Quantifying Sustainable Development: The Future of Tropical...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 710 pages
• Published by: Academic Press; Har/Cdr Su edition September 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0123188601
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123188601
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Review
"Hall et al. look behind the financial symbols of development to produce a critically needed empirical framework for integrating economic theory with biophysical realities." --Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs

"The modeling system summarized in this book is simple I recommend this book to all readers of this journal."
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

"I strongly recommend the book to economists, ecologists, geographers, agriculturists, biologists, engineers, agronomists, and others interested in development and preservation of environmental integrity "
--David Pimentel, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, BIOSCIENCE, January 2001, Vol. 51, No. 1

"Includes a CD packed with images, data, and software, allowing the user to explore and adapt the GIS-based simulation model." --Tom Richard, Journal of Industrial Ecology

Product Review
"While the IMF, the World Bank, and the government of Costa Rica all nominally favor 'sustainable development,' current development models do not face the hard questions and are therefore often worse than useless. Does not sustainability, even for an ecologically aware country like Costa Rica, depend on population, a lower level of per capita resource use, a lower national and foreign debt, and a lower import dependence on imported food and energy? Hall et al. look behind the financial symbols of development to produce a critically needed empirical framework for integrating economic theory with biophysical realities. One may not agree with all of the authors' criticisms of economics, but we ignore the fundamental lessons of this book at our collective peril."
--HERMAN E. DALY, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs
"Set in Costa Rica, this book presents a powerful technique for the analysis of alternative development strategies. The modeling system summarized in this book is simple; furthermore, the necessary computer code and algorithms are supplied on a CD enclosed with the book. I recommend this book to all readers of this journal."
-ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
"I strongly recommend the book to economists, ecologists, geographers, agriculturists, biologists, engineers, agronomists, and others interested in development and the preservation of environmental integrity, as well as the future of tropical nations."
--David Pimentel, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, BIOSCIENCE, January 2001, Vol. 51, No. 1