The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the weak and strong sustainability approach of assessing climate change and to show reasonable applications, weaknesses, possible improvements and linkages of both approaches. Main features of ?weak? and ?strong? sustainability approaches are...

Die Ergebnisse ökonomischer Bewertungen der Auswirkungen des anthropogenen Treibhauseffekts weichen stark voneinander ab. Die Ursache liegt in drei entscheidenden normativen Annahmen, mit dem Ergebnis, dass die monetären Werte der gleichen Klimaauswirkungen um sechs und mehr Größenordnungen...

This book reports and rationalizes the state-of-the-art concerning the social costs of electricity generation. Social costs are assessed by adding to the private generation costs, the external costs associated with damages to human health, the environment, crops, materials, and those related to...

This book reports and rationalizes the state-of-the-art concerning the social costs of electricity generation. Social costs are assessed by adding to the private generation costs, the external costs associated with damages to human health, the environment, crops, materials, and those related to...