Planet dialectics: explorations in environment and development
"In this classic text, Wolfgang Sachs, one of the world's leading post-development thinkers shows how the notion of 'sustainable development' is fundamentally flawed."--Provided by publisher.
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- Full title :Planet dialectics : explorations in environment and development / Wolfgang Sachs.
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"In this classic text, Wolfgang Sachs, one of the world's leading post-development thinkers shows how the notion of 'sustainable development' is fundamentally flawed."--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:2015
- Edition:[2nd ed.]
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Zed Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 226 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1783603402, 9781783603404
- oclc:on1002162318
- Dewey Decimal:338.927
Table of Contents
Part I. The archaeology of the development idea. 1. The archaeology of the development idea -- Part II. The shaky ground of sustainability. 2. Global ecology and the shadow of 'development' ; 3. The gospel of global efficiency ; 4. Environment and development : the story of a dangerous liaison ; 5. Sustainable development : on the political anatomy of an oxymoron -- Part III. In the image of the planet. 6. One world -- many worlds? ; 7. The blue planet : on the ambiguity of a modern icon ; 8. Globalization and sustainability -- Part IV. Ecology and equity in a post-development era. 9. Ecology, justice and the end of development ; 10. The two meanings of resource productivity ; 11. Speed limits ; 12. The power of limits : an inquiry into new models of wealth
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