Environmental decision support systems (EDSSs), or DSS applied in the environmental
field, have been developed for over 40 years now. However, most of these tools fail to find …

Understanding the economic value of nature and the services it provides to humanity has
become increasingly important for local, national, and global policy and decision making. It …

Thirty years ago, the UN report Our Common Future placed sustainable development firmly
on the international agenda. The Imperatives of Sustainable Development takes the ethical …

The crucial role which natural systems play in underpinning economic activity and human
wellbeing is of growing concern as evidence mounts of the increasing human pressures …

CONCEPTUAL, ETHICAL AND PARADIGMATIC ISSUES 7 2.1 Definitions, assumptions,
methodology 7 2.2 The ethics of sustainable development 13 2.2. 1 Reasons for committing …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

Pearce, DW and Atkinson, GD, 1993. Capital theory and the measurement of weak
sustainable development: an indicator of “weak” sustainability. Ecol. Econ., 8: 103–108. The …

In this paper, we explain how the latest international handbook on environmental
accounting, the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting or SEEA …

Blueprint 3 is the direct sequel to the ground-breaking Blueprint for a Green Economy.
Taking the argument much further, David Pearce and his colleagues show how progress …

The theory and practice of economic development is explored from the perspective of
sustainability. The implications of sustainability for development policy are investigated. The …