Cameron Hepburn

Valuing the far-off future: discounting and its alternatives

in Atkinson, G., Dietz, S. and Neumayer, E. (eds) Handbook of Sustainable Development, chapter 7, 2007


Edited by Giles Atkinson, Reader in Environmental Policy, Department of Geography and Environment and Associate, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Simon Dietz, Deputy Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Lecturer in Environmental Policy, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and Eric Neumayer, Professor of Environment and Development, Department of Geography and Environment and Associate, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Contents: Preface Part I: Fundamentals of Sustainable Development Part II: Intergenerational Equity Part III: Intragenerational Equity and the Social Dimension Part IV: Growth, Consumption and Natural Wealth Part V: Progress in Measuring Sustainable Development Part VI: Sustainable Development at Different Scales Part VII: The International Dimension Index Contributors: W.N. Adger, J. Agyeman, G. Atkinson, R.M. Auty, J. Bebbington, K. Bolt, C. Bretteville Froyn, M.A. Cole, S. Dietz, T.J. Foxon, K.P. Gallagher, R. Gray, C. Hamilton, K. Hamilton, G. Heal, C. Hepburn, T. Jackson, B. Kriström, G.-M. Lange, R. López, G. McNicoll, I. Moffatt, E. Neumayer, B.G. Norton, D. Pearce, A. Randall, G. Ruta, Y. Rydin, C.A. Tisdell, J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, J. Vogler, A. Winkels