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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dresner, Simon, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Sustainable development.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Développement durable.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Umweltpolitik
Nachhaltigkeit
Desarrollo sostenible.
Desarrollo económico > Aspectos ambientales.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Past : Progress and its discontents
  • From Muir to Meadows
  • Sustainability emerging
  • From Rio to Kyoto and later disappointments
  • Part II: Present : What does 'sustainable development' mean?
  • Taking sustainability into economics
  • 'Putting a price on the planet'
  • The ethics of sustainability
  • Part III. Future : The end of sustainability?

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