The Economics of Green Growth investigates the possibility of creating an integrated indicator covering three pillars of sustainable development: economy, society and the environment. The excessive pursuit of economic efficiency has resulted in severe environmental problems such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and societal human issues such as inequality and disparity.
The book aims to change the direction of economic growth towards one which is more sustainable. It explores beyond the conventional indicator, the GDP that measures economic growth and human well-being. It also introduces new indicators relevant to sustainable development and a green economy and discusses the key issues for these indicators.
Introduction Part 1: Global Issues and Indicators
1. Green Economy and
Green Growth in International Trends of Sustainability Indicators
2.
Efficiency and Fairness of Resource Use: From a planetary boundary
perspective
3. Environmental Kuznets Curve: Economic growth and emission
reduction
4. Measuring Natural Capital Use in the Global Economy
5. Natural
Capital and Ecosystem Accounting Part 2: Improving Sustainability and
Well-being Indicators
6. Inclusive Wealth and Sustainability Indicators
7.
Growth of Inclusive Wealth
8. The Better Life Index and Measurement of
Well-Being
9. A Monetary Evaluation of Life: Life Satisfaction Approach Part
3: Towards Green Growth: Analysis and Actions
10. Effects of Disasters on
Market
11. Environmental Impact of Mega Event
12. Voluntary Industrial Toxics
Program and Performance
13. Contributions of the Private Sector to Global
Biodiversity Protection
14. Ecologically-friendly Transportation: Cost
analysis of subsidy and tax reduction scheme Conclusion
Shunsuke Managi is Professor of Technology and Policy, School of Engineering at Kyushu University, Japan, while also holding position as IGES fellow at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tokyo. He is an editor of Environmental Economic and Policy Studies, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is the author of "Technology, Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Improving the Environment for a Greener Future" and editor of "The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Economics in Asia".
