Theory and Implementation of Economic Models for Sustainable Development

Preface. 1. Sustainable Development and Formal Models: Background and Summary; J. van den Bergh, M. Hofkes. Part I: Theoretical Approaches. 2. A Survey of Economic Modelling of Sustainable Development; J. van den Bergh, M. Hofkes. 3. Technological Change, Economic Growth, and Sustainability; S. Smulders. 4. Evolutionary Complex Systems and Sustainable Development; P. Allen. 5. Theoretical Aspects of the Economic Modelling of Sustainable Development; C. Withagen. Part II: Empirical Testing and Delinking. 6. Indicators of Natural Resource Scarcity: A Review and Synthesis; C. Cleveland, D. Stern. 7. The Environmental Kuznets Curve; A. Ansuategi, et al. 8. Delinking, Relinking and the Perception of Resource Scarcity; H. Opschoor. Part III: Measurement and Implementation. 9. The Measurement of Sustainable Development; D. Pearce, et al. 10. Industrial Metabolism: Work in Progress; R. Ayres. 11. On the Paradigm and Spatial Dependency of Indicators; H. Verbruggen. 12. Macroeconomic Modelling for Sustainable Development: The Dutch Experience; F. den Butter. 13. Multidimensional Sustainability Analysis: The Flag Model; P. Nijkamp, H. Ouwersloot. Part IV: Policy and the International Dimension. 14. Economic Aspects of Global Environmental Models; R. Tol. 15. The International Policy Dimension of Sustainability: The Effect of Policy Harmonisation within the EU Using the GEM-E3 Model; K. Conrad, T. Schmidt. 16. Policy Models for International Environmental Problems; S. Proost. Index.