Analysts, researchers and environmental policymakers have been faced
with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In
fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet
been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts.
This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy’s Central Statistical Office
(ISTAT), to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental
resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with
the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the
so-called ‘green GDP’ or ‘net national product’ (NNP).   

Contributors: A. Beltratti, W. Bocola, C. Costantino,
R. Cullino, R. Del Ciello, D. Gaudioso, E. Gerelli, M. Lo Cascio, I.
Musu, A. Nese, V. Patrizii, L. Sabatini, G. Sammarco, D. Siniscalco, M.
R. Virdis

Analysts, researchers and environmental policymakers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy’s Central Statistical Office (ISTAT), to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the so-called ‘green GDP’ or ‘net national product’ (NNP).   

Contributors: A. Beltratti, W. Bocola, C. Costantino, R. Cullino, R. Del Ciello, D. Gaudioso, E. Gerelli, M. Lo Cascio, I. Musu, A. Nese, V. Patrizii, L. Sabatini, G. Sammarco, D. Siniscalco, M. R. Virdis