A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation

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Autor(a) principal: Sena,Augusto Marcos Carvalho de
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
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Resumo: The fact that today's activities are imposing a heavy burden on the earth's capacity has led to an increasing interest in environmental issues. It is emphasized that rapid production growth has exhausted natural resources and polluted the environment. The objective of this essay is to offer a clear definition of natural capital, connect it to a qualitative concept of sustainability and, supported by two analytical models and a set of studies on related environmental literature, to show that sustainability can be attained via imposition of controls over production processes that use depletable natural resources and generate pollution. The methodology used contemplates an integrative approach combining a qualitative (seeking definitions)-analytical (appraising models) apparatus to reach a new conceptual perspective to conceive sustainability. As the main essay's contribution, it is showed that sustainability can be reached if compensation is allowed for, i.e., stocks of renewable being augmented as production depletes the stocks of nonrenewable natural resources. Moreover, that result is possible even considering nondecreasing output production, an important finding to contrast with the current environmentally based output growth literature, which asserts that slowing down output production is the only way to obtain sustainability.
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title A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
spellingShingle A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
Sena,Augusto Marcos Carvalho de
sustainability
natural capital
depletion of natural resources
environmentally balanced output growth
title_short A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
title_full A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
title_fullStr A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
title_full_unstemmed A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
title_sort A theoretical essay on sustainability and environmentally balanced output growth: natural capital, constrained depletion of resources and pollution generation
author Sena,Augusto Marcos Carvalho de
author_facet Sena,Augusto Marcos Carvalho de
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sena,Augusto Marcos Carvalho de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv sustainability
natural capital
depletion of natural resources
environmentally balanced output growth
topic sustainability
natural capital
depletion of natural resources
environmentally balanced output growth
description The fact that today's activities are imposing a heavy burden on the earth's capacity has led to an increasing interest in environmental issues. It is emphasized that rapid production growth has exhausted natural resources and polluted the environment. The objective of this essay is to offer a clear definition of natural capital, connect it to a qualitative concept of sustainability and, supported by two analytical models and a set of studies on related environmental literature, to show that sustainability can be attained via imposition of controls over production processes that use depletable natural resources and generate pollution. The methodology used contemplates an integrative approach combining a qualitative (seeking definitions)-analytical (appraising models) apparatus to reach a new conceptual perspective to conceive sustainability. As the main essay's contribution, it is showed that sustainability can be reached if compensation is allowed for, i.e., stocks of renewable being augmented as production depletes the stocks of nonrenewable natural resources. Moreover, that result is possible even considering nondecreasing output production, an important finding to contrast with the current environmentally based output growth literature, which asserts that slowing down output production is the only way to obtain sustainability.
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