Direct Energy
  • Stocks and flows of embodied energy
  • Stocks and flows of economic value
  • Energy intensity
  • Implications
  • Next steps.

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