Demystifying sustainability: towards real solutions

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What is sustainability? Much has been said about the terms ' sustainability' and ' sustainable development' over the last few decades, but they have become buried under academic jargon. This book is one of the first that aims to demystify sustainability so that the layperson can understand the key issues, questions and values involved. Accessible and engaging, the book examines the ' old' sustainability of the past and looks to the future, considering how economic, ecological and social sustain…

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Full title :Demystifying sustainability : towards real solutions / Haydn Washington.

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Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 222 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138812680, 1138812684, 9781138812697, 1138812692
oclc:ocn884540033
LC Classification:GE195
Dewey Decimal:338.9/27

The "old" sustainability : a story of listening and harmony -- The 1960s to the present : key conferences and statements -- Rise of the "new" sustainability : the weak and the strong -- Economic sustainability : coming to grips with endless growth -- Ecological sustainability : essential but overlooked -- Social sustainability : utopian dream or practical path to change? -- Overpopulation and overconsumption -- Worldview and ethics in sustainability -- An unsustainable denial -- Appropriate technology for sustainability -- Solutions for sustainability.