The principles of sustainability
At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration and climate change, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we set about doing it? How can we bring about such a profound change in the way things are organized? This text tackles these questions directly. It covers: historical development of the concept of sustainability; contemporary debates about how to achieve it; and obstacles and th…
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- Full title :The principles of sustainability / Simon Dresner.
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At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration and climate change, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we set about doing it? How can we bring about such a profound change in the way things are organized? This text tackles these questions directly. It covers: historical development of the concept of sustainability; contemporary debates about how to achieve it; and obstacles and the prospects for overcoming them. This new fully revised edition covers the latest on the climate chan.
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- Publication Date:2008.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Earthscan
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
Notes
Rev. ed. of: The principles of sustainability. 2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (218 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1136552383, 9781136552380, 1281827436, 9781281827432, 9786611827434, 6611827439, 6000011253, 9786000011253, 1849773246, 9781849773249, 1136552375, 9781136552373
- DOI:10.4324/9781849773249
- oclc:on1303450761
- LC Classification:HD79.E5
- Dewey Decimal:333.7
Table of Contents
Cover; the PRINCIPLES of SUSTAINABILITY; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Part One PAST; 1 Progress and its Discontents; 2 From Muir to Meadows; 3 Sustainability Emerging; 4 From Rio to Kyoto and Later Disappointments; Part Two PRESENT; 5 What Does 'Sustainable Development' Mean?; 6 Taking Sustainability into Economics; 7 'Putting a Price on the Planet'; 8 The Ethics of Sustainability; Part Three FUTURE; 9 The End of Sustainability?; References; Bibliography; Index
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