Ebook: Green Accounting in Europe — Four case studies

Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production.
This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are.

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Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production.
This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are.

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Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production.
This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Scope of Study and Background....Pages 3-17
Valuation of Damages....Pages 18-34
Health Impacts....Pages 35-65
Noise....Pages 66-75
Crops....Pages 76-82
Forests....Pages 83-89
Ecosystems....Pages 90-106
Materials....Pages 107-118
Global Warming....Pages 119-126
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 127-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Introduction and Data Issues....Pages 133-138
Damage to Health....Pages 139-146
Noise....Pages 147-152
Damage to Crops....Pages 153-158
Damage to Materials....Pages 159-165
Defensive Expenditures....Pages 166-169
Results and Conclusions....Pages 170-171
References....Pages 172-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Pollution Data Collection and Modeling....Pages 177-178
Health....Pages 179-186
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Noise....Pages 187-190
Crops....Pages 191-193
Forests....Pages 194-198
Ecosystems....Pages 199-202
Materials....Pages 203-209
Results for Germany....Pages 210-222
Conclusions, Implications for Policy and Future Research....Pages 223-225
References....Pages 226-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Introduction....Pages 231-242
Health....Pages 243-251
Crops....Pages 252-259
Ecosystems....Pages 260-267
Materials....Pages 268-274
Conclusions....Pages 275-276
References....Pages 277-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Introduction....Pages 283-294
Health....Pages 295-309
Noise....Pages 310-316
Crops....Pages 317-327
Forests....Pages 328-333
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Ecosystems....Pages 334-344
Materials....Pages 345-358
References....Pages 359-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-371

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Conventional economic accounts, which measure Gross National Product (GNP)and related indicators of national performance, do not fully allow for the damages caused to the environment in the course of producing and consuming goods and services. Nor do they fully account for the fact that some resources are being depleted in achieving the living standards that we enjoy today. This failure is important, because policy-makers are guided by the changes in macroeconomic indicators such as GNP. Moreover such indicators are not a good guide to the sustainability of present practices of consumption and production.
This book provides practical estimates of one key area of neglect in the present national accounts - the measurement of environmental damages. The book sets out the methodology for making such estimates and then applies it to data from four countries: Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. The results show what can be achieved in the way of consistent damage estimates and what the key problems are.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Scope of Study and Background....Pages 3-17
Valuation of Damages....Pages 18-34
Health Impacts....Pages 35-65
Noise....Pages 66-75
Crops....Pages 76-82
Forests....Pages 83-89
Ecosystems....Pages 90-106
Materials....Pages 107-118
Global Warming....Pages 119-126
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 127-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Introduction and Data Issues....Pages 133-138
Damage to Health....Pages 139-146
Noise....Pages 147-152
Damage to Crops....Pages 153-158
Damage to Materials....Pages 159-165
Defensive Expenditures....Pages 166-169
Results and Conclusions....Pages 170-171
References....Pages 172-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Pollution Data Collection and Modeling....Pages 177-178
Health....Pages 179-186
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Noise....Pages 187-190
Crops....Pages 191-193
Forests....Pages 194-198
Ecosystems....Pages 199-202
Materials....Pages 203-209
Results for Germany....Pages 210-222
Conclusions, Implications for Policy and Future Research....Pages 223-225
References....Pages 226-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Introduction....Pages 231-242
Health....Pages 243-251
Crops....Pages 252-259
Ecosystems....Pages 260-267
Materials....Pages 268-274
Conclusions....Pages 275-276
References....Pages 277-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Introduction....Pages 283-294
Health....Pages 295-309
Noise....Pages 310-316
Crops....Pages 317-327
Forests....Pages 328-333
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Ecosystems....Pages 334-344
Materials....Pages 345-358
References....Pages 359-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-371
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