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Weak versus strong sustainability exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham Edward Elgar 2013Edition: 4th edDescription: xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781781007099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.927
Summary: This fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable development is the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-262) and index.

This fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sustainable development is the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital. Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that such substitutability is possible, whilst followers of strong sustainability regard natural capital as non-substitutable.

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