Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment

by Partha Dasgupta

Book Overview

In Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment, Partha Dasgupta explores ways to measure the quality of life. In developing quality of life indices, he pays particular attention to the natuaral environment, illustrating how it can be incorporated, more generally, into economic reasoning in a seamless manner. Such familiar terms as "sustainable development," "social discount rates," and Earth's "carrying capacity" are given a firm theoretical underpinning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199267197
• ISBN13: 9780199267194
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"