ABSTRACT
Is development sustainable? When addressing the sustainability issue, decision-makers are faced with two challenges: taking into account conflicting issues, such as economic development and environmental preservation, while also ensuring intergenerational equity. Tackling these challenges amounts to deciding what should be bequeathed to future generations, especially in terms of natural resources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Overview
chapter |10 pages
General introduction
part |85 pages
The sustainability issue in the economic literature
chapter |10 pages
The sustainability issue and sustainability concepts
chapter |20 pages
The economics of intertemporal decisions
chapter |25 pages
The emergence of sustainability criteria
chapter |15 pages
5 Some comments on key results ... and misleading interpretations
chapter |13 pages
What can we preserve for future generations?
part |79 pages
Invariance theories and sustainable development