This paper presents the results of a case study, carried out in 1990 and 1991, with the objective of integrating and linking environmental and economic information and to explore whether environmentally-adjusted national product aggregates for Mexico can be derived. This work was carried out within the overall analytical framework developed in UNSC's Draft Handbook on Environmental Accounting.
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This report examines the potential policy uses of the different varieties of resource and environmental accounts, particularly greener national accounting aggregates such as genuine savings and 'Eco-Domestic Product'.
This case study summarizes the results of a review of the policy-related users and uses of the environmental accounts compiled in a select group of developed countries.
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.
This study demonstrates the economic techniques for estimating the Total Economic Value (TEV) of forests. For the Mexican forest estate, the results show an annual lower bound value of the services of the total forest area to be in the order of $4 billion.