Political economy of environment. Problems of method: Papers presented at the Symposium held at the Maisons des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 5-8 July, 1971

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Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; In place of GNP /; Projet de réponse à la contribution du Professeur Tsuru /; Outils de décision collective et qualité de la vie /; Cost-benefit and other problems of method /; Land values and the costs of urban congestion: Measurement and distribution /; Environmental disruption and social costs : A challenge to economics /; Environmental policy and the challenge to economic theory /; Social costs, neo-classical economics, environmental planning: A reply /; Approaches to a political economy of environment /; On the political economy of environmental disruption /; Some possible approaches to environment /; Quelques réflexions /; Economic development and environmental impact: International aspects /; Development projects and environmental disruption: The case of Uttar Pradesh, India /; Ecological facelifting in the USSR or improving on nature /; Appendix --; Backmatter / Tsuru, Shigeto --; Pommier, Philippe --; Maestre, Claude --; Streeten, Paul --; Edel, Matthew --; Kapp, K. William --; Beckerman, Wilfred --; Kapp, K. William --; Sachs, Ignacy --; Hödl, Erich / Kade, Gerhard --; Martin, Gérard --; Spizzichino, Robert --; Clawson, Marion --; Whitcombe, Elizabeth --; Goldman, Marshall I. --