Sustainable Development : the Challenge of Transition /
"Demographers predict that world population will double to around 12 billion people during the first half of the twenty-first century and then begin to level off. Based on this scenario, Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Transition examines what societal changes must occur over the next...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Bruce Alberts
- Preface / C.H. Ward and Jurgen Schmandt
- 1. Challenge and response / Jurgen Schmandt and C.H. Ward
- 2. National self-interest in the pursuit of sustainable development / Malcolm Gillis and Jeffrey R. Vincent
- 3. Uneconomic growth: Empty-world versus full-world economics / Herman E. Daly
- 4. Population and consumption: From more to enough / Robert W. Kates
- 5. Spirituality and sustainability / Carla V. Berkedal
- 6. Leadership skills for sustainable development / Bruce W. Piasecki
- 7. The role of science: Guidance and service / Stephen H. Schneider
- 8. Economic tools, international trade, and the role of business / Frances Cairncross
- 9. Stakeholders and sustainable development / James B. Blackburn
- 10. From idea to action: The role of policy / Jurgen Schmandt.