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Resources and population: natural, institutional and demographic dimensions of development
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ISBN: 0198289189 Year: 1996 Publisher: Oxford Clarendon

A primer of population dynamics
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ISBN: 030645338X 1475789963 1475789947 9780306453380 Year: 1996 Volume: *1 Publisher: New York: Plenum,

Modern housing for America : policy struggles in the New Deal era.
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ISBN: 0226702235 0226702227 9786612679223 0226702219 1282679228 9780226702216 9780226702223 9780226702230 9781282679221 6612679220 Year: 1996 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago press

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In an era when many decry the failures of federal housing programs, this book introduces us to appealing but largely forgotten alternatives that existed when federal policies were first defined in the New Deal. Led by Catherine Bauer, supporters of the modern housing initiative argued that government should emphasize non-commercial development of imaginatively designed compact neighborhoods with extensive parks and social services. The book explores the question of how Americans might have responded to this option through case studies of experimental developments in Philadelphia and New York. While defeated during the 1930's, modern housing ideas suggest a variety of design and financial strategies that could contribute to solving the housing problems of our own time.

The ultimate resource 2
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ISBN: 0691042691 0691003815 069121476X Year: 1996 Publisher: Princton, NJ Princeton University Press

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Arguing that the ultimate resource is the human imagination coupled to the human spirit, Julian Simon led a vigorous challenge to conventional beliefs about scarcity of energy and natural resources, pollution of the environment, the effects of immigration, and the "perils of overpopulation." The comprehensive data, careful quantitative research, and economic logic contained in the first edition of The Ultimate Resource questioned widely held professional judgments about the threat of overpopulation, and Simon's celebrated bet with Paul Ehrlich about resource prices in the 1980s enhanced the public attention--both pro and con--that greeted this controversial book. Now Princeton University Press presents a revised and expanded edition of The Ultimate Resource. The new volume is thoroughly updated and provides a concise theory for the observed trends: Population growth and increased income put pressure on supplies of resources. This increases prices, which provides opportunity and incentive for innovation. Eventually the innovative responses are so successful that prices end up below what they were before the shortages occurred. The book also tackles timely issues such as the supposed rate of species extinction, the "vanishing farmland crisis," and the wastefulness of coercive recycling. In Simon's view, the key factor in natural and world economic growth is our capacity for the creation of new ideas and contributions to knowledge. The more people alive who can be trained to help solve the problems that confront us, the faster we can remove obstacles, and the greater the economic inheritance we shall bequeath to our descendants. In conjunction with the size of the educated population, the key constraint on human progress is the nature of the economic-political system: talented people need economic freedom and security to bring their talents to fruition.

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Bevolking --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- Economic policy --- Economisch beleid --- Economische politiek --- Hulpbronnen [Natuurlijke ] --- National planning --- National resources --- Natural resources --- Natural resources--Economic aspects --- Natuurlijke hulpbronnen --- Politiek [Economische ] --- Politique économique --- Population --- Resources [Natural ] --- Ressources naturelles --- State planning --- 330.59 --- 330.5 --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Economics --- Human ecology --- Sociology --- Demography --- Malthusianism --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Levensstandaard. Sociale indicatoren --- Volksvermogen. Gemeenschappelijk produkt --- Economic aspects --- Economic policy. --- Natural resources. --- Population. --- 330.5 Volksvermogen. Gemeenschappelijk produkt --- 330.59 Levensstandaard. Sociale indicatoren --- Wirtschaftspolitik. --- Umweltschutz. --- Nutzung. --- Natürliche Ressourcen. --- Bevölkerungswachstum. --- Aufsatzsammlung. --- Chicago. --- Industrial Revolution. --- Ireland. --- Los Angeles. --- Mandeville, Bernard. --- PCBs. --- accidental deaths. --- agricultural capital. --- biologists. --- budget deficits. --- capital investments. --- chlorofluorocarbons. --- coliform bacteria. --- cosmic resources. --- crop oils. --- desert reclamation. --- emergency disaster relief. --- endangered species. --- energy accounting. --- fetuses. --- finiteness. --- hydroponics. --- infrastructure. --- international trade. --- light bulbs. --- middle classes. --- nitrogen oxides. --- nuclear fission. --- paper industry. --- physical laws. --- polychlorobiphenyls. --- racism. --- scarcity. --- vegetable farming. --- Bevölkerung --- Bevölkerungszunahme --- Wachstum --- Bevölkerungsentwicklung --- Naturgüter --- Naturschätze --- Naturressourcen --- Natürliche Ressource --- Naturpotential --- Ressourcen --- Erschöpfbare Ressourcen --- Rohstoff --- Benutzung --- Ökologie --- Umweltvorsorge --- Naturschutz --- Umweltkrise --- Umweltschaden --- Umweltverschmutzung --- Umweltschützer --- Umweltethik --- Volkswirtschaftspolitik --- Allgemeine Wirtschaftspolitik --- Politik --- Political aspects

Macroeconomics and the Environment
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ISBN: 1557755361 1462346189 1455211435 Year: 1996 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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Microeconomic policies, dealing with individual industries and economic sectors, have traditionally addressed environmental concerns, but increasingly the environment is being viewed in terms of the macro economy. To improve its understanding of the interrelationship between macroeconomics and the environment, the IMF held a seminar in May 1995 at which recognized experts from academic and research institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and staff from the World Bank and the IMF shared their views on how macroeconomic policies affect the environment and how environmental policies affect the macro economy. The present volume, edited by Ved P. Gandhi, contains the papers and proceedings of this seminar.

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Economic policy --- Environmental economics --- Macroeconomics --- 330.362 --- 336.748.8 IMF --- 614.7 --- 330.00 --- 339.0 --- 351.2 --- 355 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 330.101 --- 338.22 --- 338.22 Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek --- Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- 330.101 Economische analyse. Economische methodologie. Economische onderzoeksmethoden--(theoretische economie) --- Economische analyse. Economische methodologie. Economische onderzoeksmethoden--(theoretische economie) --- Congresses --- macro economie - macro economisch evenwicht --- Internationaal Monetair Fonds - IMF --- milieu - leefmilieu - milieubeleid (zie ook 712) - duurzame ontwikkeling --- Economische en sociale theorieën: algemeenheden --- Algemeenheden. Nationale rekeningen --- Openbare gezondheid. Milieubescherming. Milieuvervuiling --- Milieu --- Pollutie van lucht, water, grond--(openbare gezondheidszorg) --- International finance --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Congresses. --- Environmental Economics --- Environmental Conservation and Protection --- Natural Resources --- Environmental Policy --- Environmental Economics: General --- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics --- Environmental and Ecological Economics: General --- Environmental Economics: Government Policy --- General Aggregative Models: General --- Macroeconomics: Consumption --- Saving --- Wealth --- Environment and Development --- Environment and Trade --- Sustainability --- Environmental Accounts and Accounting --- Environmental Equity --- Population Growth --- Environmental management --- Environmental policy & protocols --- Public finance & taxation --- Conservation of the environment --- Environment --- Natural resources --- Environmental policy --- National accounts --- Consumption --- Environmental sustainability --- Environmental sciences --- National income --- Sustainable development --- Norway

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