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Shows how progress towards sustainability in the UK can be measured. This title sets out the conditions for sustainable development and the measures of economic progress these imply, looking at the main areas of economic activity to which the measures are applicable.

Evidence has come to light regarding the impact of benzene emissions from road transport, the incidence of asthmatic attacks and the possible toll of particulate matter from diesel engines on human health. This book examines the issues.

Demonstrates the ways in which elements in our environment under threat from many forms of pollution can be costed. This book shows ways in which governments are able 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.

Focuses on developing country problems where the neglect of environmental quality is costing nations dear. This book shows that the original formulation of the meaning of sustainable development has flourished into whole theories of how to achieve sustainability and how to measure a sustainable path for modern economies.

Focusing on global environmental threats, this book describes the reasons for using economic approaches to common resources like climate, ozone and biodiversity. It then looks at the economic ways of tackling the issues involved in global warming, ozone layer depletion, environmental degradation in the Third World, population, and rain forests.