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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schmandt, Jurgen (Editor ), Ward, C. H. (Calvin Herbert), 1933- (Editor ), Hastings, Marilu (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.