Blueprint 1: For a Green Economy (Blueprint Series) [Paperback]

David Pearce (Author), Anil Markandya (Author), Edward B. Barbier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1853830666 | ISBN-13: 978-1853830662 | Publication Date: September 1, 1989

This report has been prepared by the London Environmental Economics Centre (LEEC). LEEC is a joint venture, established in 1988, by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the department of Economics of University College London (UCL). Popularly known as The Pearce Report, this book is a report prepared for the Department of the Environment. It demonstrates the ways in which elements in our environment at present under threat from many forms of pollution can be costed. The book goes on to show ways in which governments are able, as a consequence of this analysis, to construct systems of taxation which would both reduce pollution by making it too costly and generate revenue for cleaning up much of the damage. The book ends with a series of skeleton programmes for progress.

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"provides a powerful agenda." -- The Times

About the Author

David Pearce is Professor of Economics at University College London and main author of five previous Blueprint titles and numerous other books. He was for several years the chief environmental adviser to the UK Government.

Edward B. Barbier is Reader in Environmental Economics at the University of York.

Anil Markandya is a Professor in Economics at the University of Bath, England. She has published many books in the field of ecological economics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Earthscan (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853830666
• ISBN-13: 978-1853830662
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,608,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly fluid overveiw, but a little dated., February 16, 2001

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"bigalmcwhitmarsh" (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueprint 1: For a Green Economy (Blueprint Series) (Paperback)

"Blueprint for a green economy" is an excellent overveiw of the field of environmental economics. The author covers much hotly debated, technical (and now possibly dated) areas of environmental economics in a way that is easily accessable to the lay audience. The book explains efficient and affordable environmental policy at a national level(at a global level is explained in the sequel), and rejects the previous 'command and control' policies of the past.

However, what seperates this book from other books on the subject of economics, is its philosophical tint. In one of the most interesting chapters the author explains the "tyranny of discounting" and goes on to show that this may not always be a rational and equitable process for the valuation of future hapiness, or suffering. Indeed there are many forms of efficiency but these may not always be equitable. The implications being that current reduction of capital for future generations is not just.

Overall, although the book is over a decade old, it is still both interesting and relevent for anyone that cares about the future state of the world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best route towards environmentally responsible economies, July 13, 1999

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Durval Olivieri (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueprint 1: For a Green Economy (Blueprint Series) (Paperback)

I am glad such a precious book of reference on how to manage the economies in a more socially and environmentally sustainable way, if that is ot a pleonasm, has had more recent editions. Its first edition became my general guide in the nine years I have served as the directing officer of the Bahia State Environmental Agency. The results from the ideas presented in the book were just very good. Hence, the book can be classified by me as "overwhelming". I could say much more, but let me stop here with the wishes that the authors continue researching ways to promote ecology and economy with hand-in -hand systems, as foreseen by the words of Franklin Roosevelt's, as shown in with bronze letters placed on beautiful and shiny red granite planes at the FDR Memorial, in Washington, D.C.. Best regards to all, Durval Olivieri.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We Share Everything was a good book, July 11, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Blueprint 1: For a Green Economy (Blueprint Series) (Paperback)

This book is funny and good to read because it has a lot of details and it's about sharing stuff. I like this book because it has a lot of pictures. My favorite character is Amanda and Jeremiah because they're both funny. My favorite part is when the teacher says, "We share everything." I will recommend this book to kids because it is really funny.