This book presents national environmental, or "green" accounting as
it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. It
introduces the most recent methods developed through the United
Nations Statistical Department and other international
organizations, but bridges the gap between the superficial
treatment of environmental accounting in economics textbooks and
environmental literature, on the one hand, and the highly technical
manuals of international organizations, on the other.
Joy Hecht begins with a history and introduction to national
income accounting. The first part of her book explains how the
environmental accounts build on the structure of the 1993 System of
National Accounts. She then shows the UN approach to
accountingapplied to pollution, recycling, and the management of
natural resources such as forests, minerals, and fisheries. The
third section discusses how the accounts approach green GDP and
other macroeconomic indicators. The book concludes by going beyond
the UN structures to discuss other adjusted macroeconomic measures
and how accounting data can be used to build them.
National Environmental Accounting is a non-technical
introduction to an increasingly important field. It is a must-read
for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help
society move towards greater sustainability.
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