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This 13 page paper answers a set of questions regarding environmental management and regulations in the UK. Questions include assessing the way that GDP is ineffective at measuring human we all being, whether or not globalisation should be encouraged, what is my indicators of sustainable development, the value of ecological footprint analysis and use of the environment index, incentives available to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK to improve environmental performance, an assessment of the level of success from the greening government initiative, the impact of human rights legislation on dealing with environmental problems, the extent to which cost benefit analysis has been used in the framing of environmental regulation, the influence of the European Parliament and the ways in which the polluter pays principle is seen within the UK. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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of all of the goods and services an economy produces over a set period of time, there are also some exclusions to prevent double accounting such as the sale of
second hand goods. The measure of GDP can be calculated in three ways. These are the basis of expenditure, of income or of the value added. If the calculation is
made by reference to expenditure it looks like this; the value of all of the goods and services bought including the consumption, capital expenditure and any appreciation from assets or
stocks. In addition government expenditure is added to this as are the value of exports. To make this equation balance there is also the deduction of imports from the final
figure. This is the most common measure of GDP and can be expressed by the equation C+I+G+(X-M) (Nellis and Parker, 2000). Therefore,
the GDP can be seen as a measure of economic activity with the implication that a higher level of GDP, especially measured is GDP per capita, the higher the potential
level of human well-being. In general terms there is some merit to this, countries who have a higher level of GDP per capita tend to have higher living standards. However,
this can be misleading. GDP does not equate to financial well-being or access to resources that mean that there is human well-being. The measurement of GDP fails to look at
areas such as the spread of wealth, and the way that it is used by individuals and governments (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). There are many instances where there are high
levels of inequality, where GDP may not be indicative of the level of human well-being large portions of the population. Question 2 Whether or not globalisation should be encouraged
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