Introduction -- The national income accounts : history and application to the environment -- Accounting for subsoil mineral resources -- Accounting for renewable and environmental resources -- Overall appraisal of environmental accounting in the United States.

Written as a professional reference book and a case textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Communities contains detailed case studies of communities in U.S.A., Europe, and Asia that have become sustainable. In most cases, these...